Talk:Virginia/Comments

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  • The lead is ever in need of cleanup, and could be a better summary of the article. Editors should be wary of changing the first sentence: is Virginia "southern", "eastern", "southeastern", "mid-Atlantic", or "Atlantic coast"?
  • There is also the inclination to explain Virginian peculiarities many times in the article, like the status of cities vs. counties, the existence of unincorporated towns, the location of Colonial Williamsburg, the size of the Pentagon, and the rule against governors succeeding themselves.
  • The culture section tends to just list things that are in Virginia, not much that is cultural.
  • Transportation can show some peacock's feathers about this bridge or that tunnel, when its not all that notable.
  • Images and tables tend to bump each other in the Demographics section, and it never looks right.
  • Education is just examples of highly ranked schools, not an overview of the systems.
  • Government tells the reader little about the law in the state
  • The list of 8 presidents floats around the article without a good place to go.
  • Sports section can be hard to reference, and may border on OR.
  • Some users like many paragraphs, based on the location (like one about bridges in Richmond, one about Norfolk), others like larger topical paragraphs (about bridges). The article need only to be consistent.