Talk:Stephen Myers (abolitionist)

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Derick Porter: You had a lot of good and interesting information. You formatted it in a way that was easy to follow, and also formatted so that it was chronological throughout his life. I will say though that during the "Underground railroad contributions," section, there is a run on sentence in the middle that goes longer than it probably should. I think that you might have wanted a period towards the middle and just skipped over it, but the article doesn't flow as well as it could in that portion. The information is all there, but it just wasn't easy to follow within that section. Also, you spelt Frederick Douglass incorrectly in the third section of the article, I think you have it as Fredrick Douglas. Simple mistake, but with how important he is to abolitionist works, that would be corrected either way.

Bingnan Liu: Thanks for your sharing! I think your narration about this guy is very elaborate. You must spend a lot of time on this project. Here are some suggestions. First, make sure you have the correct format for each section. For example, The reference section's font should be the same as the Heading section. Second, I see some incomplete works in the first draft, but probably you will add more sections in your final draft. Third, I notice that you may miss some citation in your narration. For example, in your first Heading section, you talk about the life of this guy in 3 or 4 sentences with just one citation. So I highly suggest you can cite as many as you can. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 打戳残你 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Prof. Smith feedback: Hi Dakota,

You're off to a good start with your article. It mainly needs some cleaning up, better organization, and the addition of some sections to get it in shape for the final draft. In addition to following the good advice of your peers above, here's what I'd like to see you do to get the article into final shape: 1) Be sure to go back and proofread carefully. One issue that came up several times is that you need to put newspaper titles in italics whenever you mention them. You did this later in the article, but not earlier.

2) Clean up your formatting and organization by cutting out the preliminary bibliography at the top. Make sure all your headings and the Page Title are rendered in the correct format and that all your headings are consistent in style and size.

3) I'm confused about your reference to the Elevator in the lead because you don't bring it up again. Where was that newspaper published and what was his involvement? I primarily know the San Francisco Elevator, but I'm not aware of Meyers being connected to it--but I may certainly be wrong. In any case, I think you need to clarify what involvement he had with that newspaper or take it out of the lead if you're not sure.

4) Remember that you need "See Also" and "External Links" sections to have a complete assignment. See the article template that I handed out in class, and that is posted on our Canvas homepage, for details on what to include in these sections and how to format them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StaceySmithOSU (talk • contribs) 20:55, 1 December 2018 (UTC)