Talk:Battle of Fort Anne/GA1

GA Review

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1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

2. Fix up the lead. Four paragraphs per se, should be merged to make 2. Reduced to 3
3. ¾ mile (1 km) north of the fort. <- Try for 0.75 mi. Fixed
4. About 600 men under Colonel Long... <-- Check something here - Do we know Long's first name? Fixed
5. It has been claimed that a flag was flown at Fort Anne that may have been the first instance of a flag consisting of stars and stripes; this claim is probably false. <--- Supposedly false, "possibly false" is leaning POV. Changed
6. Are we sure its spelled Skenesboro? (I pertain to say you mean the Whitehall, NY one) Most things these days seem to give it a different spelling. Comment See below.

   B. MoS compliance:

7. Battle & Skirmish - merge together? Both are very short.
8. Skirmish - merge first two paragraphs. Done
9. After Pursuit, the wikilink amount seems to drop big time, can these be fixed? Not sure what you expect
10. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

    A. References to sources:

11. There are no references online and/or outside of Google Books? Comment see below

    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

    C. No original research:

12. Is it broad in its coverage?

    A. Major aspects:

    B. Focused:

13. Is it neutral?

    Fair representation without bias:

14. Is it stable?

    No edit wars, etc:

15. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

16. Article looks bland without some.

    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

17. The article could use some more descriptive images or people's portraits. Comment see below.
18. Overall:

    Pass or Fail:

Comments:

See above. I think this article is getting there, but it isn't Good Article yet. Its on hold, but i have some concerns.Mitch/HC32 20:27, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

• Skenesboro: I've seen this spelled primarily this way or "Skenesborough". Occasionally (in transcriptions of letters and dispatches) I see "Skeensborough" or similiar. The place was the estate of Philip Skene, a prominent Loyalist.
• Images: None of the players directly involved in this action were imaged, to my knowledge. I could put images of e.g. Burgoyne and Schuyler, but I think this is stretching it. (As far as I know, the battlefield isn't even preserved, so even something like a photo of the site is not much of an option.) I agree that the article could use at least one more image, but this shouldn't be a bar to GA.
• Citations: This is a relatively minor event overshadowed by more important events, and is poorly documented (see the lack of consistency in casualty numbers, and endnote 2 on troop strengths for indicators of this) and often incorrectly summarized (some historians recount that Hill was leading the entire 9th). I do try to use online resources when they are reliable; I find remarkably few reliable resources (and plenty of unreliable ones) on Revolutionary War subjects. Books by respected historians work (I can sometimes find some of their sources in Google Books or other online resources), and Ketchum at least is widely available in public libraries. I apologize if this means you have to visit a library if you want to do a more thorough check of my sources.
• Wikilinks: I've added a few, but I'm not sure what else to add. (I've gotten dinged for WP:OVERLINK for linking the sorts of terms that are left.)

Thanks for your review and feedback. Magic♪piano 03:24, 14 June 2009 (UTC)