A fact from A Glorious Way to Die appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that A Glorious Way to Die is a book about the World War II kamikaze mission of the world's largest battleship, the Yamato, against the American Pacific Fleet?
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Okay, on first glance, this seems ripe for promotion. It gives a good sense of the book despite my not having read it, seems neutral in tone, and the sourcing looks good. The lack of criticism of the book may be a small issue, but it also clearly was well-received generally, so I doubt this will turn out to be a major neutrality problem. Here are my comments from my initial prose-checking pass; I'll do some source review and the checklist in a minute. Thanks as always for your contributions! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:37, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"was conceived to repulse the Allied advance" -- can it be clarified who conceived this (or what level of command)?
I put kamikaze in lower case, which I think is more common, but I see that Spurr seems to use the capital, so either is probably fine here. Feel free to revert me.
Spotchecks show no evidence of copyright issues. I've suggested a small possible clarification above, but the article is clear and well-written overall.
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
I was concerned by the lack of negative reviews, but a quick check of reviews shows none, and it would be undue to dig up an obscure review simply to provide counterargument; the critical consensus is clear. The MJS complaint about a slow opening provided a good bit of balance.
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6.Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
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