Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/St. Johns River

St. Johns River

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 8, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 21:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)



The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant for commercial and recreational use. At 310 mi long, it winds through or borders twelve counties, three of which are the state's largest. Like most Florida waterways, the St. Johns has a very low flow rate, is often described as "lazy". In all, 3.5 million people live within the various watersheds that feed into the St. Johns River. With a drainage basin of 8840 sqmi, the St. Johns is one of the major interior wetlands of Florida. A variety of people have lived on or near the St. Johns, including Clovis and Suwannee point-making Paleoindians, Archaic people, Timucua, Mocama, French and Spanish settlers, Seminoles, slaves and freemen, Florida crackers, land developers, tourists, and retirees. It has been the subject of William Bartram's journals, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' books, and Harriet Beecher Stowe's letters home. The river was altered to make way for agricultural and residential centers, suffering severe pollution and human interference that has diminished the natural order of life in and around the river. Restoration efforts are underway.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 8 September, but a creek, not a river
 * Main editors: Moni3
 * Promoted: September 2009
 * Reasons for nomination: liked the topic
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:41, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support after six years, it deserves a day in the sun. Capitalistroadster (talk) 05:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: lead section is five paragraphs long and needs to be shortened. sst✈ 11:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Not sure how trilled Moni would be to see this on main page, but its certainly a very nice piece of work from a missed colleague. Gerda, is the blurb statement "Restoration efforts are underway" still valid; presumably you have checked this. Ceoil (talk) 10:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * To my understanding, restoration will never be "complete", but perhaps a different word might be more suitable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Your understanding is faulty; the blurb implies a specific campaign. Sentence should be either confirmed or cut. Ceoil (talk) 18:09, 18 October 2015 (UTC)