Talk:Historic districts in the United States/GA1

GA Reassessment

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Notified: IvoShandor (talk · contribs), Doncram (talk · contribs), Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Urban studies and planning--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:45, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am reviewing this article as part of GA Sweeps. This is in pretty good shape, but it needs some work to bring it in line with the current standards of WP:WIAGA. I am about to outline a partial list of issues that need to be addressed. After I post this listing, I will give concerned and interested editors a week before I reevaluate the article's quality rating. I will be following along with the progress of the article and may make additional comments as it is appropriate.

~~According to the link checker the article has six deadlinks and one suspicious link.~~
According to alt text checker the images need WP:ALT text.
- Please read WP:ALT#Verifiability. Current Alt text has too much detail that is not easily observed based solely on the image.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~It seems that the talk page could use a tag for WP:HSITES.~~
- Done myself.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:43, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~See WP:CAPTION#Wording.~~
~~Can the images be rearranged so that some are on the left.~~--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:25, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The six dead links were all to a NIU library website that enables access to the referenced print journal articles. I have removed the links as they are not necessary for print sources. I've also replaced the suspiscious link with one from the National Park Service that says the same thing as the referenced sentence. --Polaron | Talk 02:10, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alt text has been added all the images and captions have been fixed to conform with WP:CAPTION#Wording. --Polaron | Talk 05:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to suggest that the images could be more representative of the topic. As I understand historic districts refer to a group of buildings which provide a larger area a historic character, and is distinct from individual historic buildings. However, from the six examples the article currently presents four only show individual buildings while only two images show a group. Elekhh (talk) 04:38, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~Yes. Please swap out individual building images for district images.~~--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Just a suggestion: North Water Street, New Bedford, MA, part of the New Bedford Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark District Elekhh (talk) 13:20, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Images can always be added and swapped. Progress has been made.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:53, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Progress was being made and then all of a sudden nothing more got done. I hope to see this cleanup resumed. I will check back.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- If someone would fix the WP:ALT text as directed above, I could pass this article.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Since Alt text is not strictly a requirement for WP:GA according to WP:WIAGA, I will pass this article although its Alt text is not really up to snuff.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]