Talk:Forage War/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

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Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   The American operations were so militarily expensive that British casualties in New Jersey (including those of the battles at Trenton and Princeton) exceeded those of the entire campaign for New York. Do you mean "The American operations were so militarily extensive..." "expensive" in the context of military history generally means involving a great loss of men and materiel, so as it stand this implies the Americans lost a lot of men and materiel. Perhaps this should be something like "The American operations were so militarily damaging"?  Done

   Over the course of January and February, Washington's Continental Army shrank to about 2,500 regulars,... Why did it shrink?  Done

   Early in the winter, Washington sent out detachments of troops to systematically remove any remaining provisions and livestock from convenient access to the British. Surely "access by" is better than "access to"?  Done

   General Washington to move his army from its winter quarters at Morrisville to a more forward position at Middlebrook in late May. There is a verb missing here.  Done

   As General Howe prepared his Philadelphia campaign, he first moved a large portion of his army to Somerset Court House in mid-June, apparently in an attempt to draw Washington from this position. Slightly confusing - was Washington based at Somerset Court House?  Done

   The last stray sentence should be consolidate into the preceding paragraph.  Done

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   I assume good faith for all sources; they appear reliable and the article is adequately referenced.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Thorough, without un-necessary detail.

   I am puzzled as to why there is an image of Philemon Dickinson in the infobox and he is mentioned there, but does not appear in the article itself.  Done

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   On hold for seven days for above issues to be addressed

   OK, I think that the article is now ready for GA status. Congratulations and thanks for your work on this article. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 01:56, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your detailed comments; I think I've addressed them. Let me know if not... Magic♪piano 01:33, 18 April 2010 (UTC)