Talk:Belgian ship A4/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: QatarStarsLeague (talk · contribs) 19:25, 26 August 2013 (UTC) Review coming soon. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 19:25, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking this on! I look forward to your comments. Brigade Piron (talk) 21:57, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Lead and infobox

Please convert all infobox measurements (I am referring to tonnes).

Done. I believe that they are long tons (the traditional unit of ship measurement?) but the source isn't specific.

Background

"...the deteriorating international situation..." This would be a questionable exegesis for a reader. Maybe you could elucidate a little.
"...there was not enough time to repaint it." In what coloration?

Done Brigade Piron (talk) 11:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Evacuation of Belgian gold

"...with the gold and headed, avoiding Dunkirk..." Why did it avoid Dunkirk?
"...the crew of A4 took their ship to Bilbao in neutral Spain to avoid having to be German prisoners of war." Was this to avoid what was believed to be an imminent British surrender?

That's an interesting point. I don't believe they actually considered staying in Britain, which was as foreign to them as Germany (despite being on the same side). Plus, there was not yet a Free Belgian army or government to tell them what to do! Clarified, anyway!Brigade Piron (talk) 11:54, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Conclusion

An excellent, and fascinating, apocryphal tale. Just a few issues are present, so, once they are fixed, the article passes. Congratulations! QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Excellent work, but one thing I forgot to mention above is that in the infobox, you state the ship was scrapped in Spain, however in the prose, you state it was returned to Belgium and then scrapped. Please clarify. After resolving that, I will pass the article. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 14:16, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

No problem! It's fixed. Brigade Piron (talk) 19:35, 30 August 2013 (UTC)