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It's a shame the article didn't make it at FAC, but I think it would help next time round if these points were addressed. Nev1 ( talk) 17:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I love my home town, but the white wash is annoying.-- 69.243.132.29 ( talk) 20:47, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
The African Americans in Davenport, Iowa article is currently up for AfD. In reviewing the Davenport, Iowa article, it appears that it lacks a discussion of race relations and of Bix Biederbecke and the local jazz scene. Would it be possible to incorporate material from that article into this one to present a comprehensive article covering both "black" and "white" Davenport? Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 14:01, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Need citations for (not a comprehensive list):
Other comments (again, not a complete list):
Here is the start of my review, as if this were at FAC. I weighed in on the last FAC and am somewhat surprised to see that the points raised there seem not have already been addressed. I would look carefully at all three FACs and see what actionable requests have not yet been addressed and do my best to address them (or get someone's help to do so). I would also look at WP:WIAFA
That's a start. Once the other issues are fixed, I would get a copy edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhrfisch ( talk • contribs) 04:36, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
A model article is often useful for ideas and examples to follow. I am a co-nom on the FA for Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, which is an FA and may be a useful model ( Finetooth) deserves all the credit for the article). While Lock Haven is much smaller city, it is on land once occupied by Native Americans, is a county seat and on a major river, has suffered periodic floods, has a university, and has enough similarities that I thought it might at least be worth looking at.
One of the main things I noticed when comparing the two articles was how much more detailed the History section is in the Lock Haven article. When I look at Davenport's article, I see the population went up enormously between 1850 and 1860, but when I read the History section, I do not get a clear idea why this happened. Was it the railroads? The river traffic? Westward expansion of the US in general? Another thing I noticed comparing the two articles was the relative lack of books used as sources on Davenport. Given the large number of NRHP listed properties in the city, and the fact that the listings seem to be available online like this one for the Blackhawk Hotel, I wonder if looking at the NRHP forms might give some more sources? The one I linked to has another book by Svendsen ("Where the River Runs West") listed, which is apprently not listed in the sources used here.
I also note there is not much on the Geology of the city. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:09, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
I looked up historical flood levels at lock & dam 15 since 1990 and the river has gone over flood stage (15 feet) 20 out of 255 months, or 7% of all months. Does this really qualify as frequent? Also, as anyone who lives there know, the flooding only affects a small portion of downtown & a small section in the West End. Banderson1962 ( talk) 05:48, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm having a hard time figuring out what this is supposed to mean: "Contrary to Iowa, only whites have a higher percent in Davenport, than in the United States as a whole." Against the current ( talk) 17:23, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Locale | White | Black | Asian | Hispanic |
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Davenport | 83.7 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
Iowa | 91.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
USA | 72.4 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 16.3 |
The article states that in Davenport "[t]here are two main universities: Saint Ambrose University and Palmer College of Chiropractic[...]."
Going from its name, I would suspect that Palmer Chiropractic College is not a university, but in fact... a chiropractic college. Could this statement in the article be verified or revised?
- 2warped@gmail.com 68.36.147.128 ( talk) 02:39, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Could someone format the pictures so that they do not create several lines of extra whitespace. Thanks! BroncoHawk ( talk) 08:49, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
This 2008 GA has lots of uncited material, especially in the History and Infrastructure sections, while much of the article is woefully out of date, with information from 2008-12 being used as "current" (see e.g. the Government section). If these issues aren't fixed, a GAR may be necessary. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 18:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Numerous uncited paragraphs, information out of date in government section. Z1720 ( talk) 20:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
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Davenport, Iowa was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It's a shame the article didn't make it at FAC, but I think it would help next time round if these points were addressed. Nev1 ( talk) 17:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I love my home town, but the white wash is annoying.-- 69.243.132.29 ( talk) 20:47, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
The African Americans in Davenport, Iowa article is currently up for AfD. In reviewing the Davenport, Iowa article, it appears that it lacks a discussion of race relations and of Bix Biederbecke and the local jazz scene. Would it be possible to incorporate material from that article into this one to present a comprehensive article covering both "black" and "white" Davenport? Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 14:01, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Need citations for (not a comprehensive list):
Other comments (again, not a complete list):
Here is the start of my review, as if this were at FAC. I weighed in on the last FAC and am somewhat surprised to see that the points raised there seem not have already been addressed. I would look carefully at all three FACs and see what actionable requests have not yet been addressed and do my best to address them (or get someone's help to do so). I would also look at WP:WIAFA
That's a start. Once the other issues are fixed, I would get a copy edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhrfisch ( talk • contribs) 04:36, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
A model article is often useful for ideas and examples to follow. I am a co-nom on the FA for Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, which is an FA and may be a useful model ( Finetooth) deserves all the credit for the article). While Lock Haven is much smaller city, it is on land once occupied by Native Americans, is a county seat and on a major river, has suffered periodic floods, has a university, and has enough similarities that I thought it might at least be worth looking at.
One of the main things I noticed when comparing the two articles was how much more detailed the History section is in the Lock Haven article. When I look at Davenport's article, I see the population went up enormously between 1850 and 1860, but when I read the History section, I do not get a clear idea why this happened. Was it the railroads? The river traffic? Westward expansion of the US in general? Another thing I noticed comparing the two articles was the relative lack of books used as sources on Davenport. Given the large number of NRHP listed properties in the city, and the fact that the listings seem to be available online like this one for the Blackhawk Hotel, I wonder if looking at the NRHP forms might give some more sources? The one I linked to has another book by Svendsen ("Where the River Runs West") listed, which is apprently not listed in the sources used here.
I also note there is not much on the Geology of the city. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:09, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
I looked up historical flood levels at lock & dam 15 since 1990 and the river has gone over flood stage (15 feet) 20 out of 255 months, or 7% of all months. Does this really qualify as frequent? Also, as anyone who lives there know, the flooding only affects a small portion of downtown & a small section in the West End. Banderson1962 ( talk) 05:48, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm having a hard time figuring out what this is supposed to mean: "Contrary to Iowa, only whites have a higher percent in Davenport, than in the United States as a whole." Against the current ( talk) 17:23, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Locale | White | Black | Asian | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|---|
Davenport | 83.7 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
Iowa | 91.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
USA | 72.4 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 16.3 |
The article states that in Davenport "[t]here are two main universities: Saint Ambrose University and Palmer College of Chiropractic[...]."
Going from its name, I would suspect that Palmer Chiropractic College is not a university, but in fact... a chiropractic college. Could this statement in the article be verified or revised?
- 2warped@gmail.com 68.36.147.128 ( talk) 02:39, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Could someone format the pictures so that they do not create several lines of extra whitespace. Thanks! BroncoHawk ( talk) 08:49, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
This 2008 GA has lots of uncited material, especially in the History and Infrastructure sections, while much of the article is woefully out of date, with information from 2008-12 being used as "current" (see e.g. the Government section). If these issues aren't fixed, a GAR may be necessary. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 18:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Numerous uncited paragraphs, information out of date in government section. Z1720 ( talk) 20:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)