Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geography of Ireland

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[edit] Geography of Ireland

Partial self nom. This was a recent Irish collaboration of the week and seems to have come on nicely. Filiocht 13:22, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Support. I also had a hand in this article. —Rory ☺ 14:30, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
• Comment: Good article but there are too many red links. I don't think this is grounds to object but it needs attention, imo. violet/riga (t) 14:39, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

In fairness, it was necessary to work on the overall article to see what sub-topics are lacking. Have no doubt that these are on our (probably fairly long) personal mental "to do lists". In any case, having the red links on such a prominent page should ensure more attention for them. zoney ♣ talk 15:27, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• While I agree that making it featured may help towards getting the articles written I still think that it looks a bit dodgy to have "one of the best examples of an article" linking to tons of missing articles. violet/riga (t) 19:46, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• A bit dodgy or just embarrassing? It doesn't reflect badly on this FAC in my opinion, as it's an entirely separate issue. zoney ♣ talk 23:38, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• The Red Links have been significantly pruned since the article was first posted here, anyway Kiand 18:30, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Support. Well done. Dsmdgold 14:58, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Support. I too helped a bit with the article. zoney ♣ talk 15:27, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• oppose, until someone explains why there isn't a human geography section. Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:08, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • I think a list of major cities and their populations would probably suffice, but anything else anyone can think of that comes out of that too. Then I would support. Dunc_Harris|☺ 19:16, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • The major cities are all in the political geography section. What point would there be to a section devoted to listing them again? Filiocht 07:35, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
      • I think this objection has been adequately addressed. No? Shorne 07:10, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Support. Good article. Dunc - as someone with Irish Leaving Cert Geography, I can't see much not covered there that we'd call "human geography" in Ireland. Its a grey area as to what it is, I see the page here is just a redirect. Kiand 17:55, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Support. Excellent article, and a great example for others to follow. Ambi 09:35, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Support. I agree with Ambi, and hope the Aussies will use this as an example for our own country. - Ta bu shi da yu 09:53, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Object. I like this article, and I would support it but for two things. 1) This article just screams for more maps. Readers need to know where they can find all (or at least most) of the mountains, rivers, cities and other features mentioned in the article. This could be done either by a good - large - natural map of the island, or having specialised maps for some features, like the county map. 2) The climate section could also use a bit more info. Maybe a simple table with climate data would already do the trick (a table displaying the noraml min/max temperature and precipitation for each month of the year). This should not be too difficult to find. Jeronimo 10:42, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • I have tried to address these objections. Filiocht 12:02, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • Great! Support. Jeronimo 12:58, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Object. There are far too many red links. Please supply stubs (at a minimum) for, say, half of these; then I'll be glad to give my support. Shorne 21:53, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC) Support. Shorne 07:08, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • I've stubbed-out around 8 of the red links, mainly those from my native area, Donegal. I'll work through some of the rest whilst my kernel recompile is still ongoing, but I can't supply more than stubs, although the info will be correct. Kiand 22:29, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • I did 4 on top of those. Bit more, Kian, and we're there! JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 23:59, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
      • Thanks to both of you. I'll remove my objection if a few of the links in "Mountains" are filled in. Shorne 00:03, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
        • I'd like to see two or three of the mountains filled in with stubs or better, but I'm satisfied with your efforts and trust that this will be done soon. (I'd do it myself, but I don't know beans about the mountains of Ireland.) Thanks for your fine work. I've changed my vote to support. Éire go brách! Shorne 07:08, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• I had but a small input into this article but I think it is good with plenty of data and nicely presented and organised. Support. JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) 00:05, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)