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[edit] Quality of article

I cannot believe how little information there is about Mitchell's Apollo 14 flight in the main article. There is barely any mention of it. It is by far, the most important achievement of his career and it is barely mentioned. Most of this article focuses on his post-Apollo career. Sadly, I have found this lack of attention to detail in almost all the articles relating to the Apollo-Era Moonwalkers. Needs significant work to become a B-Class article.Abebenjoe 22:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC) (edit)

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[edit] Experiments on the moon

I move that the second sentence of the third paragraph, "While on the Moon he conducted unauthorized ESP experiments", be followed with the notation "[citation needed]". Would anyone care to second? Austinlwyman4 06:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This is the kind of thing that doesn't really need a discussion - just be bold and add the tag. If someone objects, then is the time to discuss.

I've gone ahead and added the tag myself, since I agree this is questionable. I believe that he did some experiments during an Apollo mission; but I'm not sure they were done on the moon, given the cramped conditions and limited (and very scheduled) time of the landing module. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 15:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance rating

I've rated this article as a High-importance class, because the rarity of his Moonwalk and the importance that Project Apollo and early human spaceflight has to human history. I also rated this a Stub article. I really can't believe the poor state and quality of many of the articles relating to the Apollo-era moonwalkers. I'll likely add more information and try to bring this article to a B-Class by mid-March.Abebenjoe 22:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)