Talk:Otto Hahn/GA1
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Reviewer: HĐ (talk · contribs) 07:26, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I will be reviewing this article. As I am an editor specialized in popular culture and, while a science enthusiast, a non-science editor, I hope my review would be totally unbiased and comprehensive, HĐ (talk) 07:26, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- Quick comment There is a mantainance tag [where?] in the "Early life" section. HĐ (talk) 07:45, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
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Overall a well written article. I just have finished reading up to "Discovery of mesothorium I", and have a few minor concerns:
- I think nazism would be preferable to national socialism, given that the term "nazism" is more well-known
- Any information on from when till when was Hahn incarcenated?
- "Considered by many" is vague; any possible attribution?
- I think we need a literal translation of Klinger Oberrealschule (is it a high school?)
- I would translate Oberrealschule as "high school". Wikipedia says
Die Oberrealschule ist eine ehemalige Schulform in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, die oft als Alternative zu den meist als Lateinschulen ausgelegten Gymnasien entstand. Sie ermöglichte in der Regel das Studium naturwissenschaftlicher Fächer. Die Bezeichnung wird heute nicht mehr verwendet.
The Oberrealschule is a former type of school in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which emerged as an alternative to the gymnasiums, which were mostly designed as Latin schools. As a rule, it made it possible to study natural science subjects. The term is no longer used.
- The school still exists; it is just called the Klinger Schule today. It has no Wikipedia entry. It is named after Max Klinger, the sculptor. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
- I would translate Oberrealschule as "high school". Wikipedia says
- Ditto with On Bromine Derivates of Isoeugenol (I am not sure though)
- That's in English. Removed the italics. Isoeugenol is an organic compound. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
- A possible conversion of the German mark to today's value would be helpful in understanding how much did the elements worth
Along the way, Hahn determined that just as he was unable to separate thorium from radiothorium, so he could not separate mesothorium from radium.
→ This sounds a bit off, was there a grammatical error?Physicists were more accepting of Hahn's work, and he began attending a colloquium at the Physics Institute conducted by Heinrich Rubens. It was at one of these where
→ Unsure of what the bolded text means
Given that the prose is the longest which I've ever reviewed, this GAN may take quite a while. — HĐ (talk) 04:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
- I can see there are some "unsourced" awards listed at "Honors and awards" section. I think it's better that all awards have corresponding citations
- I'd consider merging the "Legacy" section somewhere, or just removing it. I personally opt against a section with two sentences