I will review this article for GA over the next couple of days. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:41, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
Initial comments/suggestions
Nice work, Hawkeye, I have the following suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 07:54, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
in the lead: "Long Island (Papua New Guinea) was an..." I wonder if the piping should be hidden, and also whether the location of the island should be clarified more. For instance, may be this might work: "Long Island, situated blah blah blah, was an important staging point for Japanese barges..." I would also suggest maybe clarifying the area that the barges were being used, e.g. "important staging point for Japanese barges operating between X and Y", or something similar (suggest adding this to the Background section also)
Y Added. The piping has been hidden; it was uncovered by an editor when the article ran on the front page as a DYK. Hawkeye7(discuss) 20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
"wiped out by a volcanic eruption..." do we know when roughly (perhaps state the year, if know)?
Y Uh, well, the Allied Geographic Section report says "in the last 150 years", but I believe that it was the 1660 eruption, which
PT boat is overlinked in the Landing section
Y Resolved.
"and it was feared that the Japanese..." --> "...feared by Allied planners that the Japanese?"
Images: are there any photos of the landing, or forces involved, or even the radar station? If not, it isn't a drama, but it would certainly improve the article if one could be added
Not that I could find. I'd settle for much less, like a half decent map. Hawkeye7(discuss) 20:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
No worries, potentially this one might be a bit less cluttered, although it doesn't specifically label Long Island. File:New guinea.png. AustralianRupert (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply
"cut the Japanese supply line, which was by barges moving along the coast..." --> perhaps clarify which coast
Itcontains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a(tagged and captioned): b(Is illustrated with appropriate images): c(non-free images have fair use rationales): dpublic domain pictures appropriately demonstrate why they are public domain:
Overall:
aPass/Fail:
Great work as always, Hawkeye. Thanks for your efforts. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)Reply