Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of U.S. states by elevation

List of U.S. states by elevation

This nomination was originally proposed in the Talk:List of U.S. states by elevation:

This article is excellent. I trust that the authors are thinking of nominating it on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:20, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

... so I thought I would give it a try. -- hike395 14:28, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support though I thought the title was a bit strange - when I saw it, I immediately thought of this being a list of what years different states were elevated to the United States. Might be that I'm misunderstanding things as a second-language speaker, though. Sam Vimes 16:52, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The idiom is that states are "admitted" to the Union (the United States), rather than "elevated" [1]. hike395

Support good looking tables, nice complimentary images, certainly something that lends itself to a list format, and certainly comprehensively covers the topic - i was expecting 1 table, i got four (i'm not sure the one i expected, likely the listed by highest point). well done. (also, the idiom could be states by ratification, if we're talking constitution, because i do believe that a state must ratify to be admitted).jfg284 21:26, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment can't you expand the lead a litte more? -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 22:26, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded with coordinate system (NVGD29), from a suggestion of User:Finlay McWalter. Not sure what else to add, open to suggestions (it's hard to rhapsodize about lists of elevation!) -- hike395 01:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Object:
1. ~~The image Image:USA topo en.jpg purports to be a topo map of the United States, but only covers 48 states.~~

Fixed caption to wikilink to Continental United States hike395

1. ~~The image Image:Rocky Mountains.aerial view.no snow.JPG has no source information.~~

Asked contributor for source. In the meanwhile, substituted NASA satellite photo (from Commons, with known source) in article. hike395

--Carnildo 07:42, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Do you withdraw your objection? -- hike395

Looks good. Support. --Carnildo 20:03, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support. -- Mwalcoff 01:07, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support now. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 13:58, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Two comments - (i) Would it be possible to update to the NAVD88 datum, if the data is freely available from http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ ? (ii) I think the states' names should be wikilinked. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:38, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Getting a NAVD88 elevation out of NGS for one peak takes an average of about 5 minutes, it takes a lot of clicks and typing. So, it would take about 4-5 hours of tedious work. I don't think I have the time to spare.

Wikilinking the states is comparatively easy: I can do that. -- hike395 15:32, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

weak object – the title is a bit odd but is a great list nevertheless. 1. The bold text in the lead should not be wikified. 2. Running text should not have an external link (National Geodetic Survey web site), as is done in the lead. 3) Please use − for values below zero instead of a hyphen. 4. The =Alphabetical list= looks bad on a std res: 800x600. Please set the table width to 100% or 600px and font size to 90%. 5. those right aligned images should be centered. =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:23, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Implemented all of your suggestions, except kept image right aligned, which makes the page much more compact for users with screens larger than standard res. Still object? -- hike395 15:56, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]