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Former good articleHelmut Wick was one of the Warfare good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
November 3, 2011Peer reviewReviewed
December 3, 2011Good article nomineeListed
January 19, 2012WikiProject A-class reviewApproved
January 26, 2019Good article reassessmentDelisted
February 10, 2019WikiProject A-class reviewNot approved
Current status: Delisted good article

B class review and comments

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B class. While reading the article, I got the impression that this pilot may have claimed more victories over the RAF than the RAF lost planes. Was I supposed to get this impression? I'm always amazed at the staggering number of victories credited to some German WW2 pilots, and wonder if the Germans were much more lenient in crediting victories than the Allies. Djmaschek (talk) 04:18, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Djmaschek: This question periodically comes up on Wikipedia. I recommend the book: Tate, Robert (2008). Hans-Joachim Marseille: An Illustrated Tribute to the Luftwaffe's "Star of Africa". Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-2940-1. Tate, a former major in the USAF, looked into this topic from a Marseille perspective and found the level of corroboration at the same level as some of the Allied flying aces in the North African theater of operation. The article Confirmation and overclaiming of aerial victories during World War II also makes an attempt at describing instances and reasons for discrepancies in numbers. Cheers MisterBee1966 (talk) 16:25, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Severe distortion

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The "chronicle of aerial victories" chart is causing severe distortion of the article. Unsure how to fix. - Hunan201p (talk) 08:50, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]