Talk:Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 09:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this shortly. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 09:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Prelim

• Navy list is a duplicated link
• No edit wars
• Was File:Momi II.jpg actually published prior to 1957?
  • No idea, but the Japanese copyright requires either published or taken before 1957.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:13, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
• Earwig reports copyvio unlikely

Lede and infobox

• "miod-1944" sp
• Move convoy link to first mention
• "Kiri returned home" not clear where home is
• Are we sure the ship was commissioned on the day of her acquisition by the Soviets?
  • No, just the month.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:23, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Design and description

• IJN acronym isn't explained anywhere
• "The single mount was partially protected against spray by a gun shield" this suggests the other mount didn't have a gun shield, but from the image it looks as if it did?
  • That's actually the compartment for the gun crew.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:23, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Construction and career

• Suggest linking Battle off Cape Engaño again
• I would have expected the "admiral" in "Vice-admiral" to be capitalised
• Did the ship do anything particular in the battle, or is her role recorded?
  • Only that she had a problem refueling the day before the battle. She's not mentioned as doing anything in any of my sources.
• "slightly damaged the following day" by what?
  • Combined Fleet says that they don't know by what. All I can guess is that it was not by American action as it doesn't line up with any American attacks on that date. Could have been something like grounding on a sandbar.
• Main text suggests that the rescuing of Yūzuki's crew happens on 12 December, but the ship sank on 23 December per her infobox?
  • Definitely 12 December. I'll fix that ship's article accordingly
• "on 17 June" needs the year
• Do we have any idea what the ship was doing in Soviet service? The paragraph currently reads like a calendar
  • Agreed, but there's nothing out there better detailing her activities during this time.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
• Suggest linking hulked
• "3 October 1957" no need for repeated year

References

• References look good. AGF on print sources.
• What makes www.combinedfleet.com a reliable source?
  • The website is owned and run by Jon Parshall, a published historian on the IJN

@Sturmvogel 66: Hi, that's all I have for now. Will await your responses. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 11:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

All done, see if my changes are satisfactory.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:45, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

• @Sturmvogel 66: Passing this article as satisfying the GA criteria. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:49, 10 August 2023 (UTC)