Talk:Fu-Go balloon bomb

Single Lethal Attack

Alaska is not part of the contiguous US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mzmadmike (talk • contribs) 05:40, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: PizzaKing13 (talk · contribs) 00:07, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and review this article. PizzaKing13 ^¡Hablame! 00:07, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Infobox

• Looks good

Lead

• Looks good

Background

• Remove "founded in 1927" since its not relevant to the 1933 balloon program
  • Removed and replaced with the laboratory's purpose.
• Do we know why the 1933 project ended?
  • I was unable to find this information.
• Link "Imperial Navy" at its first mention
  • Linked.

Design and development

• Looks good

Offensive and defenses

• Delink "radiosonde" as it was already linked in the previous section
  • Delinked.
• Do we know what Mexican states balloons were reported in to keep consistency with listing the US states and Canadian provinces/territories? This map shows balloons reported in North Territory of Baja California (183) and Sonora (147).
  • Mikesh confirms the Mexican states, added.

Abandonment and results

• Looks good

Single lethal attack

• Is there a citation for the line "becoming the only fatalities from Axis action in the continental U.S. during the war"?
  • Cited to the NRHP record.

After World War II

• Looks good

References

• All sources are good

Images

• All images have proper licenses
• All images have appropriate captions

Overall

• Stable, no war edits
• Neutral POV
• Focused on topic
• Broad in coverage

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   c. (OR):

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a. (major aspects):

   b. (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

@Goszei: I've finished my review of the article and left some comments. PizzaKing13 ^¡Hablame! 00:44, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

@Goszei: Everything looks good now. Good job on this article. PizzaKing13 ^¡Hablame! 01:35, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

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Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb

• ... that during World War II, American officials twice considered censoring Sunday comics which depicted Japanese balloons? Source: Coen, Ross (2014). Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 164–167. ISBN 978-0-80325-667-5.
  • ALT1: ... that the first intercontinental weapon in history was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon? Source: Rizzo, Johnna (27 May 2013). "Japan's Secret WWII Weapon: Balloon Bombs". National Geographic. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  • ALT2: ... that during World War II, American scientists studied sand in an attempt to identify the source of Japanese balloons? Source: Mikesh, Robert C. (1973). Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 34–36. hdl:10088/18679. ISBN 978-0-87474-911-3.
  • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Goszei (talk). Self-nominated at 02:29, 9 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fu-Go balloon bomb; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Goszei: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:16, 9 May 2023 (UTC)