Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident


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The article was promoted 00:03, 21 February 2008.

2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident


Respectfully nominate this article about an nuclear weapons incident in the United States for featured article consideration. The article has been through a peer review and passed an A-class review with WP:MILHIST. Self-nomination. Cla68 (talk) 07:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support: This article has a good topic to show on the homepage of Wikipedia because it has a significance with the Iraq War —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airbus A350 (talk • contribs) 05:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Some more copyediting needed. For example,
 * "the DoD Bent Spear incident report reportedly contained" - repetition
 * "Richard Newton, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements" - capitals needed if this is a title
 * "...a limited number of airmen at both locations failed to follow procedures." - nbsp needed after ellipses, per Manual of Style
 * "He didn't provide a timeline for " - contractions shouldn't be used
 * "issued a new policy directive regarding the handling of nuclear weapons and delivery systems which prohibits the storing of " - comma needed before which
 * "all nonnuclear munitions and missiles must be labled" - typo
 * Too many sentences begin with "Also", "Furthermore", "In addition", or "Additionally". Epbr123 (talk) 10:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the constructive feedback and believe I've made all the corrections you suggested except for one. According to the grammar guides I've looked at, such as this one, if a job title comes after a person's name, then it isn't supposed to be capitalized. Cla68 (talk) 12:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * An image caption should only end with a full-stop if it forms a complete sentence.
 * The en dash in the info box shouldn't be spaced
 * Full dates in the footnotes need linking
 * The wikicommons links belong in an external links section
 * In ref numbers 1 and 23, "GENERAL RONALD E. KEYS" should be contain the external link and the caps should be removed. Epbr123 (talk) 16:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think I've gotten them all but, I'm not sure what you mean by "wikicommons links belong in an external links section". Cla68 (talk) 00:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The Wikinews and Wikimedia Commons links belong in an external links section. Epbr123 (talk) 10:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, the Wikinews box was moved to the bottom. Cla68 (talk) 11:47, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Article is very well written, adheres to guidelines, and has many details about the incident. Hello32020 (talk) 13:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, I can't see any problems with this article, and am happy to support. --Jackyd101 (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: the external link checker (see top of FAC) returns a 404 on an LATimes article; they move their articles to archives, so you may need to search for a new link. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 17:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * New link added, thank you. Apparently, anyone who now wants to read that article will need to pay to do so. Cla68 (talk) 20:22, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support My only issue comes with dates. In the infobox, you have wikilinked the August 30 and August 29 dates, if you do it there, you need to repeat it in the lead for consistency. I also think that the dates in the references should be consistent. You use September 29, 2007 whilst also using 2007-09-29. Use one or the other for those whithout date preferences set, (the majority of readers). Woody (talk) 16:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the constructive feedback. I linked the lead dates.  The reference template "access date" field, however, doesn't seem to allow date linking in the other format. Cla68 (talk) 00:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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