User:Louis F. Sander/sandbox

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Stuff that is useful in importing AKA articles:

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[[5" /38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber dual purpose gun mount]],

*[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] (Primary source for this article)

[[Category:CZ Live]] [[Category:History Workgroup]] [[Category:Military Workgroup]]

Here's a copy of the blank Article Checklist template and it's instructions that you can copy and paste onto the talk page of articles. Once you have filled out the checklist, delete the instructions!

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In brief:

• pagename: must contain the correct name of the article.
• variant: records the dialect of English which the article is written in.

• abc: means the form of the title for alphabetization, e.g. "Doherty, John" or "Orient, The". Please think this one through.
• cat_check: put "yes" if you want someone to check over the categories.
• status: 0 for approved articles; 1 developed, 2 developing, 3 stub, 4 external
• underlinked: put "yes" if not enough other articles link to it (click "What links here" at left)
• cleanup: put "yes" if basic cleanup has been done.
• by: obsolete; leave blank.
• cat1, cat2 and cat3: workgroups; fill in numerical order.
• sub1, sub2 and sub3: sub-workgroups; fill in numerical order.
• tab1, tab2 and tab3: per-article subpages; fill in numerical order.

• article url: a URL link to the version to approve.
• subpage url: a URL link to the version of a subpage to approve.
• cluster: blank unless the whole cluster needs to be approved.
• now: the date and time when the nomination was made.
• ToA editor, ToA editor2, ToA editor3: name of the editor(s) who nominated the article for approval; fill in numerical order.
• date: deadline for comments (format yyyymmdd).

• A editor, A editor2, A editor3: copied from ToA editor etc when Approval is completed.

I intend to maintain this article on Citizendium. I wrote its original version for Wikipedia during 2006. The source for most of the material was the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. I did the extensive Wikification, which included standardization of geographical names across the range of articles on similar ships. I also copy edited the DANFS material, added facts, found photos and external links, etc. The table at the top of the article is based on similar tables in Wikipedia. There have been few changes by others, and they are minor. I left in the red links, hoping that Citizendium would have articles about them soon.

When I brought the article to CZ, I added sections for each year the ship was in commission, improved the headings on the table, and made minor copy edits. ~~~~

STYLE FIXES:

1. Delete categories, etc.
2. Fix DANFS reference
3. Fix top of table ("Career," Jack, etc.)
4. Fix 5"/38 in table
5. Use modern abbreviations for rank
6. Bring battle star info to top
7. Put sections for each year, etc., where applicable