User talk:Rowecaitlin
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:16, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Gorlice Ghetto[edit]
A quick point about the lead: As Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section notes:
- The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points
Your lead doesn't do that. It doesn't identify the topic in a concise way, requiring the reader to piece together the basics from its elliptical style. Even its general location (Poland) is slipped in as an aside instead of being stated outright.
Note the lead for Warsaw Ghetto:
- The Warsaw Ghetto (German: Warschauer Ghetto, officially Jüdischer Wohnbezirk in Warschau Jewish Residential District in Warsaw; Polish: getto warszawskie) was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established by the German authorities in the Muranów neighborhood of the Polish capital between October and November 16, 1940; within the new General Government territory of German-occupied Poland. There were over 400,000 Jews imprisoned there, at an area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi), with an average of 7.2 persons per room, barely subsisting on meager food rations. From the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews were deported to Nazi camps and mass-killing centers. In the summer of 1942 at least 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka extermination camp during Großaktion Warschau under the guise of "resettlement in the East" over the course of the summer.
Definition (what is it?), context (what does it mean?), important facts, summary, etc.