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The list was not promoted by Giants2008 18:25, 31 July 2011 [1].

List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vehicles[edit]

Featured list candidates/List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vehicles/archive1

Nominator(s): Fortdj33 (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list, because I have put a lot of work into making this list as comprehensive as possible. The list has been submitted for a peer review, which is now archived, and suggestions from that review have been implemented. Fortdj33 (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments a mammoth effort. Some quick thoughts.

No images whatsoever?
Inadequate lead, it should summarise the whole article.
Don't have "The following is a list..." as your second sentence of the list.
I honestly think it would be better as a tabulated list. You could have Vehicle, Year of release, Packaged with, Notes, Refs as headings.
List name should be in italics (at least the G.I Joe: A Real American Hero part of it.
I am mildly concerned that this is just a transposition of the two book sources you've used. I can't back that position up with anything because I don't have access to the material.

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the intro per your suggestions, and I added images for several of the significant vehicles. You are not the first person to suggest a tabulated list, but I would prefer to leave the article in the present format, as long as the TOC remains compact. There are several links that redirect to specific sections of this article, and I think that adding a table would just cause complications with that, and the placement of the images. Fortdj33 (talk) 19:25, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Regarding TRM's last point, I checked reference 32, which was available online. I'm really concerned by the closeness of the source to the article.

Source: "Hasbro was able to sell thousands of toy tanks for former Soviet children through its joint venture in India, Funskool (India) Ltd. ... the Russians were extremely captivated by the toy and they ordered 100,000 units delivered instantly."
Article: "In later years, Hasbro was able to sell thousands of M.O.B.A.T. toys to former Soviet children through its Indian joint venture, Funskool (India) Ltd.; the Russians ordered 100,000 units delivered instantly."

In addition, I checked a couple pages of the Mark Bellomo book on Google Books and found the following from pages 25 and 27, respectively:

Source: "The APC became the first troop transporter for the Joe team."
Article: "It was the first troop transporter for the Joes".
Source: "was the popular light-attack helicopter designed for quick Cobra raids. ... The F.A.N.G. comes equipped with four heat-seeking air-to-air rockets...".
Article: "The light-attack helicopter was equipped with four air-to-air heat-seeking rockets, and was designed for quick Cobra raids."

Pretty plagaristic if you ask me. Doesn't leave me trusting of the rest of the article, that's for sure. What else is lurking in this list that can't easily be checked because it comes from books? Giants2008 (27 and counting) 01:35, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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