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Wow, I had no idea Marshall, Texas was such a major and international city... 67.66.199.192 02:30, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Did I get the hotels right on the caption for this picture? I haven't been there and the caption didn't quite agree with the picture, so I tried to make it match. -- ke4roh 02:10, Jun 28, 2004 (UTC)
This native West Texan always breathed a sigh of relief upon arriving in Marshall during the six years he lived in Florida and occasionally made the long car trip back. Even though he still had hundreds of miles to go, it still felt like home. It also tasted like home. Thank you, El Chico. Also, they have great pottery. I have a couple of pieces in my kitchen. -- H2O 03:27, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Needs to be turned into less of an NAACP ad, though. Information about Whetstone, Ginocchio, the numerous cultural activity groups and what is freely available at the Courthouse Museum, for instance. Just ask for Lindsay. Kar98 05:45, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
I have removed political center from the introduction paragraph; with the finalization of redistricting, regardless of personal political preferences, Marshall's political clout is severly eroded enough to the point that I do not think rfereing to it as a major politcal center in East Texas is accurate at present. Hopefully for Marshall, this will change in the future. :) - JCarriker 11:15, Dec 6, 2004 (UTC)
A spendid article! I really appreciated the attention given to ALL of Marshall's residents. Mrs. Inez at the old courthouse made sure we learned the "stories of the majority"...
My reasons for listing the article as a FARC are:
I hope they can be resolved, but this article simply isn't FA quality IMO at this point. Staxringold 21:16, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
This article smacks of secularism. Marshall has over 100 churches and not none of them are mentioned about today. Seeing who the author is on this page tells you why real quick to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.23.43.104 ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 20 May 2007
I am going to submit this article for FA review within maybe the next week. This article is no where near FA quality - not enough citations, too many unsourced statements, short choppy wording, short incomplete non-comprehensive sections, sections made entirely of lists, and formatting errors. Editors of the article will be notified, and if no one has any substantial objections, and frankly, I don't see how they would, then I will submit this for a FAR. Okiefromokla• talk 20:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I used to think this was a really great city article...that was before I really understood what an FA is all about. I once used it as a model for what I wanted Grand Forks, North Dakota to become. Now that I look back at the Marshall article, I can see that it is very far away from being FA quality. Short sections, terribly lacking in references, and the inclusion of lists...not FA status. I think a FAR is in order. -- MatthewUND( talk) 22:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I think what MatthewUND is saying is that several sections, such as (most notably) education, are not comprehensive enough, and therefore too short. Not that they need to be longer just because. Also, lists are no longer generally accepted in Featured Articles... especially if the only thing in a section is a list, including city administration and city councilors, which should be prose about the city council or city administration and not a list of the members of the two. It would be perferable to convert it all into prose. Also, saying there are not enough references is absolutely correct. Media, Economy, education, City layout, physical geography, the city commision, and much of history are not sourced at all. I have other concerns as well, such as such as the fact that the city lacks a section on culture, or infrastructure or transportation (which can include the city layout section in addition to mass transportation, healthcare, etc) ... and possibly more that I am not thinking of at this very second. In all, the article is far behind many B-class city articles. Expanding on that point, I would be very shocked if it was promoted to GA class in its current state. Don't mean to sound harsh or anything, and I still will wait until the end of the month to put it up for FAR, but I have strong doubts that it will represent the best articles on Wikipedia by then. Okiefromokla• talk 20:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks to Okiefromokla from clarifying the points I was trying to make earlier. I should have put a little more effort into my comments...Okiefromokla did the work for me. With some effort, I think this article could be brought up to the quality of other FA city articles. However, as it currently stands, this article probably shouldn't even be at a GA class. The worst problem to me is the lack of refs. -- MatthewUND( talk) 00:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
DumZiBoT ( talk) 16:05, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Nicknames do not have to be pleasant...
Marshall, Texas is increasingly being referred to in the media by nicknames such as patent troll heaven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.165.2.95 ( talk) 09:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
I have always heard Marshall referred to as the or A "Rocket Docket".
