Talk:Douglas XCG-17/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: wackywace 11:20, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I have reviewed the article and can conclude it is well sourced and well written. Once the following points have been addressed, I will be happy to pass the article. wackywace 17:33, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Design and development

• Please use — for dashes, rather than -

• Done.

• "then being towed by another C-47" I presume this means a powered C-47? Could this be clarified in the text.

• Done - I hope, added the powered note at the start of that particular sentence referring to the powered-'47 trials.

• "C-47-DL" It would be good if you could clarify in the article what the "-DL" suffix means?

• Done, via a footnote.

• DC-3 needs to be linked.

• Done - it actually already was, just later in the text. I've moved the link to the first appearance of the term.

• It would be useful if you could briefly explain the relationship between the C-47 and the DC-3.

• Done, via a footnote

Operational history

• "The XCG-17 had a cargo capacity of 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg); alternatively, up to 40 fully-equipped troops could be transported, both significantly larger figures than conventional gliders." This is slightly awkward in that it implies the gliders are figures, not that they have figures.

• Done.

• Jeeps is not capitalised - were actual Jeeps, produced by Jeep, used at the time, or is jeep a term used to describe off-road vehicles?

wackywace 17:33, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

• It's the lower-case jeep; "jeep" was a widely-used slang term, of unknown and disputed origin, used to refer to a variety of small Army vehicles. Like "bazooka", the term the GIs used became much better known than the official designation; the vehicle that the name "jeep" stuck to the firmest was the Willys MB, which is the vehicle in question here, so I've disambiguated the link.

Thanks for the review, I hope I've cleared everything up! :) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for making the changes so quickly. I am happy to pass this as a GA; good work! wackywace 19:33, 21 January 2011 (UTC)