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Did you know... that an island in New York City used to be a summer campsite, with up to half a million visitors by 1917?
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Title Problem
The article title is given as Hunters Island, New York but throughout the article it is refered to as Hunter Island. Is the article title correct (with an 's') or is the text correct (without an 's')? --
Keith D14:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)reply
The Hunters built a mansion in 1813. Were there still Hunters on the island by the end of the century? Were there other houses on the island?
"Hunter Island was closed and camping was banned," what year was that?
Reference 13 needs to be formatted in lower case.
By 1934, the island seems to have been under the control of the New York City parks commission, how did that come about?
You mention places like "Orchard Beach" and "Pelham Bay Park" but it would be useful to know where they are situated.
In fact it would be useful to have a section before "History" describing the island, its size location and relationship to other locations.
Now that I have got on to the "Mansion" section, I see a number of the points I raised above are covered. It might be best to insert most of the "Mansion" section into their appropriate chronological place in the "History" section.
I think that the article is much better with the History section arranged chronologically.
I added a couple of sentences to clarify the bit about camping being banned.
"as well as granite with migmatite dikes as well as veins" - repetition of "as well as"
"some mugwort and Ailanthus weeds" - A weed is a plant growing in the wrong place. Ailanthus is an invasive species of tree but mugwort is probably just part of the native vegetation.
I look forward to there being a short geography section.
"lichen in the boulders, a rare occurrence in New York City parks." - Perhaps "lichen-covered".
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Cwmhiraeth: Thanks for the further comments. I expanded the lead and added a geography section. I also appreciate the clarification on Ailanthus and mugwort, as well as on the camping. The repetition and "lichen-covered" phrasing have also been fixed.
epicgenius (
talk)
15:03, 22 September 2018 (UTC)reply