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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 01:18, 23 January 2008.

[edit] Columbia, Missouri

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I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has improved significantly in the past month, and has been through a peer review and has been granted GA-status. Article is similar, though by nature more limited, to Tulsa, Oklahoma and Houston, Texas both FAs.Grey Wanderer | Talk 07:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Comments:
  • issues on internal links as per MOS:LINK
  • English words used in the common sense are not be linked. Examples: nicknames, education, medical, technology, insurance, bachelor's degrees, graduate degrees, etc.
  • It's more helpful to link a word, if it's linked at all, when it first appears in the article. Examples: United States, University of Columbia
  • In compound items in which numerical and non-numerical elements are separated by a space, a non-breaking space (or hard space) is recommended to avoid the displacement of those elements at the end of a line.
  • Y added I think I got them all, anybody willing to double check would be welcome.-Grey Wanderer | Talk 00:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
  • It's helpful to provide conversions to and from metric and US units. The template {{convert}} might be useful.
  • Y added
  • The lead might need some cleanup. For instance, the paragraph about Columbia history can be summarized in a sentence or two, and the rest can be discussed in the history section.
  • Y done I summarized the history section in three sentences and combined it with the rest of the intro, instead of giving it it's own paragraph.-Grey Wanderer | Talk 00:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
  • In the geography section, it seems that the climate subsection is not needed; it might be combined with the lead. It might also be helpful to write a sentence or two that summarizes the climate table. References are also needed in this section.
  • The section on media is too short and might be combined with another section like demography.
  • Some more citations are needed in the sections culture and demography, especially for the figures in demography. Josuechan (talk) 07:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now.
    • The geography section is small...the prose is choppy. I would merge & summarize Geography and city scape
    • There is hardly any information about the economy of the city...it says Columbia accounts for 3% of MO's GDSP...how much is that ($ value)? You could move some of the information from demographics (unemployment rate, per capita, etc) to this section.
    • The sister cities section should be added below the media section
    The format used on the FA Tulsa, Oklahoma is to make the sister cities a subsection of Government and law, this avoids creating a whole section just for that. Let me know if you still think it should be changed.-Grey Wanderer | Talk 00:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Response: Haven't had a chance to take a look at the recent modifications as yet...I'll do so tomorrow and provide any additional thoughts. Good job addressing FAC comments though. AreJay (talk) 04:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I think this article starts off strong but a couple of sections in the article need some more work. AreJay (talk) 22:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


  • Please review the significant unresolved external links. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:17, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Please note that graphics, including coloured ticks and crosses, are discouraged in the instructions for this process. Tony (talk) 13:55, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.