Talk:William R. Purnell

William R. Purnell has been listed as one of the Warfare 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
Date	Process	Result
July 1, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 16, 2013.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell and Captain Deak Parsons were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:William R. Purnell/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Diannaa (talk · contribs) 17:05, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose: clear and concise, correct spelling and grammar:
Copy edit revealed no major concerns with the prose.

B. Complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
The lead is a bit too short given the size of the article. My suggestions: incorporate a bit of material on his supervision of the Manhattan Project and/or mention his awards. The other MoS criterion are met.

A. Provides references to all sources:
Article has sources for all content, all verifiable.

B. Provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:
Sources are high quality books and periodicals. Spot checks reveal no copyright violations or too-close paraphrasing. Citation bot, Checklinks, and Reflinks found no issues. No technical errors were spotted in the referencing mark-up.

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Main aspects are addressed:
We could use a bit of general info on why they went to Tinian please.

B. Remains focused:
Does it follow the neutral point of view policy?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Hi Hawkeye! A nice article that only needs a couple things for a pass. The article has been placed on hold for one week. -- Diannaa (talk) 18:18, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded the introduction, and the section on the Manhattan Project. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:40, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay good. I am passing to GA. Best wishes and congratulations, -- Diannaa (talk) 22:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]