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I think this page needs a total rewrite, or at least total re-structuring. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 08:19, 2004 Mar 30 (UTC)
This sure is an ambitious project, I hope to take an active part in it. :) Biekko 11:38, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Biekko: I reverted your change about removing the timezone and also the location in standard degrees, the reason for this is that its not some list i made up. It's a standard list from
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cities ( though, admittedly for a US city ), but a foreigner might not know the timezone.
In any case i think its best to keep to the standard. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 20:20, 2004 Mar 30 (UTC)
As you said, the standard is for a US city, there is alot of info there irrelevant to Icelandic towns and info that is perhaps relevant to Icelandic towns is missing, I'm thinking about constituencies, post codes etc. I think that if someone needs to know about the Akureyri time zone they can easily look at the Iceland page. Time zones are not a distinctive characteristic of Icelandic towns, they are all in the same one. We could then just as well add another box to the table to say that the town is in Europe, it just doesn't fit there, this is the standard ICELANDIC town table that we are creating here and I think it should include info that is unique for each town. I'd like to point to city tables such as Stockholm or Oslo that do not follow the proposed US format. And I don't get what is supposed to be where the XXX is now in the global position box. --- Biekko 20:44, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
How is Akureyri pronounced?
(Thanks to whoever added a pronounication guide since I asked) 80.193.7.61 00:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
This article is much better than the 2004 version (when someone said it needs work). Please help me make it into a GA even if you don't agree that it is so now. I will concentrate on this article for the next few weeks and lay off other articles. User F203 ( talk) 21:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Try to fix the article by eliminating the big blank white space. Look at the city articles of other cities in different countries for ideas on how to add to this article. TeacherA ( talk) 23:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
This article was promoted to GA status, but I disagree with its promotion. Issues include:
Will work on this. This is not a featured article so let's not be too picky. Instead, let's work together to improve this! User F203 ( talk) 16:35, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Dabomb87 list
Done*Insufficient lead: Much of the information in the body is not summarized in the intro (culture, geography, etc.)
Done removed some sports club information, added references *Unsourced info and undue weight given to sports clubs, sites of interest, and colleges, which are listed in bulleted form without any elaboration.
Done*The " Transport" is stubby and unsourced.
Done added more sources, access dates not required for GA, maybe for FA*Not enough sources, and what few sources there are mainly tour-guide-type sites, which are not the most
reliable sources out there. Additionally, sources need titles, publishers and last access dates per
WP:CITE/ES.
Done I'll still work on this but the basic points raised have been covered. I plan to work on this daily for at least a week.
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It would be nice if you could get your hands on this book. http://www.port.is/index.php?pid=3 is an introductory website that can be used to source basic information. Dabomb87 ( talk) 16:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I think this GA reassessment has gone quite a bit longer than normal. I see that improvements are being made, but much more is needed. I will return in five days to give my final verdict. Dabomb87 ( talk) 16:27, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Please allow extra time as long as people are editing it. Looking back from 1/1/2009 to present, it's much better. Having a paper re-graded from B (if A=FA) to D (assuming F=deletion) is very discouraging and may cause some editors to give up. Please, please, please! If editors become discouraged, then this article could conceivable sit for months or years with little or no improvement. Please don't be the bomb! User F203 ( talk) 15:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
If the GA is lost then I will not apply for it because it would look like fighting. If there's no real chance for GA, then the desire to fix it is much less. There isn't a sufficient number of other editors working on this so it could rot. The encouragement to improve by having an open GA reassessment is ok with me. Having the bomb go boom is not fun. User F203 ( talk) 15:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
The primary editor requested that I give him/her until July 5 to fix the article before GA status is reassessed. I have allowed them to do so. This is not me "backing out" or being pushed around at other editors' whims, but of my willingness to assume good faith that the article can be brought to GA standards in the allotted time. I will make no more extensions afterward. Dabomb87 ( talk) 21:19, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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ARTICLE: Akureyri
A good article is—
1. Done, all 6 areas of the MOS followed. Note that GA does NOT require compliance with the entire MOS, though an effort has been done to comply.
2. Done
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Issues include:
Done (fixed) *Insufficient lead: Much of the information in the body is not summarized in the intro (culture, geography, etc.)
