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O'Brien-class destroyer has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 31, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
June 17, 2009	Good topic candidate	Promoted
December 6, 2024	Good article reassessment	Kept

Current status: Good article

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GA Review

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Below is my review:

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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:

I tried hard, but really couldn't find any issues. It is frustrating when you cannot find a single mistake without being too nitpicky. The article is already GA-class just like the ship articles of the class. Cheers for brilliant Bellhalla. - DSachan (talk) 19:43, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article does not meet the good article criteria anymore because there is uncited prose, including entire paragraphs. While this is a well-written article, the information needs to be cited to retain its GA designation. Is anyone willing to review the sources and cite this text? Z1720 (talk) 21:52, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

O'Brien-class destroyer

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Kept. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains many uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. While the information might be verified by the subsequent citations, that source will need to be checked to ensure it verifies all the information in the preceeding paragraph. Z1720 (talk) 22:17, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The majority of uncited paragraphs were caused by the breaking up of the existing paragraphs rather than the addition of new information. Going off the revision from the GA promotion I have re-added the citations used for these sections. The other uncited statement, in background, was also uncited at the time of promotion. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:28, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have now added the other citation from Friedman (available here). Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 22:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are we still considering navweaps a RS these days? I was thinking that we didn't. There are a few citations to that source. Hog Farm _Talk 23:21, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed navweaps and the information it cited. It was technical detail on the guns which seemed to be far too much considering we have a separate article for the gun. Agree that the source itself is nowadays subpar. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 23:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; this looks fine now. Hog Farm _Talk 02:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.