Talk:Laika

Further Reading Section

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

Problems with article

"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have not reviewed the whole Laika page, but just this glaring example requires that the page be reviewed lest the FA be rescinded.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)

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)

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)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2024

Add to list under "Pop Culture" section:

In For 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). 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)

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

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

 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)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2024

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)

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)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2024

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

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)

 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)

this lot...

whole load of people queuing up to have their favourite pop songs on the page somewhere for reasons mostly specious- yet none of them have noticed that there's a whole entire band with an actual career, named for the space-hound. I'm not going to attempt to shoe-horn it into the article because it doesn't belong.

I only mention it at all because someone, eventually, is bound to come along & say "hey, what about the cultural legacy?"

well, what about it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_(band) duncanrmi (talk) 20:40, 11 August 2024 (UTC)