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Good articlePulvermacher's chain has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
June 19, 2011Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 7, 2011.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Pulvermacher's chain battery was used in experiments by dentists in an attempt to anaesthetise patients with electric shocks?

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Pulvermacher's chain/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Pyrotec (talk) 11:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will review. Pyrotec (talk) 11:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou. I am ready and waiting. SpinningSpark 21:50, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry for the delay, I have five GAN reviews undergo (with several On Hold) including this one. This candidate article looks to be at or about GA-level and I don't see many "problems", so my review will be short. Pyrotec (talk) 11:29, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Overall summary

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


A comprehensive and interesting article on a now obscure item of late 19th century "medical" apparatus.

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:
    B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:
    Well referenced.
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
    Well referenced.
    C. No original research:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:
    B. Focused:
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
    Well illustrated.
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
    Well illustrated.
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:

The article is well referenced, and illustrated, and has good supporting links in the Further reading and External links sections. I'm pleased to be able to state that I'm awarding this article GA-status. Congratulations on producing a interesting GA. Pyrotec (talk) 11:52, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for taking the time and trouble of reviewing. SpinningSpark 14:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]