Talk:MS Europic Ferry

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:37, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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Europic Ferry in 1987

• ... that the roll-on/roll-off car ferry Europic Ferry (pictured) offloaded equipment under air attack during the British landings to retake the Falkland Islands in 1982?
  • ALT1:... that MS Europic Ferry (pictured) was the only merchant ship to apply camouflage during the Falklands War?
  • ALT2:... that the car ferry Europic Ferry (pictured) was used as a floating platform to prepare Chinook helicopters during the Falklands War?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Grand Gulf
• Comment: I don't have my books with me at the moment to provide quotes from - Dumelow (talk) 07:09, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:09, 1 July 2020 (UTC).

• The date and size look good, the neutrality and referencing check out, QPQ is complete, copyvio check is assumed good faith with reference to offline sources. Hook is composed well and supported by article text and ref. Photograph is properly public domain with OTRS ticket. I added alt text to the article to save time fixing the lack. I like the first hook. The multiple Villar references, one for each page number, could be slimmed down using one of several methods, the easiest of which would be to put all six pages into the same named reference. Binksternet (talk) 08:19, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:MS Europic Ferry/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 21:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Taking this one. Review to follow after the Bot runs. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC) Look pretty good. Some comments:

• Link River Tyne, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Southampton, Portsmouth, satellite navigation, pintle, Falkland Islands, aircraft carrier, Port Stanley, English Channel

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• European Ferries is a duplicate link.

Delinked - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Commas after Netherlands, England, Sierra Leone, Southampton, Northern Ireland, India (MOS:GEOCOMMA)

I got these, I think - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Little bit confused here, probably because my geography of the UK is so bad. Was it built at the Neptune Yard at Walker-on-Tyne, or the Wallsend West Yard at Wallsend?

Sounds like your knowledge is better than mine! I confused the company HQ (Wallsend) with the yard (Neptune, at Walker). Now fixed - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Any idea of the size of the crew?

Found the original crew in Clegg and added - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• fitted with pintle-mounted Bren light machine guns as a rudimentary defence against low-level air attack That would work well against a modern jet aircraft.

Indeed, suspect it was largely of psychological benefit! - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Europic Ferry was one of the first vessels to be identified by the Ministry of Defence as required for the campaign, it was earmarked for use as a stores transport ship in early April. semi-colon instead of comma

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• After assembling to the east of the Falkland Islands the force sailed on 20 May Comma after Falkland Islands

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Entering the bay in the early morning of 22 May she spent much of the day anchored offshore Comma after 22 May.

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Capitalise "Chinook"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Suggest "HMS Hermes"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• Med Link Lines is red-linked but Howill Shipping is not?

Redlinked Howill and Namora, not familiar with them but they seem reasonable targets for articles - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• She sailed for the United Kingdom on 23 June carrying returning troops of 2nd and 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. "Battalions"

Done - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:23, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye7. Sorry I forgot to watchlist this, so I missed your review. I'm just waiting for a copy of Clegg (1969) which should arrive in the next week or so before I look at this one again. Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 06:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Hawkeye7, I've added a few more details from Clegg and hopefully addressed your comments above. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 28 April 2021 (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):

   Both images have appropriate licences

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Closing comment: I've filed the article under "transport" with other merchant ships rather than under "Warfare"