Talk:Richard Urquhart Goode/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: APK (talk · contribs) 06:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lead...

Done Per MOS:CITELEAD it's unnecessary to have citations in the lead.
Done Add (USGS) after the first use of United States Geological Survey in the lead. In the second sentence, it's abbreviated U.S.G.S., then USGS in the next sentence.
Done Abbreviate the second time United States Geological Survey is written in the lead.
Done Panama Canal Company is linked the second time it's mentioned instead of the first.
Done There's a semicolon after "Alaksa" but then commas used in the rest of the sentence.

Early life...

Is there any more content that could be added? I understand if there's a lack of sources. Done I brought over some info that I had found for the article on his father. I think it is good to add the slavery aspect. I have yet to find a specific name for his childhood home, although it does have a state historic marker (for his father).

Career...

Done "the plateau region north of the Grand Canyon in Colorado" - Makes it sound like the Grand Canyon is in Colorado or that Utah is north of the Grand Canyon. If you meant northeast, then use that.
Done Add spacing here: "Railroad Survey(also called"
Done "In 1886, he was supervised surveys in Texas" - Get rid of the "was"
Done "In May of June of 1888" - Do you mean "or" instead?
Done Rhode Island is not linked, but the other states are.
The third paragraph is one sentence. I would combine it with the next paragraph.
Done Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, and Washington are linked twice.
Done "Society" is not included in the link with National Geographic. Add the abbreviation so it can be used in the next section.
Done "U.S.G.S." again and it needs a comma.
Done Comma after C. in Washington, D.C.

Professional affiliations...

Honors...

Done I think it should be "named after him" instead of "named for him" but I could be mistaken.
Done Unlink California and Alaska
Done Add the km conversion after "vertical mile"

Personal...

External links...

Is there something notable about the Map of northern Virginia? (hi, that's where I am) Done Not really. I will move it to the list of maps.

I found more Done info about his death and burial place if you want to add that. This one has good info if you haven't seen it.

It was a pleasure to learn about Goode. Thanks for writing. Let me know if you have any questions. APK hi :-) (talk) 08:21, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@APK: I have made all of your suggestions. Did you finda anything else that I need to work on. Thanks, Rublamb (talk) 19:52, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]