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[edit] Gettysburg Address

self-nom. I conducted research and then substantially rewrote this article earlier this year. I'm rather new to Wikipedia and would welcome constructive advice on this article's further improvement. Ideally, I would like this article to be the Featured Article on or about November 19th, the 142nd anniversary of the speech. BartBenjamin 02:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I've only glanced at the article so far, but the thing that jumps out at me is all the external links in the text. These need to be turned into footnotes. The actual address set in bold is rather jarring. Since it is already set off from the rest of the text, the use of bold is unnecessary, IMHO. —Wayward 02:23, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. References need to be put in a seperate section even if they are external links. And this article is also quite quote-heavy. If you're looking for constructive criticism, it might be a good idea to try peer review first. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:06, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
• Support Looking good. OmegaWikipedia 12:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I did not know about peer review status. I have changed the designation of the article to reflect standard practice. BartBenjamin 15:03, 15 October 2005 (UTC)