Talk:Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Berean Hunter in topic Re-assessment
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Re-assessment edit
The article provides sufficient supporting material although the layout could be improved. I would suggest to put the long text from the primary source into a box which can be hidden or expanded if necessary but I don't know how to do that. Also, some paragraphs lack references.PINTofCARLING (talk) 14:09, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for your input. I have placed a citation on the one paragraph that I saw without a reference. Are there others? Additionally, could you point me to the guideline that addresses your concerns about the long text needing to be in a collapsible box. That would be useful since I'm not familiar with it. I do know how to do that if appropriate. Cheers,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 14:47, 9 March 2011 (UTC)- There isn't a guideline for the collapsible box as far as I know. I just thought it would make it easier to get a quick overview. Right now, the source text, the picture of Foster and the box with the coordinates for the map and satellite pictures overlap. This could be cleaned up by using a collapsible box,I think, but I don't know how to do it either. Maybe there is also another way to arrange the pictures and boxes so that they don't overlap.
- Concerning the references, three paragraphs or sentences are still unreferenced. In most cases this probably only involves moving the ref to the end of the paragraph: In the construction section the 1st paragraph, last sentence; in the bombardement section "By midday, a shortage of cartridges in Ft. Sumter forced the Union troops to lower the number of guns to only two in active battery against the batteries at the western end of Sullivan's Island" and "The damage was considered minimal and with Maj. Anderson's surrender of Ft. Sumter, the Confederates and the crew of Hamilton's floating battery were victorious. Newspapers and magazines proliferated details of the battle and surrender" need references.PINTofCARLING (talk) 23:14, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Okay, I think I have got it covered now. I've uploaded & added more images, refs, & tweaked the page layout to make the suggested improvements. What do you think?
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 17:48, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- Okay, I think I have got it covered now. I've uploaded & added more images, refs, & tweaked the page layout to make the suggested improvements. What do you think?