Talk:Thin Man (nuclear bomb)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 21:39, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:39, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

• Why did Oppenheimer believe that sabots would be needed by the Thin Man design?
  • Y High muzzle velocities required by critical assembly. Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• Were the 20 mm Oerlikon and 3-inch guns used as scale models?
  • Y Yes. Made this more explicit. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• Hyphenate 3-inch gun as a compound adjective. And the sizes of the weapon: 38 inches (97 cm) wide tail and nose assemblies, and a 23 inches (58 cm) midsection
  • Y Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• Put quotes around Thin Man only on first use.
  • Y Already is, in the lead and the third paragraph of the first section. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
    • And in the first para of the specifications section. But I'm not going to hold up promotion over this trivial issue.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:28, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• What were the glider mechanisms used for?
  • Y Suspending the bomb in the bomb bay. Added. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• Fix punctuation here: when James Conant heard on 14 November via Wallace Akers the director of the British Tube Alloys project,
  • Y Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
• Photos appropriately licensed.
• No Dabs, overlinks, or external links.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:19, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
  • All points addressed. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)