Talk:McDonald Ranch House
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Copy Vio
[edit]Most of the content of this page was a copy and paste of http://www.trinityremembered.com/history/house.html, so I removed it for now. However, the page has no information on the house itself, and even links to the same page. Maybe someone can rewrite so it actually has some useful information. - Aero 22:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
- Actually the text is from http://www.wsmr.army.mil/pao/TrinitySite/trinph.htm - a US government site therefore public domain. According to http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wsmr.army.mil/pao/TrinitySite/trinph.htm it's been there since 2004 - http://www.trinityremembered.com/history/house.html which isn't in the archive (which tends to suggest it's fairly recent), has a copy right date of 2005. Megapixie 23:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Nick-D (talk · contribs) 01:17, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Comments
[edit]Interesting choice for an article! It looks generally very good, and I have the following comments:
- The lead should be expanded to note the pre and post-nuclear test histories of the house
- Increased the size of the lead. When I put together a major article, I normally create a spin-off article or two. Originally this one was just a copy of the WSMR brochure. It has been expanded somewhat, and now has a spin-off article of its own. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- Can more be said about the history of the occupation/purpose of the house before it was taken over by the army? (eg, was it the only house on the ranch)
- No, I cannot find anything more on it. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- "There is a display on the Schmidt family in the house during each open house" - I'd suggest moving this to the end of the article and add a bit of material explaining that it's generally not open to the public
- Do we know why the house was selected to be used to assemble the atomic bomb? It seems a surprising choice for such a critical (and expensive) test - I would have expected a purpose-built facility of some kind.
- For a one-off? Unlikely. But I cannot find anything. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- I'd suggest adding some material noting the house's historic place listing at the end of the article (when did this occur, and what does it involve?)
- Done. Also added more material about the restoration. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- That all looks good. I'm pleased to pass this nomination. Nick-D (talk) 10:30, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- Done. Also added more material about the restoration. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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Family was denied ownership or access as promised
[edit]Although the article does say they were awarded $60,000 by a court, which back in the 1940s was a huge amount for a property. Land out there must have been extremely cheap. So, at least they were well compensated. 137.188.108.203 (talk) 02:03, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
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