Talk:HMS Hero (1858)/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 12:06, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: ABehjat (talk · contribs) 17:59, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Sturmvogel 66 - the easy one of the batch. No infobox/body number issues; on hold mainly for a handful of Edgar leftovers from the adaptation, plus a couple of typos.

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): 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:
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What needs fixing

Coverage, neutrality and stability are fine; the hold is for these:

'Edgar leftovers (1a) - from the adaptation:

• Please remove the sentence Captain Geoffrey Hornby regarded the sailing qualities of his Edgar as "superb"... - that's about Edgar, not Hero. The preceding handling sentence (hoist propeller / very manoeuvrable / tack & wear) is a valid class-level claim - keep it, but re-cite it to Lambert p. 57 (which covers the class's new engine and handling) rather than the inherited pp. 57, 63, 122, 124 string.
• The trials sentence carries Edgar's data: sea trials on 27 June 1859 ... speed of 11.9 kn. Per Winfield, 27.6.59 is Edgar's trial date - Hero's were 5 November 1858 - and he gives Hero 11.707 kts (≈11.7), not 11.9. The 2,662 ihp is correctly Hero's; please fix the date and check the speed against Lambert.
• {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar, HMS}} → "Hero, HMS".
• The External link Edgar's career (pdavis.nl ...id=52) points to Edgar. Not a GA criterion, but it's the wrong ship - worth swapping or dropping.

Prose (1a)

• The ships had three masts and was ship-rigged → "...and were ship-rigged".
• Their crew numbered 860 → "Her crew numbered 860".
• reduced to eating salted beef and port like the crew → "salted beef and pork".

Chronology (4) - commissioned ... by Captain George Broke and completed on 10 May 1859. He was invalided out of the service on 29 April 1859 - the invaliding date is before the completion date. Could you check the sequence against Winfield p. 39?

Optional: infobox tags 234 ft 4 in (71.4 m) as |o/a= but the body calls it the gundeck length (different measures); the Category:Agamemnon-class ship of the line is singular. Neither required.

Images (6) - satisfied

No image in the article and none readily available on Commons, so the criterion is satisfied (no free media available). Not a blocker.

My checks

Right reliable works (Lambert, Winfield, Colledge, Clowes), easy to find. Earwig 5.7% - clean (matches are the article's own linked sources). Cross-checked against Winfield's James Watt-class page: displacement (4,765t), beam, draught, complement (860), armament (34/34/22/1), builder (Chatham), laid down (8 Jun 1854) and launch (15 Apr 1858) all ✓ - and it surfaced the two Edgar trial-data leftovers above. Lambert p. 57 supports the (class-level) handling sentence. Verification, neutrality, coverage and stability are settled.

Result

On hold, near pass. Clean up the Edgar leftovers, the three prose fixes, and the Broke chronology, and ping me. ABehjat (talk) 02:28, 26 June 2026 (UTC)