Talk:HMS Unicorn (1776)

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This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

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... that the HMS Unicorn was decommissioned in August 1779, but was recommissioned the following month (September 1779)?

Source: https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7244

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Created by Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 00:06, 26 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I'll take a shot reviewing this. It's my first review, so once I'm done it'll definitely need a second opinion Gb321 (talk) 04:04, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - History section has unreferenced facts. Service in the American Revolutionary War section has a bulleted list with only one entry referenced. The paragraph introducing the list is also unreferenced, and there is a random reference floating after the list. First paragraph in After service in the American Revolution section is unreferenced. Infobox also has lots of facts not referenced in the infobox nor mentioned/referenced in text
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - DYK info is in the article but has no reference
Interesting: - I think the hook could be made interesting if it included the reason why the ship was recommissioned. Without this reason, I don't think it is interesting enough.
Other problems: - mentioning September 1779 is unnecessary, readers will know what month follows August 1779

QPQ: None required.

Overall: DYK nomination needs work but more significantly, I think the article itself is not in the proper shape for a DYK. Particularly, the lack of references and the improper formatting of the references the article does have, both of these issues are problematic. Gb321 (talk) 04:31, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

As you can see, a lot of facts are technically unsourced. That's because almost all of the information came from sources [1] and [2], and I just felt silly putting the same sources again and again. Is there a better way to do this that anyone know of? thanks. Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 14:48, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]