Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/WAVES

Nominator(s): Pendright (talk)

Featured article candidates/WAVES/archive1

Nominated for A-class on behalf of Pendright per [1]. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:27, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article looks at the plight of women seeking to enter the U.S. Navy in Word War II; the difficulties they encountered along the way, and the challenges they faced once in the service of their country. On 30 July 1942, the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) became the Women’s reserve branch of the United States Naval Reserve. The idea of women serving in the Navy during the War was not widely supported in the Congress, or by the Navy itself. But with the manpower shortages, women were needed to replace men for sea duty. Several notable women, including Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, laid the groundwork for the passage of the law. It allowed women to serve in the U. S. Navy as an officer or at an enlisted level with a rank or rate consistent with that of the regular Navy. The article was promoted to GA in February 2016 without any thought, on my part, of pursuing ACR. Since then, I have changed my mind, and it has been reworked and reviewed by other editors. I welcome all comments. Pendright (talk) 04:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support: G'day, Pendright, nice work. I have a few suggestions (please see below). If there is anything you don't understand about my comments, please let me know and I will either try to clarify or help you with them. AustralianRupert (talk) 06:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"File:1939 Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.jpg": might be more visually appealing if the black border was cropped
the external links all work and there are no disambig links (no action required)
the article is well referenced (no action required)
headings: I suggest adding a level two header called "Training" and then subordinating "Training of officers" and "Training of enlisted" below that as level three headers

Fixed - Pendright (talk) 20:06, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

headings: "Women of the WAVES": not quite sure this heading is best. I wonder if it should be Personnel?

Fixed - Pendright (talk) 20:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

image placement: it is best to avoid sandwiching text between images, as such I think there might be one too many images in the Women of the WAVES section. I suggest maybe removing, or moving elsewhere "File:N3N female mechanic 1942 535576.jpg"

Image removed: File:N3N female mechanic 1942 535576.jpg - Pendright (talk) 20:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

in the body of the article, there are a few terms that are overlinked: Women's Army Corps, Yeoman (F), and SPARS. These should only be linked once in the body (when they are first mentioned)

Unlinked- Pendright (talk) 01:29, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

in the Song of the WAVES section, Anchors Aweigh should be presented in italics

Fixed - Pendright (talk) 01:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

the See also section shouldn't contain non linked items, so I suggest removing SPARS, USMC Women's Reserve and Women's Army Corps

Removed - Pendright (talk) 04:22, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

in the External links, I suggest moving the Campbell work to the Further reading section
same as above for the Bureau of Naval Personnel work
in the Further reading section, I suggest using the {{cite book}} template to format the entries as you have in the Bibliography. This will help keep the formating consistent
suggest slightly rewording this: During the course of the war, seven of the WAVE officers and 62 of the enlisted women.... Perhaps this might be smoother: During the course of the war, seven WAVE officers and 62 enlisted women...