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Current status: Delisted good article |
I dropped by to review the article for GA and have a few quick comments. First, the article is interesting, seems complete and has a good number of references. It needs some attention yet
The main problem in terms of GA is that the lead section does not meet WP:LEAD. Please read the standard and adjust to meet it.
In terms of language. It's clear but there are some stylistic issues that make it hard to read in spots. I'll give examples later, but this is a problem for me.
While it wouldn't prevent me from promoting the article, some attention to completing the references would be helpful. THey do not, as a rule, contain the author, publisher, place and date of references. I know this isn't always possible, especially with web sources, but should be there if available. May I suggest consulting a print source or three to lend credibility to the article.
I'll also put the article on hold later, if another reviewer doesn't get here first. -- CTSWyneken (talk) 10:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Should we try to get this article up to Featured Article status in time for next March's anniversary? I think it would be nice if we could get on the main page on March 3rd, but I may be a little close to the article and unable to see problems, so I'd appreciate comments from outside! The article appears to be a nice length, not excessively long or in too many sections, no problems with any of the pictures' copyright status, etc. -- Arwel ( talk) 01:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Brown is buried in recoleta cemetery with his daughter. His wife is not. This is because you had to at least nominally catholic to buried there at the time.
Fintan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.47.169 ( talk) 15:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
There would be secondary evidence that William Brown was a Protestant, probably of the Church of Ireland. This evidence is (i) the absence of any Roman Catholic records in Ireland or Argentina, (ii) his wife's religion, and (iii) his financial contributions to Protestant works in Argentina.
As for WB's national identity, it is doubted that he considered himself Irish. According to Mike Geraghty, the Union Jack was hoisted on his ships. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.62.160.133 ( talk) 20:49, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
Almirante Brown de Isidro Cassanova and Almirante Brown the San Justo are the same team. The club head-cuarters are in San Justo and the field is located in Isidro Casanova.-- furgonero 02:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reassessing the article, I have found that despite its high quality there are some issues that should be addressed. These are:
I will check back in no less than seven days (around 19th October). If progress is being made and the issues above have been addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). Should this happen, it can be improved and renominated at WP:GAN.
Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, EyeSerene TALK 18:18, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the work undertaken so far. However, following the expiry of the hold period, there are still some issues remaining to be addressed. I have therefore reluctantly delisted this article as a Good article. If improvements are made to bring the article up to standards, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR. EyeSerene TALK 09:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Certain paragraphs of the article are in British English, while others are in American English. For the sake of consistency, the article should feature only one dialect, not two. I'd fix this myself, but since I'm not a native speaker of English, it'd be better if someone who is did this instead. -- 190.19.12.231 ( talk) 13:58, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
I wish to insert into the "Last Years" section some information from John De Courcy-Irelands book on Brown, "The Admiral from Mayo". Specifically his reference to Browns donations to poorhouses and his donation to Daniel O Connell in his Campaign to Repeal the Union of Britain and Ireland.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justin5150 ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
The two squadrons were initially of roughly equal strength, but because...
But in this article (War With Brazil):
...and at the hard-fought Battle of Juncal (February 24, 1827), with seven ships and eight 1-gun launches he destroyed the entire opposing Brazilian squadron of seventeen ships and took its commander prisoner.
(Sounds as though he was at a disadvantage since the opposing forces are not enumerated as to type)
Leonard G. ( talk) 04:55, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
There seems to be a bit of misty eyed myth making here. Is there any evidence that his Uncle was a Franciscan priest? The Catholic Encyclopedia doesn't even claim he was Catholic at all. With a name like "William Brown" it is very likely that he was of very recent Protestant Planter background. - Rí Lughaid ( talk) 04:25, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Someone when writing the wikibox accidentally left out one of the brackets. This is a minor edit, and I would fix it myself, but I don't know how to edit the wikibox. Could someone fix it and tell me how? Or just tell me how and I can fix it ComradeKublai ( talk) 19:52, 23 April 2021 (UTC)