Talk:Michigan logging wheels/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Vincent60030 (talk · contribs) 09:44, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello there, I'll take up on this :D Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 09:44, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Initial comments:

• The gallery section has a bit too many images for quite a "short" article. Perhaps take some out and leave it under Commons.

•  Done

• Please bear with me as I am more accustomed with British formats.

•  Done

• Based on this url, I am not too sure if it is a copyvio or a mirror as I can't access the site. Please do let me know thank you!

•  Done Yes, definitely a mirror. They copied straight off my first paragraph and abruptly ended their sentence on their website as not dependent upon good seasonal (off Earwig) which doesn't make sense. What I created was - they were not dependent upon good seasonal weather conditions. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:46, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

• Checklinks in general showed no problems, but I did mention some connectivity issues down at discussion section.

•  Done

Lead

• "Some logging companies bought dozens at a time because of the time they could save in their labor costs to get the same work done in the same time period otherwise." this sentence looks disastrous. Rephrase?

•  Done

History and use

• The picture with this caption "Typical lumbering as done by George A. Mitchell when he developed out Cadillac, Michigan." Why was George A. Mitchell never mentioned within the body? If he is related I would like to see more about him or else the caption needs rewording for relevance

•  Done

• Please provide page number for Reference 1

•  Done

• "They extended the timber extraction season for the logging industry in the North Woods of Michigan, by removing the need for frozen icy ground to traverse. The logging wheels were a set of oversized wooden wagon wheels that were specially designed to carry felled trees up to 100 feet (30.48 m) long, several at a time that otherwise could only be pulled out of the woods one at a time." I don't think Reference 6 really cites what is going on here. Could you please elaborate or something?

•  Done - Replaced with Leavell reference. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Refs 7 and 9 are dead. Compulsory to cite them as they look likely to be challenged

•  Done

Sizes

• "a quite considerable investment for the time." this looks a bit original research

•  Done see McCoy quote. Also see quote for "Wheels That Won The West" website.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:34, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

• "...creating a stabilizing, low center of gravity." Hmm I am on the fence about this since I do not see this cited in the magazine. I am a physics student so I understand this but I am not sure if other readers can assume so.

•  Done - copy edited accordingly. Took out creating a stabilizing, low center of gravity. The source says - '"The logs were chained to the 16-foot tongue and dragged beneath the axle." --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

• Reference 18: page number please

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Locations containing logging wheels

• I wonder if this can be written in prose to explain more about these locations which may have factories around for this or something I am just giving an example.

•  Done

• I am not able to check reference 8 and 12 as I cannot connect to them. Any alternatives you can provide?

•  Done

• Reference 8 is not fleshed out properly. I need to click around many links to access where each location is cited. Please provide inline citations for each location.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:58, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Not done sorry, I should have clarified. It should be inline for at least those locations where they are not wikilinked to the landmarks themselves. Some of these locations, such as Redding, California, is not cited in the reference unfortunately. Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 05:55, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

•  Done @Vincent60030: Inline references provided. Did I get it correct? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:01, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

• Overall, it is a cool read. Only some issues here and there Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 09:56, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Vincent60030: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Doug Coldwell: I am so sorry but I have not managed to review the whole article yet, but thank you very much for being so proactive in addressing these issues :D I'll probably take a thorough look again tomorrow if that's okay :D Best Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 02:35, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Vincent60030: O.K. Take your time, as I am busy with other GANs anyway.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:17, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
• @Vincent60030: I think I answered your issues. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:00, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
• @Vincent60030: I am trying to get as many Good Articles as I can for the month of October. If you have time today, can you look over the work I have done so far. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:02, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Doug Coldwell: Alright, you only have one issue remaining. Shouldn't be too difficult haha. Thank you for a good article! Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 06:09, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
• Good thing I checked this otherwise the faulty ping would have been missed. This is good to go! Congratulations! Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 11:54, 31 October 2020 (UTC)