Talk:Monroe, Washington/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: John M Wolfson (talk · contribs) 03:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well-written: The population was 17,304 at the 2010 census and estimated at 19,363 in 2018. I feel this can be slightly tweaked, perhaps something like Its population was 17,304 in the 2010 United States Census and was estimated to be 19,363 in 2018.

The town of Park Place was founded near the confluence... → Monroe was founded as Park Place near the confluence...

This is not an FAC so this isn't too terrible, but there are quite a few DUPLINKs to such articles as Skykomish River, Snoqualmie River, School district, Sultan, Washington, etc. I won't fail this if you don't, but I'd advise you to clean them up. You can use this tool to highlight them for your convenience.

On a similar note, I doubt you need to link common words such as "confluence" and "precipitation".

Verifiable/no original research: Duly referenced to reliable enough sources. I don't see any original research. Earwig's tool is timing out for me for copyvios, but this doesn't read like one so I'll accept this on good faith in that respect. Y
Broad: Seems comprehensive enough, IMO. No section receives undue weight. Y
Neutral: No qualms here. Y
Stable: No apparent edit-warring in the last 50 edits. Y
Media: Copyright statuses check out. The images are appropriate and add to the article. Y

Overall, I'm inclined to pass this with a few tweaks that I mentioned above. Good work! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@John M Wolfson: Thanks for picking this one up for review. I have fixed the two sentences you pointed out and started de-linking a few duplicates and common terms. I would like to keep confluence, as it is not all that common and a bit rare in the region (most rivers here simply flow from mountain to sea without major interruptions). Sounder Bruce 04:19, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I see no other major issues so I'm passing this. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]