Talk:Upnor Castle/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 13:37, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:37, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

• No DABs, external links good.
• Images appropriately licensed.
• Link bellcote
• upper Medway in spite of its lack of provisioning Perhaps "despite" rather than "in spite of"?

• Done both of the above. Prioryman (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

• Is there anymore info on the sconces, like location, design or armament?

• I've added more on the sconces, including their armament and names, but there doesn't seem to be anything else on location or design. Prioryman (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

• I'm fairly certain that the castle is slightly upstream of Chatham Dockyard as it was originally laid out. Is this correct? If so, clarify that the Dutch had to sail past the castle. Any idea how wide the Medway was back then. I'm surprised that a fort of 18 guns wasn't enough to stop the Dutch, but maybe they were too light for the task.

• Not just light but poorly maintained and probably poorly situated too. If the carriages were rotten (as I expect they were) then they couldn't have fired many shots before falling apart. I've clarified the position of the castle in relation to the raiders. I looked up a 1689 map of the Medway - it appears to be nearly as wide now as it was then. Prioryman (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

• Hyphenate narrow gauge

• Done. Prioryman (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

• You could probably integrate the gallery pictures into the main body. Nicely done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

• I tried that in the first drafts of the article, but ended up with overlapping pictures. Better to stick with the gallery, I think. Prioryman (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)