Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/U.S. state dog breeds/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 Dabomb87 23:51, 27 January 2011.

U.S. state dog breeds

 * Nominator(s): Miyagawa   (talk)  21:45, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it's a complete list which I believe meets the requirements. Miyagawa  (talk)  21:45, 12 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Can't you just list states that have state dog? I don't think it is visually appealing to have a large number of "none" on the list.— Chris! c / t 21:58, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, happy to - I'll make the edit now. Miyagawa   (talk)  22:22, 12 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support I am comfortable to support. I read the list several times and can't found any issues.— Chris! c / t 03:47, 18 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Suggestion and comments the table is a little bit odd. My suggestion, moving the columns in that order:Dog breed, image, state, since, refs. I wonder why there are no names for the dogs. Why is "beagle" not capitalized?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:23, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You're right about Beagle - I've fixed it. Miyagawa   (talk)  20:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Comments –
 * "Eleven states of the United States have designation an as an official state dog breed." The struck words need to be removed for the sentence to work grammatically.
 * Remove first word from "and with it becoming law in 2010."? That reads awkwardly when combined with the rest of the sentence.
 * The comma after Georgia State Senate should probably be a semi-colon.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 00:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed those points as suggested. Miyagawa   (talk)  12:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Support – Meets FL standards.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 21:07, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Drive-by comment - I think the map in the lead image needs a tweak: Wisconsin (which has a state dog) is not highlighted while Minnesota (which doesn't) is. They're right next to each other, so I'm sure this was just an accident... Dana boomer (talk) 00:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's what I get for being a Brit and not being 100% on my state geography. Although my wife is from Wisconsin and she'd batter me if she thought I'd mixed her state up with Minnesota... fixed now anyway. :S Managed to make the border lines between states stronger in this version as well, so it's a general improvement. Miyagawa   (talk)  09:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Having another section/table with proposed/suggested/related breed for other states would probably improve the list. Nergaal (talk) 09:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Just thinking, but if the list of proposed breeds are restricted to only those which have been defeated in the various state senates/houses (rather than those which may be suggested by newspaper columnists) it'll prevent it from becoming a random list with additional entries being added on a miscellaneous basis. I'll put a table up under that criteria in the next 24hrs.  Miyagawa     talk   12:23, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Just realised I hadn't left a note to say that'd been done.  Miyagawa     talk   12:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support always nice to see these kinds of lists here, and this is no exception. Good job, well done (apart from the new signature...!) The Rambling Man (talk) 22:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Switched the sig back to the old one - the review page for Cocker Spaniel at FA Nom looks like a complete mess because of all the black boxes! Miyagawa   (talk)  12:53, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


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