Talk:Big stick ideology/GA1

GA Review

Review

OK, I usually just add comments and help complete it as well.

I did a minor copy edit myself. Things we need to do...

We need to fix the positioning of the sources. They should all really come at the end of the full sentence. Some people put them after the comma but I'm not a fan of that either. They really should come at the end of the sentence like I said. If the source is meant to be for a specific word or part of the sentence but quote marks around that part and then add the source at the end of the sentence.
- For example, Historians viewed Roosevelt as "a very mean bully" before he became emperor of the world.[5] — Realist² 17:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There needs to be better formatting of the notes. Current note #2 by "Beale 1957" is good. The author and year are wikilinked and the page numbers are normal written. However notes like #4 and #5 are different. The page number has been included in the blue linking. It doesn't even clearly identify a page number as it has no "p.". Try to get all notes formatted like #2. — Realist² 17:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Was the Beale book written in 1957 or 1956? The notes section and references section give different dates. — Realist² 17:34, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the notes section you have used "Bermann 1986, p. 149" yet I can't see this book in the references section. — Realist² 17:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Current note #14 this, is unreliable for wikipedia, Answers.com isn't considered reliable, I'm sure we can find a better source though. — Realist² 17:46, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roosevelt's prolific reading habits. - Is the word prolific an opinion? If so, put the word prolific between quotes "prolific". It might be nice to say who called it "prolific". — Realist² 17:54, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roosevelt was quite bigoted, and most historians since the 1970s have summarized that the corollary was influenced by Roosevelt's personal beliefs as well.[15][16] - Here you really need to establish who believes he is a bigot and make it clear that it is an opinion, not necessarily a fact (I don't know anything about the guy to comment lol). — Realist² 17:59, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I think that's everything. Let's get this sorted , I'll give it a second look and it should be good. — Realist² 18:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, everything seems done to me (you should have called me, I don't bite :-)), I'll read over it one more time and then hopefully it's ready. — Realist² 02:40, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Passed, well done. — Realist² 02:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]