Talk:Władysław Sikorski's death controversy/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 09:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, then. First pass:

• "In addition to inspecting the forces and raising morale, Sikorski was also occupied with political matters; around that time, a conflict was growing between him and general Władysław Anders, as Sikorski was still open to some normalization of Polish-Soviet relations, to which Anders vehemently objected." - this sentence is a bit rambling, tightening it up would make the introduction easier to follow.
• "The investigation continued as of 2012" - Any way to updatethis to 2013? Also, "was ongoing" would be better than "continued" here.
• "British historical writer and Holocaust denier David Irving" - I do think it's probably best to name him as a holocaust denier, particularly if that's relevant to his arguments, but does using him as an image here do too much to emphasise a very easily discredited source?
• "The mail bag was in the cargo compartment and was blown out of the aircraft through the side hatch (which in normally configured Liberators would have served to protect the machine gun position) by a strong airflow rushing through the nose gear door" - This is being stated as fact (Unqualified "was", not a construction like "could have"); is that correct?

Images

• The copyright looks fine, but File:Memorial of General Wladyslaw in Gibraltar.jpg and File:David Irving at Brentwood 1955.jpg lack descriptions on their pages; that needs fixed for FAC, at the very least

On the whole, this is leaning heavily towards promote, but I'll await your comments. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

@User:Adam Cuerden: Issues mostly fixed [1]. Bartelski's book is now classified as no preview on Google Books, so I cannot verify the wording. I found a Polish media article which confirms the investigation as still ongoing as of July 2013, with a prediction it would end in a near future due to no new or conclusive evidence ([2]). I also expanded the article a little from pl wiki ([3]). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:45, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure I like the easter egg to Holocaust denial approach. Couldn't it link to a section of his article if we're going down that route (with a >!-- hidden comment --> saying that if the section is renamed, to update the link, or an achor added) Also, I'm concerned about the Bartelski wording, and, I'm afraid I would shoot this down at FAC over that alone, so that needs sorted at some point.

Still, I think it fulfils the GA criteria, if it needs work for FA. So... Pass. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:53, 1 October 2013 (UTC)