# Talk:Fox Island

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:52, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments

Lead is unacceptably brief, should summarise all the pertinent aspects of the article.
Y Done.
" WikiMiniAtlas42°06′21″N 83°08′30″W[1], in" ref after comma.
Y Fixed.
Don't use USGS without explaining it.
Y Fixed.
If you insist on that image being right up top like that, you'll need to link all the linkable items in the caption as nothing up to this point apart from Detroit River has been linked.
Y Fixed.
"in the Detroit River is" link.
Y Fixed.
"The United States Geological Survey gave..." that's where you add (USGS).
Y Fixed.
"1851 references to Fox Island give its area as 0.81 acres (0.33 ha); [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] " avoid starting sentences with numerals, don't put space between punctuation and refs, and do we really need seven references for this?  At the very least, bundle them up.
Y Fixed.
"to Sarah Macomb along" any context as to who she was?
Yg Sadly, I don't know; I am pretty sure she is one of the Macombs for whom Macomb County was named, who owned property around that area. I think that it would be possible to track down some sources and write an article on her, but I don't want to draw the parallel without solid sourcing for it.
"of Wayne County. The Wayne County' repetitive.
Y Fixed.
"addition to Sugar, Hickory, " overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"land on Grosse Ile" overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"nearby Powder House Island and Stony Island, used Fox" both overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"ferry landing on Stony Island, approximately" overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"138,875" over-precise, nearest $1,000 will do.
Y Fixed.
"channel at Lime-Kiln Crossing".[29" already (red) linked.
Y Fixed.
"October 1, 1880 edition" comma after 1880.
Y Fixed.
"brought it safely to Elba Island.[38] " overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"sturgeon" could link as you already linked perch.
Y Fixed.
"constructed Powder House Island, would again explode' overlinked and "exploded again".
? I usually agree that the "would" formulation is stupid, but I kind of like it here. If you feel strongly about it, I'll change it.
"20 short tons' avoid starting sentences with numeral.
Y Fixed.
"Grosse Ile alone" overlinked.
Y Fixed.
"known for having good " already said this...
Y Fixed.
Refs 15, 27, 40 and 47 SHOUTING.
Y Fixed.
Destub.
Y Fixed.
That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 18:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: Well, here's what I got. jp×g 10:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
I have come up with a brilliant strategy that may allow me to actually do this on my phone. Let's see if it works. jp×g 20:04, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Okay, my strategy did work, but editing on my phone is a huge pain in the ass anyway, so I will just wait until I get home. jp×g 20:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Found https://meanderingmichiganhistory.weebly.com/lake-sturgeon-and-the-detroit-river---historic-partners.html -- probbo not RS in its own right but does mention "A Detroit Free Press story dated July 12, 1903, revealed the scope of the sturgeon fisheries in the Detroit River. In 1903, many fishermen named Fox Island, a small wooded island near the southern tip of Grosse Ile and the northern end of Bois Blanc, about a mile up the Detroit River from Sugar Island, the best sturgeon fishery in the United States.".
Well golly if only I could go read the free press articles from 1903. Well golly if only I knew the exact month and day.... jp×g🗯️ 17:38, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

 jp×g🗯️ 17:56, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Moar: 

page 103, 187, 189, 190: very early history of the island (179x to 1820ish) 
p 2797: talks about the digging of the channel and also the big explosion 
p19, talks about spawning on islands 

unreadable:

https://books.google.com/books?id=4aDhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6iOLkiOWDAxUBq4kEHZd6ABIQ6AF6BAgUEAI
https://books.google.com/books?id=gTddvgAACAAJ&dq=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZq8zOiOWDAxVUv4kEHVAeA3EQ6AF6BAgHEAI
https://books.google.com/books?id=Sk-0zgEACAAJ&dq=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZq8zOiOWDAxVUv4kEHVAeA3EQ6AF6BAgKEAI
https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=Z6_hAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22fox+island%22
https://books.google.com/books?id=rajhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&dq=%22fox+island%22+grosse+ile+%22detroit+river%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6iOLkiOWDAxUBq4kEHZd6ABIQ6AF6BAgiEAIdynamite