Talk:Walter Zinn

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A fact from Walter Zinn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 November 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Walter Zinn attempted to demonstrate the safety of the boiling water reactor in the BORAX Experiments, things did not go according to plan?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Zinn.

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Latest comment: 9 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

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

Reviewer: Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) 10:30, 25 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Lead Y Early life suggest Walter Henry Zinn was born in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Manhattan Project This would require more than one neutron to be emitted per fission, and by March 1939, they established that about two were. is a little unclear, suggest rewording I suspect "latices" should be "lattices" and linked here rather than further down. link US Army at first mention Argonne National Laboratory suggest Carroll Wilson, the AEC's link US Navy at first mention Later life use AEC, as you have already introduced the initialisation the mention of the son's academic role is a bit unclear, might be worth breaking up the sentence Walter H. Zinn Award , has annually presented...
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	U-235, USAEC and ANS are overlinked
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	the first para of the "Early life" section is uncited.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	~~Placing on hold for seven days for the above prose comments to be addressed. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 12:20, 25 December 2014 (UTC)~~ Passing, well done.Reply

All changes made as suggested. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:03, 25 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

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