Talk:Leo Szilard/GA1

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Promoted to GA status

29 May 2015

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Ian Rose (talk · contribs) 00:09, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd assumed this particular mad scientist had been to GAN and beyond long ago, so happy to help him on his way now... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:09, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Toolbox checks

No dab or EL issues.

Structure

Well, you read my mind -- when I began drafting my review the lead was two sort paras and I'd written "Suggest an article of this size could use a somewhat longer lead. I'd say the first para is fine as is, since it highlights some of his most notable points, but the second could be expanded to more fully summarise the rest of his life." but you've now gone even better, so no action required after all... ;-)

Prose/content

In the lead, infobox, and first para of the main body you use three different versions/links of his country of birth: Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, and Hungary. I think the first two are both correct for the time of his birth, but probably simpler to adopt one and be consistent in all three spots.
Yes, all are correct. Standardised on Kingdom of Hungary Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"Szilárd and his brother Béla founded their own political group, the Hungarian Association of Socialist Students." -- do we know if they in fact had Soviet/socialist sympathies, or does this appear to have simply been a pragmatic response to the prevailing political wind at the time?
Yes. I have added a bit of explanation. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"He reached New York on the liner RMS Franconia on January 2, 1938. He conducted experiments with indium at the University of Rochester ... In November 1938, Szilárd moved to New York City..." -- he arrives in NY, he works at Rochester in NY, then he moves to NYC; if we retain the move to NYC in Nov '38 then I feel we need to know where he lived immediately after arriving in the US in Jan '38.
Here and there. Added a bit. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing

Sources look reliable, nice to see the traffic-light quote from Rhodes.
It get used every year in OTD it seems. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to use hyphens in the citation page ranges, but I think they really should be short dashes (at least they're consistent)!
Ran a script that converted them into endashes Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Consider alt text, though admittedly not a requirement.
File:Szilárd Leó 1916.jpg probably needs US-PD tag.
Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The Army Intelligence report on Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard makes interesting reading but I'd have thought it requires comment in the main body given it suggests Fermi and Szilard were pro-fascist/German and hence needed further investigation before being granted security clearances.
Added a bit. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:00, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:18, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All points addressed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:01, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Tks, passing as GA. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:49, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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