Talk:1922 Baoding plane crash

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GA review

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Nominator: Aviationwikiflight (talk · contribs) 15:53, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Splains (talk · contribs) 23:12, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

I'll get to this shortly. splains (💬/📝) 23:12, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Splains, thanks for taking this article to review. If you need help accessing the Google Book sources, the relevant texts are available at User talk:Cunard/Archive 16#Finding sources. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 04:24, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@Aviationwikiflight Fix this and I will promote (ping me when you are done)
Having learned of the crash, Cao Kun was shocked; feeling that "the aviation force, as a war tool, was not a good tool", he ordered the improvement of safety regarding flight training -> Having learned of the crash, Cao Kun was shocked. Feeling that "the aviation force, as a war tool, was not a good tool," he ordered the improvement of safety regarding flight training


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Cao Kun established the jīng hàn hángkōng xiàn chóubèi chù (京汉航空线筹备处; "Beijing-Hankou Air Line Preparatory Office") -> Cao Kun established the Beijing-Hankou Air Line Preparatory Office (京汉航空线筹备处) — splains (💬/📝) 22:24, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

-  Done for the first;

- For the second, I’m not certain putting the translated name outside parentheses would be an improvement because when translating the text, I’ve had varying results regarding what its name should be. Putting one of the results as the "definitive" name risks to be misleading. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 15:50, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Aviationwikiflight, Thanks. Promoted (also make sure to submit this to WP:DCWC) — splains (💬/📝) 15:51, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

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, as shown by a source spot-check. 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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Prose

• The article is structured like a regular plane crash. The infobox is utilized properly.

• The page says to use American english, yet the text uses "whilst", even though "while" is typically preferred in American English. Fix?

•  Done, I did not know that. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 08:05, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Accident

• "On 31 March 1922, the aircraft was conducting a test flight, carrying 14 occupants on board consisting of" could be changed to "On 31 March 1922, the aircraft was conducting a test flight with 14 occupants on board: pilot-in-command Ma Yufang (马毓芳)" to make it more grammatically consistent.

•  Done. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 08:05, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

• "The aircraft was returning and attempting to land at Baoding Airport, but at 10:20 am, due to a low approach altitude, the tail of the aircraft struck treetops at Wulipu" could be rewritten like this to avoid repetitions: "While attempting to land on its return to Baoding Airport at 10:20 am, the aircraft flew at a low approach altitude, causing its tail to strike treetops at Wulipu"

•  Done, although I tweaked your version a bit. I hope that's fine. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 08:05, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Broadness

It's broad enough for it's subject which is quite niche, and also focused.

Sources

Half of the google books seem fine ([1] [2] and [3]) but I couldn't access the rest for some reason, so I will consider that a spotcheck done. I would recommend using the |quote= parameter for those who don't speak Chinese.

Edit: Nevermind, I viewed your link. All sources check out, but I would still recommend adding the quotes into the quote parameter.

Copyvio

Earwig shows 6.5% which is great.

Neutrality

Seems neutral

Stability

Stability is fine.

Image check

Images seem fine.

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• ... that the 1922 Baoding plane crash was China's first civil aviation accident?

• Source: * "Chronicle of major developments in Chinese Aeronautics". China Daily. 30 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 October 2003. On March 31, 1922, a passenger plane crashed, killing all the 14 people on board. This was the first traffic accident in China's civil aviation.
• 中国航空史 [History of Chinese Aviation] (in Chinese). Hunan: Hunan Science and Technology Press. 2007. p. 40. ISBN 978-7-5357-4881-2 – via Google Books. 机上 14 人 ... 全部遇难。这是中国民航飞机首次飞行事故。 [All 14 people on board ... were killed. This was the first flight accident involving a Chinese civil aviation aircraft.]

• ALT1: ... that the 1922 Baoding plane crash, which killed 14 people, was China's first civil aviation accident? Source: Same.
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• Comment: These were the only interesting hooks that I could find for a relatively short article on a mostly forgotten plane crash. If anybody finds another interesting hook, feel free to propose it here.

Improved to Good Article status by Aviationwikiflight (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Aviationwikiflight (talk) 13:11, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article was promoted to GA two days ago and is long enough. No copyvios, sources seem reliable to me. Hook is interesting, cited, and short enough. No image provided, no QPQ is required. Sounds good to me! Beta Beta Beta - talk 04:42, 7 July 2026 (UTC)