Talk:George Eyre

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 25, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 25, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Captain George Eyre narrowly escaped death in 1812, when he was hit in the head by a musket ball and three others passed through his clothes?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:George Eyre/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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:

Reviewer: Shimgray | talk | 19:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

commons:File:HMS Speedy.jpg has copyright given as PD-old, "nineteenth century" with no author ("Englisch School" almost certainly isn't a person). Can we be confident the artist died by 1940?
Image fixed to the best of my ability. I have some reservations about that site in general, tough to say what'd PD and what isn't since there's little information on the site. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 21:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Textual details[edit]

Do we need to provide an English gloss for un guerre d'mort? It seems just about minor enough to leave untranslated, but those with less French than me may differ ;-)
Fixed. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 00:34, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

His post-war career is pretty tersely dealt with. Three years on the South American station - during a particularly interesting period - are knocked off in a sentence ("...was able to successfully manage..."), and it really seems there ought to be more there. Also, what (if anything) did he do from 1815 to 1823?
Trying to find what I can. Since he's a non-major figure from 200ish years ago it's been tough so far, especially since this isn't my specialty. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 21:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was able to add in an extra sentence about the South American station, couldn't find anything else. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks fair. I suspect we could dig out more looking in specialized histories of the area or of the slave trade, but I don't have either to hand! Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the references look like they probably came from digitised copies (eg, the Naval Biography of Great Britain, the Gentleman's Magazine, etc) - it would seem a good idea to link to the sources directly as well as give the bibliographic details.
In progress. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 21:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 22:57, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All looks reasonable, I think. I'm still not 100% confident about the image, but it looks likely to date to c. 1820, and I think we can make a good-faith assumption as to its status. Shimgray | talk | 15:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]