Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tanque Argentino Mediano
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TAM (tank)[edit]
Just finished (more or less) working on this article, and I'd like to put it through an A-class review. Thanks for your comments! JonCatalán (talk) 00:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Why are there not any links in the production section? TomStar81 (Talk) 00:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think any of those companies have articles on them, or are well known enough to have articles made on them. But, I can redlink them if that's preferred. JonCatalán (talk) 00:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- It just seemed odd that none of the material in the section has a link to a coorosponding article here.
- Weak Support I find the one source reliance a little troublsome, but not enough to vote down. Do try to add a few other references/sources before heading up the line to FAC though, I think it would help the article. Otherwise it looks good. Well done! TomStar81 (Talk) 00:38, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. Yes, that's a concern of mine, as well. Unfortunately, two online resources (FAS.org and global security) are unreliable (the information they provide is not really backed up by any sources, any explanations and is not supported by my published source), so I'm left with two published sources. I couldn't find anything in online Argentine newspaper archives, either. I might add a section on how the TAM compares to other tanks in South American inventories to make it seem like sources are diverse, but it wont change the fact that the information on the tank comes from one major source and one minor source (tank recognition guide). Any suggestions? JonCatalán (talk) 01:34, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- In the case of things like the armour, guns, ammo, radios, and so forth you could try looking at company websites to see if they have any info on the product. If they do, that could count as a source to add. Aside from these axamples though I am also drawing a blank. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:56, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I added two more refs from different sources - unfortunately, those references are not too in depth (I found them on Amazon and used Amazon's 'look in here' application to read them). I will continue to look for company websites, but sometimes the company doesn't have information on the system since it's 'old'. JonCatalán (talk) 03:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- In the case of things like the armour, guns, ammo, radios, and so forth you could try looking at company websites to see if they have any info on the product. If they do, that could count as a source to add. Aside from these axamples though I am also drawing a blank. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:56, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. Yes, that's a concern of mine, as well. Unfortunately, two online resources (FAS.org and global security) are unreliable (the information they provide is not really backed up by any sources, any explanations and is not supported by my published source), so I'm left with two published sources. I couldn't find anything in online Argentine newspaper archives, either. I might add a section on how the TAM compares to other tanks in South American inventories to make it seem like sources are diverse, but it wont change the fact that the information on the tank comes from one major source and one minor source (tank recognition guide). Any suggestions? JonCatalán (talk) 01:34, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Support. Like Tom I am concerned about the single source, but as you explained that can't be helped. Another small issue is that in the lead the phrase "know-how" sounds rather colloquial and not encyclopedic, you may wish to change that. Other than that it looks good, good work! Borg Sphere (talk) 13:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I changed "know-how" to "experience". JonCatalán (talk) 17:40, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Support. I think it meets the A-class criteria, nice work on an interesting and informative article. The only concern is the obvious one, and that is that most of the text is sourced to a single reference (La Familia Acorazada TAM). I'm not sure what you can do about that. Perhaps you can use Jane's as it appears that some of their publications probably would have information on this vehicle. I believe that as is this could be a show-stopper for getting the article featured. But, I could be wrong. Cla68 (talk) 07:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Closing as promoted with the caveat that the single-source reliance will be a show-stopper for FA. Woody (talk) 15:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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