Talk:Saint Paul, Minnesota/GA1

GA Nomination
Before the serious WP:GA reviewers come along...


 * Per WP:LEAD, the opening section is too short at one paragraph, consider inputting another about famous events, neighbouring cities/settlements, historic connections, notabilities or controversies.
 * There is no mention in the lead as to what country this city belongs (we know it's USA but a small child, foreign learner or impaired reader may not).

Minor adjustments which if made, should in my opinion grant this article with GA status. Hope that helps, Jhamez84 17:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * question - are opening sections supposed to be just one graf?
 * Mitchberg 18:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

See here for exact numbers of paragraphs for articles. Jhamez84 18:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Failed GA
The checklist:
 * 1) Well written: fail
 * 2) Verifiable: fail
 * 3) Broad in coverage: pass
 * 4) Neutral: fail
 * 5) Stable: pass
 * 6) Images: fail

Now for the explanation ... For the well written failing, most of the article comprises of lists which should be turned into prose(i.e. the museums list) or tiny paragraphs which should be expanded(i.e. Education). Also, the lead paragraph should be expanded to summarize the entire article and not tell of a controversial census name change, which is not even discussed later on in the text. For the verifiability failing, many sections, such as the Economy and Transportation sections do not have a single citation. For the neutrality failing, the article is written in an unencyclopedic tone using terms such as the "wild west" to describe the where Saint Paul was historically located, the use of this term gives the writing an unofficial air. Also this sentence, " The city is now perhaps best known for its favorite sons, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Charles M. Schulz", seems particularly biased without a citation of those men being the "favorite sons" of the city. For the image failing, two images lack proper fair use rationales: Image:StPaulMN.gif and Image:StPaulSeal.gif, and Image:Stpaul.png lacks a proper image tag. A lot of work will be required to bring this article up to GA status, but an article of this subject matter is well worth the effort. Regards, Deyyaz [ Talk 19:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)