Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Columbia, Missouri/archive2


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:15, 31 July 2008.

Columbia, Missouri

 * Nominator(s): Grey Wanderer (talk)

I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has gone through two peer reviews since being listed as a good article, and after examining current FA-class articles that are similar I believe that it meets the criteria. Grey Wanderer (talk) 03:34, July 19, 2008


 * Support. A Brilliant article. This article doesn't have any major issues. Only some minor issues which can be fixed. I was just wondering if you could add details of religious groups in the Demographics section. Well, that's just a suggestion. The article deserves to be featured. Kensplanet  Talk  E-mail  Contributions   05:53, July 19, 2008

Comments
 * http://www.mdc.mo.gov/documents/404.htm deadlinks
 * Fixed. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:35, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * the link checker is showing that the link to the ncaa site is deadlinking
 * Fixed. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:35, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/reference/census/cities1900-1990.pdf deadlinks
 * http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/PublicWorks/Transportation/HistoricWabashStation.php deadlinks
 * Fixed. Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:35, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Surely some history of the city has been published since 1882?
 * Actually there have been no comprehensive histories published since then. There have been history series in the newspaper, and history picture books.  Grey Wanderer (talk) 21:40, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * What makes the following reliable sources?
 * http://www.relocateamerica.com/
 * http://www.playbackstl.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,121/
 * http://www.areaconnect.com/
 * http://www.citytowninfo.com/
 * http://www.epodunk.com/
 * Several of the references give authors, it would be good to report them. Examples include http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/d8d58321-80ce-0971-017d-b4f88f4ea5f5, http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2007/10/30/how-como-does-halloween/, http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2007/11/08/ideological-scales-look-columbias-political-landsc/, etc.
 * Current ref 34 "MIssouri Dept of Conservation" is lacking a publisher
 * Fixed. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:08, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Curren refs 44 (Jazz Series Website) and 45 (Roots 'N Blues 'N Barbeque Festival Website) have some weird formatting error.
 * Fixed. Grey Wanderer (talk) 20:23, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Current ref 81 (Physician Migration to the United States) should state that it's a download for the ref. Also, what makes this reliable?
 * Otherwise links checked out with the link checker, sources look okay. Ealdgyth - Talk 12:40, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment, it's a good article for the most part, but the Climate section consists of only a table. Compare with FA Erie, Pennsylvania, FA Boston, Massachusetts, FA Houston, Texas and FA Seattle, Washington, that all have at least one or two paragraphs of prose in that section. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  14:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think this is a good little article, but it perhaps has too many images. On my computer screen quite a lot of the text is squashed between images and/or boxes, which I believe is frowned on at FAC. I've also been told in the past not to put left-aligned images directly below headings, which happens in this article too.-- Seahamlass  13:59, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments I don't think it's really appropriate to place a navigation box in the " Media" section; they are usually placed at the bottom of the article, especially since they don't "mesh" well with prose Gary King ( talk ) 04:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments At first glance, the article looks reasonably good, although there are two major glaring issues that jump out. One, the 'climate' subsection contains just a single table and no actual text or prose. Two, the 'economy' section is very short and looks like it could use significant expansion. Dr. Cash (talk) 15:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Note, no responses from the nominator since the 19th. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll be back on Friday the 24th to try to address the concerns. Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:16, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Life has been hectic, I should be able to make some changes in the next few days. Grey Wanderer (talk) 22:19, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * See WP:FAC instructions, "Nominators are expected to ... make an effort to address objections promptly."  There have been three edits to the article in 12 days.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.