Talk:Klein Bicycle Corporation/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Spinningspark (talk · contribs) 17:57, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

I am going to review this. At a very brief look there don't seem to be any major problems. SpinningSpark 17:57, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Please see one minor issue at Talk:Klein_Bikes#.22A_green_Klein_mountain_bike_could_be_seen_in_Jerry_Seinfeld.27s_apartment..22. — Cirt (talk) 18:09, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't think the history section is any more appropriate for it than where it was before. It's the sort of thing one expects to find in an "In popular culture" section. However, I don't think it is a GA issue either way. SpinningSpark 00:38, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

• Ref #9 is a deadlink

 Done 84.127.80.114 (talk) 07:23, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• "Faced with limited availability of aluminum alloy tubing, the students chose to construct frames from 6061 aluminium alloy seamless drawn tube". The meaning is unclear on several counts. 6061 aluminum alloy tubing is surely a species of aluminum alloy tubing and clearly there was not a shortage of that. Is there some drawback to 6061? Is that all that was available but they would rather be using something else? Is this a question of what is commercially available on the market, or just what is available in the MIT workshops?

 Done 84.127.80.114 (talk) 10:01, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• "He built...from each partner". The sentence starts as if this is an enterprise of Klein alone and ends with an implication that he is working with partners. Partners are not previously mentioned.

 Done 84.127.80.114 (talk) 11:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

• "MC3...did not have the handlebar attached". What does that mean? Surely it does not mean that the bike had a loose handlebar. From ref #14 it would seem to mean that the bike does not have a handlebar but a stem instead, if so, why not just say that. By the way, ref #17 on this point is just an ad for a part and does not give any encyclopaedic information.

 Done

I think that the information provided in the ad is not reliable, being user-generated; the claim "MC3 were produced in 1996-97" is arguable with a 2000 Mantra Pro. 84.127.80.114 (talk) 12:58, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

...more to come. SpinningSpark 11:30, 29 September 2014 (UTC) to 01:00, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Before I go any further, would the proposer please indicate that they intend to address these points. SpinningSpark 01:00, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

It looks like Jamesx12345 is busy. I am also working on another article, but there is no deadline. I think that I can help, although I am not familiar with Klein Bikes yet. Would Spinningspark like me to take care of this nomination until Jamesx12345 comes back or should we wait? 84.127.80.114 (talk) 16:43, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

That's between you and James. As far as I am concerned, I will pass the article if all my concerns are addressed no matter who actually does the work. I am happy to be patient as long as there is some sign of activity, but I won't hold the review open forever if nothing is happpening. It can always be submitted again at a later date. SpinningSpark 16:51, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

• I can't make any sense of note 3 "9000 series alloys are those that have not been assigned numbers". Sources seem to say that the 9000 series is unused.[1][2][books.google.co.uk/books?id=idmZIDcwCykC&pg=PA10]. The ref is to a Klein manual so I surmise that they simply made up this designation themselves. In other words it is just their trade name.

 Done 84.127.80.114 (talk) 23:54, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

• "Welded aluminium require to be heat treated..." There's something grammatically wrong with that. Suggest "Welded aluminium needs to be heat treated". SpinningSpark 23:06, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

 Done 84.127.80.114 (talk) 00:24, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

The archived kleinbikes.com sources are broken. I will remove the affected material. 84.127.80.114 (talk) 00:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Passed as GA

Thanks to 84.127 for responding to the review comments. SpinningSpark 16:36, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.