Talk:Mars Pathfinder/GA1
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GA review
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Nominator: Deborah.artemis (talk · contribs) 22:28, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
Reviewer: Phlsph7 (talk · contribs) 10:17, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
Hello Deborah.artemis and thanks for all your improvements to this article. However, despite the improvements, the article fails criterion 2b since there are too many unreferenced paragraphs. Examples are the paragraphs starting with "The rover was equipped with three CCD cameras", "The entire entry, descent and landing process was completed in four minutes", "The Sojourner rover departed from the lander on Sol 2, after its landing on July 4, 1997", and "The first analysis on a rock started on Sol 3 with Barnacle Bill". According to criterion 2b, these and similar passages require inline citations "no later than the end of the paragraph". I suggest that you add all the relevant references before a renomination.
A few other observations
- WP:EARWIG detects a potential copyvio: the sentence "Scientists chose it because they found it to be a relatively safe surface to land on and one that contained a wide variety of rocks deposited during a catastrophic flood." seems to be a close paraphrase of the source text. I suggest reformulating it some more.
- Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP), (includes magnetometer and anemometer) is this supposed to be a sentence? If so, remove the comma, remove the second set of parentheses, and finish with a period.
- Atmospheric and meteorological sensors (ASI/MET). is this supposed to be a heading or a sentence?
- that the lander velocity would be reduced to about zero should this be "lander's velocity"?
- the final rock contains less iron and magnesiums should this be "magnesium"?
- robotic space missions to Mars, a MESR goal. should it be "MESUR goal"? If not, the acronym MESR should be explained.
- lander was a Radiation Hardened IBM Risc 6000 Single Chip should it be "radiation-hardened"?
Phlsph7 (talk) 10:17, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
- Why make all these observations and then close this? Deborah.artemis (talk) 01:11, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
- The observations were stated to point out issues with the current version of the article, which could lead to improvements. The review was closed per WP:QF. At any time, you can start a new GA nomination. Before that, I suggest that you implement the suggestions unless you are aware of a good reason not to. You can also ask for more feedback on the article talk page, my user talk page, or at a peer review. This review page is probably not the best place for an extensive discussion since the review is already closed. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:05, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
- Why make all these observations and then close this? Deborah.artemis (talk) 01:11, 7 April 2026 (UTC)