Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of the Plains of Abraham

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Battle of the Plains of Abraham[edit]

Previous nomination here.

As this article has been relatively stable for quite some time now, I'd like to bring it forward for another review towards A-Class and, eventually Featured status. The previous review brought forward some concerns regarding balance, quality of sourcing and wording; I found a number of good new resources to flesh things out, replaced some of the questioned sources, reworded, and added some more information where I could. I think the results have turned out fairly well, and would like to hear the views of project members once again. Tony Fox (arf!) 03:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Nice work. I hope though, that you'll continue looking for or draw your own map of the battle that could be added to the article. Cla68 05:52, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I do need to try and track a PD map down; I'll poke around and see what I can find. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And why I didn't check the Commons before now, I'll never know. Article now includes a map - it's a somewhat general view of the area, but at least helps illustrate the discussion. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support, with a few minor changes. I made a little typo correction already, as that was something I could easily correct. I would like a little more clarification however on the following point, the lead states that the battle involved fewer than 10,000 troops. However, down under "First engagements", it's stated that Montcalm had 13,390 troops and militia available while the British had 3,300. Later in the section though it goes on to say that Montcalm attacked with only 3,500 troops. So, it appears that 6,800 troops participated in the first engagement. The number of artillery and naval personnel involved are unstated, whether they wer included in the numbers or in addition to them. I don't know if that information is available or not, without drawing conclusions, so I'll leave that to you, but a little clarification on the numbers involved might be good, if it's available. wbfergus 13:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right, and thank you for spotting that. I added to one sentence to clarify that the French troops involved in the main battle were those in or close by the city, and that Montcalm felt he couldn't wait to bring the others in from further east. I hope that clears it up a little! Tony Fox (arf!) 16:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Wandalstouring 07:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The article has definately improved and deserves A-class. Kyriakos 08:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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