Talk:Bailey, Iowa/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:13, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments
 * In general the article feels like it's suffering from proseline, lots of choppy, short (sometimes single-sentence) paragraphs. This could be tidied up which would benefit the flow and appearance of the article.
 * Thanks for the detailed review. I have merged some paragraphs together. I will continue to merge where appropriate.


 * " whistle stop" link?
 * Now linked.


 * "known as Wapsie, but should not be confused with another community in northeastern Iowa named Wapsie." I would create a redirect at Wapsie, Iowa and then have a hat-note here using the distinguish template.
 * I have added the distinguish template at the top of this page. I'll do something similar at Wapsie, Iowa. Bailey was only known as Wapsie for a few years in the 1800s, while Wapsie has been known as Wapsie for over 100 years.


 * So in the lead we have "community"/"unincorporated community" and "incorporated town"/town, all used to describe Bailey. Be consistent.
 * I was attempting to summarize the article in the lead, per WP:LEAD, as Bailey was first unincorporated, then incorporated, and then back to unincorporated.


 * "A shared use nature trail lies" what's one of those?
 * I've linked shared use path in the lead.


 * "The community lies just ..." tense issues, or is it still a "community" but not still a "town"?
 * There's not much of a town there, now. Bailey still appears on county maps, but there are only a few scattered farms.


 * "The plat map of Bailey." fragment, no full stop.
 * I've adjusted to full sentence


 * "who settled that section" repetitive.
 * Adjusted, thanks.


 * "death in 1882. In 1856" repetitive.
 * "Leroy Foot. Foot opened" repetitive.
 * Adjusted, thanks.


 * "home of Leroy Foot, beginning" no need to repeat first name unless just using surname is ambiguous.
 * Okay, adjusted


 * "in Spring 1856" avoid seasons, and why is that capitalised?
 * Changed to lower-case. The source says "spring" and I don't want to invent a month.


 * "of the Chicago Great Western Railway) through " overlinked.
 * Removed wikilink, thanks.


 * "post office, historically the second post office" repetitive.
 * "an incorporated town in " why isn't this linked in the lead as well?
 * It now is; thanks.


 * "in 1902.[11] In 1911, the" repetitive.
 * "These were Bailey's peak years." in population sense?
 * Yeah.


 * "balked at this expenditure" which was?
 * The source, unfortunately, doesn't say. They just didn't want to pay for the graveling.


 * " to unincorporated community" shouldn't this be linked here?
 * It now is. Thanks.


 * "One major loss was the post office. Open since 1887, Bailey's post office closed on January 31, " first sentence is POV and these two can be merged to avoid quick repetition of "post office".
 * Adjusted.


 * "through Second Grade" is that normally capitalised?
 * Changed to lower-case.


 * "its rail lines.[17] The rail line was removed in 1982,[18] and the line " line-tastic.
 * Adjusted. That's why these reviews are so helpful. I never would have noticed the redundancy.


 * The shared use thing isn't mentioned in the article itself, just the lead.
 * The nature trail mentioned in the body of the article is a shared use path. I've adjusted the text so it's more clear the shared-use path in the lead is the same as the nature trail in the body of the article.


 * Refs 2, 4 and 8 have spaced hyphens, should be en-dash.
 * Adjusted, thanks.

That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:25, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, The Rambling Man. I've made some adjustments based on your feedback, and will continue to refine. What do you think so far? Better? Worse? Firsfron of Ronchester  17:22, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It still feels very choppy. Lots of very small paras. And the sentence starting "The community was just north..." is unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 08:59, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * any progress? The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for following up, The Rambling Man. I had a death in the family and have been preoccupied; I didn't know this would happen when I nominated the article for GA in July. Sorry for the delayed response. Per your observations, I have combined several paragraphs and added a few sources for the river location and length. Firsfron of Ronchester  20:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * sorry for your loss, and of course that takes priority over everything else, especially Wikipedia. I only have one real issue remaining, that of the bare demographic section which just contains a table.  It may be worth left-aligning that and adding it into the previous section.  Also, "Cram's Modern Atlas,[11]" no need for that comma, and I would imagine Cram's Modern Atlas to be a work thus in italics. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 07:33, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your patience, . I've gone ahead and made your above suggested changes. I think the table looks better incorporated into the text, so that was a most excellent suggestion. Firsfron of Ronchester  22:03, 3 October 2021 (UTC)