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Date	Process	Result
August 3, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
October 9, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 11, 2006.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Texas produces the most helium in the United States, all of which is won from the Cliffside gas field near Amarillo?

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I'm not sure why the comment about Austin being further south than Tallahassee and Honolulu was in there, but I'm assuming the author was trying to compare latitudes of state capitals. In any case, the statement is false, as Honolulu is much further south than Austin. So, I changed it to say that Austin is further south than all US state capitals except Honolulu. --LoveCowboy2024

That was my false info, THNX But it is only 3deg farther south than austin. :) Jo e I 11:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Search

Can someone search Geography of Texas on wikipedia, and see how many kb this article is? For some reason it won't find it. IU get moscow, texas as #1 hit. Jo e I 09:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Yahoo! search engine says the article is 66k. -JCarriker 21:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I didn't think about doin it on yahoo...Thnx :) Longer than I thought Jo e I 08:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. -JCarriker 08:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good article

Article is currently on hold for the following reasons:

A citation is required for the second sentence in the lead. ("Occuping about 7 percent of the total water and land area of the U.S., it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which ends in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico." — 7% requires a citation.)

Should one reference both references for the total land area of Texas^[1] and the USA^[2]? -- Greenwarr (talk) 09:56, 3 March 2013 (UTC);[reply]

I don't know about using [17] on the heading #Resources, as it goes against WP:MOSHEAD.

Other than this, I don't see what's stoppping it. Iola k ana|^T 18:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The ref has been added. I left a message on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (headings), because I couldn't find out how just by reading that. The only way I can figure is to remove the ref tag and place a footnote at the bottom...Oh wait, I'll try just moving the ref to the bottom of the section... Jo e I 02:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hows that work for ya? Jo e I 02:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seems fine now. Iola k ana|^T 18:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Facts (2008–2009 ed.) http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/facts-profile. Texas Almanac. 2010-2011. Retrieved March 2, 2013
^ "United States". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html. The World Factbook. CIA. September 30, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2013 (area given in square kilometers).

Good article nomination has passed

It is now recommended to add a {{todo}} template to the article if you want further expansion, and record major changes to the article below. Regards, Iola k ana|^T 18:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Geography of Texas/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

The article contains some peacock language such as "The north-south expanse is similarly impressive ...".
- Fixed the one example, not sure I know what constitutes "peacock" language. Joe I 05:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not sure you can talk about Texas without peacocking. Surely anyone that's met a Texan knows this. But, yeah, there's a bit of in the article. -- warr (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:35, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Geology section is completely uncited, and the rather large Resources section only has one citation right at the top. What is the source of all this information?

One image shows "Captain Marcy's route though Texas in 1854". Who was Captain Marcy?
- Added link to Marcy's page. Joe I 05:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 15:51, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- As these issues remain outstanding, this article has now been delisted. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 12:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merging climate page

Looking at both pages, they seem rather short, and redundant. They both are short, and they both have regional paragraphs that don't all together seem complete. Maybe a merge could make a single better article. Oldag07 (talk) 05:00, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think both articles are sufficient to stand on their own. Geography and climate are linked to one another, but should be seen as different. And it looks like most states are working on a climate page, Category:Climate of the United States by state. Joe I 06:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the separate page idea. If you are worried about too much overlap, the climate section of the geography page could be shortened. Thegreatdr (talk) 15:26, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] Facts (2008–2009 ed.) http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/facts-profile. Texas Almanac. 2010-2011. Retrieved March 2, 2013

[2] "United States". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html. The World Factbook. CIA. September 30, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2013 (area given in square kilometers).

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