Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Free State of Galveston/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 promoted by Karanacs 15:55, 4 May 2010.

Free State of Galveston

 * Nominator(s): Mcorazao (talk) 15:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because
 * The article has passed GA.
 * The article has had two peer reviews.
 * The article has had a thorough copyedit by a formerly uninvolved, FA-saavy editor.

I am available to respond to any concerns. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

--Mcorazao (talk) 15:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comments. No dab links or dead external links. Ucucha 16:59, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support The previous FA appears to have failed because people had questions about the writing or topic that they could not precisely express. I encourage commentators this time to point out any specific flaws with the article. Personally, I think this is an excellent article covering a crucial part of Texan history. Shii (tock) 20:18, 27 April 2010 (UTC)


 * File:City_of_Galveston_Texas_Seal.gif is tagged as PD-old, is there a reference for this? Fasach Nua (talk) 22:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, what does this have to do with this article? --Mcorazao (talk) 01:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, Ruhrfisch pointed out that the image is used in the navbox. I'll investigate ... --Mcorazao (talk) 02:13, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Nsaum75 has graciously offered to run this question down with Galveston city hall ... --Mcorazao (talk) 05:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Nsaum75 verified that the city adopted this symbol in 1915. I have updated the image description accordingly on good faith. Nsaum75 is getting written confirmation on this from the city. --Mcorazao (talk) 20:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * FAC3 Pending Fasach Nua (talk) 06:06, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * For now Nsaum75 has removed the image from the navbox until the city can respond with more specific evidence. --Mcorazao (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Question: Were gambling and prostitution legal in Galveston, or just tolerated? It's never actually specified in the article anywhere I can see. – iride  scent  23:20, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well the lead says The success of vice on the island, despite being illegal, was enabled by lax attitudes in the society and the government, both on the island and in the county. and the "Prohibition and the Maceos" section says Galveston's already lax social attitudes allowed this, as well as brothels and other illegal businesses, to blossom in the city. Ruhrfisch  &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * So is this sufficient, or is there something specific that needs to be included? --Mcorazao (talk) 05:40, 28 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Support I helped with the "thorough copyedit" mentioned above. As part of the copyedit all of my issues with the article were addressed, and I think it meets the criteria for featured articles. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - Pledged a support already and its only improved. Wonderful job with this article.  ceran  thor 19:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - this surely meets FA criteria. It is well written and informative. Dincher (talk) 01:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support I can't remember if I supported first time, but definitely now  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  14:53, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - I did a (minor) editing before Ruhrfisch's comprehensive edit and also found Mcorazao very responsive to comments. It seems to me to be an extremely thorough coverage of the topic. (I am going to open the article and add a hyphen to "mid-1990s" in the second-to-last sentence of the lead.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bettymnz4 (talk • contribs) 16:06, May 3, 2010


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