Talk:Gotha WD.11/GA1

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Reviewer: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 00:22, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at this shortly. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 00:22, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cockpit is a duplicated link
- Fixed--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article is stable
Images correctly licensed
Earwig reports copyvio unlikely

"~~only~~ sinking"
"Fewer than half survived ~~the war~~ to be inventoried by the Allies after the war."

Suggest linking the Action of 22 September 1914
"but only the forward observer could flown if a torpedo was carried" something missing here
A word or two on the configuration of the cockpits would be useful - you mention the forward observer cockpit but we aren't provided with the positions of the other to compare it with (it isn't clear from the images)

"The mission was generally unsuccessful" not sure why "generally" is required here? Were any bombs dropped?
Was Saint-Pol-sur-Mer a military airfield? Probably worth noting
"the following evening" suggest adding the date here because it's been a while since the last was provided
"surprised two cargo ships" to avoid too many pairs
"caused one of the aircraft"
Link Operation Albion
Do we know exactly how the rescuing floatplane and crew were lost? Sounds like an interesting episode
- I was confusing two separate incidents on that same day.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Did the commander die in a WD.11 related accident?
"action on 4 October ~~later~~ when two small minelayers"
Link Gotha WD.14
"The weather was generally not suitable"
Do we know whether the Dutch WD.11 was the rescue plane or the original craft that made the emergency landing? Might be worth mentioning that saga in a little more detail again here for context
- This should be a little clearer now.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"In service the German pilots found the WD.11 too fragile for the heavy weights that it needed to carry, specially while taking off or landing." needs a citation
The Operators section really needs a citation for the sake of completion
References look OK. AGF for print sources.

@Sturmvogel 66: Hi, an interesting article! That's all I have for now. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that I've addressed all of these; see if my changes are satisfactory.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Passing this article as satisfying the GA criteria. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]