Talk:Fort Curtis (Arkansas)

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Review: December 14, 2022. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Fort Curtis (Arkansas) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fort Curtis's 24-pounder guns were taken away for use in the Vicksburg campaign?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 21:23, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Fort Curtis in 1863

... that Fort Curtis (pictured) provided the warning signal of a Confederate attack at the Battle of Helena? Source: Offline source, can provide the quote upon demand
- ALT1: ... that Fort Curtis' (pictured) 24-pounder guns were taken away for use in the Vicksburg campaign? Source: Also offline, can provide the quote upon demand
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/SailRail
- Comment: Frankly, there's not much to work with here that most would find interesting. If I can flesh this out enough for FAC at some point down the road this could be a WP:FOUR candidate and I want to have my bases covered if possible.

Created by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 03:35, 16 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Hog Farm, review follows: article created 13 November, is well written and exceeds minimum length; inline citations to reliable sources are used throughout; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; If found the hook facts interesting enough, they are mentioned in the article, happy to AGF on offline sources; image licensing looks good and it is used in the article; a QPQ has been carried out. No issues here - Dumelow (talk) 11:01, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Fort Curtis (Arkansas)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 09:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will take this one, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 09:43, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not much to pick on here, I did fix a minor punctuation issue. Comments as follows:

Lead

The last four sentences all use the word fort, just wonder if this could be changed up for a little variety, e.g. fortification
- Reworded to remove two instances of the word

Construction and early use

It was completed by October 29,[6] and a dedication for the fort was held on October 30.: to avoid having successive dates in the same sentence, suggest "It was completed by October 29,[6] and a dedication for the fort was held the following day."
- Done

Later use and destruction

In mid-1863, Confederate leadership...: suggest "In mid-1863, the Confederate leadership..."
- Done
...and was located between the two works.: suggest "...and was positioned between the two works." This avoids the double usage of "located" in the same sentence.
- Done
Confederate troops never again made a major threat against Helena for the rest the war,...: Missing the "of" before "the war", but regardless, this seems convoluted (perhaps to avoid hewing too close to the source?), perhaps "Confederate troops did not threaten Helena for the rest of the war,..."
- I've opted for a different rewording - I'm not a big fan of the "did not threaten" wording, as it would suggest that there weren't any minor cavalry or guerrilla instances in the area, which I can't confirm. Hog Farm _Talk 19:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Other stuff

Sources look OK
Image tags OK
No dupe links

That's it for me, placing on hold. Zawed (talk) 09:47, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zawed: - Thanks for the review! Replies above. Hog Farm _Talk 19:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Zawed - just wanted to make sure you hadn't missed the responses above. Hog Farm _Talk 15:52, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with this. Am passing as GA now, as I consider that this meets the necessary criteria. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 08:28, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]