Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of counties in Tennessee/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted 23:51, 21 January 2008.

List of counties in Tennessee

Can I withdraw my nomination? It was a mistake. Thank you! doxTxob \ ^talk 20:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The list of counties is the result of a merger of List of Tennessee county name etymologies and List of Tennessee county seats into the List of counties in Tennessee, done for the most part by User:Dan9186 with some polishing by other members of the WikiProject Tennessee.

The list is accompanied by a lead section delivering a definition of the topic and explaining the key terms used in the list to the casual reader. Consolidated City-County government is explained to the and important figures are mentioned. An image is present in the lead section to represent the topic very well. Etymology topics point to the appropriate article, if available. If the county was named after a person the date of birth and death are given, when this could be retrieved from an article in Wikipedia. The list is well referenced.

The list provides a comprehensive overview of Tennessee counties with well referenced information.

I hope that this featured list discussion can improve the list even further.

Thank you! doxTxob \ ^talk 03:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS - After the nomination a concern was raised on the talk page of the list (Talk:List of counties in Tennessee) that the term Indian lands was used but was not explained. I have addressed that issue by adding a few sentences of definition to the lead section under its own header. As the topic of Indian lands is a complex one, I kept the definition rather general, which I find appropriate regarding the scope of the list. The detailed discussion of the process could be better addressed in the respective county articles. doxTxob \ ^talk 23:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support with two comments: 1) Just to be sure, were there any defunct counties of Tennessee? and 2) It would be nice to have a clickable image map like on List of counties in Kentucky but I won't push that issue. --Golbez (talk) 16:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1) Yes there were two I could find on the List_of_former_United_States_counties#Tennessee, I have added that paragraph in the lead section with its own sub header. 2) The issue was discussed on Talk:List_of_counties_in_Tennessee#Clickable_Map. The main concern was the image size and the page layout at lower resolutions (a horizontal scroll is produced), partly due to the shape of the state. The question of usefulness was raised also, as every county already has a map showing its location in the state. The outcome of the discussion was rather opposition than support. doxTxob \ ^talk 22:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment 'Named for' column should not be sortable. No purpose. Hmains (talk) 23:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done You are right. doxTxob \ ^talk 00:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Why is there width="100%" in the main table? What is the purpose? I am asking because it creates a horizontal scrollbar for me.--Crzy cheetah 03:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for the hint. It added a non moving horizontal scrollbar on my screen, too. I have never noticed that. The bar is gone here at 99% instead of 100%. doxTxob \ ^talk 03:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The lead is pretty choppy - the sentences should be combined into relatively cohesive paragraphs. Geraldk (talk) 03:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, something's not quite right. Could you specify what bothers you most when reading the lead section? For me it is the demographics, especially the numbers, in paragraph 2 that disrupt my reading most. Do you have a suggestion how to improve the lead section? doxTxob \ ^talk 03:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, my thoughts: The third paragraph is only one sentence, and should be folded into the rest of the lead, probably into the previous paragraph. The FIPS section could be folded into the lead as well - I don't think there's any reason for it to be a separate section in the body of the article. And also, I think the discussion of the center of population and geographic center of the state is misplaced, and would better belong in an article on the geography of Tennessee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geraldk (talk • contribs) 15:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.