Talk:Conservation and restoration of historic firearms

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Hi Erin,

Will leave more comments as it develops. But for now:

1) When linking internally Wikipedia you don't need the whole URL... what you do is a double bracket with a word in it... eg.. insert title of page, eg, flintlock  with no spaces

2) Try not to use Britannica try instead to use Wikipedia and just link there

3) Images...most of the types of gun pages will have images that you can use. Also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page has some, also on there are images of gun collections on exhibit which would be useful (I searched 'historic firearms' to find that).

4) Introductory line.... actually introduce the topic, you have the bolded title but then simply say something like.... "is the practice of..." look at any of the other conservation articles for an example, or look at a couple.

5) Do check/compare/steal the wording used to introduce sections in this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_photographic_plates as its done well.

6) If you have a treatment case study that'd be useful to add into that section, need only be short.

--Daniel Cull (talk) 10:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

I think this sentence could be improved 'Treatment can range from simple cleaning to conservation-restoration and return to firing capabilities. ' So, the decision to undertake treatment of a historic firearm will involve setting a goal for the treatment. If the firearm is to be displayed the treatment goal will be to address cosmetic issues and original materials will remain intact. If the goal of the treatment is for the firearm to be restored to functional use, the treatment will focus on structural issues and may include replacing many of the original materials and the original coatings.

Something like that makes it clear when you would need to call a professional without saying: work should be done by a professional, directly.

2A00:23C4:1709:7800:E8F1:446F:1C03:64B (talk) 09:10, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Maybe something like this image for an example of a historic gun needs to still be functional?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdheightshiker/8493315326/in/photolist-dWwsK9-dYQKxM-bBkmhR-GEFHy6-fDGg4L-SuVgG5-WSG7Um-J5LGka-bo15N3-eWsCXZ-j8z7X-6a3bkd-6bARFk-FYaj2E-HXXww7-gZ5fQW-ra42rV-cFXH7f-fZUL5R-8i6VLn-6UjeVt-g1bhbn-ouMDLR-feUcCN-fGmPbp-8otX3Q-9FEqF1-CiioL-9FYDuG-jDPRbt-obydfD-obxgtg-9UVme6-DQF4V-DQFbF-6jzW2V-217PSTF-obx4zY-c69pfY-9ND6qW-ncgXoz-bWsSy8-mRatU8-5mQL5u-nch3Et-naeeV9-2f1FJAt-aD5azJ-nch49e-naecVM

Rose Daly (talk) 11:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Or something like this as an exhibition method for historic firearms? https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeromeg111/5343651677/in/photolist-awRc1m-awQQn3-awRc5G-99cDrR-99cDjZ-99cDyp-99fMsw-99cB6D-99cByK-99cAZi-99fHJC-99fJnQ-99cDEp-99fJhm-9gQaNw-99fMg7-22DnPeY-99fJM9-99cDLa-99fJtd-99cE12-99cEpF-99cCWT-99cCyB-9gQaJ5-99cCKc-99cCR6-99fKM5-99fLn5-99cD2F-ANhT9V-AbDGBV-zQq6r4-99cD7T-ANhToT-A9ktaw-zQq73p-AL7j3s-AuG5GL-AuG62d-AL7jBJ-AuG6yL-AK1noC-AK1neQ-AbDGL2-ANhTpz-KhTcD4-KhTbYB-JmkQuA-99cBtt

Sorry the images are not great! Have a search on Wikimedia Commons and Flickr Commons and maybe the US Government websites have an image you could use. An image of an exhibit would be interesting.