Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Quebec Agreement
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Quebec Agreement[edit]
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First of three articles on the treaties between the US and UK over nuclear weapons. This is the first, and best known, the wartime agreement to merge Tube Alloys with the Manhattan Project. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:15, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
Support: Comments:
- "The Quebec Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States outlining the terms for the coordinated development of the basic science and advanced engineering related to nuclear energy, and, specifically nuclear weapons during World War II."
- I'm not entirely sure what that statement means. Did the agreement cover only development during WWII, or is it simply saying it was agreed to during WWII? It can be read either way, and I'd like some clarity. (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- The agreement was not a purely wartime one. I wanted to work World War II into the description. Moved to the second sentence. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely sure what that statement means. Did the agreement cover only development during WWII, or is it simply saying it was agreed to during WWII? It can be read either way, and I'd like some clarity. (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- "The Quebec Agreement stipulated"... yikes, ROS. Sentance split at "and it gave"?
- "Even before its report was completed" - para split here?
- "up to us."[32] Bush and Conant" - para split?
- "and for producing uranium metal £1,500,000" - "and another £1,500,000 for producing uranium metal"
- "what they discussed.. Most" - double period.
- "In the United States, there was a furore when the Joint Committee" - isn't that the same as the statement one sentence earlier?
- "intense pressure on Truman to drop this provision" - wasn't it already dropped in the first para?
I think this entire section could use a little TLC, I find it difficult to parse. Perhaps following chronological order as closely as possible might help.
Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Support: G'day, nice work, Hawkeye. I have the following suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 06:41, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
- inconsistent caps: "a modus vivendi" v ""Modus Vivendi"
- there are some overlinked terms: James Chadwick, neutron, Harry Hopkins, Gaseous diffusion
- "It was agreed that in 1942–43" --> "It was agreed that in 1942–1943"
- "that the time had now come..." --> "that the time had come..."
- "positions of the two countries was..." --> "positions of the two countries were..."?
- "three countries agreed transfer to..." --> "three countries agreed to transfer to..."?
Lingzhi[edit]
- Groves, Leslie (1962); Hewlett, Richard G.; Anderson, Oscar E. (1962). Pub. too early for ISBN, perhaps needs
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; - Reynolds, David (2005). missing location Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:15, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Image review[edit]
- File:TrumanAttleeKing1945.jpg; Mention the date in full on the description page.
- File:Hyde_Park_Aide-Mémoire.jpg; Better to mention the page that contains the link to "http://www.fdrlibraryvirtualtour.org/graphics/07-27/7-27-FDR-66.pdf" rather than file link itself, per c:COM:Essential information#Source
- File:Chadwick,_Groves_and_Tolman.jpg; same as above
- File:American_and_Allied_leaders_at_international_conferences_-_NARA_-_292626.jpg; Source field on the description page links to the Wikipedia article of "U.S. National Archives and Records Administration". Suggest to replace it with the URL link to the image.
- The URL link is contained in the Record ID field. It's part of the c:template:NARA-image-full Commons template, and I cannot change it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
- File:L_to_R,_Field_Marshall_Sir_Harold_Alexander,_Supreme_Commander_MTO,_Secretary_of_War_Henry_Stimson,_and_Field..._-_NARA_-_198813.jpg; same as above
- File:Hanford_Site_Selection_Team.jpg; remove the first source, it is a dead link
- File:Vannevar_Bush_portrait.jpg; the description page is completely messed up
- Please structure the description section with c:Template:Information. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:56, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- Done, but I don't see any requirement on Commons to use the template, or any requirement for us to comply if there was one. I don't like making changes on Commons, and per WP:CONEXCEPT, we cannot require them here. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:08, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks for clarification. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
- Please structure the description section with c:Template:Information. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 14:56, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- All the others look good. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 13:39, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
- ✓ Passed image review. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 15:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
CommentsSupport by PM
- Great job with this article. Not much to nitpick about, I have to say.
- The Tizard Mission isn't introduced, same for the Tizard Committee. Suggest a short sentence explanation for both.
- suggest "Lord Cherwell, as Frederick Lindemann was now known", as we have another Lindemann involved
- "Afterwards, Roosevelt and Churchill spent some time together beforehand at Roosevelt's estate in Hyde Park, New York". Afterwards and beforehand seem to contradict one another here?
- the sentence that begins "Bohr was not regarded as a security risk..." seems out of place. Why was Bohr not being a security risk relevant here?
That's me done. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:50, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
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