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Clevelander: What do you think of the article so far - any improvements you can recommend? I did a complete read of it and made changes, but I'm going to take a break from looking at it now. I think you said you have the Loomis book, if so, perhaps you could find useful references in it regarding the autopsy? My Farley Mowat book has some pictures (more wood cuts), I'm going to try to scan and add at least one of them. (Depending on copyright status.) When it's ready I'll submit for GA status. Zatoichi26 ( talk) 03:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Nice image additions. I agree with your changes, it makes the article more balanced. Does the Loomis book mention the board of inquiry at all? So far all we have is Parry citations for that paragraph. Zatoichi26 ( talk) 01:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Finetooth, thanks for your excellent suggestions. I will attend to adding citations in the early part of the article, as I'd like to cite sources other than the book by Parry, which I fear bears too much of the weight of citation -- having everything cited from just one volume of pop-history is unwise, I feel.
That's too bad about the map -- these copyright treaties that, willy-nilly, re-copyright works from abroad are, as ever, frustrating and pointless! The suggestion to use an earlier map is a good one, though.
About Bessels: there seems little question that this man's given name was Dr. Emil Bessels -- there is a CDV with his signature here which confirms it. Nevertheless, as the image's caption shows, it was quite common at the time for newspapers and books to drop the "s." It should be Bessels, throughout -- and perhaps I should create a cropped version of the image, to avoid confusion?
I'll tend to these and other things over the next day or two. Clevelander96 ( talk) 13:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I believe an infobox:event in the lede section would improve the article. Any objections? Cmguy777 ( talk) 22:58, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe the Polaris expedition would make a good featured article. Reads like a Hollywood movie, but was an actual event. Cmguy777 ( talk) 23:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Photo and caption moved to be replaced by Infobox style. Cmguy777 ( talk) 15:28, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Polaris expedition has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. | ||||||||||
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Clevelander: What do you think of the article so far - any improvements you can recommend? I did a complete read of it and made changes, but I'm going to take a break from looking at it now. I think you said you have the Loomis book, if so, perhaps you could find useful references in it regarding the autopsy? My Farley Mowat book has some pictures (more wood cuts), I'm going to try to scan and add at least one of them. (Depending on copyright status.) When it's ready I'll submit for GA status. Zatoichi26 ( talk) 03:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Nice image additions. I agree with your changes, it makes the article more balanced. Does the Loomis book mention the board of inquiry at all? So far all we have is Parry citations for that paragraph. Zatoichi26 ( talk) 01:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Finetooth, thanks for your excellent suggestions. I will attend to adding citations in the early part of the article, as I'd like to cite sources other than the book by Parry, which I fear bears too much of the weight of citation -- having everything cited from just one volume of pop-history is unwise, I feel.
That's too bad about the map -- these copyright treaties that, willy-nilly, re-copyright works from abroad are, as ever, frustrating and pointless! The suggestion to use an earlier map is a good one, though.
About Bessels: there seems little question that this man's given name was Dr. Emil Bessels -- there is a CDV with his signature here which confirms it. Nevertheless, as the image's caption shows, it was quite common at the time for newspapers and books to drop the "s." It should be Bessels, throughout -- and perhaps I should create a cropped version of the image, to avoid confusion?
I'll tend to these and other things over the next day or two. Clevelander96 ( talk) 13:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I believe an infobox:event in the lede section would improve the article. Any objections? Cmguy777 ( talk) 22:58, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
I believe the Polaris expedition would make a good featured article. Reads like a Hollywood movie, but was an actual event. Cmguy777 ( talk) 23:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Photo and caption moved to be replaced by Infobox style. Cmguy777 ( talk) 15:28, 7 May 2012 (UTC)