Talk:United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865

Comments on the Civil War: I am a Church Service Missionary working on the FamilySearch Wiki creating unportal pages. Last month I created United States Civil War. I had moved everything from the portal pages but couldn't delete them because of the links to the Revolutionary War, etc. which I hadn’t gotten to yet. I'm only here on Tuesday, Wednesday, &amp; Thursday and didn't get finished with it before the weekend. Over that weekend, Larry0011 sent me an e-mail saying that he hadn't noticed until he created the United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 page from the same portal pages that I had already done one. He told me in another e-mail that however I wanted to handle the situation was OK with him. As I'm sure you know, the war pages are interwoven a lot so I am just now getting back to taking care of the Civil War situation. I like the idea of having the years that the war lasted as part of the name. That page is already big so combining them wouldn't work. I would like to make them a split article - since they are already separated. In an effort to make them a bit more even, I moved some additional record type information and Ethnic Groups over to the page I created because they fit with what was already there. I would like to use the name United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 1 and United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 2. The template I use, with modifications as needed, for creating unportal pages is more about how to get started with research in a particular area, a little of the history, what types of records are available and links to those records. In other words, it’s basic information. I would like to make that one Part 1. The page Larry0011 created has a lot of wonderful reference sources and seems, to me anyway, to be information for taking the next step in research. I think that one should Part 2. If what I propose is OK, I will go ahead and do it. If anyone can see a problem, have any suggestions, or a better idea please let me know. There is not great rush, but I would like to do it by next weekend if that’s OK. StroudIL 20:36, 15 September 2011 (UTC)