Talk:SR V class

SR V class has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology 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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Day Out with Thomas

Since the SR V Class survived into preservation, can one Class disguise as Vernon for Day out with Thomas? Felix 20:28, 18 July 2006

GA review comments

Latest comment: 17 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion

So far, it's not quite there, here's the checklist with my comments following:

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
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.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail:

Specific comments:

The lead describs the locomotive as being "... regarded as the most powerful class ...". This is not mentioned in the article, and WP:LEAD suggests that "Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article."
Some issues with the prose, I've fixed a couple of things, but here are a couple more points:
- " ...saved from the cutter's torch... " - not particularly neutrally phrased.
- "The locomotives were designed by Richard Maunsell, and was heavily influenced ..." needs fixing.
- "...outshopped ..." - still not clear to the non-expert reader what this means.

More to follow but I'm putting the review on hold in the meantime. The Rambling Man 07:32, 18 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

"Livery and numbering" section contain four short paragraphs, could be made into two longer paragraphs quite easily which would improve the prose.
"Remaining artefacts of other class members" should either be a section heading or made into prose to introduce the list.
Perhaps expand NYMR before using it the first time.
"uppingham" should be "Uppingham" no doubt.

That's all I have right now. Let me know if you'd like to re-review in the future. The Rambling Man 09:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for dealing with my issues so expediently, I'm promoting to GA now. The Rambling Man 16:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)Reply