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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 20:51, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

General Dynamics F-16XL

General Dynamics F-16XL flying
General Dynamics F-16XL flying

Improved to Good Article status by HarryKernow (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 20:20, 15 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/General Dynamics F-16XL; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: AhmadLX-(Wikiposta) 19:02, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

  • That it was supposed to be a "replacement for the F-111 Aardvark" is not on the cited pages. Please fix this.
  • Earwig's shows some close paraphrasing.
  • "The prototypes were shelved until being turned over to NASA for additional aeronautical research in 1988.[2]" : [2] only says that "two delta-wing F-16XL aircraft [were used] from 1988 to 1996". This certainly does not mean that they were turned over to NASA in 1988. AhmadLX-(Wikiposta) 19:02, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
  • "Both aircraft were fully retired in 2009 and stored at Edwards Air Force Base." What does "both" refer to? Also, the source is a list, which doesn't say anything about when the aircrafts were retired.
  • USAF provided "production F-16 airframes for conversion". The cited page says "fuselage". Is fuselage same as airframe? AhmadLX-(Wikiposta) 19:34, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
  • The issues have been fixed by the GA nom. This seems good to go now. AhmadLX-(Wikiposta) 17:52, 29 May 2023 (UTC)