Done (fixed) *Unsourced info and undue weight given to sports clubs, sites of interest, and colleges, which are listed in bulleted form without any elaboration.
Done (fixed) *The " Transport" is stubby and unsourced.
Done (fixed, a substantial number of non-tour sites added, access dates added, format of references standardized even though not a requirement for GA, but probably a requirement for FA)*Not enough sources, and what few sources there are mainly tour-guide-type sites, which are not the most
reliable sources out there. Additionally, sources need titles, publishers and last access dates per
WP:CITE/ES.
Dabomb87 (
talk)
16:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC) NOTE: This edit was copied from comments left by Dabomb87 on the article talk page.
I have decided to close this individual GAR as a "keep" and start a community reassessment. I see that a lot of work has been done to improve this, but I want multiple opinions, as I have several lingering questions. Compared to other GA city articles, this is much smaller. I do understand that this article is about a small Icelandic town, as opposed to a American or English, which will have many more available sources. Dabomb87 ( talk) 22:35, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Contributions to improving this article so that it is not delisted by community reassessment would be most welcome. Geometry guy 00:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
There is an 18 hole golf courth near Tromsø, and another one in Skjomen in Narvik, both these are well north of the Arctic circle and thus well north of Iceland. For verification, see Tromsø golf court here: http://www.tromsogolf.com/gb.asp Thus, article must changed. Orcaborealis ( talk) 16:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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Akureyri is at the head of a long fjord which gives it a continental microclimate which would not show on small-scale maps. The Oct. precipitation is 58 mm, the May precipitation is 19.3 mm - 19.3x3=57.9<58...Akureyri is Csc. 24.108.58.49 ( talk) 17:27, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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It has a dry “spring” not summer.
I don’t think it’s considered as dry summer Mediterranean. דולב חולב ( talk) 16:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
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I think this page needs a total rewrite, or at least total re-structuring. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 08:19, 2004 Mar 30 (UTC)
This sure is an ambitious project, I hope to take an active part in it. :) Biekko 11:38, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Biekko: I reverted your change about removing the timezone and also the location in standard degrees, the reason for this is that its not some list i made up. It's a standard list from
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cities ( though, admittedly for a US city ), but a foreigner might not know the timezone.
In any case i think its best to keep to the standard. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 20:20, 2004 Mar 30 (UTC)
As you said, the standard is for a US city, there is alot of info there irrelevant to Icelandic towns and info that is perhaps relevant to Icelandic towns is missing, I'm thinking about constituencies, post codes etc. I think that if someone needs to know about the Akureyri time zone they can easily look at the Iceland page. Time zones are not a distinctive characteristic of Icelandic towns, they are all in the same one. We could then just as well add another box to the table to say that the town is in Europe, it just doesn't fit there, this is the standard ICELANDIC town table that we are creating here and I think it should include info that is unique for each town. I'd like to point to city tables such as Stockholm or Oslo that do not follow the proposed US format. And I don't get what is supposed to be where the XXX is now in the global position box. --- Biekko 20:44, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
How is Akureyri pronounced?
(Thanks to whoever added a pronounication guide since I asked) 80.193.7.61 00:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
This article is much better than the 2004 version (when someone said it needs work). Please help me make it into a GA even if you don't agree that it is so now. I will concentrate on this article for the next few weeks and lay off other articles. User F203 ( talk) 21:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Try to fix the article by eliminating the big blank white space. Look at the city articles of other cities in different countries for ideas on how to add to this article. TeacherA ( talk) 23:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
This article was promoted to GA status, but I disagree with its promotion. Issues include:
Will work on this. This is not a featured article so let's not be too picky. Instead, let's work together to improve this! User F203 ( talk) 16:35, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Dabomb87 list
Done*Insufficient lead: Much of the information in the body is not summarized in the intro (culture, geography, etc.)
Done removed some sports club information, added references *Unsourced info and undue weight given to sports clubs, sites of interest, and colleges, which are listed in bulleted form without any elaboration.
Done*The " Transport" is stubby and unsourced.
