Talk:Campus of Michigan State University

GA on hold

Almost there. I would like to see a few more sources cited, especially for items that might be challenged. For example:

• "However, the size of the campus, combined with its curving roads and lack of a centralized quadrangle, can make it difficult for newcomers to navigate." Lovelac7 09:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
• "It was the first building erected in the United States for the teaching of scientific agriculture." Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• "Michigan State's campus was among the first to serve as a botanical laboratory for its faculty and students and is the site of what is, today, the world’s oldest continuously documented experiment." Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• "Though they only dug up small portions of the site, they uncovered many artifacts, since the college hastily buried the rubble in 1876 and constructed a new dormitory near the site." Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• "Beaumont Tower became the new architectural symbol of Michigan State College." Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• "These roads pass through some of the most crowded areas of campus, and receive the highest volumes of pedestrian and vehicle traffic." Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

• it now reads: "These roads pass through some of the most crowded areas of campus, and receive high volumes of pedestrian and vehicle traffic."

• Because I do not think many people will now Challenge this because it is a common and Obvious, Observation. Max ╦╩ 21:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

• Good work so far! --Mus Musculus (talk) 05:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your help. I just went through the references and made sure they were in a consistent format. Please let me know if there's anything else we need to do. Lovelac7 09:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Wow, terrific job on this article. It is quite thorough and the prose is a pleasure to read. --Mus Musculus (talk) 12:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

FA?

I have not contributed to this article in the past but would love to help in getting it to FA-class. Please let me know on my talk page anything I can do to help out. --tennisman ^{sign here!} 01:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

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GA Sweeps: On hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to determine if the article should remain a Good article. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a GA. However, in reviewing the article, I have found there are several issues that need to be addressed.

1. If possible, see if there is any relevant infobox that could be included within the article.
2. There are a few dead links that should be fixed. The Internet Archive may be able to help.
3. Although it is not required by GA criteria (so it will not be a requirement for the review), it would be beneficial to add alt text to the images. See WP:ALT for assistance.
4. "In terms of infrastructure, MSU's campus has 676 buildings, 27 miles (43 km) of roads, and 100 miles (160 km) of sidewalks." Since this article has been a GA for a few years, is this the most recent statistics or has there been the addition/removal of any buildings?
5. For the history section, it ends in 2007. Is there any recent significant news that can be added?
6. The "Service campus and beyond" and the majority of the "Landmarks" sections are unsourced. A few cites covering the airports and railroads would be beneficial as well.
7. "The original campus did not contain many sidewalks at all; the designers instead opted to pave desire lines after they appeared in the grass." This has been tagged with needing a citation since September 2007.
8. There are a few paragraphs only made up of two sentences, either expand on these or incorporate them into another paragraph to improve the flow of the article.

I will leave the article on hold for seven days, but if progress is being made and an extension is needed, one may be given. If no progress is made, the article may be delisted, which can then later be renominated at WP:GAN. I'll contact all of the main contributors and related WikiProjects so the workload can be shared. Once the above issues are addressed, I'll help do a final copyedit of the article. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:47, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for getting back to this so late. It looks like some of the issues have been addressed. I have struck them above, to help see what's left to complete. I'll leave the article on hold for another week. Keep it up, it'd be great for this article to remain at GA. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 20:19, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

GA Sweeps: Kept

Good work addressing the issues. I went through and addressed the sourcing issues along with some of the other minor issues, please review my edits. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good Article. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. It may be beneficial to update some of the older access dates for the citations. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 20:52, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

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