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I have reformatted the article to reflect the way it should probably look. I used a few other FA-quality articles as a guide, most notably:
though I drew the formatting primarily from the Ann Arbor article. This is what we need to work on, as I intend to see the article through to FA-status. It would be great to get some information on the temperature by month, so as to use the climate table present in the other articles, as well as population growth and historical info. - Hexhand ( talk) 17:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Here are a few:
I recently created two different graphics to demonstrate the annual climate of Sun Prairie:
Note that the photographic images that are impairing the view on some browsers have been moved to a gallery section lower on the page. Please feel free to weigh in on that action as well. I think I have been clear in declaring my preference for the first template, and should I not hear significant arguments to the contrary, I will change it to that example in a few days. - Hexhand ( talk) 19:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
When I first created the gallery from the images along the right side of the article, I was more interested in moving the images out of the way so I could work on the text and formatting of the article. While the article is far from complete, it is starting to look like a pretty nifty article and, looking over the pictures we have, i am thinking that the article could benefit from some pretty nice shots of Sun Prairie. I was thinking of a landscape or wide-angle lens photo of the skyline of Main Street might be nice (better resembling that which is in the infobox of the FA-quality articles of other cities). Some other images might be great, like from Flags of Freedom or the Corn Festival or something from the Fireman Nationals at Angell Park. Thoughts? - Hexhand ( talk) 20:58, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey Hex. I saw your comment at the Wisconsin project, and decided to stop by and see what's up. I see you've put a lot of work in on this. You've done well, but there are a few issues I've seen. Some I think are problems, some are questions, and some are just things to watch for or put on your to do list.
Sorry about the negativity. Notice that there's quite a bit I didn't comment on. You may assume I have favorable things to say about the rest of it. :-) - Freekee ( talk) 03:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
There are several glaring things that I see right now that should be fixed before I do a more in-depth review against GA criteria. You'll need to go well beyond what I suggest now if you're looking for FA. Then you'll need to use only highly reliable sources like books by major publishing companies or major newspapers/magazine/etc. Go that route right now to save yourself time later as I learned the hard way. 1) You need to greatly increase the number of citations. GA expects that at least every paragraph has a citation to cover the contents of that paragraph. More if needed. 2) Most of the citations have the form [37]. You need to give a full citation, like what the {{ cite}} templates do. A full citation would include the source's title, the source, date of reference, date accessed. These cite templates are the easiest way to deal with it. 3) Specific controversial facts need citations. For example, you need to cite that Sun Prairie is a bedroom community of Madison. I wouldn't know that if I hadn't been in the city. Any statistic needs a reliable source. I know it's a major chore - been there. 4) There should not be bullets in the article, it should be written as sentences (except for notable residents). 5) Redlinks should either have WP:STUB articles or the wikilinks should be removed. Let me know when you're done with this, and I'll give you a peer review with a laundry list of more specific things to do. I'll be on vacation for the next 2 days, so I won't respond if you reply until later. Do you understand that GA is a formal process where you don't get to pick who reviews the article against the criteria? Royal broil 03:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I have initiated discussion on this topic at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wisconsin - Sun Prairie city and town articles. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion at that location. - Hexhand ( talk) 19:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
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I have reformatted the article to reflect the way it should probably look. I used a few other FA-quality articles as a guide, most notably:
though I drew the formatting primarily from the Ann Arbor article. This is what we need to work on, as I intend to see the article through to FA-status. It would be great to get some information on the temperature by month, so as to use the climate table present in the other articles, as well as population growth and historical info. - Hexhand ( talk) 17:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Here are a few:
I recently created two different graphics to demonstrate the annual climate of Sun Prairie:
Note that the photographic images that are impairing the view on some browsers have been moved to a gallery section lower on the page. Please feel free to weigh in on that action as well. I think I have been clear in declaring my preference for the first template, and should I not hear significant arguments to the contrary, I will change it to that example in a few days. - Hexhand ( talk) 19:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
When I first created the gallery from the images along the right side of the article, I was more interested in moving the images out of the way so I could work on the text and formatting of the article. While the article is far from complete, it is starting to look like a pretty nifty article and, looking over the pictures we have, i am thinking that the article could benefit from some pretty nice shots of Sun Prairie. I was thinking of a landscape or wide-angle lens photo of the skyline of Main Street might be nice (better resembling that which is in the infobox of the FA-quality articles of other cities). Some other images might be great, like from Flags of Freedom or the Corn Festival or something from the Fireman Nationals at Angell Park. Thoughts? - Hexhand ( talk) 20:58, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey Hex. I saw your comment at the Wisconsin project, and decided to stop by and see what's up. I see you've put a lot of work in on this. You've done well, but there are a few issues I've seen. Some I think are problems, some are questions, and some are just things to watch for or put on your to do list.
Sorry about the negativity. Notice that there's quite a bit I didn't comment on. You may assume I have favorable things to say about the rest of it. :-) - Freekee ( talk) 03:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
There are several glaring things that I see right now that should be fixed before I do a more in-depth review against GA criteria. You'll need to go well beyond what I suggest now if you're looking for FA. Then you'll need to use only highly reliable sources like books by major publishing companies or major newspapers/magazine/etc. Go that route right now to save yourself time later as I learned the hard way. 1) You need to greatly increase the number of citations. GA expects that at least every paragraph has a citation to cover the contents of that paragraph. More if needed. 2) Most of the citations have the form [37]. You need to give a full citation, like what the {{ cite}} templates do. A full citation would include the source's title, the source, date of reference, date accessed. These cite templates are the easiest way to deal with it. 3) Specific controversial facts need citations. For example, you need to cite that Sun Prairie is a bedroom community of Madison. I wouldn't know that if I hadn't been in the city. Any statistic needs a reliable source. I know it's a major chore - been there. 4) There should not be bullets in the article, it should be written as sentences (except for notable residents). 5) Redlinks should either have WP:STUB articles or the wikilinks should be removed. Let me know when you're done with this, and I'll give you a peer review with a laundry list of more specific things to do. I'll be on vacation for the next 2 days, so I won't respond if you reply until later. Do you understand that GA is a formal process where you don't get to pick who reviews the article against the criteria? Royal broil 03:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I have initiated discussion on this topic at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wisconsin - Sun Prairie city and town articles. Please feel free to contribute to the discussion at that location. - Hexhand ( talk) 19:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
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