Talk:Black Terror (ship)
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 07:19, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Comments
- "attempting ... made two attempts..." repetitive.
- Rephrased
- "in 1862. In early 1863" likewise.
- Rephrased
- Link Union Navy.
- Linked
- "less than $9.00 and" no need for the cents, and suggest you inflate this figure (with an appropriate level of precision).
- Done, and inflated
- "the Anaconda plan was" plan or Plan?
- Standardized with Anaconda Plan
- "still in Confederate hands" still controlled by the Confederates.
- Done
- "Thomas General " don't you mean Thomas Williams?
- Yes, fixed (apparently I slipped up trying to make the piped link)
- "of ironclads led " link here in the body.
- Linked
- "by intentionally grounded" grounding?
- Corrected to "intentional grounding"
- "tell Porter.[16][15]" ref order.
- Swapped
- "coal barge[19][16] and" similar.
- Swapped.
- "either $8.23[19][23] or $8.63[17][24] " inflate.
- Done
- "officer Wirt Adams stated" William Wirt Adams.
- Changed the link, although "Wirt Adams" is probably just as common as "William Wirt Adams"
- "about a 1 mile" no need for "a".
- Removed
- "Indianola occurred in" took place
- Done
- Note [a] needs a full stop.
- Added
- "Smith, Myron" ref has some odd italic issues.
That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 08:49, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man: - Thanks for the review! All done except for the italics issue, which is intentional with how ship names are presented. Hog Farm Talk 17:24, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:03, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
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Black Terror on its cruise
- ... that in 1863, the Union Navy built a ship with an outhouse serving as the pilothouse? Miller 2019 p. 304
- ALT1:... that the ship Black Terror (pictured) flew both the United States flag and a pirate flag at the same time? Shea & Winschel 2003 p. 68 and Miller 2019 p. 305
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dracophyllum fiordense
- Comment: As this was really only a "ship" in the most generous usage of the term, there may be better phrasing options.
Moved to mainspace by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 03:41, 16 September 2021 (UTC).
Date, size, refs, hook, neutrality, QPQ, all GTG. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:39, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
