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Winchester Model 1200[edit]

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Result: No consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:48, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing issues: inline citations missing for certain claims, some sources unreliable or failing WP:V. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AirshipJungleman29, could you be more specific please. It would help in addressing these issues. Cinderella157 (talk) 01:54, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Three sources are incomprehensible if you don't speak Russian, one citation links to a 96-page document in Polish with no detail/quote/page number, the variants section is almost completely unsourced, there are statistics unsourced by inline citations. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:03, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29, I agree re the variants section. I think I have fixed two of your other concerns. Could you please be specific as to which material (statistics) give you concern. Cinderella157 (talk) 03:11, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The specifications in the infobox need to either be sourced in the body or in the box itself; thanks for your other improvements. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:01, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree that there is scope for improvement. I have done some editing, including adding some references. I would observe that the volume of content is not a criteria but whether the content is adequate for the subject. It might be useful if any deficiency in content could be identified. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:01, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • The citations still need work: some are from unreliable sources such as YouTube, some are inaccessible such as those from olive-drab.com, and some are dubious such as the numerous gun websites; I cannot comment on the reliability of the latter, but I will have to ask for expert opinion if they remain. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:41, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AirshipJungleman29, there are two Youtube videos cited for their visual content only. The first is a cut-away of a Model 12 which clearly shows it has a tilting breechblock. It also show only one slide rail. The second, of a deer combo as supplied by Winchester, with box label and corresponding contents. I would think these are both fit for purpose. Olive Drab is a legacy source which I have retained on face value, in that while it is now dead, it was verifiable. It is used to support that the AR-7 was the first using a rotating bolt and the years that the 1200 was acquired by the army. To the former, that might be removed without detriment to the article (IMHO). There are a number of published sources (google books here) but they cannot be viewed and I do not have access to them. In short, I have tried to do the best I can with what I have. Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 02:07, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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