Wikipedia:Peer review/List of space exploration milestones, 1957–1969/archive1

List of Space Exploration Milestones, 1957-1969[edit]

We need an expert opinion on whether or not Vostok 3 and 4 actually performed a rendevous. Bubba73 (talk), 21:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, not really. We need someone to help us figure out whether to use the US or Soviet definition of rendevous, or whether to mention that they used different definitions, and both claimed the first rendevous. Gravitor 22:12, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is whether or not to use the definition of space rendezvous. Bubba73 (talk), 01:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a lead. Also, the request for peer review notice belongs on the talk page, not the article page. VegaDark 03:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How about for Vostok 3 and 4 you say "the first rendevous according to Russia", and for Gemini 6A "the first according to NASA". Add a footnote to each that links to a quick explanation about the differences in definition of rendevous. However, this is hardly the only problem with the article. The article needs an introduction paragraph. You need more references which need to be properly formatted. How is this different than Space firsts? Wikify the milestones. The name of the article is incorrect. Space Exploration Milestones should be lower case. Medvedenko 03:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The USSR claimed it as a rendezvous, but ir was not a space rendezvous. Bubba73 (talk), 21:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've renamed the article (lower case and moved). I added an introductory paragraph explaining what it is, which indicates how it is different from the similar list. I didn't wikify the milestones because the mission that accomplished it is already wikilinked. Bubba73 (talk), 21:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It needs a bit more information. Most milestones are just one short sentence. Also, it needs to be more specific, instead of "First probe to go near the Moon", try "First probe to be launched to the moon, and first man-made object to enter heliocentric orbit."
A possibility is to move the page to List of space exploration milestones (You'd need to go through WP:RM), and this way, later milestones can be added, because in it's current form, it is too short. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 22:53, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My intention was to list ones from Sputnik 1 through the moon landing only - the "space race" era. More details can be found in the links to the missions, but I'll try to expand it. Bubba73 (talk), 23:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]