Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of counties in Texas

List of counties in Texas

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. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 10 days, 5 support, 0 oppose. Promote. Juhachi 22:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This list meets all featured criteria. It's stable, accurate, well formated, and draws together info in a list format. Adding area and pop. makes it very useful. The format is roughly based on List of counties in Kentucky. I have an inquiry into the user who did that clickable map, and am hoping to get one for this page. Joe I 03:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very impressive :-) Tompw (talk) 13:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, as somone mentioned, I think I see a featured topic coming with these. -Phoenix 22:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support but comment - Texas has so many counties, and they are so small in relation to the size of the state, that most of the locator maps are virtually worthless, a couple of red pixels. I know you probably didn't make the maps, but a longer-term project might be to replace these zoomed-in regional maps, with a wider view in an inset. --Golbez 13:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Users can always click on the image to get a large (screen-width) version. Tompw (talk) (review) 15:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I did have the pics at 75px cause they are alittle large, but upped it to 100px. If you think I need to enlarge them alittle more, that's fine, but it'll only make the list longer. Joe I 03:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fix needed: While normally, a lead does not need inline references, this is only because facts and superlative claims made in the lead are usually referenced elsewhere in the article. In this list, however, several assertions about the organization, history, and power of the counties and their governments are made, with no clear reference as to where this information comes from. The second and third paragraphs, for example, make claims about how much power counties have vis-a-vis the incorporated cities, and on the adminsitration of said counties. No clear reference is given to confirm where this information comes from. Fix this and I will support this list. Overall, it is very good. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 18:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- El Done-o Joe I 05:33, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though I caught one other thing. The lead uses the word municipality in two different definitions; in the first case it seems to refer to the "county-equivalent" used under Spanish rule, and in the second it seems to refer to modern incorporated cities/towns. Without context for each usage, it is unclear that these two terms refer to different concepts. All told, though, this list deserves FL status. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 23:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Changed the second one to cities and towns. Joe I 05:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Very nice list. – Zntrip 03:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]