Talk:Bibliography of early United States naval history

Adding sources

Additional reliable sources are always welcomed. Upon creation this bibliography used the 'cite book' template to list and link sources but was changed over to a text/bulleted format due to the strain that the 100's of Cite book templates on this one page placed on the server, causing page load/editing problems. Please keep the listing of new sources in line with existing format. Sources in any given section are listed in alphabetical order by author name.

Split page, other changes

As the bibliography has increased to a length that exceeds the limits of acceptable sizes for Lists, tables and summaries I will be splitting it into another bibliography soon. i.e.One for US naval history, one for Royal Navy history. This bibliography will be renamed accordingly. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 04:24, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

In the interest of reducing page length the ref tags used as examples after each source have been removed. The one generic example in the lede should suffice. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Other changes include the removal of cite book templates (100's of templates, containing other linked items). -- Gwillhickers (talk) 01:33, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Sources for British naval history previously listed in this bibliography (before page name change)
have been moved to: Bibliography of 18th-19th century Royal Naval history
-- Gwillhickers (talk) 05:34, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Page improvement

Hi bgwhite. If you would like to make improvements to the page could you please tell us what you have in mind and how it helps the page and the readers? Also, if there are any specific policy issues involving lists please bring them to our attention. Thank you. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:16, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

White spaces in lists

To whom it may concern: An extra white space in a list is allowable if there is a good reason to do so:

• MOS: Bulleted and numbered lists : Do not leave blank lines between items in a bulleted or numbered list unless there is a reason to do so...

There are several good reasons. Long lists are much easier to read, scroll through and visually search if there is a wider break at the beginning/end of a section list. Adding an extra space at the end of a list/section accomplishes this. This, along with minimal usage of bold (in last names) will also help those who have less than perfect eyesight as the text is not all sandwiched together in a continuous stream and is more easily read/recognized, esp when a reader is scrolling through the list. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:57, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

FL

Am gearing up to nominate this page/list for Featured List. Comments are welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:30, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

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