Talk:Swains Lock/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 18:24, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Background

• Link national monument to National monument (United States)

Linked. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

History

• "and was completed October 1830 " - Should there be an "in" between completed and October? Not sure if that's a necessary thing, or just a peculiarity of my South Midland English.

Added "in". TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• "and was finished August 1832 " - Ditto as above

Added "in". TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• " By June 1832, a 22-mile (35 km) section of the canal was operating between Georgetown and Seneca, which includes Lock 21." - I'd say included is better than includes here, as it's referring to 1832 events

Changed to "included". TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• Was it Offutts Crossroads or Offutt's Crossroads? Both are used

Will change all to "Offutt's". I believe both were used. An article from 2010 in Bethesda Magazine interviewed Bill Offutt—a descendent of the family. The article used "Offutt's Crossroads", so I will too. Would not be surprised if the Post Office would not use the " ' ". TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Swain family

• Was the name spelled Jesse or Jessie? Both are used

Changed them all to "Jesse", which matches his obit. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Today

• "is located between water fall and water fowl attractions" - I'm pretty sure waterfall is one word

Fixed. Supposed to be a "clever" play on words, was not sure if I was going to leave it in. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

References (ref numbers from this revision

• Ref 3 is dead

Replaced with Unrau page 226 already used elsewhere. TwoScars (talk) 17:16, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• No need to have C&O Canal Trust twice in ref 6

Fixed. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• Ref 41 needs an accessdate

Fixed. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• You use Arcadia, Arcadia Publishing, and Arcadia Publishing Inc. Choose one to stick with

Those all match what is shown when one clicks the OCLC number. However, I will change them all to say Arcadia Publishing Inc. TwoScars (talk) 16:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Images

• File:Lock 66 below Paw paw on C and O Canal.jpg cannot be used in the article, as the licensing information is incorrect. It's not an NPS work, so the NPS work tag is incorrect; without a publishing date, it can't be demonstrated to be public domain.

Changed image. TwoScars (talk) 17:25, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

External links

• Check to make sure all of those YouTube ELs comply with WP:ELNO.

Will get to that later today or tomorrow. TwoScars (talk) 17:25, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

I believe they were all OK, but I dropped all of the YouTube links except the one with Fred Swain. TwoScars (talk) 20:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Well, that's about it I think. Good work. Hog Farm _Bacon 03:19, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

I think I have covered everything. Thank you! TwoScars (talk) 20:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)