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Review: August 10, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Deli Mike appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that from 1996 to 2019, Turkish Airlines operated an aircraft that would not move a meter on the ground when "she didn't feel like it"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Deli Mike.

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Emma Beddington (22 January 2023). "Welcome to the age of 'dark copers' – where morbid curiosity is a means of survival". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2023. I've also enjoyed – if that's the right word – reading about Deli Mike, the haunted Turkish Airbus. It apparently turns its lights on and off unbidden, won't retract its landing gear, sets off alarms and can be "persuaded" to fix faulty flight instruments if you talk to it. An electrical fault, you say? I say brrrr.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that from 1996 to 2019, Turkish Airlines operated an aircraft that wouldn't move a meter on the ground when "she didn't feel like it"? Source: Milliyet, Hürriyet
- Reviewed: Third DYK.

Created by Styyx (talk). Self-nominated at 17:02, 7 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: New article that is long enough. The hook is interesting and thankfully nothing happened to it while it was operative. Neutral and interesting. QPQ unneeded. I AGF in the Turkish sources and the Google Translation I did. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting the main hook to Prep 7 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling

Hi @Styyx:, @Bazza 7:, @Sca: - thanks for your comments on the DYK talk page relating to this article. I had a look at the links suggested, but found another one which I think is more appropriate - MOS:UNIT. I've changed the article to use "metre" based on my reading of that. Also, the reference itself, although in Turkish, uses the word "metre". I can't decide whether the article should use British or American English in general, but I can't find any other text in the article which would change anyway. Cheers, Kiwipete (talk) 21:55, 15 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:55, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 04:33, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Just some copy fixes and alt text and you're good to go. Didn't expect a GA on an individual plane, but here we are! 7-day hold for Styyx. Ping me when done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:52, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copy changes

In late 1980s → "In the late 1980s"
Done
"phased-out" should not be hyphenated
Done
Change contraction "would've" to "would have"
Done
option for further five → "option for a further five"
Done
Frequent problems with the aircraft include the reading light of a completely different passenger turning on when the button is pressed and the same issue also exists with the button used to call a crew member Add comma after "pressed". More: User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences
Done
re-configured and lay-out remove dashes
Done
There were initial speculations — "There was initial speculation"; this is not plural in English
Done
"sistership" is not one word in English, but the claim from [5] does check out that three other A340s from the order were used as restaurants and venues. I'd say "as had previously happened to three sister aircraft".
Done
The technicians also removed and re-installed all systems, and reset — another commas in sentences info, drop this comma. also, "reinstalled", no hyphen
Done
when many others are grounded — maybe "were" grounded? there's definitely a tense issue here
Done; also replaced "when" with "while".
Bora Erdin of pro-opposition newspaper Sözcü also added that the airline made "no clarification as to why the problematic plane [Deli Mike] was used persistently while unproblematic ones were on the ground", and pointed out to the frequent issue of the landing gear not retracting after take-off, causing the aircraft to return to the origin airport. Several items:

Remove comma after the quote (another commas in sentences issue)

Done

"and pointed out to" might be better parsed as "and highlighted"

Done

Takeoff is one word

Done

Source spot checks

I do not speak or read Turkish, so sources are being run through Google Translate to check. The four I chose do check out.

[5] Use of sister aircraft as restaurants: Checks out to source.
[7] Checks out for fleet overhaul/temporary grounding of some aircraft after a fall in demand
[10] Removal of livery
[11] Ferrying to Johannesburg

Other issues

References are archived.
Earwig has no issues whatsoever, owing to the exclusively non-English sourcing.
Images outside of the infobox need alt text. They all have permission or are otherwise freely licensed.
Added alt texts, only couldn't find anything the first one so it's now |alt=refer to caption.

Sammi Brie addressed the issues. ~Styyx^Talk? 11:19, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.