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British nuclear tests at Maralinga (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

When Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom was promoted as a Good Topic, Reywas92 noted that this article, although graded as a Good Article, was below standard, and encouraged me to clean it up. I have now done so, adding some text and I dug up some maps and photographs. Since it is already a Good Article, I am bringing it here for review. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:43, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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G'day, Hawkeye, I caught a few typos and have the following suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 09:42, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

All points addressed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:04, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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That's anything from me. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 15:59, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review—pass

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Phew, a serious article. I can't say I have a clue about the technical stuff, but have a few comments:

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  • in the first sentence, I suggest using "were conducted" instead of "occurred" as they were planned and conducted, they didn't just occur
    checkY Done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:44, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • the lead mentions seven tests between 1956 and 1963, but the seven tests that are then explained only occurred in 1956 (4) and 1957 (3)? Am I missing something?
    The minor trials, which were conducted until 1963. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:44, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • suggest "Three tests were conducted: Tadje (0.93 kilotonnes of TNT (3.9 TJ)), Biak (5.67 kilotonnes of TNT (23.7 TJ)) and Taranaki (26.6 kilotonnes of TNT (111 TJ)). The first two tests were conducted from towers, while the last was suspended from balloons."
    checkY Changed as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:44, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • suggest consistency in describing major tests and minor trials, rather than describing the Kittens as tests
    checkY Done. The two were used interchangeably at the time (as the article describes) but I think this is a good idea.

More to come. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:53, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Down to Minor trials. More to come. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:45, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Down to Closure. More to come. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:48, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's me done. Great job on this. I knew Christobel Mattingley, and her husband taught me history. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:52, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nikkimaria, would you mind taking a look at the image licensing please? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 20:33, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Nikkimaria (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nikkimaria is this good to go? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:56, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just waiting on a source for File:Emu_to_Maralinga_Road_0117.svg. Nikkimaria (talk) 11:30, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we don't have it and it is impossible to get it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:45, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
So, will you delete it, or can it be shown that it is consistent with possible source maps? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:30, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The map is derived from the one of the Oodnadatta Track in Stoffel, Frank. Great Desert Tracks Atlas and Guide. Eight Mile Plains, Queensland: Hema. ISBN 978-1-876413-63-7.. I've removed it from the article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:24, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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