Talk:Battle of Heraklion

GA Review

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Reviewer: Catlemur (talk · contribs) 21:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

I will start the review shortly.--Catlemur (talk) 21:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

• Move the Alexandria wikilink in Opposing forces to first mention. Also wikilink taxiing.

Done.

• Cania is wikilinked to a town in Moldova. Do you mean Chania?

Good spot - fixed.

• "pistol or a grenade. Rifles, automatic weapons, mortars, ammunition" this section is MOS:SEAOFBLUE. Only wikilink mortars.

Done.

• "[[Company (military unit)|company"

Fixed

• "In the event the attacking bombers and fighters ran low on fuel and departed before the paratrooper transports arrived." I don't see how this sentence fits into the rest of the paragraph.

Added "The German attack was intended to provide Close air support for the paratrooper drop." to explain its significence.

• "this failed and the platoon was cut off from Bräuer." What platoon are you referring to?

The one mentioned in the previous sentence. I have tweaked the language to make this clearer.

• "He also send large quantities of captured German weapons"

Corrected.

• During the day stores, equipment and heavy weapons were destroyed.→ During the day, stores, equipment and heavy weapons were destroyed.

Done.

• Wikilink HMS Hotspur (H01), HMS Jackal (F22), HMS Decoy (H75), HMS Hereward (H93), HMS Kimberley (F50), HMS Imperial (D09).

Done.

• "over 200 naval personal killed"

Fixed.

• Do we have figures of the Allied and German casualties for the battle?

Sadly no. I could have a decent OR guess, but no RS I have found even ventures a guess.

• Add publishing location for Vick, Alan (1995).

Done.

• Ref 42 should be pp.

Fixed.

• Add Category:Conflicts in 1941.

Done.

• Add a reference to back up File:Battle of crete.svg on Commons.--Catlemur (talk) 22:42, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

I have clarified the "Source" details.

Hi Catlemur and many thanks for the prompt review. I have addressed all of your comments above. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:59, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

• Cania in the lede still links to Moldova.

D'oh! Fixed.

• The infobox says the battle lasted a single day (20 May).

Fixed.

• Remove the duplicate coordinates from the infobox.

Er, I only see onr set of coordinates of coordinates in the infobox. (Looking hard, they are duplicated not in the infobox, in the map just below it. Is that what you mean?)

• What happened to the captured Germans, were they freed?

I have no idea. No source that I have seen mentions them, not even non-RSs. I assume that they were left, but that is just speculation.

Thanks again for your speed Catlemur All comments addressed. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:37, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

--Catlemur (talk) 18:26, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail: --Catlemur (talk) 19:38, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Background

What is the fourth sentence ("This arrangement suited the British as Crete could provide interfere with the Royal Navy with harbors on its north coast.") supposed to mean? Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 07:53, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Prisoner of Zenda, I assume that it was the result of vandalism which has since been reverted. Does it read better now? Gog the Mild (talk) 14:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Indeed it does, Gog the Mild; thanks for fixing it. Prisoner of Zenda (talk) 09:54, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Rawlings

"Rear-Admiral Rawlings" is introduced (as "Rawling's" which I assume is a typo?) in an image caption in the article and referred to twice in the main text, but is never linked or provided a full name. I assume this is Bernard Rawlings but will leave this here in the hope somebody more knowledgeable than I can fix. Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 23:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)