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[edit] Mission 4: Vacation in the Everglades

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  • Editors/Wikiproject(s) involved: User:Moni3
  • Everglades is not yet ready for an FA review. But I have written Indigenous people of the Everglades region, Geography and ecology of the Everglades, Draining and development of the Everglades, and my next yet hopefully last will be Restoration of the Everglades, though I'm not ruling out having to write another. I'd like to bring all to FA. With each, I've added to the main Everglades article that continues to grow. I have concerns about copy editing: I'm writing each in about a week and it's quite fatiguing. I'm also concerned about the overall comprehensiveness of the main article. I'm not too excited about the repetition from the satellite articles, but I'm not sure right now about what to do about that. It seems the WP:FLORIDA and WP:Environment aren't too active right now - I've contacted both projects. So I think it's a worthy subject to take on, obviously. I would appreciate guidance and input in whatever anyone can do.
  • I am concerned that the content overlaps and some information may not be clear in the individual articles, or on the other hand, detail is extraneous or common sense.
  • As ever, I'm concerned that what makes perfect sense in my head rings like the rantings of someone barely familiar with English.
  • I would like the information in the Everglades article to be somewhat original, though I have lifted chunks of text from the satellites. I will probably rewrite parts of it just so readers won't think they've already come across the information.
  • I am worried that the Everglades article will parallel the length and scope of Roman Catholic Church, and turn people off with its weight and scientific stuff.
  • For content, I would like to contact the Everglades Coalition, a group of conservation organizations, and the University of Florida Everglades Institute. Both will be politically motivated (Everglades Institute works to grow better sugarcane) and some pretty strong edits may come to the article. I may need help with balance. On the other hand, they may totally ignore it, so if balance is already an issue, please let me know. Anything anyone on the team can do, please do. I appreciate your assistance. --Moni3 (talk) 14:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  1. Support - Awadewit (talk) 23:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
  2. Commit to a one-time strenuous copyedit. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 16:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
  3. Support Will help starting now. RC-0722 361.0/1 18:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


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  1. Indigenous people of the Everglades region
  2. Geography and ecology of the Everglades
  3. Draining and development of the Everglades
  4. Restoration of the Everglades
  5. Everglades

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