Talk:SMS Rostock

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Parsecboy in topic GA Review
Good articleSMS Rostock has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Good topic starSMS Rostock is part of the Light cruisers of Germany series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
Article milestones
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December 6, 2011Good article nomineeListed
February 5, 2012Good topic candidatePromoted
March 16, 2014Good topic candidatePromoted
Current status: Good article

GA Review

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Reviewer: MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) 12:56, 21 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:  

My feedback is based on Hildebrand, Röhr and Steinmetz, volume 7, pages 84–87. MisterBee1966 (talk) 17:07, 29 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. Vol. 1–10. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ASIN B003VHSRKE.

  • christened by mayor of Rostock, Dr. Magnus Maßmann (has German Wiki page)
    • Added.
  • "was laid down at the Howaldtserhe" it should be "Howaldts-Werke" name of the shipyard
    • Thanks, it was a typo.
  • At the Battle of Jutland, HMS Nestor and Nicator were sunk not disabled. HRS claim that Rostock picked up survivors.
    • Campbell indicates the battleships, not Rostock, sank the destroyers, and that four torpedo boats (he gives the hull numbers) picked up the survivors.
  • torpedo hit her at 1:30; HRS claims that Rostock had fired 500 x 10.5 cm shells in the engagement, more than any other German ship
    • Added.
  • In 1918 a second SMS Rostock was laid down as Ersatz Mainz, which was never completed.