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Glad you got it; have no fear that I won't offer as many pointers as you need. Just remember that my Monarch article, or any FA-class ship articles are very handy to borrow text from if you do a close reading of them. Copy, paste and adjust as needed is a philosophy that I've followed my whole time
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If you're quoting text from DANFS, you need to put it in quotes as well as cite it. Paraphrasing only needs a cite. I haven't checked myself, but make sure that you attribute the text appropriately or rewrite it yourself.
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Thanks for all of the comments. I don't have the book, and I don't have access to a library with it. All I can see is small previews from Google Books, but I'll try to see what I can find. Thanks!
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Strongly recommend that you consult: Reilly, John C.; Scheina, Robert L. (1980). American Battleships 1896–1923: Predreadnought Design and Construction. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
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except The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, Vol. 15. I couldn't find the location or ISBN for that one, so I've asked for help at
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Using "she" all the time is monotonous; I use a mixture of the ship's name, "the ship" and "she" in my articles to keep the reader from falling asleep.--
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I received the email – thanks so much! I'll try to incorporate as much as I can from it, although specific pointers will be helpful. Thanks again,
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This is awkward; you need to make the reader understand that the upper secondary turret was mounted on the roof of the lower one:
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Preliminary comment: Everything in the infobox needs to be either cited or, preferably, described with citations. See
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You converted 13 inches twice in the main body. You only need to convert it on first appearance in the main body.--
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You only need to convert a measurement on first appearance. Well, once in the infobox and again in the main body.
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Use of a gallery is generally discouraged, try to integrate some of those pictures into the body of the article.
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double turrets, with two 13-inch (330 mm) guns and two 8-inch (203 mm) guns each, stacked in two levels
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article, but I've incorporated what I can into this article. Anything else that I should add or fix?
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The hazegray mirror of DANFS should be replaced by the actual link to the Navy's online edition.--
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Be sure to use title case for all the titles of your references as well as publisher locations.
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You're in luck, I have a copy. Email me and I'll send scans of the relevant pages.--
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I've gone through Reilly & Scheina. It will be more useful when I work on the
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She was christened on 24 March 1898, on the same day as its sister, the Kentucky
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A picture would help a lot if there's a good close up available.
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had the answer. All of the sources should be good now.
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I've cropped an image and added it. What do you think?
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