Wikipedia:Peer review/List of places named after Robert Byrd/archive1
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I've listed this article for a peer review because I feel it offers a complete illustration of the infamous role of United States Senator Robert Byrd in bringing Federal funding to projects in the U.S. state of West Virginia. I'd like to solicit any and all comments, suggestions, and guidance on how to improve the article's overall quality, organization, and substance.
Very respectfully, Caponer (talk) 16:17, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Ruhrfisch comments: What a great idea for a list - thanks for your work on this. Here are some suggestions for improvement.
- In the Toolbox in the upper right corner of this page, there is a disambig links checker which finds two dabs that need to be fixed.
- There is also one dead External link found with that tool - since it is a newspaper source, the ref can stay in the article without the external link.
- List articles no longer start with "This is a list..." and do not have to exactly repeat the title. So the first sentence could be something like "There are many places named after Robert C. Byrd ..."
- I also wonder if this might be better titled as "List of things named after Robert Byrd" - I also note that all the things named for him seem to be named "Robert C. Byrd" thing, so should the title be "List of ___________ named for RObert C. Byrd"?
- I also note that the article has a standard incomplete list disclaimer, then the article itself asserts in its first sentence that The List of places named after Robert Byrd lists all places named in honor of United States Senator Robert C. Byrd ... Which is it? All or some?
- I also wonder if there are places or things named after him outside of West Virginia? I would be surprised if there weren't something in Washington DC that bears his name.
- Please watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example Pork barrel is linked three times in the lead, and should only be linked once there. It is also not necessary to link common terms like dollar or place (which is ia dab). Federal funds is linked but has a different meaning than its use in this article would indicate - also why is Federal always capitalized?
- I would also try to be as consistent as possible in how entries are given and formatted. At least one does not indicate where it is located "Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center" and some use in before the town, while others use a comma.
- Ref 10 is supposed to be to WRTF, but is to the Byrd National Technology Transfer Center website instead. Please check all the refs to make sure there are no other similar errors.
- It might be useful to make this into one big sortable table, perhaps with columns for the name, any associated organizations (like colleges or universities) or alternate names (like highways), the city and state, and perhaps add the type in its own column (Commerce or Transportation, etc), followed by comments.
- The comments could include or it might also be useful to add a column on when the thing was built or named, and how much it cost (though that would take a lot of work). Pictures of each thing might also be a goal (in the table).
- A model article is useful for ideas and examples to follow. A WP:FL with a lot of places and a sortable table is List of Pennsylvania state parks - might be a useful model
Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:02, 20 August 2010 (UTC)