Done added more sources, access dates not required for GA, maybe for FA*Not enough sources, and what few sources there are mainly tour-guide-type sites, which are not the most
reliable sources out there. Additionally, sources need titles, publishers and last access dates per
WP:CITE/ES.
Done I'll still work on this but the basic points raised have been covered. I plan to work on this daily for at least a week.
User F203 (
talk)
21:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
It would be nice if you could get your hands on this book. http://www.port.is/index.php?pid=3 is an introductory website that can be used to source basic information. Dabomb87 ( talk) 16:41, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I think this GA reassessment has gone quite a bit longer than normal. I see that improvements are being made, but much more is needed. I will return in five days to give my final verdict. Dabomb87 ( talk) 16:27, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Please allow extra time as long as people are editing it. Looking back from 1/1/2009 to present, it's much better. Having a paper re-graded from B (if A=FA) to D (assuming F=deletion) is very discouraging and may cause some editors to give up. Please, please, please! If editors become discouraged, then this article could conceivable sit for months or years with little or no improvement. Please don't be the bomb! User F203 ( talk) 15:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
If the GA is lost then I will not apply for it because it would look like fighting. If there's no real chance for GA, then the desire to fix it is much less. There isn't a sufficient number of other editors working on this so it could rot. The encouragement to improve by having an open GA reassessment is ok with me. Having the bomb go boom is not fun. User F203 ( talk) 15:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
The primary editor requested that I give him/her until July 5 to fix the article before GA status is reassessed. I have allowed them to do so. This is not me "backing out" or being pushed around at other editors' whims, but of my willingness to assume good faith that the article can be brought to GA standards in the allotted time. I will make no more extensions afterward. Dabomb87 ( talk) 21:19, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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ARTICLE: Akureyri
A good article is—
1. Done, all 6 areas of the MOS followed. Note that GA does NOT require compliance with the entire MOS, though an effort has been done to comply.
2. Done
3. Done. also compared sections to other GA city articles to insure all usual sections included
4. Done
5. Done
6. Done
1st disqualification: Done (passes)
2nd disqualification: Done (passes)
3rd disqualification: Done (passes)
Done - Has the same or similar sections as other city article that are GA, for example, Columbia, Missouri.
Done - article length is 27 kb, which compares with a suggested maximum limit of 32 kb when using some browsers.
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Done (fixed) *Insufficient lead: Much of the information in the body is not summarized in the intro (culture, geography, etc.)
Done (fixed) *Unsourced info and undue weight given to sports clubs, sites of interest, and colleges, which are listed in bulleted form without any elaboration.
Done (fixed) *The " Transport" is stubby and unsourced.
Done (fixed, a substantial number of non-tour sites added, access dates added, format of references standardized even though not a requirement for GA, but probably a requirement for FA)*Not enough sources, and what few sources there are mainly tour-guide-type sites, which are not the most
reliable sources out there. Additionally, sources need titles, publishers and last access dates per
WP:CITE/ES.
Dabomb87 (
talk)
16:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC) NOTE: This edit was copied from comments left by Dabomb87 on the article talk page.
I have decided to close this individual GAR as a "keep" and start a community reassessment. I see that a lot of work has been done to improve this, but I want multiple opinions, as I have several lingering questions. Compared to other GA city articles, this is much smaller. I do understand that this article is about a small Icelandic town, as opposed to a American or English, which will have many more available sources. Dabomb87 ( talk) 22:35, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Contributions to improving this article so that it is not delisted by community reassessment would be most welcome. Geometry guy 00:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
There is an 18 hole golf courth near Tromsø, and another one in Skjomen in Narvik, both these are well north of the Arctic circle and thus well north of Iceland. For verification, see Tromsø golf court here: http://www.tromsogolf.com/gb.asp Thus, article must changed. Orcaborealis ( talk) 16:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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Akureyri is at the head of a long fjord which gives it a continental microclimate which would not show on small-scale maps. The Oct. precipitation is 58 mm, the May precipitation is 19.3 mm - 19.3x3=57.9<58...Akureyri is Csc. 24.108.58.49 ( talk) 17:27, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
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It has a dry “spring” not summer.
I don’t think it’s considered as dry summer Mediterranean. דולב חולב ( talk) 16:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)