Talk:John Cunningham (RAF officer)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 22:33, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria This article qualifies for GA status. But to show I read it, I have a few fixes.
 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
 * Subject's name is misspelt in the lead ✅
 * In the Heading "de Haviland apprenticeship", the "D" should be capitalised
 * "Cunningham began his engineering career with a some menial projects   " delete "a"? ✅
 * Captions do not have full stops unless they are proper sentences (per MOS:CAPTIONS) ✅
 * "but nevertheless, the flying suits nor the cockpit was heated" suggest "neither the flying suits nor the cockpit were heated" ✅
 * "On 15 May 1940, 604 was moved to RAF Manston" delete "was" ✅
 * "Hall would later became Cunningham's managing director and boss" suggest "Hall later became Cunningham's managing director and boss" or "Hall would later become Cunningham's managing director and boss" ✅
 * "A pair of elevation aerials were located above and blow the wing surfaces" suggest "A pair of elevation aerials were located above and below the wing surfaces ✅
 * "He expended all ammunition against it, save for a cannon that stopped" suggest "He expended all his ammunition against it, save for that of a cannon that stopped. ✅
 * "a He 111" suggest "an He 111" ? Should "A 8./KG 55" be "An 8./KG 55" ?
 * "Sholto Douglas accompanied the King whe appeared at Danebury Hill   " should be "Sholto Douglas accompanied the King, who appeared at Danebury Hill" ✅
 * "He had to gave up when his windshield iced over" should be "He had to give up when his windshield iced over ✅
 * "forced to bale out" should be "forced to bail out" ✅
 * "Postwar" is "Post-war" in British English
 * "On 1 May 1975 the British Government announced the nationalisation of the industry and British Aerospace consumed all the nations manufacturers." "nations" should be "nation's"✅
 * "From 1980 he was appointed Chairman of the Sir Geoffrey de Havilland Flying Foundation,   " should be "in 1980" ✅
 * "The medals were subsequently sold to raise funds for the Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal for £384,000 on 7 September 2012." suggest "The medals were subsequently sold for £384,000 to raise funds for the Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal on 7 September 2012." ✅
 * B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. Has an appropriate reference section:
 * B. Citations to reliable sources, where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * File:JohnCunningham1942.png UK copyright expired - public domain
 * File:De Havilland DH-94 Moth Minor Vabre.jpg - OTRS ticket
 * File:Bristol Beaufighter AL-61A.jpg - Creative commons
 * File:Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. MH4560.jpg UK copyright expired - public domain
 * File:John Cunningham by Cuthbert Orde.jpg UK copyright expired - public domain
 * File:BEA de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B Berlin.jpg - OTRS ticket
 * B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * That'll do. Passing.
 * File:Bristol Beaufighter AL-61A.jpg - Creative commons
 * File:Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. MH4560.jpg UK copyright expired - public domain
 * File:John Cunningham by Cuthbert Orde.jpg UK copyright expired - public domain
 * File:BEA de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B Berlin.jpg - OTRS ticket
 * B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * That'll do. Passing.
 * That'll do. Passing.

As an aside, Geoffrey de Havilland Jr is the first non-American I've come across with a "Jr". Correct the quibblers and I'll pass the article. Cheers. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:19, 6 March 2015 (UTC)