User:Phoebewolf/1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes/Mkatsaro Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

JS4472, Katelyn Amoss, Olivia-felton, Phoebewolf


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:Phoebewolf/1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes

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.)

From what I can see it looks like you haven't found any information on the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes yet. All I see is your evaluation of the article and a heading labeled "Aftermath of Earthquake". If this is the part of the article you are adding then I feel it is a good start. As long as you find good information of what happened to the people, laws, culture etc after the earthquakes occurred. It is hard to say much since you haven't add any information yet, but you seem to be on the right track. The pre-existing article doesn't include the aftermath so that is a good section to add that will provide much needed information. The article already includes the description of the three earthquakes and the aftershocks and includes lots of details about them, so that section doesn't need to expanded on at all. Same thing goes for the eyewitness accounts and geologic setting. The pre-existing article has very good information already for the section it includes, but it is missing some important section including the aftermath which is what you are including.

Another section that I would look into adding would be the damages and casualties. This could fall under aftermath, but I would use it as a sub-section or completely new section. The aftermath should focus more on how people reacted or were affected and if the government did anything to help. The damages and causalities should include number of deaths and injuries along with damage done to building and homes. You should try to find how much damage was done not only in how many building were destroyed, but also the monetary value. Like if there were $100 million in damages or something along those lines. I feel like it adds a good representation of how serious the natural disaster was. By adding the aftermath of the earthquake section and the damages and casualties section, you should be on the way to improving the article significantly.