Talk:1918–1920 New York City rent strikes

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On the new sub-referencing being introduced

Once the sub referencing gets implemented into Wikipedia I will be updating the sources on this page to reflect that. LoomCreek (talk) 03:35, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, LoomCreek, I have a few notes and questions for you after editing this article.

Please add captions to all the photos. I noticed these did not have captions:
- the photo in 1917 Crotona Park rent strike section
- the pictures under Strikes > 1918 illustrating the difficulties of getting coal into the city
- pity the poor rent payer in 1920
- hope for tenants in legislative rent action
- Tenants strike for rent cut
The 'Reign of Terror' section names the Brownsville Workmen's Consumer League (BWCL) and the Brownsville Consumer and Workingmen's League. Are these the same ogranization? I also saw "Workmen's Consumer League of Brownsville" later in the article. If these are the same group, please edit so the names are consistent.
There's a weird template connecting the paragraph and the "evicted brownsville rent strikers make their homes in the streets" image that you may wish to simplify. I found the template in 1919 section with "Three Bronx families being evicted" image.
"In April, the NY state Joint Legislative Committee on Housing (Lockwood Committee) was formed, and conducted lengthy hearings and investigations from April 1919 to March 1920. The committee eventually led a very limited number of prosecutions against sand and gravel dealers in 1920, which had little overall effect." Effect on what? Recommend adding a few more words to explain what was affected.
Please note the year in "last major rent strike" in "The rent laws had a chilling effect on rent strikes in New York City with because they resolved the issue of exorbitant rent increases. The last reported major on rent strike of this period would occur on December 1." Since it's the last, I think it would be good to be specific about the year.

Let me know if you have questions about any of my edits or would like ideas for how to word anything.

Thank you for documenting this subject! I thought it was quite interesting to read about and it's definitely an important slice of labor history. SilkPyjamas (talk) 00:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the help! I'll try to go through it sometime this week and implement the further edits you've suggested. - LoomCreek (talk) 04:19, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]