Talk:USS Idaho (BB-42)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 00:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

• No DABs
• One dead link.
  • Removed
• Images appropriately licensed.
• One duplicate link.
  • Fixed
• Link main (gun) battery, aircraft catapult, Iceland
  • Done
• mounts were true three-gun barrels huh? I'd just say that unlike earlier turrets, each gun could elevate independently
  • How does "Unlike earlier American battleships with triple turrets, these mounts allowed each barrel to elevate independently" work for you?
• Explain /50 notation. Should probably add Mark #s as well.
  • Added a note.
• Provide Imperial conversions for Bofors and Oerlikon guns
  • Done
• after completing fitting-out work awkward
  • How about "and after fitting-out work ended"?
• Shortly after commissioning too close usages of commissioning. Try "shortly afterward", ...
  • Done
• Don't think that Naval Review should be capitalized.
  • Good catch
• I'd delete the little bit about her reconstruction in the career section and add what wasn't already covered in the modification section to the modification section.
  • That's a good idea
• Harold Rainsford Stark Don't really think that we need his middle name
  • Good point
• transferred Idaho, the battleships Mississippi and New Mexico her sisters
  • Done
• 5-inch (127 mm)/51 cal. already told us metric conversion--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:10, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Fixed
• Don't forget about the ampersand in the references.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:07, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Done. Thanks Sturm. Parsecboy (talk) 13:20, 8 March 2017 (UTC)