Talk:Boden Fortress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Boden Fortress has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
	An entry from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on July 22, 2007.
Article milestones Date Process Result October 2, 2007 WikiProject peer review Reviewed November 6, 2007 Good article nominee Listed Current Status: Good article

This article is within the scope of the following WikiProjects:

Cold War WikiProject Boden Fortress is part of the Cold War WikiProject, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to the Cold War on the Wikipedia. This includes but is not limited to the people, places, things, and events, and anything else associated with the Cold War. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. Military history WikiProject     (Rated GA-Class) This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions. GA This article has been rated as GA-Class on the quality scale. Additional information and associated task forces: This article has had a peer review which is now archived. Associated task forces (nations and regions): Nordic military history task force WikiProject Sweden (Rated GA-Class) The article on Boden Fortress is supported by WikiProject Sweden, which is an attempt to improve the quality and coverage of Sweden-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page; if you have any questions about the project or the article ratings below, please consult the FAQ. GA This article has been rated as GA-Class on the quality scale. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

From the photograph, I would not describe the defensive ditch as a moat, it looks to me like a dry ditch ? Moat usually indicates a flooded ditch, though as the following reference indicates, not always

Moat: A water filled ditch which surrounded a castle, or just forming a line of defence, which was artificial or partly natural in origin. Just as ‘donjon’ signified the highest part of a motte and bailey castle and was later changed to ‘dungeon’, so moat was derived from ‘motte’ or the mound to the ditch from which it was excavated. In some cases the word moat is used to refer to a dry ditch. (Fr. motte, mound).

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html#M.

Nice to have a good article on a modern fortification though :)

--Shoka 22:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, I changed it to "dry moat" which your reference agrees with. Mglg 17:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow, amazing job! Some real effort put into this, really cool. Too bad you're still not allowed to take pictures in quite a lot of places in the woods around Boden since there's a lot of cool stuff that could be included. I gotta look into where you can take pics...I'm pretty sure the balloon hangar is all right, I'll bring the camera next time I'm up there. /Markus

Hello. I am a newbie on here, so please excuse my ignorance. This is a wonderful article, interesting and informative. I do not speak Swedish, so I think I would have a very hard time going to the primary literature in order to learn more about this wonderful fortress. I was wondering if anyone could give me some information on the specifications of the armored turrets emplaced at Bodens. I'd really like to know the thickness of the turret's armor, and I've so far been unsuccessfull in finding any references that I could read.Cbmclean 05:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA

Good work on this article!

I believe this article is a Good Article because:

• It is verifiable - many sources
• Many free images
• Well laid out
• Prose makes sence and flows nicely.
• Suitable use of lists and tables
• Plenty of content

Suggestions:

• Some of the headings could be changed to be more meaningful
• Go for FA.

--TheJosh 09:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)