Talk:The Urban Lawyer

My thoughts on the article
I was asked on my talkpage to give my thoughts on the article and how I felt it could be improved. I've read through the article a few times and below are the specific items that I could come up with:
 * 1) In the lead, it is stated that the journal has the "largest circulation" of any in the world. What is its actual circulation? I feel like that should be included somewhere. Later you give broad estimates of 6000 and 3000, but that is from the publisher of the journal.... which doesn't truly qualify as a third party source.
 * 2) "...hosts symposia on topics relating to urban law and policy..." What is this symposia.... What topics are covered? Where, when, why etc?
 * 3) "The journal also...." starts two sentences in the overview section.
 * 4) American Bar Association is Wiki-linked three times.... I believe WP:MOS says we should only do this on the first instance. Same for land use but only twice.
 * File:At the Cutting Edge 2014 Cover.jpg does not meet WP:NFCC. Specifically #8. The image of the cover does not increase the reader's understanding of the content, nor would the article hurt without it. We make a sort of exception for this point of WP:NFCC for covers, but only one and when its used in the infobox.
 * 1) In the compendium section, leaders is mentioned three times back to back to back. These two sentences could be written better.
 * 2) How often is the compendium published?
 * 3) "In 2014, the journal was called a "hidden gem" of the JSTOR archive.[9]" By whom? What is her credentials? She looks like a College Junior who is interning at JSTOR, so I wouldn't give that comment any credence especially since the source is an opinion piece that reads like a blog.
 * 4) Tighten up the sources, they are duplicated in the references section. Each source should only be listed once, but can be used many times.

Overall its a fairly informative article. I'm not sure that there is much more information available about this subject, so that can become confining. Good luck.  TLSuda  (talk) 00:47, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi thanks so much for your detailed and comprehensive feedback! You really have a unique talent for identifying ways in which an article can be improved. I will go ahead and implement your suggestions -- in fact, I already went ahead and removed File:At the Cutting Edge 2014 Cover.jpg from the article (for not meeting WP:NFCC). Since you are an administrator, could you please delete the original image file from Wikipedia?


 * I tried to find a neutral source for the actual circulation total, but I wasn't able to locate anything. The the ABA website lists the circulation total at 4,500, but this is also not a neutral source. I also tried searching for their USPS Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation, but apparently those aren't available online. In any case, I will keep looking, and thank you again for taking the time to offer your thoughts for this article! -- Notecardforfree (talk) 17:09, 8 July 2015 (UTC)