Myself and others have done significant work to gather basic information about each of Kentucky's 120 counties into an easily-accessible format.
Acdixon15:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment I think this list is fundamentally sound, but needs a few things sorting out:
Lead: Needs to start with a sentence introducing and explaining the article. Something like "This is a list of the one hundred and twenty
counties in the
U.S.state of
Kentucky. Despite being the 37th largest in area, Kentucky has the third highest number of counties in the U.S. behind Texas..."
Move county name to far left columnedit: I've changed {{county5}} to do this... it's only used in this list.
Get rid of the first two rows of the table (we know its Kentucky)edit: I did this when I changedthe table to fit the above
For the etymology, give the dates that someone held a public office - e.g. "John Adair, Governor of Kentucky (1820-1824)". For more generic posts (like for Ballard county), give the dates of the person's life.
I have begun this process, putting the dates after the name if they are life dates and after the title if they are service dates. Let me know if you feel there is a better way to do this.
Acdixon16:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Cumberland and Ohio counties: Do the rivers start in them, or do they just past through?
The Cumberland River flows through the county; the Ohio River was once the northern border of the county. I have made the text more explicit.
Acdixon17:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Only link things the first time ("Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky" is wikilinked twice)
Done.
A sentence about the FIPS County Code would be useful. Also, I feel "Census data for each county is available by selecting the FIPS code for the county" should be re-phrased (one doesn't select links)... something more like "The FIPS code for each county links to XXXX".
Done. I was trying to avoid the word "click" with reference to the links, since users with mobility impairments may use the keyboard to access links instead of the mouse. Your version appropriately avoids this term as well, so I have used it.
Acdixon16:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
That's because some are PNG, and some are the more eifficient SVG format. I think SVG versions of the PNGs exsist in most or all cases, and should be chnaged accordingly.
Tompw (
talk)
13:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment The county after Johnson County in the list does not have a name in the first column. Also the date for Muhlenberg County does not link properly, seemingly because it has a references next to it. Tried to fix it but couldn't work out how to do it. Other than these it looks good. -
Suicidalhamster16:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Myself and others have done significant work to gather basic information about each of Kentucky's 120 counties into an easily-accessible format.
Acdixon15:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment I think this list is fundamentally sound, but needs a few things sorting out:
Lead: Needs to start with a sentence introducing and explaining the article. Something like "This is a list of the one hundred and twenty
counties in the
U.S.state of
Kentucky. Despite being the 37th largest in area, Kentucky has the third highest number of counties in the U.S. behind Texas..."
Move county name to far left columnedit: I've changed {{county5}} to do this... it's only used in this list.
Get rid of the first two rows of the table (we know its Kentucky)edit: I did this when I changedthe table to fit the above
For the etymology, give the dates that someone held a public office - e.g. "John Adair, Governor of Kentucky (1820-1824)". For more generic posts (like for Ballard county), give the dates of the person's life.
I have begun this process, putting the dates after the name if they are life dates and after the title if they are service dates. Let me know if you feel there is a better way to do this.
Acdixon16:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Cumberland and Ohio counties: Do the rivers start in them, or do they just past through?
The Cumberland River flows through the county; the Ohio River was once the northern border of the county. I have made the text more explicit.
Acdixon17:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Only link things the first time ("Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky" is wikilinked twice)
Done.
A sentence about the FIPS County Code would be useful. Also, I feel "Census data for each county is available by selecting the FIPS code for the county" should be re-phrased (one doesn't select links)... something more like "The FIPS code for each county links to XXXX".
Done. I was trying to avoid the word "click" with reference to the links, since users with mobility impairments may use the keyboard to access links instead of the mouse. Your version appropriately avoids this term as well, so I have used it.
Acdixon16:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
That's because some are PNG, and some are the more eifficient SVG format. I think SVG versions of the PNGs exsist in most or all cases, and should be chnaged accordingly.
Tompw (
talk)
13:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Comment The county after Johnson County in the list does not have a name in the first column. Also the date for Muhlenberg County does not link properly, seemingly because it has a references next to it. Tried to fix it but couldn't work out how to do it. Other than these it looks good. -
Suicidalhamster16:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply