Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of counties in Alabama/archive2


 * 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 Scorpion0422 22:54, 6 June 2009.

List of counties in Alabama

 * Nominator(s): Geraldk (talk) 01:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it turns out that it really sucks editing Olympic medals tables. Also, this one's ready for FL, newly referenced and fixed up. Tompw, as always, deserves credit for his excellent work on this and other county lists. Geraldk (talk) 01:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments The lead is too long. This should focus on the counties, not the history of Alabama, so I'd cut most of the first two paragraphs. I don't think I see any other problems. Reywas92 Talk  20:17, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Lead looks good now! Reywas92 Talk  19:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

--Crzycheetah 07:00, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments/Questions
 * Could you get rid of the parentheses in the second sentence?
 * I'd like to see a sentence explaining for non-Americans what the word county means.
 * mi² => sq mi (both in the lead and in the table)
 * The (XXZ999Z is followed by XXA0A0A) part should be written in a sentence.
 * I am also more inclined into combining the first two paragraphs.
 * Shouldn't this website be a reference for the license numbers?
 * I don't know maybe it's temporary, but the Alabama QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau doesn't work.
 * All people from "Etymology" have dates, but John G. Cullmann, why?
 * Citation #10 is really a note, shouldn't it be presented as such?
 * Is the "formed from" part really necessary?


 *  Support  I'd just delink those landowners in the second table as non-notable, but it's no big deal.--Crzycheetah 04:19, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Just fyi, out of town for the weekend with limited computer access. Will address all comments and concerns by late Monday evening or Tuesday. Geraldk (talk) 13:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe I've incorporated all comments. With the lead, I tried to limit the discussion to anything related to county formation, avoiding the more general historical information. Thanks both for useful comments. Geraldk (talk) 00:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 *  Strong Oppose The whole "Formed from" column is unsourced. The reference you cited does not state anything related to "parent" counties.--Crzycheetah 22:07, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Searching for replacement. Give me a couple days. My apologies - missed that completely. Geraldk (talk) 23:26, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Didn't need a couple of days after all. Glad I was checking my watchlist form the library. Found a source that includes all the information on formation (and also could have been used for a number of the other parts of the table). My apologies again. That's something I should have caught before nomination. Geraldk (talk) 23:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Is this the book? If so, I can't find any info there, can you mention the page number for one county at least?--Crzycheetah 03:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Support Back to support! I found the book's first pages.--Crzycheetah 04:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nothing in the refs should be italicized. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:44, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Comment I think List of Alabama county name etymologies can and should be merged into this list. I doubt anything needs to be done, just redirect it. Reywas92 Talk 16:27, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Merged. Thanks for the suggestion. Geraldk (talk) 18:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment -- The only thing that stands out is whether the lead image can be decreased because there is some whitespace left in the lead between it and the TOC table. In addition, a citation may be needed for the note.-- T ru  c o   18:40, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Working on finding a way to get the size reduced. Also, in searching for the reference for the note, found a source which actually does give a death date for the Colbert brothers, so the note is moot and I'm updating the two articles. Thanks for the suggestions. Geraldk (talk) 18:21, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Reduced the size of the template slightly. Geraldk (talk) 18:25, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support -- Meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   02:17, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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