Talk:Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)/GA1

GA Review

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I am commencing the review. I read The Road to Ticonderoga some time ago but recall little of this so will be looking at the topic with a fresh eye. Colonel Warden (talk) 17:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• I have made a first pass and find the article to be quite well-written. There seem to be two small grammatical errors in the lead though - move rather than moved and afterward rather than afterwards. The latter might read better as thereafter.

I sense a slight pro-French slant to the article, e.g. in the issue of the fort's name, but, as I am British myself, I shall AGF and attribute this to my own POV.

I shall now do some fact-checking. More anon. Colonel Warden (talk) 19:59, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I personally am indifferent to the name; this "battle" does represent the final surrender of the fort to the British, and it took a while to sink in that the British always called it Ticonderoga. I used Carillon in this article because the French were the occupants of the fort. As far as other pro-French slant, I think the French actions were more interesting than those of the British, but I didn't think I had given them undue weight.

I'll fix the grammar in the lead. Magic♪piano 22:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

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Some minor concerns but overall it seems quite good. Well done.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Some concerns about the wikilinks which I will attend to myself.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Minor concern about national bias but not significant.

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: