Wikipedia:Peer review/William Murdoch/archive1

William Murdoch[edit]

I've written most of this article, with the intention of getting it up to featured article level. I'd like an idea of how far it still has to go & what'd be needed. AllanHainey 12:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article is well laid out and you should't have too much work to do for FAC; but you will need to add inline citations, in particular quotes should be properly referenced so they could be verified by the reader, see Yagan for an exaple of how to do this. Most biographies have a legacy section, which could discuss how Murdochs contributions held up over time and how he is remembered today.--nixie 23:43, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll try to add references to the quotes when I have some spare time. For the inline citations is it just the quotes that need to be referenced, if not what does? For the legacy bit I didn't bother with it initially as he's mostly forgotten today but I'll see if I can cobble something together. AllanHainey 08:10, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly just the quotes, but if there is anything in the article that is clearly controvertial then a specific reference should be provided for that.--nixie 10:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about some more pics of the inventions, gears, turbines, etc. Should be simple to insert one of the Clermont. Also, you shouldn't "blockquote" or offset the short quotations, usually less than a paragraph can be cited this way, "in my opinion, but I think there's probably something in the WP:MOS about it." If you're citing an entire paragraph, that's when to set it off from the rest of the text. Kaisershatner 14:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean "the Clermont"? do you know where there are any pictures which I could use, as I'm unable to scan anything in from a biography, even if the copyright expired, as I don't have a scanner. AllanHainey 16:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]