Research Guides: The Fires of Eastern: Eastern's 2nd Annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Planning

Model Articles

Wikipedia -- Great Fire of London
Featured article: Longer than we will likely write

Here are some Wikipedia articles on other significant fires, which we can use as models for articles about the fires of 1891, 1912, and 1977:

Wikipedia - Blackwater fire of 1937
A shorter featured article
Wikipedia - Great New York Fire of 1845
A "Good Article" by Wikipedia standards, that includes some commentary on "aftermath"
Wikipedia - 2006 Kolkata leather factory fire
Another "Good Article", this time a structure fire maybe a little more analogous to fires at Eastern
Wikipedia - Boland Hall fire
A start-class to B-class article, about a university building fire
Wikipedia - 1943 University of Oslo fire
A C-class article on a university structure fire

Article: Cheney, Washington
In the history section, given that the fires (and the bank robbery) are all of some significance to the history of the city.
Article: Eastern Washington University
As with the Cheney article, additions to the history section would be appropriate.
Category:Building fires in the United States
Category:Fires in Washington (state)
Article: John McGraw (governor)
His role in delaying the authorization to rebuild the normal school at Cheney from 1893-1895.
Article: Ernest Lister
His role in delaying the authorization to rebuild the normal school at Cheney in 1913.