User:Vscartapenna/sandbox

My current draft outline, in progress. I will keep adding to my sandbox and then editing my article, recoding each of the sources I have referred to and linking key words such as people, places, and things to other Wikipedia articles/pages.

I.	Early life a)	Birth

Hayter Reed was born in l’Orignal, Ontario, Canada, on 26 May 1849. His father was George Decimus Hayter, an immigrant from Surrey, England, a registrar for the United Counties of Prescott and Russell who had married Hayter’s mother, Harriet McKay, a Canadian born. Hayter Reed was one of two children; he had a sister named Louisa Reed.

b)	Family

After Harriet McKay left George Decimus Reed, she traveled to the United States to live with her family. Harriet McKay took Louisa with her and left Hayter Reed with George Decimus Reed’s sister’s family, the Drapers.

c)	Education



Peer Review:

I really think you are off to a great start with this article. It looks as though you have paid significant attention to the proper wikipedia formatting guidelines and plan to execute your article accordingly. I can imagine this topic is fairly difficult to research seeing so little is provided on Wikipedia already however it is good to see you have found a couple excellent primary and secondary sources. My suggestion would be to provide direction in regards to how you plan on expanding your article. So what? Why is Hayter Reed important? What is his significance to Canada?

Once I have both reviewed and accessed the article "Hayter Reed," I plan to conduct thorough research on the topic to contribute an accurate, unbiased, and well-rounded account of Hayter Reed's life, subdividing it into distinct sections, such as "Early Life," "Education," "Early Career," etc. In the initial editing of the document I identified several errors and corrected them; therefore, I suspect that there might be others and will correct them once I have reviewed and collected enough research to do so. Thus far I have located an article titled "Hayter Reed, Severalty, and the Subdivision of Indian Reserves on the. Canadian Prairies," published in 1998 and within it references to original documents such as letters Hayter Reed wrote to his mother, Harriet McKay. I believe this is a good starting point (and an encouraging sign indicating that peer-reviewed information does exist, as well as original documentation).

Peer Review
It looks like you are off to a good start. The layout you plan to use fits with other Wikipedia article. Like the other review, the "so what?" is important. This could probably be accomplished through a "Legacy" section. Glad you were able to find a reliable source. Hopefully there are more recent ones as well. I'm not sure what database you used to find the source but you can often find a "cited by" link, which would give you any other article that used this source - an would therefore be related to Hayter Reed.

Solid start and good luck.