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Leeds Blitz
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I would like feedback before pushing the page's developement further.

Thanks, Mtaylor848 (talk) 15:27, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Initial work would be on the references as they are mainly bare URLs. Need to add some details, title, publisher, publish date, access date etc. for each entry. Sentences such as "The county's largest city, much of the region's economic, administrative and industrial activities were centred on Leeds which was also an important rail hub." need references to support these assertions. Keith D (talk) 19:38, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Comment: G'day, good work so far. If you are looking to take the article further, I think you will need to expand its coverage. The lead mentions nine air raids, and the infobox provides dates of "1940-42", but the body seems to only focus on the raid on 14-15 March 1941. Additionally, you might look at the Imperial War Museum's catalogue to see if you can find any historical photographs. It can be found here: Good luck with taking the article further. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:07, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments I agree with AustralianRupert's comments above, and also have the following suggestions:
 * The official history of the Defence of the UK is likely to be useful, and is available online at:
 * Were any anti-aircraft units located around the city during the raids, and did the RAF contest them?
 * Are figures for the number of people wounded available? Nick-D (talk) 02:30, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments
 * An interesting topic for an article.
 * Worth contextualising the events - was Leeds among the first or the last cities to be bombed in the war, for example? Was it a priority target for the Germans?
 * Do we know where the German aircraft flew from, or their units etc.? Were there any German losses?
 * Are there any social histories of Leeds during the blitz? You might find "Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz", by Stephen Wade, accessible, for example.
 * Was Leeds bombed during World War I? Hchc2009 (talk) 10:50, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I shall have a look through these areas and sources this week. I have to admit, I'm, not overly familiar with citation templates.  If anyone could give any guidance that would be great.  Mtaylor848 (talk) 14:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Mtaylor, you can add those details with or without citation templates, as you prefer. There is a tool called RefToolbar that works well for the basic types of citation templates - you basically just fill in the blanks and it generates the template for you. WP:CITEX demonstrates a bunch of different types of citations in wikitext. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to ask me. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:39, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Comments Just some prose advice: - Dank (push to talk)
 * "Leeds is a large city ... Yorkshire. The county's largest city": See WP:Checklist. "Yorkshire's largest city" should be sufficient.
 * "The county's largest city,": In general, make an effort to keep things close to what they refer to, to make things a little easier for the readers. "it" or "Leeds" should usually follow immediately after, if you want to begin the sentence that way.
 * "Many industrial manufacturers around the city such as Avro at RAF Yeadon (now Leeds Bradford Airport) which produced Lancaster bombers,[4] Kirkstall Forge,[5] Barnbow munitions works[6] and ROF Thorp Arch near Wetherby[7] adapted their output for war work providing likely raid targets.": Long sentences aren't a problem per se, but this one makes the job a little harder for the readers because you have to get to the end of the sentence, taking many detours along the way, in order to see the point.
 * "9 pm of Friday": a little informal. "9 pm on Friday"
 * "Beginning just after 9 pm of Friday 14 March 1941 around 40 bombers took part in the raid on Leeds ... Incendiary bombs were first dropped onto the city on the Friday night": In general, don't repeat a time frame. This can be compressed to: "Beginning just after 9 pm on Friday 14 March 1941, around 40 bombers dropped incendiary bombs on the city"
 * "Targets hit in the city centre included the Town Hall,": Your source mentions a few "potential targets", which probably means "likely targets, from our point of view". "Targets" would mean that the Germans were aiming for the town hall. - Dank (push to talk) 23:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)