Talk:Willard Libby/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs) 17:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I propose to undertake this review and will read through the article in detail shortly. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:37, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

First reading
The first half of the article has a number of careless errors while the second half is much better:
 * "He sided with Edward Teller on pursuing a crash program to develop the hydrogen bomb, help the Atoms for Peace program, and defended the administration's atmospheric nuclear testing." - the tenses in this sentence are a bit muddled.
 * ✅ Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "When he was five, Libby's parents moved to the Santa Rosa, California" - "the" not needed.
 * ✅ Deleted word. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "When he was five, Libby's parents moved to the Santa Rosa, California. Libby began his education in a two-room Colorado schoolhouse." - These two sentences need to be reversed to make them chronological.
 * ✅ Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "... independently of the work of George de Hevesy and Max Pahl" - I suggest you put this phrase at the beginning of the sentence.
 * ✅ Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "He became and assistant professor of Chemistry there in 1938" - typo.
 * ✅ Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "and the fissile uranium-235 made up only one-hundred and fortieth of natural uranium." - Couldn't you express this as a percentage, or say "less than one percent"?
 * ✅ Done. I thought one part in 140 was easier for people to grasp than 0.7% Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * " a heavier one. In fact," - sentence structure.
 * ✅ Joined sentences together. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "In addition to the developing a suitable barrier," - typo.
 * ✅ Deleted word. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "had to assist in design an industrial gaseous" - a couple of words missing here.
 * ✅ Added words. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "Only a few tests by Libby indicated that the Norris-Adler they were working indicated that it would." - This sentence is a bit garbled.
 * ✅ Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Wikilink or explain "Norris-Adler"
 * ✅ That's an idea. Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "He remained confident that with an all-effort," - "all-out-effort"?
 * ✅ Added words. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * He was working on using gaseous diffusion and finding problems. It is not clear to me whether he was successful in the end, or whether the isotopes were eventually separated by a quite different method, in a new process developed by Kellex.
 * ✅ He was successful in the end, but the the isotopes were eventually separated by a quite different method, in a new process developed by Kellex Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "a professorship in Chemistry Department at the " - typo.
 * ✅ Corrected. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That's all for now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reviewing the article! Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

GA criteria

 * The article is well written and complies with MOS guidelines on prose and grammar, structure and layout.
 * The article uses many reliable third-party sources, and makes frequent citations to them. I do not believe it contains original research.
 * The article covers the main aspects of the subject and remains focussed.
 * The article is neutral.
 * The article is stable.
 * The single images is relevant and has a fair use rationale.


 * Final assessment - I am satisfied with the alterations made and believe this article meets the GA criteria. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 22 October 2015 (UTC)