Talk:Great Fire of New York (1776)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Great Fire of New York (1776)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Nikkimaria (talk) 03:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello! I'll be reviewing this article for possible GA status. My review should be posted within the next day or two. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 03:22, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

In my opinion, the article meets the GA criteria. Consider the below suggestions for potential further improvement. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:23, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Writing and formatting

• First sentence could be split to improve readability
• "Many people believed or assumed that one or more people deliberately started the fire, for a variety of different reasons" - is there any way to reword this to be slightly less vague? I know that it's not a fact, but it can be worded more directly
• "After Lexington and Concord" - clearer to specify "Battles of Lexington and Corcord"
• "the tables were turned" - reword for tone
• "marines returning the Pearl after fighting the fire" - word missing?

Accuracy and verifiability

• Refs 19 and 22 are identical

Broad

• If more information on the aftermath is available, it should be included

Neutrality

• "Was it arson?" could be changed to "Cause" or a similar, more neutral title.

• The article talks of British occupation of New York. Surely it would be historically more accurate to say that it had been recovered from the insurrectionists/revolutionaries. and was therefore not under occupation but restored to the rightful government?

Stability

No issues noted

Images

No issues noted

Thanks for taking the time to review it! I'll get to your prose suggestions soon. Magic♪piano 23:24, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Effect on battle

This article notes that the British made some efforts to fight the fire. Has anything been written about what effect this had on the ongoing battle with the Continental forces? We know Washington escaped, I can't help but wonder if this was a factor. If so, it would be a welcome addition to this article, which already has a section on the effect on British occupation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.73.140.230 (talk) 14:08, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

The previous coordinates in this article pointed into what was the water at the time. The tip of Manhattan has grown through landfill in the intervening years. Abductive (reasoning) 15:15, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Missing Reference to Chester

Several citations mention "Chester" without giving any information but the page number. Could it be "hidden" somehow? Can someone provide the reference, or should these be flagged as "citation needed"? Humphrey Tribble (talk) 21:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)