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HMS Hotspur (H01) has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
March 2, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at one point in the Battle of Narvik, British destroyer HMS Hotspur found herself engaged in battle with five enemy destroyers?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Thurgate (talk) 17:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
prose: (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Comments[edit]

1. but in increased to 146 in wartime. Suggest - but this was increased to 146 in wartime.

Indeed.

2. edicts. Suggest a link for this

Changed to policies.

3. British and Australian troops from the beaches. Is that the Greek beaches?

Yes, just like I said earlier in the sentence

4. in June after working up. Suggest - in June after her refit

Linked it instead.

5. ship's Hedgehog? What's the ships headhog?

See the previous paragraph.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns. Thurgate (talk) 17:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC)][reply]

Nice work Strum. Passed. Thurgate (talk) 00:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]