Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of U.S. states and territories by population/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal 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 removed by Giants2008 19:28, 16 December 2012.

List of U.S. states and territories by population

 * Notified: Phoenix2, WikiProject United States

This five and a half year old FL is seeing the wear of time. Specific issues: Arsenikk (talk)  20:46, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Starts with "this is a list of..."
 * The article lacks a proper lead which introduces and summarizes the list.
 * There is no real explanation of a state and a territory and a brief difference definition.
 * Parts of the prose is unreferenced.
 * The referencing is difficult to follow. How is the table sources? For instance, I cannot find that any of the general references lists the 2011 population estimate. Individual columns should probably be referenced with inline references.
 * The table is not accessible as it does not comply with WP:DTT
 * No explanation of why some columns are green
 * Use of hyphens instead of dashes in the table
 * Inconsistent date formatting
 * Mix of inline referencing and footnotes for comments
 * Far too many see also links (if relevant, these should be made into a navbox)
 * Personally I would like to see a map of the states with names. Although I am fully capable of placing state names on a map, most people (even Americans) are not.
 * I would have liked to see a population density column.
 * The sister project links bar is just confusing as there as far as I could see are no corresponding entries in any sister projects.

Delist about half the article is a nest of "See also" articles, and the issues above seriously compromise this list's current "best Wikipedia can offer" tag. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Been a month now, no action here.... suggest we move to close this nomination. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Delist. Agree with the nominator's concerns. Not one of the best lists Wikipedia has to offer. Till 00:50, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.