Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Suburbs of Johannesburg/archive2

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• Support – But I still think it needs a table. User:Nichalp/sg 08:19, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Rossrs 10:54, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Minor point: Please spread the pictures out more throughout the article. They are all bunched up in the history and innner city sections, with the rest left blank. Harro5 09:53, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

I have spead out the images as much as I can so that they are placed in their relevant sections. Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 19:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I'd like to see a section with list of sububs, and a few word description of them, possibly in lead. They should be linked to relevant article/section. I know lists are usually looked down here, but in this case I think it would be very useful - I would like to be able to easily check info on given suburb when reading the article, and currently I can do it only by using browser find function. The article is comprehensive, but not as functional as it could be. Nonetheless, I am impressed by Pall continuing work on the SA-related articles. Good work! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 18:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, your suggestion is quite impossible. There are a good 2-3000 suburbs in the city, which would make a list several articles long. Take a look at Category:Johannesburg suburbs. Now that's only four out of 11 regions! Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 19:41, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

• Conditional object - Please format notes and references per Wikipedia:Cite sources/example style. Not enough info as is (retrieval dates esp needed). Also, things like "Hostels are another[15] feature[16] of Soweto." are jarring. Please in almost all cases put all cites at the end of the sentence behind the period. For example: "Hostels are another feature of Soweto.[15][16]" Other than that, pretty darn good. Aside: It might be better to combine all the region articles into one article instead of having so many stubs. --mav 17:13, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

OK, I'm back from holiday, and now everything has been fixed that you mentioned. Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 18:43, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

• Um, are the suburbs completely devoid of Sport, cultural attractions, "Notable Natives", and the many other topics of most community articles[1]? EG does the climate or geography between the various neighborhoods vary? Also, other than a brief mention in the intro, there doesn't seem to be much about how these areas are governed. Consider this a support vote if these issues are answered, as the article seems great, as far as it goes, but any article that raises more questions than it answers seems less than an FA. I hope that the final resolution to this can wait until Páll is back from holiday--I can certainly understand the need for breaks from Wikipedia. Niteowlneils 02:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree with some of your comments, and I have tried my best to include more information. However, I think this article should be an overview of all of the suburbs, and then more detailed information should be provided on individual suburb pages. Unfortunately, I can't address every concern since I'm not around my materials as I did not bring htem with me on holiday, however, if you would consider supporting the article with the knowledge that I will address everything when I get back? Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 19:33, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Also, consider expansion on "gold reefs", or resolving the redlink. I initially assumed it was related to oceanic reefs, but when I read they contributed 'dust', I realized that assumption must be faulty. Please remember some readers are quite ignorant. Niteowlneils 02:33, 15 August 2005 (UTC)