Talk:Edward Rotheram

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	Edward Rotheram has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
March 29, 2008 Good article nominee Listed

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I removed this stuff as not strictly relevant at this stage although I can go back in a better format if people want.--Jackyd101 (talk) 12:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fictional references

• Appears as a character in the book, Hornblower and the Atropos, C.S. Forester ISBN 0-523-00384-6

[edit] External links

• Edward Rotheram bio
• Animation of the Battle of Trafalgar

[edit] GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments:

1. What exactly is "unacceptable conduct towards his ship's junior officers and chaplain"?
2. Perhaps you can add the red links to the list of article reqests at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Maritime warfare task force if you have not done so already. You could do the same for Eliab Harvey.

Nothing here should prevent this artcile from passing. Well done, again. -- Secisek (talk) 04:21, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

The information on the court-martial comes from teh ODNB, which is not forthcoming on the precise nature fo the charges - further detail would probably mean looking at the primary sources (i.e. the records of the court-martial, which are probably preserved in The National Archives, but this would be bordering on OR. David Underdown (talk) 09:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)