Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Washington state symbols/archive1


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

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 21:58, 24 February 2010.

List of Washington state symbols

 * Nominator(s): Another Believer  ( Talk ) 20:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel it meets FL critera. I did most of the work with getting List of Oregon state symbols to FL status, so I am familiar with the nomination process for a very similar list. The lists are almost identical in format, except the list for Washington did not require a References column since a General source was used for much of the information, as opposed to multiple sources for the Oregon list. The list should be up to standards as far as sources, alt text, captions, disamb links, etc. go. Thanks so much! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Support bamse (talk) 21:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Washington's second symbol was Western Hemlock, selected as the state tree in 1947. - Scientific name? (Same for other species.)
 * People recognize and understand species by their common name, not their scientific name. I do not think it is necessary to include scientific names in each instance within the prose, but I made sure each species in the table includes its scientific name in parenthesis. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The Unofficial symbols section looks kind of lonely; perhaps it could be merged with the lead?
 * I expanded the section a bit to include unsuccessful proposals, similar to what is over at List of Oregon state symbols. Will expand further if I can track down other proposed symbols. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * In the table itself, "Endemic Mammal", "Folk Song", and "Marine Mammal" should be decapitalized.
 * Done. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Looks good otherwise. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:07, 18 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Support – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 14:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:25, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments from 
 * General
 * Alt text, contributors, dabs and external links all check out fine.
 * Lead
 * While some symbols, including the state flower and state seal were selected before then, they were not adopted by the Legislature until later. - there should be a comma after 'seal'
 * Done. -02:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Its a general that the [overall] summary of the list paragraph is the last one in the lead, so I would switch the second and third paragraphs. It also make it a better read.
 * Done. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Table
 * Why not have the image column next to the name column?
 * Well, for consistency. Nearly all of the other state symbols lists that have a table place the image column last. Perhaps it is because users are also used to seeing images line the right-hand side of the page. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The adopted column IMO would look better as the first column, since it would IMO make sense to sort by the adoption date.-- T ru  c o   503 22:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Again, I would argue that the current format is best for consistency. If you feel strongly about either point, I could work on the table or ask other reviewers if they have a preference. Thanks (as always) for taking the time to review this list, and for your comments and suggestions. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support-- T ru  c o   503 03:31, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


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