Talk:Helicopter 66

Suggestions

Chetsford, saw this nominated for GA, and thought I'd offer a few suggestions:

1. Why is the painting so small if it is in the public domain? A much larger version can be found here.
2. Excerpts from contemporary media accounts would be nice, since that is essentially what the helicopter seems to be known for
3. More history about the helicopter would be nice. In particular:

• Was the helicopter used for anything other than astronaut recovery between 1968 and 1970?
• What was it used for between 1970 and 1975?
• What were the details of the crash? Even though the report is "largely classified," there's a lot more information about it on the website you cite than there currently is in the article.

Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 08:08, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Usernameunique. I have no ownership over the article so feel free to update it with that content, if you like. Chetsford (talk) 18:15, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Well hopefully you will take sufficient ownership to take this through the GA nomination. It's a cool article, and it would be a shame to see it flounder for want of a little work. Good luck, --Usernameunique (talk) 19:09, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't have ownership over any articles on WP. Please see WP:OWNERSHIP for more information. Thanks. Chetsford (talk) 21:09, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Helicopter 66/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 00:06, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Taking a look at this one. —Ed!^(talk) 00:06, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria) (see here for this contributor's history of GA reviews)

1. It is reasonably well written:

   • What is the helicopter's tail number?

Added!

1. • History should be fleshed out: if nothing else, history on the unit itself should provide some detail. When was the helicopter assigned there? Where was the unit based for most of its existence? Was it assigned to these ships and missions individually, or were all of the aircraft of the unit moved from ship to ship at the same time?

I can't answer all of these questions from the sources available, however, I have added a paragraph on the squadron's history from activation in 1952 to tasking to NASA, and wikilinked to the Squadron Four page.

1. • "achieving the status of "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history".[1][3]" -- Who called it that?

Name added!

1. • Any information on the pilots who rotated through these missions? Might be good to talk about the group of people who operated the craft during this time.

I agree, I'd love to add that, however, only Donald S. Jones seems to have been notable of himself. I've expanded the section though to note that he commanded the 8 and 11 missions and also wikilinked his name in the table.

1. • "In the summer of 1975 Helicopter 66 crashed..." Any further details about the date, or the location of the exercise or where it was based at the time? How many people it was carrying? Some background on the kinds of exercises it might have been undergoing seems to be available.

working on this

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable:

   • Each recovery mission needs a reference attached to it.

added!

1. It is broad in its coverage:

   • One big thing to add: Talk about this helicopter's design and general characteristics. You'll see the way people tend to do this with ships in some of the other articles (One of my examples: Portland-class cruiser has the general information on a helicopter, while USS Portland (CA-33) has an abbreviated look at design and some details about how it differed in that individual ship.) Because I think one of the key things people will be interested in with this article is how this individual helicopter might have been outfitted differently from a standard one. If not, I would say, just run through the general design characteristics of this type of helicopter and say that as far as has been made clear, this helicopter was designed in the standard configuration.

added a design section

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   Pass No problems there.

2. It is stable:

   Pass No problems there.

3. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate:

   Images in article appear to be properly tagged.

4. Other:

   • Dab links, dup links and copyvio detector all seem to return no problems.
   • Reference spotcheck Refs 2, 5 and 9 all check out.

On Hold I think the article can be fleshed out a bit more, but I think it's off to a good start. On hold pending some additional details being added in. —Ed!^(talk) 00:26, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Ed! thanks for your very thorough review. I've updated as per above notes, and also took the liberty of creating archival links to all the websites referenced and alt tags to all the images. Let me know if I missed anything or your thoughts. Thanks! Chetsford (talk) 23:06, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good. Passing GA. —Ed!^(talk) 00:36, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Italicization

The italics or non-italics are sharply divided. The title, infobox title, and first mention are italicized. The mentions in the text and captions are not. So one or the other is correct. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:13, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Interesting!

How interesting is it that ONE helicopter was used in the recovery of five Apollo missions and carried the Shah of Iran? See, articles like this are why I read Wikipedia every day. Eric Cable  !  Talk  12:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Yes, brilliant isn't it? As you say, makes it all worthwhile! Cheers DBaK (talk) 18:42, 9 August 2018 (UTC)