User:Eschaef2/1886 Charleston earthquake/Dirtyterp Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

1886 Charleston


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eschaef2/1886_Charleston_earthquake?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * 1886 Charleston earthquake

Evaluate the drafted changes
There are some good ideas in the draft ideas. The story about the hundreds of people dying after the earthquake would definitely be a good addition if you are able to find enough resources to credit it. In terms of the damage section, it could be tricky to add some of those concepts seeing how certain specifics were already mentioned in the article. Such as the type of buildings that were destroyed when the article mentioned how 81% of the destroyed buildings were made of brick. The information added to the damage paragraph is good, however, I feel as if more information can be found elsewhere. Instead, I would suggest focusing on the aftershocks and the story of the illness to be able to add more information. I also think because of the amount of damage, there can be a bigger section of the aftermath, the rebuilding process, and how many people were affected total across all the states that the earthquake impacted. Overall the intended additional information is relevant and definitely worth looking into, seeing how lackluster the original article is.

Emma's response to peer review
I think it is a good idea to add to focus our attention on the aftermath section of the article and make a subsection specifically about the aftershocks. It is also a good idea to add information about the rebuilding process of the aftermath if we are able to find that type of information. I agree that it would be valuable to add how many people were affected total across the states it impacted, but I feel like this might be more suitable in the main section about the event itself, unless we are able to find sources that specifically talk about that aftermath and how it related to people (rather than just buildings and other damage).