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Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog by Kurt Caswell ISBN: 9781595348623

The first sentence of the first paragraph in the "Training" section states that, Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow a week before the launch.

However, the first sentence of the third paragraph in the same section states that, To adapt the dogs to the confines of the tiny cabin of Sputnik 2, they were kept in progressively smaller cages for periods of up to twenty days.

If Laika was found a week before the launch, how could she have been trained for periods for up to twenty days? Which is it? HoneyGlazedHams (talk) 19:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The claim that Laika was found a week before the flight is not made in the article that is linked.

On 4 Nov 22 user Piledhigheranddeeper added a "when" tag to the line about Laika being found on the streets of Moscow.

Then on 12 Nov 22 user DrKay added the claim that Laika was found one week prior and provided the citation. I've read it three times now and I'm sure it doesn't say Laika was found just one week prior. I can't even find something that I can see being misunderstood to mean that.

How and why it happened, point is, the claim isn't supported by the given citation. I think it should be removed.

I'm also not sure that the linked document is an acceptable source. Apparently it was the second article on a series written "commemorating the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the space age" and the first article was in the October 1997 edition of "SpaceViews". Contextually that would seem to be a magazine but I can't find the original online with a cursory search. Is a magazine article reproduced on someone's personal website with (that I can find at least) no provenance (and a plethora of broken links) an accepted source? I genuinely haven't the slightest clue. Either way, it doesn't make the claim it's cited for. 118.211.98.87 (talk) 11:16, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Laika is the title and a subject of the 13th cut in the 1993 album Bargainville, Canadian band Moxy Früvous’ first major-label release. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargainville) 72.24.249.113 (talk) 21:10, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please change X

[nothing is to be changed/removed, rather an addition]

to Y [Laika is the title and a subject of the 13th cut in the 1993 album Bargainville, Canadian band Moxy Früvous’ first major-label release.]

The reference is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargainville 72.24.249.113 (talk) 21:23, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 18:20, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow a week before the launch."

This is contradicted by many sources (Laika was already trained for sounding rocket flights per Siddiqi, for example.) Also, the link in the cited source goes to Sven Grahn's quotation of an early version of Andrew Le Page's article.

I have not reviewed the whole Laika page, but just this glaring example requires that the page be reviewed lest the FA be rescinded. Thanks! :) --Neopeius (talk) 13:50, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see that this same complaint was raised in January. I'm going to be bold and just delete the errant citation and verbiage. --Neopeius (talk) 13:52, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was re-added again, for some reason, despite STILL not being in the source, and contradicting sourced material. Removed again. PianoDan (talk) 22:55, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add to list under "Pop Culture" section:

InFor All Mankind Season 2, Episode 6 ("Best-Laid Plans") Laika, her death, the ethics behind her death, and the consequences of her journey are discussed at length by characters Danielle Poole (Krys Marshall) and Stepan Petrovich Alexseev (Nikola Đuričko)^[1][2]. Poole argues Laika's death was not for the sake of humankind but for the people around her who she (Laika) loved, and those who loved her back, including Alexseev. Jakeverbeek (talk) 21:11, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. PianoDan (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two citations have been added. Jakeverbeek (talk) 09:54, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done but paraphrased: Note I did not include the Fandom citation as it is not particularly a reliable source.

— Urro^{[talk][edits]}

17:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

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To change "Laika is mentioned in the 1986 song "Laika" by Mecano from the album Entre el cielo y el suelo" to "Laika is mentioned in the 1986 song "Laika" by Mecano from the album Descanso Dominical," – an incorrect album is mentioned while the year is correct. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descanso_Dominical Whoareyouandwhereareyou (talk) 04:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done; section cut as trivia. Sorry to be a kill joy but the factoid is better suited to the wiki article on the the Mecano album. Ceoil (talk) 04:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add the album “Laika come home” by Gorillaz as a “Cultural influence” Leanomartinet (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't seem to be a section for "Cultural influence". Also, the Laika Come Home article suggests that it's simply a naming choice by Gorillaz. Would simply lending her name to the album's title be enough to say that Laika culturally influenced this piece of art? 〜 Askarion ✉ 13:20, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton (talk) 02:59, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]