Talk:Wendover Air Force Base

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Review: April 14, 2015. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Wendover Air Force Base appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Wendover Air Force Base has been used as a location for films including Con Air (1995), Mulholland Falls (1996), Independence Day (1996), The Hulk (2003) and The Core (2003)?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wendover Air Force Base/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Maile66 (talk · contribs) 21:56, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
Hawkeye7, Duplication Detector at Labs indicated a high probability with copyvio from Reference 3, which is the Hill AFB Fact Sheet. See below - it's the entire World War II section. This is the only section I've checked so far. Once you take care of this, I'll continue with the review. — Maile (talk) 13:18, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~World War II section:~~

Source - With the entrance of the United States into World War II, Wendover Field began to take on greater importance. For much of the war the installation was the Army Air Forces' only bombing and gunnery range.

Article - With the entrance of the United States into World War II, Wendover Field took on greater importance. It was the Army Air Force's largest bombing and gunnery range.
Source - On March 1, 1942 the Army Air Force activated Wendover Air Base and also assigned the research and development of guided missiles, pilotless aircraft, and remotely-controlled bombs to the site. The new base was supplied and serviced by the Ogden Air Depot at Hill Field. In April the Air Corps activated the Wendover Sub-Depot for technical and administrative control of the field, under the immediate command of the Ogden Air Depot. The Wendover Sub-Depot was tasked to requisition, store, and issue all Army Air Forces property for organizations stationed at Wendover Field for training.

Article - On March 1942 the Army Air Force activated Wendover Army Air Field and also assigned the research and development of guided missiles, pilotless aircraft, and remotely controlled bombs to the site. The new base was supplied and serviced by the Ogden Air Depot at Hill Field. In April 1942, the Wendover Sub-Depot was activated and assumed technical and administrative control of the field, under the Ogden Air Depot. The Wendover Sub-Depot was tasked to requisition, store, and issue all Army Air Forces property for organizations stationed at Wendover Field for training.

Source - By late 1943 there were approximately 2,000 civilian employees and 17,500 military personnel at Wendover. Construction at the base continued for most of the war, and by May 1945 the base consisted of 668 buildings, including a 300-bed hospital, gymnasium, swimming pool, library, chapel, cafeteria, bowling alley, two movie theatres, and 361 housing units for married officers and civilians.

Article - By late 1943 there were some 2,000 civilian employees and 17,500 military personnel at Wendover. Construction at the base continued for most of the war, including three 8,100-foot (2,500 m) paved runways, taxiways, a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) ramp, and seven hangars. By May 1945 the base consisted of 668 buildings, including a 300-bed hospital, gymnasium, swimming pool, library, chapel, cafeteria, bowling alley, two movie theatres, and 361 housing units for married officers and civilians.

Comment: That the article incorporated public domain material from the Public Domain United States Air Force document "Fact Sheet: Wendover Field" was not overlooked. I have corrected the template on the page to document this. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:15, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~All right. I see where you did that. — Maile (talk) 23:24, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]~~
B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citations to reliable sources, where necessary:

C. No original research:

Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused (see summary style):

Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:

Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Hawkeye7 has been the major contributor in 2015, with others adding minor edits. — Maile (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
Copyright status was already tagged, and I added FoP-US tags on the images of buildings, just to make sure all bases are covered on this. — Maile (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Good use of available images. — Maile (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Well researched and well documented article on an American military base that was a key player in World War II and the development of the bombs. Assume you're taking this to FAC at some point. — Maile (talk) 13:18, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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