Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Rhode Island/1

Rhode Island

 * • Watch article reassessment page
 * Result: Delisted. —Giggy 09:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Deslist I have nominated this article because I do not believe it still qualifies for GA status under WP:GACR. There are tags remaining on the page and entire sections (such as the "Colonial era" and "Revolution and industrialization") are left almost entirely without citations. There seems to be a great deal of OR, especially in the "Food" section. Best, Epicadam (talk) 15:46, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

This article should be de-listed with little debate. Majoreditor (talk) 17:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delist. The article has numerous problems. These include, but may not be limited to:
 * The lead is stubby and doesn't provide a well-rounded summary of the article
 * The Culture section is a shambles. It's underreferenced, poorly written and strangely structured with its choice of coverage.
 * The Sports section is a glorified list.

And there you have it. Nikki 311  20:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delist, along with the above issues, I'd like to add:
 * Cleanup banners and citation needed tags
 * MoS problems
 * Poor writing in some areas. Example: the beginning of the Colonial Era is a glorified timeline with poor sentence variety.
 * Breadth: There has to be more info that can go into Great Depression to present: 1929-. Has nothing happened worth mentioning in 80 years?
 * Lots of short and stubby paragraphs.
 * Famous firsts in Rhode Island is nothing but trivia
 * Quite a few refs need to be correctly formatted.
 * A couple of the external links look questionable and should probably be removed.
 * Also, it seems odd that the show/hide box for state symbols is not in the State symbols section of the article.