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This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

  • Image:Gonzales-DenverPL-002.jpg and Image:RMN Cover May 2 06.jpg need fair use rationales
  • External links only belong in the external links section
  • Some references are improperly formatted. References should state the author, publisher, publishing date and access date if known.
  • The Adjacent counties, Historic trails and Recreational trails sections should be merged with other sections; they are currently too short to deserve they're own sections, and no sections should contain only a list.
  • Please provide citations for these statements:
    • "On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer, a land speculator from eastern Kansas, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on the hill overlooking the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, across the creek from the existing mining settlement of Auraria. Larimer named the town site Denver City to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver."
    • "Beat poet Allen Ginsberg lived for a time in a basement apartment on Grant Street (no longer standing), and Kerouac briefly owned a home in the Denver suburb of Lakewood in the late spring and summer of 1949. In addition, Ginsberg helped found the "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa," in nearby Boulder at the Buddhist college Naropa University, then Naropa Institute."
    • "Denver has acquired, built and maintained around 40,000 acres (160 km²) of mountain parks"
    • "the most famous being Red Rocks Park, which is known just as much for its scenery as its musical history revolving around the Red Rocks Amphitheatre."
    • "Democrats have long held a majority sway on Denver politics with most officials elected citywide having Democratic Party affiliation."
    • "In federal elections, Denverites also tend to vote for Democratic candidates, voting for the Democratic Presidential nominee in every election since 1960 (excluding 1980 and 1972). "
    • "Recently, the Denver area has started making a comeback, with the October 2005 unemployment at 4.7%"
    • "It covers more than 53 square miles (137 km²), making it the largest airport in the United States by land area."

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GA/R). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAC. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions. Regards, Epbr123 11:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took care of the Airport citations and got rid of the historic trails, which is something I agree should go. However, I feel the adjacent municipality information should stay as it is more in line with general template information than a "list." I don't think there is anyway to have that information in a geographical way than with the way it is currently formatted, unless someone wants to make them a more advanced template. I think it is completely legitimate and in line with a good article. Vertigo700 05:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Adjacent municipalities section is fine; the Adjacent counties section isn't. Epbr123 18:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed adjacent counties --MattWright (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added a few of the missing references and struck through the items above that I referenced. I also went through and cleaned up the references that were missing proper citation format, using {{cite web}}. --MattWright (talk) 15:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll pass the article, once fair use rationales are added to the images. Epbr123 09:43, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The two images you cited were removed from the article shortly after you brought it up, and I don't think any of the other images are used under fair use, but rather have CC, GFDL or Public Domain licenses. Correct me if I'm wrong. --MattWright (talk) 18:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I hadn't realised the two images were removed. Pass!. Epbr123 18:08, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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