Talk:Ronald Evans (astronaut)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 23:28, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll take this one on, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 23:28, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Start comments:

Early life

• Just checking, St Francis School and St Francis High School are two separate institutions?

  Y Yes. Changed to St Francis Elementary School

• order to pay for it he...: suggest "order to pay for his education, he..."

  Y Changed as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Navy

• His flight training then progressed...: the phrase "then progressed" is also used in the previous sentence, suggest rephrasing one or the other.

  Y Re-phrased. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

• where they practised landing...: suggest replacing "they" with "students"

  Y Changed as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

• Military application were due by July 15.: to improve clarity, suggest "Applications from military personnel were due by July 15."

  Y Changed as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

• and in December 1965 an aircraft from another squadron was lost with a hydrogen bomb on board.: suggest cutting this, don't see the relevance to Evans here.

  Y Deleted. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Up to NASA section, more to follow. Zawed (talk) 03:09, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

NASA

• Under the rotation scheme, they would...: since this phrase is used at the start of the previous sentence, I suggest "According to the rotation scheme..." to change up the language.

• Y Broken up. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:37, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• ...become the prime crew CSRs of Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 respectively.: not 100% sure, but think CSRs should be CDRs, unless another meaning is meant?

  Y Should be CDR. Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• However, Cernan baulked at reprising his role as lunar module pilot...: this needs some context although I think getting into a discussion regarding Apollo 10's LMP position could go off a bit off tangent for this action. Perhaps state "Cernan, having already flown an Apollo mission,..."?

  That's not the reason; he wanted to be a CDR. Had Collins accepted though, Cernan would have missed out completely. The relevance here is the the fate of the CMP was tied to that of the CDR. Made this point clearer. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• The former's experience as backup to Apollo 15: not sure who "the former" is here? I think you mean Cernan but the reference to Apollo 15 is confusing unless you meant Apollo 14?

  Y Changed to "Gordon's crew". Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• On May 23, 1972, they were replaced with John W. Young...: drop the W. from Young's name, he is already identified earlier in the article but without the initial.

  Y Dropped. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• 147 hours, 43 minutes and 37.11 seconds.[68][69][1]: if it is your preference, I note the refs are not in chronological order here.

  Y Deleted the third reference. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• Possibly missing words here, my suggestion in italics: scientific instrument module (SIM) bay to retrieve the lunar sounder film,...

  Y Changed as suggested. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Later years/Awards and Honors

• Looks all good.

Other stuff

• A few dupe links: University of Kansas, Command Module Pilot, Apollo 10, John Young, Scottsdale, Arizona,

  Y All done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• Image tags all OK.

That's my review complete. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 02:56, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

All points addressed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Looks good, passing as GA as I believe this article meets the necessary criteria. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 01:31, 8 February 2022 (UTC)