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Reviewer: Harrias (talk · contribs) 21:51, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]


This seems old enough for me to be interested. I'll probably have a potter around the newspaper archives to see whether there's anything interesting before I review fully. Harrias talk 21:51, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A few things from BNA
Lead
Background
Crews
  • The abbreviations seem a bit odd: why include Richard Bethell's first name, but only abbreviate John Matthew Ridley in the table? Is "Ed. Vaughan Richards" an honorific, or just short for Edward? Similar with "Wm. Lea"?
    This is how the source I use presents them to me. I can look to see if other sources do it differently, but as you'll see in the 2015 article, we now have full names, this evolved over the 170-odd years...! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:59, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Personally, I think we should offer as much information as we can when we have it, so if we know the names of people, I would favour using them, irrespective of how the source presents the information. That said, this is my opinion, and it certainly doesn't make a different to whether the article becomes a GA or not.
Race

Overall, another solid piece of work digging up what information can be found. I'll stick this on hold. Harrias talk 09:14, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review and the helpful links. I've added some stuff from most of them which I felt improved things. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:24, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. I've responded to one comment above, but I'm passing it, as that is a relatively minor issue anyway. As always, good work! Harrias talk 16:30, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]