Talk:Battle of Nashville

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Battle of Nashville was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: February 23, 2007

[edit] Decisive or Not??

I don't want to start an edit war over this. What's the argument for leaving decisive out? To me it seems to imporve the page, since it provides are more detailed description of the result. MarcusGraly 17:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I have been on a campaign to keep all adjectives--decisive, major, minor, marginal, Pyrric--out of the ACW summary boxes. There is ample opportunity to describe the results more fully in the text of the article. In this particular case, what specifically does a reader think "decisive" means? That there was a clear winner? That it "decided" the campaign? The War? The fate of Hood's army? Since there is no degree of precision available here with an undefined term, best to leave it out. Hal Jespersen 18:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair enoughMarcusGraly 20:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shelby Foote

I've talked to a Civil War historian about various topics, and Shelby Foote has come up on various occasions. This historian says that Foote's books don't provide sources and are thus considered fiction by many historians. Therefore, should we not be using his books as sources? Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 17:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/American Civil War task force#Shelby_Foote. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 18:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed "good article" nomination

This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of February 23, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Rather unencyclopedic in tone during battle description. Some WP:MOS issues.

2. Factually accurate?: Difficult to fully assess without cited references.

3. Broad in coverage?: Seems to be more or less thorough, although undue weight might be given to battle details.

4. Neutral point of view?: Appears to be, but lack of citation makes this difficult to assess. Adjectives are not carefully used, and often appear weasely.

5. Article stability? Yes, only vandalism reverting recently.

6. Images?: Both images have no problems.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be resubmitted for consideration. Thanks for your work so far. --Fsotrain⁰⁹ 20:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)