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80:. The few grammar mishaps I stumbled upon are minor and easy to fix, not something a regular reader would notice. I'll drop in some fixes. Also, each para is referenced, and although I have to defer to experts for accuracy of the facts, this looks like a solid article. - 256:
This is a real, if minor, problem. It is hard to verify references in an online source, even one presented in bulk as Gutenberg does, without some clue where in the text you mean; and some readers will check a hardcopy of the book. Chapter numbers would
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It would help to redo the footnotes to the standard method: one footnote per sentence, which may contain multiple sources. Since Richard Harding Davis, for example, is in the references, it is enough to say Davis, p. xx in each note.
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I'll remove the reference to p.192 in Davis' book. However, this book is found online in both Project Gutenberg and Wikisource, so I'm not sure a page cite is appropriate -- online sources don't usually keep page numbers.
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In general, I meant the edit summary "not quite yet". This is an excellent article, copiously researched; it needs a copyedit by someone who hasn't seen it, but the rest are points of detail.
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include page numbers for Davis, unless its all on p.192 (in which case the note should say so) or his index is better than we have any reason to expect; separate notes will permit this.
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Burnham was an American scout, explorer, adventurer, and Major in the British Army who was also one of the prime inspirations for
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Did you really check the New York Times for 1910? If not, please use the source actually consulted, perhaps with a note
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This is an excellent article - informative, fully cited, and well written. Good work by all those involved. --
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citing the New York Times of April 17, 1910: "May import African animals to solve meat problem"
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Actually, yes. The newspaper cites were all found in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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We took a shot at this. You might need to be more specific. Thanks for the edits.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in
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Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in
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User_talk:Ctatkinson#Response_to_Septentrionalis_FAC_questions
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avoid any turn of phrase you are used to seeing in print.
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If the assassination of Kitchener is Burnham's account,
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Knowledge:Featured article candidates
featured article nomination
Knowledge talk:Featured article candidates
Frederick Russell Burnham
Scouting
Rlevse
14:52, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Mgm

09:50, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Sumoeagle179
11:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
unsigned
Travelengal
talk
contribs
03:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Cla68
23:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Xdamr
16:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
that could be improved
Septentrionalis
PMAnderson
00:40, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Gadget850 ( Ed)
11:06, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Septentrionalis
PMAnderson
00:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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