Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Rhode Island/1

Rhode Island

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Result: Delisted. —Giggy 09:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Deslist I have nominated this article because I do not believe it still qualifies for GA status under WP:GACR. There are {{fact}} tags remaining on the page and entire sections (such as the "Colonial era" and "Revolution and industrialization") are left almost entirely without citations. There seems to be a great deal of OR, especially in the "Food" section. Best, Epicadam (talk) 15:46, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

• Delist. The article has numerous problems. These include, but may not be limited to:
  • The lead is stubby and doesn't provide a well-rounded summary of the article
  • The Culture section is a shambles. It's underreferenced, poorly written and strangely structured with its choice of coverage.
  • The Sports section is a glorified list.

This article should be de-listed with little debate. Majoreditor (talk) 17:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

• Delist, along with the above issues, I'd like to add:
  • Cleanup banners and citation needed tags
  • MoS problems
  • Poor writing in some areas. Example: the beginning of the Colonial Era is a glorified timeline with poor sentence variety.
  • Breadth: There has to be more info that can go into Great Depression to present: 1929-. Has nothing happened worth mentioning in 80 years?
  • Lots of short and stubby paragraphs.
  • Famous firsts in Rhode Island is nothing but trivia
  • Quite a few refs need to be correctly formatted.
  • A couple of the external links look questionable and should probably be removed.
  • Also, it seems odd that the show/hide box for state symbols is not in the State symbols section of the article.

And there you have it. Nikki311 20:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)