User talk:RedEpsilon117/Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Feedback from Dr. Hyde
'''You’ve made good progress here. Focusing on the aftermath of the Battle of Resaca de Palma is a good idea. You can lay some explanations of why the battle matters for the military, but also in how the Mexican War unfolds.'''

1)    Lay out the structure of your article or the new chunks of an old article with an Introduction and titles for the parts you want to add or rewrite

'''The “Aftermath” Section is long and might need to be divided into a couple of separate sections. So like “Immediate military and diplomatic outcome” and “long-term effects”'''

2) Added new, high-quality sources (books, articles, authoritative websites)

'''As you add more citations to the paragraphs here, look for more journal articles about specifically about your battle, but also more recent material about the U.S. War with Mexico. You could dig into the bibliographies in the articles and books you already have, like the Bauer book, but you need some newer stuff too. '''

'Look at Heidler, David Stephen, and Heidler, Jeanne T. The Mexican War  ''Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006. Peter Guardino, The Dead March – is a pretty new book. Both in our Library.'''

3)Written 50-60% of what you hope to add

'''I can see exactly where you are going and that parts you hope to fill in. At some point, you might have to decide to finish your sections rather than working on fixing the whole article. You can leave some work other people to do later.'''

4) Thinking about linking as opposed to creating too much background

'''Here is where you might need to consider how much background people can get from other Wikipedia articles. How much of the history of other battles and various military leaders do you need?'''

5) Started to clean up a few paragraphs

'''You can decide whether you want to do this on the mainspace or in your sandbox, but the clean up and fixing spelling and writing errors takes a while. The next step is adding some maps and images.'''

GRADE FOR DRAFT (POINTS) : 75/80

Afh1858 (talk) 22:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)