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Reference 7 possibly broken?

The archive linked doesn't appear to be working correctly.

Edit: I found the correct link, it should be this: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/hiroshima-bombing-was-justified-says-survivor

"Cite error" Can anyone please assist? I'm utterly new to editing on Wikipedia, but have just now viewed a video that is referred to as "missing as of 2004". I wanted to offer the link to the relevant video, but have been quite clumsy in my effort.

Need help cirrecting my error. The link is valid, but my handling of the format seems a dud. Catnug (talk) 09:31, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Planned improvements

Hello! I am planning on improving this article as part of WikiProject Women in Green. My goals are (a) to expand the article while also re-centering its focus on the maidens (some segments focus too heavily on Tanimoto, who has his own article), (b) to improve the article's sources, and (c) to improve the article's prose. I will be working in my sandbox, so there will probably be a huge edit coming through once I'm done. You can check on my progress there. I am a fairly new editor, so I apologize if I make mistakes. If there are issues with my edits, please let me know and we can discuss it here. Thank you! Spookyaki (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, edits done! There's a lot going on. Some major (but not exhaustive) notes:

Opted to go with Personal name-Surname name order, since that is what is used in most English sources.
Removed the video. It's interesting, and the caption is also very interesting and detailed. However, it's ultimately only tenuously related to this article and the caption is uncited.
Removed some extraneous material about Tanimoto. As I said, it's more appropriate for his own article.
Expanded a lot on the Maidens' time in America.
The "Atomic Bomb Maidens" section is interesting, but a bit too essay-like (see WP:NOTESSAY) and not really supported by the sources in most cases. I removed it.
I added a section on critical interpretations of the Maidens project ("Interpretations and criticism") that incorporates scholarly interpretations of the Maidens project. I pulled from as many sources as I could find, but I'm still personally not sure if it constitutes something like WP:OR. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.
Removed the paragraph about Masako Tachibana. It's interesting, but I could not find any documentation about it. The source cited is a defunct CBC video that, as an archive, no longer plays. I also am pretty sure that Masako Tachibana was not one of the 25 Maidens who traveled to the United States.
Added a "Legacy" section. Includes some of what was previously in the "In popular culture" section.
Expanded the list of Maidens. I'm honestly not sure that the list is necessary, but I appreciate that it's included and wanted to get all 25 Maidens if I could. I think I succeeded. I believe (but cannot confirm) that the 25 names listed under the "To" section of The Hiroshima Maidens: A Story of Courage, Compassion, and Survival are them, but I tried to find them in other sources just in case (since it is not explicitly specified).
Some may question my reliance on Barker, given the criticism of him discussed in the article. While he's not perfect as a source, he does, as Chung Simpson says, give "the most comprehensive story of the 1955 project". Most of the academic sources cite him when it comes to biographical details. It would be pretty much impossible to give a complete picture of the Maidens' experience without his work.

I think that's the major stuff. I am now going to submit for peer review. Thanks everyone for your patience! Spookyaki (talk) 20:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]