Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Peer review

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The peer review department of the Virginia WikiProject conducts peer review of articles on request. The primary objective is to encourage better articles by having contributors who may not have worked on articles to examine them and provide ideas for further improvement.

The peer review process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality; however, requesting reviews on very short articles may not be productive, as there is little for readers to comment on.

All reviews are conducted by fellow editors—usually members of the Virginia WikiProject. While there is a general intent to expand this process to allow for review by subject experts, the preparations for this are not yet complete. Please consider reviewing someone else's article too, if you request yours :-)

Contents 1 Instructions 1.1 Requesting a review 1.2 Responding to a request 1.3 Archiving 2 Requests 2.1 University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy 2.2 Appalachian School of Law 2.3 Constitution of Virginia 2.4 Virginia Resolves 2.4.1 Kubigula 2.5 The Joint Expedition Against Franklin 2.6 Franklin, Virginia 2.6.1 Suggestions by Chrisfortier 2.7 List of Governors of Virginia 2.8 Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist) 2.8.1 Plange 3 Archives 3.1 August 2006

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Requesting a review

1. Add peer-review=yes to the {{WikiProject Virginia}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax).
2. From there, click on the "request has been made" link that appears in the template. This will open a page to discuss the review of your article.
3. Place === [[Name of nominated article]] === at the top.
4. Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and sign by using four tildes (~~~~).
5. Add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Peer review/Name of nominated article}} at the top of the list of requests on this page.

[edit] Responding to a request

Everyone is encouraged to comment on any request listed here. To comment on an article, please add a new section (using ==== [[User:Your name|Your name]] ====) for your comments, in order to keep multiple responses legible.

[edit] Archiving

Reviews should be archived after they have been inactive for some time, or when the article is nominated as a featured article candidate. To archive a review:

1. Replace peer-review=yes with old-peer-review=yes in the {{WikiProject Virginia}} project banner template at the top of the article's talk page
2. Move {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Peer review/Name of nominated article}} from this page to the current archive page.

[edit] Requests

[edit] University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy

Like the Appalachian School of Law article, I would like feedback on how to improve the article to send it to on the path to featured status. I know pictures are needed and when someone can get them, they will be added to the article. Also, considering how this institution has been open for one and a half years, there are no graduates, hence, no notable alumni. Thank you for your help! Chrisfortier 16:01, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Appalachian School of Law

I would love some advice on how to improve this article and take this on the path to a featured status. I would like to get feedback on the whole article, but on the following sections in particular:

History

Academic Program

Student Life

Should I add any other sections? One section you might notice missing would be notable alumni. As this school will graduate its eighth class this May, I feel that it is too soon to start that section. Plus, I don't know of any prominent alumni. Chrisfortier 01:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Constitution of Virginia

I've done my best to implement the suggestions previously made at Talk:Constitution of Virginia/Comments. It's not a high traffic article, so I would appreciate any feedback on what else can be done to improve the article. I think it's better than a start class article now, but I'm not sure where else to take it.--Kubigula (talk) 05:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Virginia Resolves

I added dates and accounts of the actual proceedings that day in the house. I was just wanting a review, mainly on grammar skills and some advice on more things I could add.

narwhalhistory (talk • contribs)

[edit] Kubigula

It's an enjoyable article to read - I really like the use of the quotations from the proceedints. The biggest problem with the article is that it does not cite any of its references; that should definitely be the priority for improving the article. In terms of content, I think there should be a bit more about what was in the resolutions that did pass - there is more said about the ones that didn't pass (though admittedly the ones that didn't pass may have been more important).--Kubigula (talk) 05:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Joint Expedition Against Franklin

I would like some feedback on the quality of this article. Chris Kreider 19:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Chris, I made some minor tweaks to be consistent with the American Civil War Task Force guidelines. Scott Mingus 23:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Franklin, Virginia

I would like some feedback on what I can do to enhance this article. Any reccomendation would be great. I have put a good amount of work into this article. Chris Kreider 19:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions by Chrisfortier

Good work, nice photos! I would transfer the section about the Hurricane Floyd damage from Blackwater River to the History, even putting it as its own subsection, as I would assume it is a major event in the city's history. Is Franklin considered part of the Hampton Roads metro area? If so, place the navigation box below and mention it in the summary. The schools are worth discussing as Franklin has an independent school system. Setting the Franklin City Schools apart and explaining their role would work. I don't think Franklin shares schools with Southampton County. Explaining Paul Camp Community College's role in the city would make for a good addition (Do they have a campus in Franklin, for example). Also, is there anything unique culturally to Franklin?chrisfortier 22:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Governors of Virginia

I want to see what needs to be done to get this list to featured list status. It looks as if it meets the criteria, but there may still be some fixing to do. T REX_speak 05:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• This is a list, so the following might not be completely applicable, but anyway: Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, AZ _t 01:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)

Dinosaur puppy (talk • contribs) Would like a review...

[edit] Plange

Love reading any article on the Lees :-) Just had a few suggestions for getting it to GA:

• Try to expand the lead per WP:LEAD - at least 2 paragraphs for this size article, which summarizes his accomplishments and establishes why he's notable.
• You should take away any wikilinks of people that would not ever get their own article
• You'll probably get objections to using {{cquote}} for inline quotations. "In line" or block quotes, which are part of the flow of the article, should use the <blockquote></blockquote> HTML tag wrapped around the quote. {{cquote}}s are used for a different type of quote, the "pull quote". This is when a quote is set off (or "pulled") from the rest of the article for emphasis. Like an image, it's not part of the flow of the text of the main body of the article. Use {{Quotation}}, {{cquote}} or {{Quote box}} to create pull quotes.
• "Lee was appointed to the Virginia Council of State, which was a lifetime appointment. The council made up the upper half of the Virginia General Assembly. The position also gave Lee the rank of Colonel and was second only to the governor" --- do you have more info on the Council of State? I just expanded Wyndham Robertson and I had that he was appointed to the Council of State (post-Revolution) and when he became the senior member he was essentially the Lieutenant-Governor and so next-in-line to Governor. From your sentence it sounds like it was basically the Virginia Senate? Also, this appointment made him Colonel automatically?

--plange 03:43, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

One more thing, don't forget to add the Wikipedia:Persondata template to the bottom of the article --plange 03:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, just thought of something else-- should the animosity and rivalry between Thomas Lee and Robert "King" Carter be explored? The Carters pretty much intermarried with all the leading families of the time except for the Lees because of this, until way down the line with the parents of Robert E. Lee --plange 04:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archives

[edit] August 2006

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Peer review/Stephen Trigg