Talk:Chain Island
Chain Island has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: January 23, 2022. (Reviewed version). |
A fact from Chain Island appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination[edit]
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:26, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that when the government wanted to remove Chain Island as a navigational obstacle in 1903, a group of "California capitalists" offered to do it for free, recouping expenses by mining it for gold? Source: "Where Would They Put The Sand?". Independent-Herald. Yuba City, California. 1903-06-11. p. 2.
5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 12:37, 18 November 2021 (UTC).
- Article has been expanded recently enough. It is long enough, properly cited and has no copyvio. Good to go. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:03, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
GA Review[edit]
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Reviewer: Kavyansh.Singh (talk · contribs) 07:06, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Nominator: JPxG (talk · contribs) at 12:37, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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Comments[edit]
Prose[edit]
- Can add a sentence or two in the lead
Chain Island's coordinates are 38°04′11″N 121°51′11″W[1].
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The United States Geological Survey gave Chain Island's elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981
— do we really need to convert 0 ft?
although it is designated by the State of California
— why not just "California"?
As of 2014, sturgeon fishing at Chain Island was still good.
— what is "still good" supposed to mean? bit vague ...on an 1850 expedition
— should be "during an 1850 expedition"War Department
— should be linked to United States Department of Warby State of California engineers
— why not just "California"?
- Could link capitalists
- Sure. It seems that this phrase is being used in a very different sense than the modern meaning (i.e. a proponent of capitalism), here it is being used to mean something like what we'd now call a "venture capitalist". jp×g 06:42, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
California's gold rush
— should be "California gold rush"
Sacramento–San Joaquin river system
— I'm not sure, but should 'R' bu capitalized?
by the United States Geological Survey
— I'd remove 'United States'
- United States Geological Survey is a proper name, so it has to be given in full. jp×g 06:42, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- The value in inflation template is "as of 2020", not 2022. Using the {{CURRENTYEAR}} would be wrong.
- Anything after 1959 to add in the article?
Images[edit]
- Images can take ALT text
References[edit]
- Ref#1 — bare URL? format it.
- Don't mix {{citation}} with other cite-family templates (cite web, cite newspaper)
- Ref#4 — missing publisher
Retrieved 24 February 2021
v.1994-11-03
— inconsistent date format.
- The Los Angeles Times should just be Los Angeles Times
- Various of cite-newspaper templates should be cite-news, but thats fine if you wish to keep it as it is.
- Most of the newspaper citations need "|via=Newspapers.com"
That is it. Putting on hold. Consider removing the stub tag. It is a start-class article. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:06, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- All right, here we go. jp×g 02:08, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- Do ping me when everything is done. I am willing to keep it open as long as you wish, given that changes would be made. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:19, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Kavyansh.Singh: What do you think of it now? jp×g 06:53, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- @JPxG, I see "Cite error: A list-defined reference named "aaa99" is not used in the content (see the help page)." – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 19:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Kavyansh.Singh: Fixed. jp×g 04:38, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
- @JPxG, I see "Cite error: A list-defined reference named "aaa99" is not used in the content (see the help page)." – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 19:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Kavyansh.Singh: What do you think of it now? jp×g 06:53, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- Do ping me when everything is done. I am willing to keep it open as long as you wish, given that changes would be made. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:19, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
Promoting! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:43, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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