Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Boston, Massachusetts/archive

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This article is exceptionally well-written, informative, and fascinating--top-shelf. It is also nice to look at, replete with diverse images. If an editor would go through it and remove redundant information, this would be a fine feature article--better than most, I believe.
--(nominated by 24.14.32.36)

Agreed. I went through and made some edits today, hopefully cleaning things up a bit.--AaronS 17:20, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Object. While I don't have a problem with the contents & I feel its well rounded; some sections are too long. The history section is half the page length, and should be summarised into about six paragraphs. Climate can be merged with geography. A section shouldn't have a solitary paragraph. Similarly a heading shouldn't have a solitary sub heading.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 09:08, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Boston has existed for 375 years. Wouldn't it follow that it have a long history? Moreover, the history section is perhaps the most interesting.--AaronS 16:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

If it is so interesting, then a History of Boston, Massachusetts article is in order. Then this article can have a more condensed treatment of the city's history. --mav 16:46, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Done and done. The history section has been much condensed.--AaronS 01:39, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Excellent history summary, but 1) I still would like to see climate merged with geography (unless you would like to add a new paragraph). 2) Sports, media and transportation should not have any sub headings. Rationale: Their content is too small. Instead, use this syntax for a heading: [ ;'''xyz''' ]; these do not appear in the ToC. (See the =media= section in Mumbai) 3) This article has very few references, this concerns me. You'd have to use inline references for all figures you'd used, be in the demographics, area etc. See the Mumbai page as to how facts are referenced through the Wikipedia: footnote3 style 4) I also feel that much of the geography should be under =demographics=. 5) elevation of Boston? If you can resolve the above, I'll lend my support.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 07:43, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

I eliminated the H3 in media, sports, and transportation; I also combined the climate and geography sections and moved the neighborhood passage from geography to demographics. However, a lot more work is needed before this article can be considered worthy of Featured Article (I should note that it has been barely more than a month ago that many of the sections were merely lists, especially sports, notable Bostonians, and sites of interest). Pentawing 20:57, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Object. the history section is now just a list of unrealted facts, I suggest you put together two or three coherent paragraphs describing the most important events in Bostons history. The media, transport, sports sections don't need those ===h3=== subheadings. Arts doens't mention anything about fine arts, I assume Boston has galleries etc, those big lists in the arts section don't do alot for the readability of the article. The Colleges and Universites section is also a pretty bland list. --nixie 02:36, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Refer to Peer Review. There are too many issues with this article to address here. --Theo (Talk) 21:49, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. Pentawing 03:20, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)