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[edit] Cividade de Terroso

• self-nom This article discusses what we know about a significant settlement of an essential civilization/Culture of Northern Portugal and North-western Spain, which we still know very little despite there are so many vestiges in both countries. This article can be seen as a summary of the book José Manuel Flores Gomes & Deolinda Carneiro Subtus Montis Terroso - Património Arqueológico no Concelho da Póvoa de Varzim Câmara Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, 2005 as it is the only book purposely written about it. So I don’t think we need to put inline citations, any doubt one should buy that book, unfortunately there is not much information on the Internet.--Pedro 09:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. "So I don’t think we need to put inline citations, any doubt one should buy that book,". No. Even if I buy the book, I need page numbers indicating where to find specific referenced passages. FAs must be referenced. Sandy 12:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • it is referenced, see the references section. But if that's the main problem, I can get the book again, and make inline citations. --Pedro 13:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I'll do inline citations, quite soon, i'm doing it for the main article, Póvoa de Varzim, next, I'll do this one. Following the <references /> scheme-Pedro 13:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. in-line citations are the standard for FAs now. Rlevse 14:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Object. for now. Rlevse 14:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • There are now inline citations. I'm still putting more while I'm search for info on the books. --Pedro 16:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)*Finish.--Pedro 18:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Object. Needs a copy-edit; worth putting effort into it, because there's a lot of good in this article.
  • Why are the years blue? Perhaps links might be focused enough for the ancient years, but certainly not "1961" or "20th century", etc.
  • Can you fix the spelling of "meter", which is something you put coins into. (I presume that this is in BrEng.) This is clumsy: "152 metres height (about 500 feet)". Relocate "height and remove "about".
  • Second para in lead is a stubby single sentence. There are other stubby paragraphs in the main text.
  • I see a ref citation with an extraneous space after it. And perhaps remove the spaces between multiple citations?
  • "After the death of Rocha Peixoto, in 1909, some rocks of the Cividade had been used"—No, "were".
  • "The visit of UNESCO's inspectors is foreseen for 2007." Better: "A visit from UNESCO's inspectors is foreseen for 2007." Is there a reference for this assertion?
  • "Archelogical".
  • The interior "possessed" floors?
  • "In some points of the city, vestiges of sewers or narrow channels had been discovered; these would serve to direct rain water." Would serve? No, just "served". Check tenses and moods throughout.
  • Mainly twice in one sentence. Tony 03:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• I'm not a native speaker, that's the problem. I've requested peer review.--Pedro 17:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Peer review won't be prompt enough, since you've already nominated it here. You need to actively recruit interested copy-editors. Research similar topics via their history pages to identify the right people. Tony 04:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

no problem, the aim is to create a good article, not to get a star on it. This article really needs more work, I'll work on the Portuguese version first as it needs more info on religion and currency. --Pedro 10:57, 28 July 2006 (UTC)