Talk:The Fortune of War

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Text and/or other creative content from Capture of USS Chesapeake was copied or moved into The Fortune of War with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review quote[edit]

This also appears to be from a review of the series and should more properly goin that article. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 11:12, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment[edit]

I have reassessed this as a C. While B may not reflect the best of Wikipedia, it should at least have adequate references. When content was copied into this, the paste did not carry over the sources of the material, which still exist in this article as such enlightening detail as "[5]". --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:17, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are no longer copied reference numbers. The reviews are proving difficult to find and cite; a most interesting one included in a book of the reviews of the books in this series is not available in full on line, and Kirkus Reviews appears not to have reviewed it. Still hunting for other editorial reviews, and a way to get at the Binyon review. At the time of publication, some reviewers were disappointed to have a whole novel where Aubrey is not the Captain, and the focus shifts to Maturin's spy work. --Prairieplant (talk) 15:00, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ship list: why Cumberland and not Acasta?[edit]

Neither the HMS Cumberland nor the Acasta sail in this novel. Cumberland is in port in the Dutch East Indies and its crew are part of the cricket game set up by the Admiral, cut short by arrival of the smaller ship La Fléche. Then we hear no more of that ship. Acasta is mentioned often, on the other hand, as waiting for Aubrey, now they know he is alive, once he returns to England. He does not return to England in this novel, but Acasta's status is mentioned frequently by his visitors in Boston. In real life Acasta was part of the War of 1812. Just asking how the makers of the ship lists decide which ships to include in each article. --Prairieplant (talk) 15:08, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

text from Capture of USS Chesapeake no longer in article, deleted 4 years ago[edit]

The text once quoted from Capture of USS Chesapeake was deleted from this article (The Fortune of War) in 2009 in this edit - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fortune_of_War&diff=next&oldid=378765348 .

Whatever link is being maintained at the other article no longer needs to be maintained and that box can be deleted from this article talk page. --Prairieplant (talk) 04:14, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mistitled my reversions re name of Herapath's daughter[edit]

Sorry, I wrote the wrong name in describing my reversions of changes just now. One thing that cannot be altered later, the description of changes, even when I make a mistake in that description, sorry. The article has the correct name now. --Prairieplant (talk) 05:58, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Which previous edit?[edit]

Polycrest You mention a previous edit when you add the map of old Boston to the Plot summary, in this edit, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fortune_of_War&diff=822315869&oldid=821452711 . Which previous edit might that be? If there is a map, it seems it would not be in the Plot summary, but in another section. These articles are slowly being written to a consistent format, with a section called O'Brian's sources, and perhaps the map will fit there someday. I have left it for now, though its use is not clear to me. --Prairieplant (talk) 00:06, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]