Talk:Islais Creek

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August 24, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
March 20, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed

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GA Review

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I will be reviewing this article for GA. Give me a little time to read it and give you feedback. On the whole, it looks like a good article but I will give you a list of things that need fixing. Feel free to ask me questions. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's one....There should be little or no citations in the lead...the info should be repeated later in the article with citations there...see WP:LEAD. the_ed 17 19:11, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Here is my list of comments.
The lead needs to be longer per WP:LEAD and be a concise summary of the major sections of the article.
You do not need reference citations in the lead, as the material will be referenced in the main body of the article where you discuss the material in the lead.
There are places where you have too many citations, especially when they are the same citation For example:

Since Islais Creek is a culvert that carries storm water, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater all together, it is possible for the sewage to overflow. Such overflow can cause a public health hazard^[1] as Islais Creek displays higher level of heavy metals^[1], PCBs^[1], bacteria^[1], as well as organochlorines than other parts of the San Francisco Bay.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Randall Frost (2005-03-26). "Storm Runoffs May Pose Health, Environmental Risks". Neighborhood Newswire. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
^ Kennish, Michael (1991-11-19). Ecology of Estuaries: Anthropogenic Effects. CRC Press. p. 512. ISBN 0849380413.

The massive paragraphs need to be broken down into smaller ones for readability and variety.

Otherwise, it looks very good. I may offer more suggestions later. And I am willing to help you out and do some of the work. —Mattisse (Talk) 19:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I fix most of your concerns except for the first. I am not sure what can I add to the lead since this is a short article.—Chris! _ct 20:35, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you could give some brief tidbits from course and history - like its watershed has been reduced by 80% and at one time the city considered filling it in, that today there are concerted efforts to improve it -- just suggestions. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:01, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to address this asap. Thanks —Chris! _ct 22:11, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is really very good. References, prose etc. look great. A good job. —Mattisse (Talk) 21:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I expand the lead. What do you think?—Chris! _ct 00:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is fine. Just a few more details:
Question: "...and near Third Street where the creek emptied in the San Francisco Bay." Does it still empty into the bay today?

Yes —Chris! _ct 18:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"...community groups in the Bayview". What is the Bayview?

It is the name of the neighborhood. I add a wikilink to clarify it.—Chris! _ct 18:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You do not have an access date for reference 6. I realize it is the same as one of the above, but there it is called by a different name.

Reference 6 is a note so it doesn't need access date.—Chris! _ct 19:42, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

O.K. I'll take your word for it.

Indian villages?

I am concerned that the claim of villages in the vicinity of this creek might be unfounded. SaltyBoatr^{get wet} 14:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[health-1] Randall Frost (2005-03-26). "Storm Runoffs May Pose Health, Environmental Risks". Neighborhood Newswire. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

[2] Kennish, Michael (1991-11-19). Ecology of Estuaries: Anthropogenic Effects. CRC Press. p. 512. ISBN 0849380413.

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