Talk:Alsos Mission/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Σ (talk · contribs) 01:30, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

• I've taken a quick look at it, and in general it is good. I will add some comments here after reading it more thoroughly. →Στc. 02:26, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Lead

• ...discern how far the Germans had gone towards creating an atomic bomb. I believe that discern German progress towards the creation of an atomic bomb. reads better.
  • Sounds good. Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
• Alsos Mission personnel followed close behind the front lines...capture by the Soviet Union. Seems unnecessarily long. I would try splitting it in two.
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Origin

• In 1943, Brigadier General Wilhelm D. Styer... Wikipedia:LINK#General_points_on_linking_style discourages links next to each other.
  • Unavoidable. One is a rank and the other links to the name. I have had many Featured Articles with this. We can agree to disagree, as MOS:LINK is not required for GAN. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
    • Fair enough. →Στc. 01:33, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
• ...General George Marshall... Same as above.
• It was not restricted to those involving nuclear weapons. What was it restricted to, then? Or was it restricted at all?
• The Chief of Army Intelligence, Major General George V. Strong, appointed Lieutenant Colonel Boris Pash... Again, adjacent links.

Italy

• Pash met with Marshal of Italy Pietro Badoglio Adjacent links again.
• Is the whole first paragraph sourced to ref 12?
  • Yes. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Western Europe

Britain

• ...radioactive poisons was sufficient to warn General Dwight D. Eisenhower... Adjacent links again.

Germany

• There is a single-sentence paragraph at the bottom, although it isn't a major concern.
  • Actually it has two. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Japan

• they met with the intelligence staff General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's AFPAC. Adjacent links.

See also

• Please add {{clear}} at the bottom of the section.
  • Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

→Στc. 06:28, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

• All done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Assessment

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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I'm happy with the article.

1. Is it reasonably well written?

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2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

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3. Is it broad in its coverage?

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4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

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