Talk:Deli Mike

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that from 1996 to 2019, Turkish Airlines operated an aircraft that wouldn't move a meter on the ground when "she didn't feel like it"? Source: Milliyet, Hürriyet
  • Reviewed: Third DYK.

Created by Styyx (talk). Self-nominated at 17:02, 7 January 2022 (UTC).

• Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: New article that is long enough. The hook is interesting and thankfully nothing happened to it while it was operative. Neutral and interesting. QPQ unneeded. I AGF in the Turkish sources and the Google Translation I did. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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Promoting the main hook to Prep 7 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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Hi @Styyx:, @Bazza 7:, @Sca: - thanks for your comments on the DYK talk page relating to this article. I had a look at the links suggested, but found another one which I think is more appropriate - MOS:UNIT. I've changed the article to use "metre" based on my reading of that. Also, the reference itself, although in Turkish, uses the word "metre". I can't decide whether the article should use British or American English in general, but I can't find any other text in the article which would change anyway. Cheers, Kiwipete (talk) 21:55, 15 January 2022 (UTC).

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Deli Mike/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 04:33, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Just some copy fixes and alt text and you're good to go. Didn't expect a GA on an individual plane, but here we are! 7-day hold for Styyx. Ping me when done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:52, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Copy changes

• In late 1980s → "In the late 1980s"

   Done

• "phased-out" should not be hyphenated

   Done

• Change contraction "would've" to "would have"

   Done

• option for further five → "option for a further five"

   Done

• Frequent problems with the aircraft include the reading light of a completely different passenger turning on when the button is pressed and the same issue also exists with the button used to call a crew member Add comma after "pressed". More: User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences

   Done

• re-configured and lay-out remove dashes

   Done

• There were initial speculations — "There was initial speculation"; this is not plural in English

   Done

• "sistership" is not one word in English, but the claim from [5] does check out that three other A340s from the order were used as restaurants and venues. I'd say "as had previously happened to three sister aircraft".

   Done

• The technicians also removed and re-installed all systems, and reset — another commas in sentences info, drop this comma. also, "reinstalled", no hyphen

   Done

• when many others are grounded — maybe "were" grounded? there's definitely a tense issue here

   Done; also replaced "when" with "while".

• Bora Erdin of pro-opposition newspaper Sözcü also added that the airline made "no clarification as to why the problematic plane [Deli Mike] was used persistently while unproblematic ones were on the ground", and pointed out to the frequent issue of the landing gear not retracting after take-off, causing the aircraft to return to the origin airport. Several items:

• Remove comma after the quote (another commas in sentences issue)

 Done

• "and pointed out to" might be better parsed as "and highlighted"

 Done

• Takeoff is one word

 Done

Source spot checks

I do not speak or read Turkish, so sources are being run through Google Translate to check. The four I chose do check out.

• [5] Use of sister aircraft as restaurants: Checks out to source.
• [7] Checks out for fleet overhaul/temporary grounding of some aircraft after a fall in demand
• [10] Removal of livery
• [11] Ferrying to Johannesburg

Other issues

• References are archived.
• Earwig has no issues whatsoever, owing to the exclusively non-English sourcing.
• Images outside of the infobox need alt text. They all have permission or are otherwise freely licensed.

   Added alt texts, only couldn't find anything the first one so it's now |alt=refer to caption.

• Sammi Brie addressed the issues. ~Styyx^Talk? 11:19, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

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