Sspct99 ( talk) 20:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
User Seems to have deleted Notes, and also Notable citizens. I have put them back. Might be a user to watch in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whubbard ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
curious, how do you watch an "unsigned" user? Sspct99 ( talk) 18:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
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Wow, I had no idea Marshall, Texas was such a major and international city... 67.66.199.192 02:30, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Did I get the hotels right on the caption for this picture? I haven't been there and the caption didn't quite agree with the picture, so I tried to make it match. -- ke4roh 02:10, Jun 28, 2004 (UTC)
This native West Texan always breathed a sigh of relief upon arriving in Marshall during the six years he lived in Florida and occasionally made the long car trip back. Even though he still had hundreds of miles to go, it still felt like home. It also tasted like home. Thank you, El Chico. Also, they have great pottery. I have a couple of pieces in my kitchen. -- H2O 03:27, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Needs to be turned into less of an NAACP ad, though. Information about Whetstone, Ginocchio, the numerous cultural activity groups and what is freely available at the Courthouse Museum, for instance. Just ask for Lindsay. Kar98 05:45, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
I have removed political center from the introduction paragraph; with the finalization of redistricting, regardless of personal political preferences, Marshall's political clout is severly eroded enough to the point that I do not think rfereing to it as a major politcal center in East Texas is accurate at present. Hopefully for Marshall, this will change in the future. :) - JCarriker 11:15, Dec 6, 2004 (UTC)
A spendid article! I really appreciated the attention given to ALL of Marshall's residents. Mrs. Inez at the old courthouse made sure we learned the "stories of the majority"...
My reasons for listing the article as a FARC are:
I hope they can be resolved, but this article simply isn't FA quality IMO at this point. Staxringold 21:16, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
This article smacks of secularism. Marshall has over 100 churches and not none of them are mentioned about today. Seeing who the author is on this page tells you why real quick to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.23.43.104 ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 20 May 2007
I am going to submit this article for FA review within maybe the next week. This article is no where near FA quality - not enough citations, too many unsourced statements, short choppy wording, short incomplete non-comprehensive sections, sections made entirely of lists, and formatting errors. Editors of the article will be notified, and if no one has any substantial objections, and frankly, I don't see how they would, then I will submit this for a FAR. Okiefromokla• talk 20:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I used to think this was a really great city article...that was before I really understood what an FA is all about. I once used it as a model for what I wanted Grand Forks, North Dakota to become. Now that I look back at the Marshall article, I can see that it is very far away from being FA quality. Short sections, terribly lacking in references, and the inclusion of lists...not FA status. I think a FAR is in order. -- MatthewUND( talk) 22:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I think what MatthewUND is saying is that several sections, such as (most notably) education, are not comprehensive enough, and therefore too short. Not that they need to be longer just because. Also, lists are no longer generally accepted in Featured Articles... especially if the only thing in a section is a list, including city administration and city councilors, which should be prose about the city council or city administration and not a list of the members of the two. It would be perferable to convert it all into prose. Also, saying there are not enough references is absolutely correct. Media, Economy, education, City layout, physical geography, the city commision, and much of history are not sourced at all. I have other concerns as well, such as such as the fact that the city lacks a section on culture, or infrastructure or transportation (which can include the city layout section in addition to mass transportation, healthcare, etc) ... and possibly more that I am not thinking of at this very second. In all, the article is far behind many B-class city articles. Expanding on that point, I would be very shocked if it was promoted to GA class in its current state. Don't mean to sound harsh or anything, and I still will wait until the end of the month to put it up for FAR, but I have strong doubts that it will represent the best articles on Wikipedia by then. Okiefromokla• talk 20:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks to Okiefromokla from clarifying the points I was trying to make earlier. I should have put a little more effort into my comments...Okiefromokla did the work for me. With some effort, I think this article could be brought up to the quality of other FA city articles. However, as it currently stands, this article probably shouldn't even be at a GA class. The worst problem to me is the lack of refs. -- MatthewUND( talk) 00:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
DumZiBoT ( talk) 16:05, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Nicknames do not have to be pleasant...
Marshall, Texas is increasingly being referred to in the media by nicknames such as patent troll heaven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.165.2.95 ( talk) 09:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
I have always heard Marshall referred to as the or A "Rocket Docket".
Sspct99 ( talk) 20:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
User Seems to have deleted Notes, and also Notable citizens. I have put them back. Might be a user to watch in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whubbard ( talk • contribs) 04:06, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
curious, how do you watch an "unsigned" user? Sspct99 ( talk) 18:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
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