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I will nominate this shortly, Tony the Marine who built most of the content and copyedited considers it ready, I worked with two of the battles and the lead and think everything is ok as well. Concerns presented here will be attended by me or other member of WP:PUR (assuming they get here first ;-), thanks for your time. - Caribbean~H.Q. 20:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
The internet inline citations used in this article are improperly formatted and this problem may hinder a GA nomination. Internet citations require at the very least information on the title, publisher and last access date of any webpages used. If the source is a news article then the date of publication and the author are also important. This information is useful because it allows a reader to a) rapidly identify a source's origin b) ascertain the reliability of that source and c) find other copies of the source should the website that hosts it become unavaliable for any reason. It may also in some circumstances aid in determining the existance or status of potential copyright infringments. Finally, it looks much tidier, making the article appear more professional. There are various ways in which this information can be represented in the citation, listed at length at Wikipedia:Citing sources. The simplest way of doing this is in the following format:
<ref>{{cite web|(insert URL)|title=|publisher=|work=|date=|author=|accessdate=}}</ref>
As an example:
which looks like:
If any information is unknown then simply omit it, but title, publisher and last access dates are always required. I strongly recommend that all internet inline references in this article be formatted properly before this article undergoes GA review, and indeed this is something that a reviewer should insist you do before promoting your article. If you have any further questions please contact me and as mentioned above, more information on this issue can be found at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 00:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Comment-Could you please cite the strength and the casualties of the Spanish and American forces?- Red4tribe ( talk) 23:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I will be reviewing this article for GA, and should have the full review up within a few hours. Dana boomer ( talk) 16:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
[[image:name.jpg|thumb|caption]]
, it will produce a thumbnail at the size the user set, default of 300px. The size of the image itself has no bearing on how large the thumbnail will be.
bahamut0013
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11:11, 8 September 2008 (UTC)There are quite a few issues with referencing and images (as well as a few MOS things) in this article. I am going to put the article on hold, in order to allow the editors time to work through these concerns. As I state above, I have not done a prose check; when I see things progressing with the references and images, I will complete the review. If you have any questions, you can ask here on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer ( talk) 17:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Concerning referencing & use of Harvard referencing — {{ harvnb}} is used in conjuction with {{ citation}} to have a linking by author/year. The non-book citations use {{ cite web}}, {{ cite news}}, etc. as appropriate. — ERcheck ( talk) 22:05, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Here are the issues I've found with the prose and minor MOS issues. I'm listing them down here so they don't get lost in the stuff above :) I've also done a copyedit of the article, correcting grammar, spelling and other minor stuff. If you don't like anything I've done, feel free to change it!
I have completed the prose review of the article. As soon as these few issues are completed, the article will be ready for a pass to GA.
Dana boomer (
talk)
17:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I will nominate this shortly, Tony the Marine who built most of the content and copyedited considers it ready, I worked with two of the battles and the lead and think everything is ok as well. Concerns presented here will be attended by me or other member of WP:PUR (assuming they get here first ;-), thanks for your time. - Caribbean~H.Q. 20:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
The internet inline citations used in this article are improperly formatted and this problem may hinder a GA nomination. Internet citations require at the very least information on the title, publisher and last access date of any webpages used. If the source is a news article then the date of publication and the author are also important. This information is useful because it allows a reader to a) rapidly identify a source's origin b) ascertain the reliability of that source and c) find other copies of the source should the website that hosts it become unavaliable for any reason. It may also in some circumstances aid in determining the existance or status of potential copyright infringments. Finally, it looks much tidier, making the article appear more professional. There are various ways in which this information can be represented in the citation, listed at length at Wikipedia:Citing sources. The simplest way of doing this is in the following format:
<ref>{{cite web|(insert URL)|title=|publisher=|work=|date=|author=|accessdate=}}</ref>
As an example:
which looks like:
If any information is unknown then simply omit it, but title, publisher and last access dates are always required. I strongly recommend that all internet inline references in this article be formatted properly before this article undergoes GA review, and indeed this is something that a reviewer should insist you do before promoting your article. If you have any further questions please contact me and as mentioned above, more information on this issue can be found at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 00:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Comment-Could you please cite the strength and the casualties of the Spanish and American forces?- Red4tribe ( talk) 23:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I will be reviewing this article for GA, and should have the full review up within a few hours. Dana boomer ( talk) 16:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
[[image:name.jpg|thumb|caption]]
, it will produce a thumbnail at the size the user set, default of 300px. The size of the image itself has no bearing on how large the thumbnail will be.
bahamut0013
♠
♣
11:11, 8 September 2008 (UTC)There are quite a few issues with referencing and images (as well as a few MOS things) in this article. I am going to put the article on hold, in order to allow the editors time to work through these concerns. As I state above, I have not done a prose check; when I see things progressing with the references and images, I will complete the review. If you have any questions, you can ask here on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer ( talk) 17:22, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Concerning referencing & use of Harvard referencing — {{ harvnb}} is used in conjuction with {{ citation}} to have a linking by author/year. The non-book citations use {{ cite web}}, {{ cite news}}, etc. as appropriate. — ERcheck ( talk) 22:05, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Here are the issues I've found with the prose and minor MOS issues. I'm listing them down here so they don't get lost in the stuff above :) I've also done a copyedit of the article, correcting grammar, spelling and other minor stuff. If you don't like anything I've done, feel free to change it!
I have completed the prose review of the article. As soon as these few issues are completed, the article will be ready for a pass to GA.
Dana boomer (
talk)
17:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)