Talk:Magnificent Mile/GA2

GA Review[edit]

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Overall, I think this article is very good, and can be promoted to GA pending a few minor updates:

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

In the 'today' section, under 'overview', at the very end it's talking about hotels, and then there's a sentence about, "The seasons each add their own flavor to the Magnificent Mile." This seems out of place. There's a part later on talking about this, so this could probably be removed from this section (though the reference citation attached to it might be used later on).
Done.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In the landmarks table, there's two columns for NRHP Date and NHL Date, but the article doesn't refer to these. The data here is also incomplete. I'd either remove the columns or complete the table.
Not every Chicago Landmark is a National Historic Landmark. The table is complete to the best of my knowledge.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In the 'seasonal events' section, the sentence: "2009 will see the 18th annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, presented by Harris, which will be the annual kick-off to the nation's holiday season." Specifically, the last part about it being the kick-off to the nation's holiday season, seems to not be WP:NPOV -- nationally, I think the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in NYC is probably a bit bigger, so this just doesn't seem quite right. It's undoubtedly a pretty big regional event, though.
As I understand it this occurs the weekend before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thus, I am not sure what your complaint is. It is less well-known for sure, but it is earlier. The MTDP is Thanksgiving day and this is the weekend before.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:48, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's a 'no free image' placeholder for the image of 430 North.
I presume you would prefer it without the placeholder, although I do not know why. I have removed it.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:53, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think once these issues are resolved, the article can be a GA. Cheers! Dr. Cash (talk) 14:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article is now a GA. Nice work! Dr. Cash (talk) 18:14, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coming here as someone who has never been to Chicago before, this article is not clear that if you want to walk the magnificent mile then what you want is Michigan Avenue. It's not clear on the map that it's the black not the purple line, and it's necessary to go to a different map to confirm which road that is. Mike163 (talk) 14:58, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]