User talk:IsntItIonic/sandbox

Peer Review 11/20

Great job expanding on the categories that are currently present in the article. You cover a lot of material and aspects of structural clay tile, and I feel like I can understand the material better even after just reading through what you've written so far. Language is good, maintains an encyclopedic tone throughout. I just had a few comments/suggestions/questions.

1. Do you need the separate 1880-1900 section for the history? Can that just be combined into 1850-1900?

2. Is it used at all today? You mention its use declined in the 1950s, but has it completely disappeared? Are there any contemporary examples? Are the forms used in building at all, maybe just not in a structural capacity?

3. Under the manufacturing section can you expand on the different forms of the tiles?

4. I know you are probably still working on it, but pictures for the different types of application would help clarify the different structural systems.

5. What are the uses for semi-porous and porous tiles? And what distinguishes the two?

Amanda044 (talk) 21:50, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Instructor comments
These are some very impressive additions to the Structural clay tile article, and your peer reviewer has made some equally thoughtful comments. I would emphasize the need to include more vertical applications such as backup masonry for exterior masonry walls, load-bearing walls in smaller structures (typically residences), and interior partitions (before getting into SGFT, which, as you note, is a special case of the more general partition application). Finally, consider using Template:Convert to provide automatic SI conversions of U.S. customary measurements.

Elizabeth Linden Rahway (talk) 05:18, 28 November 2017 (UTC)