Talk:Geography of Somerset/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 18:00, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Tomorrow if I can as nobody has snapped this up!. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:00, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Will review tomorrow morning, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:32, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Lede

• Link Bristol Channel

Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:58, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• "Between the Mendips and the Quantocks is the large area of level, low-lying ground known as the Somerset Levels." -can you be more specific on size?

Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:58, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• Surprised to see no mention of major rivers, lakes, waterfalls etc in the lede.

Will add these when other expansions are done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:58, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• " Some of the industries traditionally based in the county have declined, but it is popular with tourists and still famed for its Cheddar cheese and cider." -not sure what this has to do with geography

Physical geography

• "The countryside divides into four main geological regions, spanning the Silurian, the Devonian and the Carboniferous to the Permian, and these influence the landscape. " -not clear how it influences it
• The other main rivers flowing northwards and westwards into the Bristol Channel are the Axe, Exe, Brue and Congresbury Yeo. -I would elaborate on these rivers with a short description of some of them? Where do these rivers start? What towns to they flow through, notable tributaries?
• "The highest points in Somerset are on Exmoor with Dunkery Beacon (520m) being the county top." -you mean something like "Dunkery Beacon, on Exmoor, is the highest point of Somerset at 520 metres"?

I would considerably reduce the geology section, which is actually longer than the geography section. We have an article on geology for that. There's also more detail in some of the lower sections which aren't really geography. The article is ideally meant to be a detail overview of primarily Geography of Somerset, a detailed insight into its topography, mountains, hills, rivers, lakes, waterfalls and settlements.I would expect a whole sections on Rivers/water features and mountains/hills etc. Is it possible you could reduce some of the other information in favour of adding more details on geography Cwmhiraeth? If you could roughly double the info detail on Geography and trim the other parts so it's at least half purely about geography that should be OK I think. If you have some maps or something and could write more of a description I think using it and other sources that would help.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:57, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for taking on the review. Much of the Geology section was there when I started work on the article, and I don't much care for breezing in and removing large chunks, I try to be more circumspect, especially as Rodw is one of the past editors. I looked for guidance to other county articles but found few, and in the end I followed a similar format to Geography of Wales. I'll work along the lines you suggest and see what I can do. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:34, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, rather busy. Will hope to get back to this tomorrow. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:03, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: How's it looking? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:31, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Looking lovely Cwmhiraeth, perhaps a little more detail needed on some of the highest hilly areas mentioned, another paragraph or two, you could go into more on Mendip Hills etc, and it'll be a fine balance I think. Perhaps fill out the short paragraph "The Somerset Levels is a wetland area of international importance, with large numbers of wading birds overwintering there" a bit too. Should be fine then. Well done! Will complete the review tomorrow, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:36, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

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Much improved!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:44, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:14, 12 October 2016 (UTC)