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Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–1962

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I'm hoping for a peer review on this article so I can get some good constructive feedback on the article with an aim to eventually take the article to FAC. The subject is a bit dry, and there aren't a huge number of sources on this - in fact open any textbook on Soviet History and it's likely that you will not find anything about these wage reforms. However, I've found a few high quality resources and I hope I've used them well. I've tried to summarise things more than give every single little detail to the n'th degree as I really think the reader would be bored to tears if there was *too* much detail. I've also tried to write things in a way that someone who knows very little about soviet history would still find understandable, with lots of explanations and so on. I would appreciate any help with this and I am willing to put the work in based upon your suggestions. Thanks! Coolug (talk) 19:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Noleander

References - Bottom 3 items need to be alphabetized amongst the other works. First by author; if no author, then by publishing organization; if no organization, then by the title of the item.
Citations - (optional): if the author has only one work, the year is optional in the Citations section. But that is just a matter of preference.
Dashes - Footnote #14 .. use ndash not hyphen.
Disambig - link Fontana is disambig. Use tool http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/dablinks.py?page=Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union,_1956%E2%80%931962 to find them
quote marks - "crash programs" probably does not need quotes. If you really want emphasis, use italics instead.
Orphan - There don't appear to be too many articles linking to this. Okay, it is a bit obscure :-) but still, maybe you could add it into "See also" sections of some related articles?
Prose - Phrase "...and incentivise Soviet workers much more efficiently..." reads awkwardly: what exactly is more efficient?
Cite - Sentence "Overall the wage reform failed to create a stable and predictable incentives system" is pretty important and probably should have its own footnote.
Pics - A couple more illustrations would be nice. It may be impossible to get more on the exact topic of "wage reform", but I think incidental photos of Soviet workers from that era (1956 through 1962) would be acceptable to FA. Make sure they have good credentials (proving free-ness).
Links - Probably could use some more links, e.g. kopek. On the other hand, dont overdo it, see WP:OVERLINKING.
First link - Double check these. E.g. ruble is linked at 2nd use, not first.
Navigation boxes in footer - most great articles have 1 or 2 navboxes at the bottom. Consider these:

That's all for now. --Noleander (talk) 18:33, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for these comments! I shall get to work on them as soon as I get a chance. Any other comments from other editors would be very much appreciated. cya! Coolug (talk) 21:21, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've made a number of changes based upon these excellent ideas. Unfortunately I've been unable (so far) to find any decent pictures with appropriate licences of soviet workers from the period. It's a shame really because there simply must be some great (although no doubt propagandist) images out there in the world, but I can't find them. Anyone out there who has any ideas please let me know, it would be really appreciated. cya! Coolug (talk) 21:41, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]