Talk:Eureka Iron & Steel Works

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:16, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Eureka Iron & Steel Works produced the first steel rails in the United States in 1865, which was the beginning of the American steel industry? Source 1: Wyandotte by Ken Munson, page 13 Source 2: The City of Detroit by Clarence Burton, page 80 Source 3: Detroit Free Press newspaper clip

• • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

• Reviewed - Template:Did you know nominations/Harrison family of Virginia

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 17:58, 13 December 2019 (UTC).

• Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is within limits and historically interesting, and citations all check. One image is self created, and one is PD - i.e.Okay. QPQ satisfied. Article is good to go, however, I would recommend putting the year date (1865) that the first rails were made in the hook. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 22:12, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

• @Gwillhickers: Thanks Gwillhickers for review and suggestion on hook, which I have added.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:54, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Eureka Iron & Steel Works/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 20:29, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Criteria

1. Prose  On hold

2. Verifiability  On hold

3. Depth of Coverage ✓ Pass

4. Neutral ✓ Pass

5. Stable ✓ Pass

6. Illustrations ✓ Pass

7. Miscellaneous  On hold

Comments

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• Expand the lead a bit

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• "The new company had 20,000 shares valued at twenty-five dollars each" - Link shares to Stock

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:17, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• "2-mile (3.2 km) of river frontage" - I think there's a way to produce a plural using the template, you'll have to look at the documentation for that. Having miles instead of mile will improve the grammar.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:22, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• "A blast furnace and a bar mill known as the Wyandotte Rolling Mill" - Link blast furnace, we don't seem to have an article for bar mill

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:17, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• "that it consumed 50,000 cords of wood a year" - Link cords to Cord (unit)

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:17, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Probably best to link charcoal too, although I won't insist on this if you think it's an overlink.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:17, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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• Drop the quote from ref 1, it's not related to the statement ref 1 is citing.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:25, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Check worldcat for OCLCs, Woodford 2001 is new enough it might have an ISBN, especially since it's published by a university.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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• Consider adding an infobox. It's not necessary, but it would help with the article.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Placing on hold. This one's in really good shape, I'm gonna go ahead and assess it as B class for now.

@Hog Farm: - All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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