User:Eschaef2/1886 Charleston earthquake/Nicksalanitri Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Johnskae, Nateherbkersman, Mattleviss, Eschaef2


 * 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
(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

I agree with your analysis of the original article; the lead does seem to have a good preview of the information that the article will be providing and sets up information specifically about the earthquake nicely. Your focus on going more into depth on the damages caused by the earthquake was definitely smart and I like the questions you guys asked yourselves when researching this earthquake. Why did so many buildings collapse? What were they made of? Where were they located? These were all answered by you guys and I thought that was really good. I think it would be beneficial to mention any major buildings (such as The Old White Meeting House) that you mention at the end. If it was possible to find more examples about this I would add them into the middle of your body paragraph about the damages since it may lead users to click hyperlinks about that well-known place and have them become more invested in the area and the event. Overall, I think you mention many good points in this damage paragraoh, espeacilly the damage costs that resulted from it with an accurate comparison to today's money so that we can understand accurately how much this event costed. I think that when you go into researching the aftershocks I would continue to look into what deaths those caused as well as their damage; I wouldn't do this for a lot of them, maybe just some of the biggest ones. I also find it great that you found information about the long term effects this earthquake had that caused many deaths over a longer period of time. I think that a lot of times these articles just mention a death toll without accurately explaining how they died which could lead to confusion. You guys have great ideas and are heading in the right direction; good job. Nick S.