Talk:Brazilian monitor Alagoas

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Brazilian monitor Alagoas/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Skinny87 (talk) 08:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   Was the Alagoas' commander commended/reprimanded for the dash past the Paraguyan guns?

   Not that I know about. I suspect that his success offset his disobedience.

   What role did she play in the Fleet Revolt?

   She bombarded the gov't forts.

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:

Two questions relating to her Service history, and then this can be passed. Skinny87 (talk) 08:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Is that photograph really Alagõas?

While I don't claim to be an expert in naval vessels, I don't believe that the vessel in the photograph is of the real river monitor Alagōas. This is why I think so:

(1) I could be wrong, but this ship doesn't look to me like a monitor, but more like some sort of central casemate ship. Where's the oval rotary turret? (2) This photograph is anonymous and unsourced. (3) All extant verbal descriptions of Alagoas (e.g. Burton, Thompson) stressed her clean, uncluttered lines. (4) Above all, a sourced photograph of the real river monitor Alagoas shows she looked like this:

A rare photograph of the Brazilian river monitor Alagoas passing Humaitá, sometime in 1868, presumably after the fortress was captured. Notice the low profile presented to enemy artillery. From a soldier's photographic album preserved at the National Library of Brazil.

This photo, which I believe shows the real Brazilian monitor Alagōas, is reproduced in the article Passage of Humaitá, which also contains a detailed verbal description, sourced. I obtained that photo from the National Library of Brazil where, seemingly, it is carefully captioned. Ttocserp 15:01, 2 June 2017 (UTC)