Talk:Coeur d'Alene, Idaho/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Larry Hockett (talk · contribs) 16:57, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

I'll be happy to review this. I hope to leave some initial feedback by this weekend. Larry Hockett (Talk) 16:57, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Some initial checks: The page history shows that the entry is stable, Earwig's tool returns no significant copyright concerns, and there are no unaddressed cleanup tags. I'll go through the article section by section and leave feedback. If I have feedback that is very minor or outside of the GA criteria, I'll try to mark it as such. I may go back and clean up the minor stuff myself during the review.

Lead

• "The origins of the city began with being a fort town" - too wordy - The city began as a fort town?

• "After the Great Depression" - I think this sentence should be split into at least two.

• minor: Holiday Light Shows - lowercase / common nouns

• The lead feels a little long; there are five paragraphs rather than the conventional four, which isn't terrible, but it feels like there are places where we could make it more concise. For example, you mention CDA's location in the first and last paragraphs. This is probably outside of the GA criteria, but I would consider taking out some of the specific mentions of the resorts, golf courses and such.

History

• I don't think you need "by the autonym" in the first sentence (redundant, since you explain they called themselves that).

• How long/when did the CDA people live there? Give the reader an idea of how much time this history is covering.

• Second paragraph: comma after reasons or after across? Depends on meaning.

• "meaning the tribal traders had hearts as sharp as the tip of an awl or sharp hearted and were shrewd, tough businessmen." Too much going on here for one sentence.

• "but was followed up with George Wright's campaign" If I understand this long sentence, the corresponding subject is "talks", which means the verb should be "were followed".

• "depending on job duties to mitigate increased costs" Not very easy to determine what this means.

• "the engineer, Levi "Al" Hutton, later claimed at gunpoint." This doesn't seem like an independent clause (can't stand alone after a semicolon).

• "Years later Harry Orchard" Two uses of "later" in this sentence but may not need either one since the dates are there.

• "in 1925 there were seven lumber mills operating in the area and was producing 500 million board feet of lumber." Grammar - what was producing? The way I read it, the lumber mills were producing.

• "the depression years saw the creation of Coeur d'Alene Junior College" - anthropomorphism - years don't see

• "Tourism has taken on even more prominence and became one of the main drivers of the local economy" - why the different verb tenses? Probably should change became to has become.

• In the same paragraph, there are a couple of informal uses of "saw" as noted a couple of bullet points higher.

• "The sources of the newest transplants are still mainly from" - shorten to "The newest transplants are still mainly from"

Geography

• "Environmental concerns have come as a result of" - this sentence looks like a runon

Climate

• "The monthly daily mean temperature" - I think we can get rid of monthly, since we explain that it varies according to month.

• "while conversely, there may be several nights" - reads better without conversely

Neighborhoods

• "216 feet" - "216-foot"

• Same sentence - comma after tower

• Comma after city center and after Cabela's

• "highly esteemed" is probably not NPOV

• comma after Hayden Lake community

Parks and recreation

• In general, this section is written more like a travel brochure than an encyclopedia entry. Needs cleanup of some non-neutral tone (ex: enjoyed, popular [at least four times], excellent views, more natural outdoor setting).

Government and politics

• "current mayor" - see WP:WTW (relative time references) - better to say when this mayor was elected.

• "and are sometimes noncompetitive or uncontested." - clarify who or what is noncompetitive or uncontested (a city or county isn't described as uncontested - certain elections or portions of elections may be).

• "This wasn't always the case and some believe that this increasingly rightward trend..." - Not very helpful to phrase things this way. Just say what was the case, what is the case, and when things changed.

Demographics

• "According to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards" - runon sentence

• "An Idaho transplant, Richard Butler, a retired engineer from California came to the Coeur d'Alene area" - a little confusing - don't think we need "an Idaho transplant".

• "however according to some such as anthropologist" - but according to (since this is in the middle of a sentence with no semicolon

• "As of the 2010 census of 2010" - get rid of one of the 2010s

Economy

• "tourism came to be the main influence" - tourism has come to be

• giant statues of bird feathers? This seems to come up a bit randomly in the economy section. Are we saying that these things boost tourism, which in turn boosts the economy? Art galleries and cafes too. They could just be mentioned in the Culture section.

• Tourism comes up again in the second paragraph. Not sure why it's broken up like this. Also no need to list the parks again in this section.

• "A concern for the city however" - no need for however

Culture

• Similar to the Parks section, check this entire section for non-neutral terms like "vibrant".

Education

• "Library services... are met" - odd verb here. Provided?

• "Public library services in the area trace its roots" - their roots

Roads and highways

• "as the states first major interstate highway project to be completed" - state's

Public transportation

• " Extension of Spokane Transit Authority service into Idaho" - runon

That's all for right now. Most of our focus right now should be on improving the quality of the writing, with particular emphasis on punctuation and sentence structure. In the future, you might consider sending the article to WP:GOCE before a GA nomination so that you don't have to work through so much GA feedback in just a few days. Larry Hockett (Talk) 07:32, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the work on this so far. I appreciate the prompt attention to my concerns. I went through and reviewed the changes, and I did some copyediting (largely for punctuation) and took out a couple of passages that were redundant. I'm happier with how the article reads now. I'm going to return to the article by this weekend to spot check the references. I'm also going to review the article for the use of neutral tone; it read a little like a PR brochure in some places, but I think I have cleaned up at least some of what I noticed in that regard. Larry Hockett (Talk) 07:33, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	The nominator worked out some prose issues that were identified during the review.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	The nominator made changes to the lead section to satisfy this criterion.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	Spot checks of references showed no major problems.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.	The reviewer removed a small amount of unsourced material.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.	Earwig's tool showed nothing of concern.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	The nominator and reviewer tweaked some of the language to produce neutral tone.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.

Thanks to the nominator for the hard work. This meets the GA criteria. Larry Hockett (Talk) 09:10, 17 November 2020 (UTC)