Talk:5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Parsecboy (talk · contribs) 16:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

I'll take this for review. Parsecboy (talk) 16:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• There are some grammar issues with the article - a copyedit request at WP:GOCER would be a good idea.

• Made the request. Kges1901 (talk) 00:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
• CE done. Kges1901 (talk) 09:25, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• There are several duplicate links that ought to be removed

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• There are still a few in the article - there's a script here you can use that helps identify duplicate links easily. Parsecboy (talk) 14:32, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

• Don't forget about this one. Parsecboy (talk) 13:20, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

• Took care of this last one myself - will pass now. Parsecboy (talk) 14:29, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

• Is there an explanation of "named for Kalinowski"?

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 10:08, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

• Foreign language terms (like Kombrig, Komdiv, etc.) should be italicized unless they are common in English

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• What variant of English is used in the article? "Mechanised" is the British spelling, but distances are given in "kilometers", the US spelling.

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• Distance figures should also be converted into miles.

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 00:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

• Pipe the link to Battle of Smolensk (1943) please.

• Addressed. Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• The 9th Guards Motor Rifle Division provides contradictory information on that unit's lineage.

• I don't see a contradiction, can you elaborate? Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• Nevermind, I misread the article.

• What makes mechcorps.rkka.ru a reliable source? Ditto for generals.dk and tankfront.ru. Parsecboy (talk) 16:37, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• mechcorps.rkka.ru is the website of Yevgeny Drig, who is quoted by David Glantz. I will change the refs to generals.dk and tankfront with more RS sources. Kges1901 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

• Does Drig have any other publications? Generally, personal websites aren't considered reliable sources unless the author has been published elsewhere (and being quoted in someone else's book doesn't count - I've seen that argument shot down at the RS Noticeboard before). Parsecboy (talk) 14:30, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

• Yes, there's a book: Механизированные корпуса РККА в бою : история автобронетанковых войск Красной Армии в 1940–1941 годах, Moscow:AST, 2005. Kges1901 (talk) 15:59, 23 November 2016 (UTC)