Talk:Battle of Milliken's Bend

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I'm a newbie, just learning my way around. Just wanted to let folks know in case I do something wrong. I feel like I'm learning quickly, though. CWology (talk) 18:30, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Added a couple of cites to the OR's - they're not exactly pretty looking. Would appreciate if someone can instruct me and/or clean up the cite formats. The "Book" template for source citations does not lend itself very well to this source. Thanks. CWology (talk) 01:51, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Well, you may want to take a look at its parameters. For example, "publisher" seems more appropriate for the "War Dept." entry than "last" - that's meant for the author's last name. Better for this purpose, however, is {{cite encyclopedia}} - that's meant for works published in multiple volumes, just like the Official Records. (By the way, "OR" usually has a completely different meaning on Wikipedia.) I've changed the template; thanks for finding some references in the first place! Huon (talk) 03:39, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 15:00, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Depiction of the battle in Harper's Weekly

• ... that the Battle of Milliken's Bend (pictured) brought acceptance of African Americans as soldiers? [1]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wilfrid T. F. Castle
• Comment: I'm open to alternate phrasings.

Improved to Good Article status by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 18:45, 21 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - ?
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Informative and concise Civil War fact! "The soldiers at Milliken's Bend had no prior experience with firearms before joining the Union Army, and demonstrated very poor marksmanship during training. Colonel Hermann Lieb commanded the camp, which was manned by an infantry brigade of African Americans soldiers and some cavalry from Illinois." appears to be missing a citation (unless the intended citation is Miller, which is separated by a paragraph break and may need to be repeated for good measure). Accepting offline sources in good faith. GeneralPoxter (talk) 21:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@GeneralPoxter: - Yes, it was suppose to be Miller - a copy editor split the paragraph and evidently didn't realize they broke a reference away from its text. I've added the reference back to where it was. Hog Farm _Talk 21:33, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

All right, good to go now! GeneralPoxter (talk) 21:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)