Talk:Operation Boomerang

GA Review

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Reviewer: Peacemaker67 (talk · contribs) 05:51, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

This article is in good shape. Just a few minor comments from me:

• suggest saying in the lead where Palembang was ie on Sumatra in the NEI
  • Done Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• aviation gasoline for aircraft is probably unnecessary
  • Oops, yes Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• XX Bomber cCommand
• should Lend-lease be Lend-Lease?
  • Both fixed Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• what types of aircraft were the Japanese fighter regiments equipped with?
  • Some combination of Nakajima Ki-43 and Nakajima Ki-44 day fighters, I think. I can't confirm this from online sources, and my go-to source for this kind of thing (an obscure collection of post-war Japanese reports) was destroyed when the ANU Library flooded early this year. I'll try to clarify this ahead of an ACR. Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• "The aircraft flew"
  • Fixed Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• What makes combined fleet.com reliable?
  • Several of its editors are professionally published historians, with their books being very well reviewed. The site has also been extensively used as a reference in published works. The author of the article used here has been a historical consultant to several relevant documentaries and written or contributed to several relevant professionally published works. Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
• the images are both fine.

That's me done, nice job. Placing on hold for the above to be addressed. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:14, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for your review - I think that I've responded to your comments. Nick-D (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
  • This article is well-written, verifiable using reliable sources, covers the subject well, is neutral and stable, contains no plagiarism, and is illustrated by appropriately licensed images with appropriate captions. Passing. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:48, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
    • Thanks again Nick-D (talk) 01:56, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Distance to the Musi

@Nick-D: Regarding this , the problem is not that it is unsourced, but the distinction makes little sense unless we mention the speific point of the Musi we're talking about. Compare to a sentence like this: "The flight from Berlin takes ___ miles to London and ___ miles to the Thames." If the numbers are different it will be confusing to the reader unless we specify we're talking about a point outside London. HaEr48 (talk) 22:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

That's a good point - I've clarified the text. It looks like the mines were dropped a fair way downriver from Palembang, but the sources are unfortunately vague on where exactly. Thank you for your excellent edits to the article. Nick-D (talk) 22:29, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Nick-D, you're welcome. Your update makes sense and thanks for working on this interesting article! HaEr48 (talk) 23:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)