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[edit] GA-review

Another nice addition by the author covering all the requirements well - but again a tad pre-mature. I may promote it myself in a few days but will hold off for now. I changed a couple of things most notably avoiding disambiguation pages and adding some categories (all articles should be categorized to some extent). I do have one point to make regarding the structure and context of the article. I don't think it is quite enought to say that it was one of a series of forts built especially since there is no general article on the subject. Consider expanding or adding at least a sentence which more generally describes the forts such as when and why built. It doesn't have to be much but context needs to be strengthened.

It might sound trivial but in Site Today section you use the word "site" too often. It grates my sensitive soul.

Also when you nominate an article you should put the appropriate tag in the Talk page.Peter Rehse 02:57, 16 March 2007

I have removed three out of the six incidences where "site" appears in the final section, and once out of the lead. As for context, I added that the outlying forts were 30 in all, and that Fort Senneville was one of four substantial castle-like forts in the network. I would like to have a main article for the forts in general, but I will have to write about Fort Longeueil and Fort de la Montagne first. --Grimhelm 22:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Reads fine to me. Let's see if there is any response after the DYK listing (English cannon anyone?) but in my view it is definately promotable.Peter Rehse 02:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English vs French names

Irrelevent to the GA issue now but I am curious is there such a rule about English names for English articles (vis a vis the recent edit). If this was so then consistency is another consideration since in this article we still have both including for the same name. My feeling is that either is ok but the name should be spelled the same throughout the article. The excellent Battle of the Plains of Abraham article uses French names. I consider that part of their charm and prefer it.

Whatever the case - this article should be checked for consistency.Peter Rehse 10:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• It seems to be from Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). However, under "Disputed issues", it mentions that there is no consensus if the English and native names are identical but for diacritics. Since Montréal is the second largest Francophone city, and we are talking about a topic related to New France, there should be no issue over using the French spelling (provided we bypass redirects). --Grimhelm 14:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Good to know - thanks.Peter Rehse 00:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)