Talk:Lake Stevens, Washington/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 18:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Will start this soon. --truflip99 (talk) 18:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay!

more soon. --truflip99 (talk) 00:52, 4 June 2020 (UTC) More later. --truflip99 (talk) 01:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC) That's it from me. Putting on hold. --truflip99 (talk) 15:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * following an exodus of businesses from the downtown area -- perhaps clarify the community's downtown area? I was thinking Seattle or something as Lake Stevens was established to be a commuter town
 * Fixed by rearranging the sentence.
 * The first homesteads around the lake were established by emigrants -- link Homestead (buildings) perhaps?
 * Linked to Homestead Acts
 * Machias was founded in 1890 and was followed by Hartford -- The settlement/town/village of Machias...
 * Fixed.
 * which would become a major junction for the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway, which was completed in 1892. -- kinda redundant
 * Fixed.
 * to fish, swim, and water-ski on the lake. -- link Water skiing perhaps?
 * Done.
 * the intersection of two state highways west of the lake. -- can you specify?
 * Done, but I had to be vague because the highways were initially numbered differently.
 * The development of resorts and other industry -- industries?
 * Removed.
 * The area around Frontier Village was developed into a suburban bedroom community -- probably just use commuter town as you had done so in the lead
 * Done.
 * The city's boundaries are generally defined to the north by State Route 92 -- State Route 92 dup link
 * Removed.
 * Frontier Village opened in 1960 and later expanded as State Route 9 and State Route 204 were improved through the area. -- these are now dup links
 * Removed.
 * The city lies on a plateau between the Snohomish River delta -- Snohomish River dup link
 * Keeping, as it is important as context in this second section and is thus helpful to readers (as laid out in MOS:DL).
 * Lake Stevens has had an installed aeration system since the 1990s... which causes unwanted algae growth. -- aeration and algae dup links
 * Removed.
 * followed by educational and health services (17%), retail (13%), and professional services (11%) -- you deviated from spelling out percent here, and the go back to doing so
 * Fixed.
 * 208,000 square feet (19,300 m2) of retail space, spread across several strip malls. -- strip malls dup link
 * Removed.
 * The city council serves as the legislative body of the city government -- link the earlier instance of city council
 * Removed first instance.
 * The council holds regular meetings twice a month at the Lake Stevens School District administrative headquarters -- LSSD dup link
 * Removed.
 * community parks, neighborhood parks, mini-parks, and other facilities -- what does "other facilities" entail?
 * Mostly special use facilities like the community center, boat launch, and nature reserves. Far too much to add to the sentence.
 * At the northeast end of the lake is North Cove Park, a downtown park that is planned to be developed into an urban gathering space. -- status? by when?
 * No timeline yet, so I'm trying to avoid using a WP:CRYSTALBALL.
 * The Grimm House is owned by the city government and planned -- is planned
 * Fixed.
 * Travis Bracht, singer -- ref?
 * Added one that is a bit indirect (not mentioning his professional notability).
 * The Lake Stevens School District operates a system of public schools within the city -- LSSD dup link
 * Kept to provide context.
 * including a portion of Marysville. -- brief description of relative location? also Marysville is dup link
 * Fixed.
 * State routes in Infra section dup links
 * Kept to provide context.
 * The intersection of SR 9 and SR 204 -- if going to abbr, do this at first instance and use it thru rest of article
 * Fixed.
 * The agency provides all-day bus service from Lake Stevens to Everett, Granite Falls, Lynnwood, Marysville, and Snohomish. -- some dup links in cities
 * Removed.
 * The city is also bisected by a pair of north–south electrical transmission lines -- transmission lines dup link
 * Kept to provide context.
 * Image and refs look good.
 * Thanks for the review. I have removed most of the duplicate links and added replies for the other notes you left.  Sounder Bruce  05:35, 7 June 2020 (UTC)