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This is on hold for 5 days. Please address these concerns:
Hi, I am reviewing this article for GA. I think it generally a good, well written article and only have the following comments:
I will places this article on hold for now.
— Mattisse ( Talk) 19:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
— Mattisse ( Talk) 00:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer: Xtzou ( Talk) 19:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
My main complaint about the article is that it seems to be a list of his promotions without explaining what he did in each of these positions.
The intro promises a lot: "An experienced engineer, Capper was involved in numerous building projects during his years in India and pioneered the development of airships in Britain. He helped establish and command several military training establishments in Britain, was involved in large-scale military planning during 1918 and 1919 and was pivotal in establishing the tank as an important feature of the British Army. Although Capper was sometimes described as pompous and possessing poor communication skills, earning the nickname Stone Age for his attitude towards the ideas of junior officers in the Royal Tank Corps, he nevertheless played a vital role in the development and deployment of armoured vehicles in the British Army."
But the article doesn't elaborate on these achievements. For example, it sounds like he did interesting things in India, but the reader never learns anything specific.
Xtzou ( Talk) 19:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Congratulations!
Xtzou ( Talk) 18:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
The lead currently says that Capper was "an experienced engineer". Is this verifiable? The standard work on his aeronautical adventures, Percy Walker's Early Aviation at Farnborough, in two volumes (Macdonald, 1971 and 1974), makes it crystal clear that his engineering skills were rudimentary at best. For example his own attempt to design an airship was unsuccessful, while he left Farnborough's workshops in a sorry, run-down state compared to the excellence he had inherited. He understood how to use engineering but not how to do it. Just because a man rises to rank in the Royal Engineers does not make him an experienced engineer. — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 20:50, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
As noted, I rv'd because the deletion of this mention leaves open the question of what happened to the Dunne company. IMO, something needs to be said about it. Am I wrong the Atholl firm is a continuation? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 16:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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This is on hold for 5 days. Please address these concerns:
Hi, I am reviewing this article for GA. I think it generally a good, well written article and only have the following comments:
I will places this article on hold for now.
— Mattisse ( Talk) 19:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
— Mattisse ( Talk) 00:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Reviewer: Xtzou ( Talk) 19:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
My main complaint about the article is that it seems to be a list of his promotions without explaining what he did in each of these positions.
The intro promises a lot: "An experienced engineer, Capper was involved in numerous building projects during his years in India and pioneered the development of airships in Britain. He helped establish and command several military training establishments in Britain, was involved in large-scale military planning during 1918 and 1919 and was pivotal in establishing the tank as an important feature of the British Army. Although Capper was sometimes described as pompous and possessing poor communication skills, earning the nickname Stone Age for his attitude towards the ideas of junior officers in the Royal Tank Corps, he nevertheless played a vital role in the development and deployment of armoured vehicles in the British Army."
But the article doesn't elaborate on these achievements. For example, it sounds like he did interesting things in India, but the reader never learns anything specific.
Xtzou ( Talk) 19:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Congratulations!
Xtzou ( Talk) 18:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
The lead currently says that Capper was "an experienced engineer". Is this verifiable? The standard work on his aeronautical adventures, Percy Walker's Early Aviation at Farnborough, in two volumes (Macdonald, 1971 and 1974), makes it crystal clear that his engineering skills were rudimentary at best. For example his own attempt to design an airship was unsuccessful, while he left Farnborough's workshops in a sorry, run-down state compared to the excellence he had inherited. He understood how to use engineering but not how to do it. Just because a man rises to rank in the Royal Engineers does not make him an experienced engineer. — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 20:50, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
As noted, I rv'd because the deletion of this mention leaves open the question of what happened to the Dunne company. IMO, something needs to be said about it. Am I wrong the Atholl firm is a continuation? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 16:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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