Talk:Petlyakov Pe-8/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Ian Rose (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):


 * It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * The book Air Power by Bill Gunston and others (compilation of various Purnell/Phoebus History of the World Wars titles) claims Tupelev designed the plane and Petlyakov "prepared it for series production" in 1939. Does this gel with any of your sources?
 * Both Gunston's Encyclopaedia and Gordon specifically state that the task of meeting the requirement was given to the Tupolev OKB which assigned it to a brigade led by Petlyakov. I've rewritten the statement to clarify things a bit.


 * It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * I'm not sure the Varients section works; it might be better merging the first para into Design & Development and the rest into Operational History, which could be subdivided into WWII and Post-War as I feel the post-war info should appear chronologically after the wartime history.
 * Since John Taylor isn't linked, best describe him, e.g. "military historian John Taylor". Also I assume he is synonymous with the Michael J.H. Taylor in the References - best make the name the same in both instances...
 * I have identified him. They appear to be two people, father and son. Jehochman Talk 14:34, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've followed Ian's suggestion and merged the Variants section into the others. And deleted the whole PS-42 claim since I haven't actually seen the book in question. Gunston and Gordon make absolutely no mention of any airliner version so I think that Taylor was simply speculating or was confused by the ON versions.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * a (fair representation): b (all significant views):


 * It is stable.
 * No edit wars etc.:


 * It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
 * a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA):  c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
 * We should have alt text in images.
 * I've taken care of this. Jehochman Talk 14:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Overall:
 * a Pass/Fail:
 * All up very good, if you can respond the the above we should be able to pass soon. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I saw this pop up on my watchlist, so I've taken the liberty of butting in. Jehochman Talk 14:35, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Satisfied with responses/actions so consider this passed for GA - well done! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)