Talk:Edward Victor Appleton/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 04:27, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: A.Cython (talk · contribs) 00:48, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I will review this. I will need a couple of days to go through the article and sources. A.Cython(talk) 00:48, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I enjoyed reading the biography of a notable scientist. Overall the article is well-written and sourced. There are a couple of wriggles to be ironed out. My comments are listed below. A.Cython(talk) 04:40, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Various

• No edit wars
• Neutral
• Broad and focused
• Figures have appropriate licences and captions, all of them are relevant

Copyright

• Earwig's Copyvio Detector gives 49%, flagging a small paragraph
  • Appleton had observed ... from the interference pattern of the two signals. Please rewrite this or provide evidence that they copied from wikipedia

Prose & MoS

• He brought a captured German thermionic valve back with him I noticed that you mentioned in the lead as well so it appears important, but I do not see its relevance/connection with the rest of the narrative. Why was this important?
• ingenious device why "ingenious"? is it subjective?
• Appleton thought the best place to look for evidence of the ionosphere was in the variations he believed it was causing around sunset in radio signal receptions. I do not follow this sentence, perhaps breaking into two. Also, explain what "the variations" mean, is it the thickness of the layer or density, etc.

Sources

Spot check: 5, 15, 26, 33, 38, 40, 66, 70

• I do not think that the paragraph starting The basic idea behind Appleton's work is so simple that it is hard to understand at first how he devoted almost all of his scientific career to its study. is fully supported by the citation #33, care to revisit? Also the first sentence appears to be drawing a conclusion.