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Space Race
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because of it's Ex-FA status; It's been 3 years since it's last peer review, a lot of changes have been made but it's always good to get a bit of external opinion on how it's going :)
 * Previous peer review

Thanks, MichaelHenley (Talk-Contribs) 02:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments from Jappalang


 * This article is not ready for peer review; as pointed in the instructions, peer review "is intended for high-quality articles that have already undergone extensive work, often as a way of preparing a featured article candidate."
 * Regardless, I am going to quickly point out the biggest problems that should be rectified before sending the article for a peer review. I am not going to respond any further other than the following.
 * There is an expansion tag in the article; all such cleanup messages should be resolved before coming here.
 * There are several unsourced/uncited information, including opinions such as "Had von Braun's team been allowed to orbit a satellite in 1956, the Space Race might have been over before it gained sufficient momentum to yield real benefits." that would be original research if unsourced.
 * Using Infobox Military Conflict is very inappropriate. The Space Race might be the substitute for a military conflict, but it is not one.  That would be akin to claiming that we should make Fischer-Spassky or the Olympics during the Cold War "military conflicts".  The one-up-manship prevalent between the two countries then do not make anything they do to prove superiority a military conflict.
 * The OR issue goes for "US-Soviet Joint Victory"; most sources claim the Space Race to be won by the US (for reaching the moon). To claim this as a joint victory would require the academic community to declare it as such; where are the academic sources that back this opinion?
 * File:DOS-1 Salyut-1 artist impression.JPG and File:Gagarin space suite.jpg are copyright violations as pointed out in their nominations for deletions.

Please read the peer review instructions before nominating articles here. Jappalang (talk) 01:25, 20 October 2010 (UTC)