Talk:Loring Air Force Base/GA2

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| colspan="3" | 1. {{Wikipedia:Good article criteria/GAC|1}}:

{{GATable/item|1a|y|

• there is a bit of overlinking, :Loring_Air_Force_Base_Double_Cantilever_Hangar, :Boeing_KC-97_Stratotanker, :Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress, :Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker, :42d_Air_Refueling_Squadron, :Minot_Air_Force_Base, :1991_Base_Realignment_and_Closure_Commission, :Loring_Air_Force_Base_Arch_Hangar, :Flightline, :Soviet_Union{{tick}}

Second half of the Cold War

• {{xt|Loring was one of four Strategic Air Command bases with a range like this, a range which was used frequently}} is repetitive, suggest "Loring was one of four Strategic Air Command bases with a range of this type, and it was used frequently"{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|One disadvantage of the location of Loring was its distance from the Strategic Training Route Complex and bombing ranges in Nevada and Utah.}}{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|In 1974, President Richard Nixon stopped at Loring on 3 July in Air Force One (SAM 27000) as he returned from a summit in Moscow, where he and Leonid Breshnev had signed the Threshold Test Ban Treaty.}}{{tick}}
• this doesn't make sense "In a speech in front of 5,000 people in the double cantilever hangar, he talked about the importance of the speech." - the treaty?{{tick}}
• {{xt|President and Mrs. Nixon were welcomed home by vice president Gerald R. Ford, who flew from Washington.[22][23] His wife Pat Nixon and daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower were also in attendance}} - suggest you link Pat to Mrs. Nixon and remove the duplicate mention{{tick}}
• I think senator should have an initial capital{{tick}}
• An explanation of BRAC is needed, just a sentence, and it shouldn't appear as an acronym at first mention{{tick}}
• although the film erroneously listsed Loring...{{tick}}

UFO sighting

• What was/is a Security Option 3?
• there is a mix of "hours" and "pm" with timings, should be consistent throughout the article{{tick}}

BRAC 1991 and closure

• suggest {{xt|"as well as its distance from bombing ranges"}}{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|"the latter of which contributed to its closure"}}{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|"impact on the future of the community"}}{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|"with 9,900 direct and indirect jobs affected,"}}{{tick}}

Accidents and incidents

• the On 4 October 1989 crash reads as if the text was lifted straight from a news report, it unnecessarily describes the KC135 etc etc, needs to be summarised in the same way as the others.{{tick}}

Base culture and civilian life - this section reads a bit like a tourism ad

• Is "Kindergarteners" a word? Perhaps "Kindergarten-age children"{{tick}}
• "morning ofor afternoon"{{tick}}
• "no longer in primarysecondary education"{{tick}}
• "designed to meet all the shopping needs of the residentsof the Loring."
• include Lutheran as a denomination, it is not a separate faith{{tick}}
• "including fishbait and tackle"?{{tick}}
• "This Ski Chalet" - initial caps should be dropped{{tick}}

Current Status

• "Additionally, mMany other former Air Force facilities have had prisons opened up on their grounds as well."{{tick}}
• "into a prison culture"{{tick}}
• " was eyedconsidered"{{tick}}
• "On the site of the base, tThe Loring Development Authority created the Loring Commerce Centre on 9,472-acre (38.33 km2) of the siteland."{{tick}}
• "Tenants such as Bigelow Aerospace maintains a small satellite tracking station on the grounds as well."
• SAIC should be in full{{tick}}
• "at the former base as well"{{tick}}
• "Sitel also maintains"{{tick}}
• "other various call centers"{{tick}}
• "The military has also made"
• suggest {{xt|"The Defense Finance and Accounting Service Limestone is located in the old base hospital, and is a major component of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service office. BRAC 2005 consolidated 26 offices into 5 and Limestone was one of the consolidation points."}}{{tick}}
• suggest {{xt|"Cleanup continued at the base, including the removal of hazardous materials, which prevented further waste from entering the nearby Greenlaw Brook, as it received drainage from the flightline and nose dock areas."}}{{tick}}

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| colspan="3" | 2. {{Wikipedia:Good article criteria/GAC|2}}:

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• suggest you use template:cite book in the References section, which will reduce the space used, as well as clutter
• suggest using shortened footnoting to reduce the clutter in the notes section
• the current set-up meets minimum acceptable standards under WP:FNNR

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{{GATable/item|2b|y|

• It isn't likely to be challenged, but "Nixon resigned from office five weeks later." doesn't have a citation.

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{{GATable/item|2c|y|None that I can see, source spotchecks were all ok

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| colspan="3" | 3. {{Wikipedia:Good article criteria/GAC|3}}:

{{GATable/item|3a|y|Definitely covers the main aspects of the topic

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{{GATable/item|3b|y|It is quite a big article, with about 7.5K words. Towards the top end of readability on such a subject, but acceptable

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{{GATable/item|4|y|No detectablebias

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{{GATable/item|5|y|No edit-warring or recent major content changes

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| colspan="3" | 6. {{Wikipedia:Good article criteria/GAC|6}}:

{{GATable/item|6a|y|virtually all PD US Govt, the others are also ok

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{{GATable/item|6b|y|all images are relevant and captions are fine

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{{GATable/item|7|y|Placing on hold for seven days for the prose to be addressedPassing, well done

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