Template:Did you know nominations/Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 09:48, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
- ... that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are hardened against electromagnetic pulses? Source: able to withstand electromagnetic pulse
Improved to Good Article status by Findingmoney100 (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 20:40, 20 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Arleigh Burke-class destroyer; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Overall: Article was promoted to GA on Feb 19th, AGF on paywalled source, QPQ done, article is neutral, well sourced, free of copyright violations, hook appears in the article with an in-line source. I'm not sure the hook is 'hooky' enough. I don't think a general reader would understand the importance of a ship being hardened against electromagnetic pulses. Is there a way to either expand the hook to show the significance, or is there another hook that could be used? Freedom4U (talk) 03:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)- Comment: A few things regarding the article: The article quotes the GAO as saying "the new ships would be 'at best marginally effective'." It would make the article more clear to state that the GAO is specifically talking about the "now-shrunken radar" and not the ship as a whole. The quote "in a little tiny box" is actually "in a tiny little box." There's also two red links in the article. Freedom4U (talk) 03:41, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Freedom4U: I changed the sentence in the article as you have suggested above, and regarding the redlinks, there is not a rule prohibiting redlinks. The prohibition in the supplementaty guidelines pertains to redlinks in the hook. Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines#C1.
- I liked the EMP hook and thought it would be an opportunity for readers to learn about electromagnetic pulses but I will propose another:
- ALT1: ... that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are among the largest destroyers built in the United States? The Arleigh Burke- class ships are the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers and are among the largest and most powerful destroyers ever built Bruxton (talk) 04:46, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Bruxton: Sorry about the redlinks, that was my bad. New hook looks good. I've actually thought of something, which is changing the original hook to say electromagnetic bomb, I think that would convey the significance better. Freedom4U (talk) 04:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
