Talk:SMS Karlsruhe/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) 12:55, 21 November 2011 (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): 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 5, pages 83–85. MisterBee1966 (talk) 20:15, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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

• The various German navies had four ships with the name of Karlsruhe, maybe worth noting.
• Name after the capitol of the Grand Duchy of Baden
  • Added to the infobox.
• construction began on 21 September 1911
  • Added
• christened by Oberbürgermeister (mayor) Karl Siegrist (has a German Wiki page)
  • Added
• coal consumption by far exceeded design spec, this led to many engineering changes prior to commissioning
  • This should probably go in the class article - Sturm is reviewing that article for GAN. Does it give any specific figures or changes made?
• according to HRS 17 ships of 76,609 GRT were sunk
  • 16 ships is the only figure I've seen, across Halpern, Massie, and Bennett. Do they give any specific information?
• her first commander was Fregattenkapitän Fritz Lüdecke
  • Added.
• Köhler's widow later christened the light cruiser Karlsruhe of the Reichsmarine (page 89)
  • Added. Was she involved in the second Imperial Karlsruhe in any way?
• Bristol was hit twice in the engagement
  • Added. Parsecboy (talk) 16:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)