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It would need inline references and peer review, but this is a very fine piece of work. Tip of the kepi to you balloon watchers and their editors. BusterD 02:37, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
This article will undergo a series of inline references in an attempt to attain a Feature Article nomination.-- Magi Media 06:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)Magi Media
Some suggestions to help this obtain GA status,
Please read Tony1's redundancy exercises to help improve the quality of content by removing redundancy. M3tal H3ad 11:37, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I usually don't hold a GAC, but I can't grant Good Article status yet before several minor fixes & questions are answered below:
I give several days (see the template above) for editors to fix the above issues and also M3tal H3ad issues at the above thread. Happy editing!! — Indon ( reply) — 19:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
The promise did not last long and LaMountain went about his public derogation of Lowe as well as tampering with the other men in the Corps.
Hellooo!! Whoever edited my comments, please put signatures and do not mix with my comments. It is confusing to read who write which. Make a new indentation at the bottom of ones last comment, not in the middle!!! —
Indon (
reply) — 10:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
With this: "…with President Abraham Lincoln on July 11, 1861,…" you need to make it clear that Abraham was an American president. M3tal H3ad 03:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Per on hold review above. There are several errors & suggestions for improvement:
However, the material is good enough to stand as Good Article. Here I passed it. — Indon ( reply) — 08:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
On hold
This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.
The article isn't bad, it just needs a thorough run through with the above points in mind in order to qualify for retention as a GA. I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Jackyd101 ( talk) 20:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Despite the fact that the article did not successfully meet the GA Criteria, it still contains meaningful information and references. I am therefore going to classify it as B-Class in accordance with WP:Aviation/Assessment. Codharris ( talk) 00:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
The use of balloons in the West, specifically Vicksburg, is mentioned in the table at the top of the page, but only hinted at in the main text. I would like to see further information added on this matter, but am far too stupid to add such myself. Could some kindly Civil War nerd please help in this regard?-- 172.190.168.141 ( talk) 03:34, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
In the "Building military balloons" section--"coke gas" was linked to the WP "Wood gas." I changed it to link to "Coke (fuel)". I was typing in the 'what change did you make' box, and accidentally sent it through without finishing. I was going to write that it could possibly be directed to "Coal gas," but I thought the text of the "Coke (fuel)" page better addressed it as used here. Of course, I could be completely wrong, and maybe "Wood gas" really IS what was meant.
As a side note, I found this subject fascinating (finding my way here from the page "Chain Bridge"). This is perhaps not relevant, or of little interest to others, but I was fascinated by the mention on the Chain Bridge page about the balloon being moved/towed/dragged across the bridge. So I was wondering what kind of tethering ropes were used, and how many, and what is the lofted weight of a/the balloon, and what is the 'drag' of a lofted balloon--that would make it SO difficult to traverse that bridge? Just my mind scampering off along yet another strange tangential path. Colbey84 ( talk) 21:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
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It would need inline references and peer review, but this is a very fine piece of work. Tip of the kepi to you balloon watchers and their editors. BusterD 02:37, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
This article will undergo a series of inline references in an attempt to attain a Feature Article nomination.-- Magi Media 06:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)Magi Media
Some suggestions to help this obtain GA status,
Please read Tony1's redundancy exercises to help improve the quality of content by removing redundancy. M3tal H3ad 11:37, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I usually don't hold a GAC, but I can't grant Good Article status yet before several minor fixes & questions are answered below:
I give several days (see the template above) for editors to fix the above issues and also M3tal H3ad issues at the above thread. Happy editing!! — Indon ( reply) — 19:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
The promise did not last long and LaMountain went about his public derogation of Lowe as well as tampering with the other men in the Corps.
Hellooo!! Whoever edited my comments, please put signatures and do not mix with my comments. It is confusing to read who write which. Make a new indentation at the bottom of ones last comment, not in the middle!!! —
Indon (
reply) — 10:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
With this: "…with President Abraham Lincoln on July 11, 1861,…" you need to make it clear that Abraham was an American president. M3tal H3ad 03:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Per on hold review above. There are several errors & suggestions for improvement:
However, the material is good enough to stand as Good Article. Here I passed it. — Indon ( reply) — 08:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
On hold
This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.
The article isn't bad, it just needs a thorough run through with the above points in mind in order to qualify for retention as a GA. I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Jackyd101 ( talk) 20:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Despite the fact that the article did not successfully meet the GA Criteria, it still contains meaningful information and references. I am therefore going to classify it as B-Class in accordance with WP:Aviation/Assessment. Codharris ( talk) 00:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
The use of balloons in the West, specifically Vicksburg, is mentioned in the table at the top of the page, but only hinted at in the main text. I would like to see further information added on this matter, but am far too stupid to add such myself. Could some kindly Civil War nerd please help in this regard?-- 172.190.168.141 ( talk) 03:34, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
In the "Building military balloons" section--"coke gas" was linked to the WP "Wood gas." I changed it to link to "Coke (fuel)". I was typing in the 'what change did you make' box, and accidentally sent it through without finishing. I was going to write that it could possibly be directed to "Coal gas," but I thought the text of the "Coke (fuel)" page better addressed it as used here. Of course, I could be completely wrong, and maybe "Wood gas" really IS what was meant.
As a side note, I found this subject fascinating (finding my way here from the page "Chain Bridge"). This is perhaps not relevant, or of little interest to others, but I was fascinated by the mention on the Chain Bridge page about the balloon being moved/towed/dragged across the bridge. So I was wondering what kind of tethering ropes were used, and how many, and what is the lofted weight of a/the balloon, and what is the 'drag' of a lofted balloon--that would make it SO difficult to traverse that bridge? Just my mind scampering off along yet another strange tangential path. Colbey84 ( talk) 21:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
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