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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:31, 22 May 2017 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of municipalities in Rhode Island[edit]

List of municipalities in Rhode Island (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Mattximus (talk) 21:13, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am continuing my attempt at standardising all list of municipalities. Specifically, and with the help of many others, my goal is to have high quality featured lists of municipalities in all states, provinces and territories in North America. This will be the 14th such nomination and I believe this article is a complete and comprehensive list of all municipalities of Rhode Island.

I have modeled this list off of other recently promoted lists such as Montana and Alabama so it should be of the same high standard. I've incorporated suggestions from recent reviews to make this nomination go as smoothly as possible. I hope I caught them all. Please let me know if there is anything else that can be added to perfect this list. Thanks again for your input. Mattximus (talk) 21:13, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 02:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comments sorry you had to wait nearly a month for some comments....
  • Rhode Island is overlinked in the lead.
  • Found and removed 1 instance.
  • Arguably could link Hawaii.
  • "Council-manager" and "Mayor-council" link to articles which separate the words with an en-dash.
    Strangely Council-manager does link with en-dash but Mayor-council does not. I created a new page with the en dash for Mayor-council and redirected it to the right place.
  • I missed this presumably on the other such lists, shouldn't "Density" be "Population density" for explicitness?
  • Good catch! Yeah it is Population density in all the other lists, not sure how I forgot this one.
  • "1730-1731" needs endash.
    Caught 2 cases and fixed.

The Rambling Man (talk) 23:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley[edit]

  • " 5 historic counties which have no government." This sounds a bit odd. Maybe "which have no municipal functions as the state has no county level of government" - and delete same comment below.
    Done, I've modified the second comment so that it refers back to the first one, while adding some new information. Does that work?
  • What is the difference between a city and a town? Are there any differences in powers between them and is the definition a USA one or specific to Rhode Island?
    Reworded to show they are interchangeable. The difference lies in their type of government.
  • "cities provide services commonly granted to county governments in other states." What does this mean - that cities provide services which are provided at state level to towns?
  • Cities provide services which are normally given to counties in other states. I'm not sure how to reword this one.
  • An explanation of the different forms of government would be helpful.
  • I added a large section dealing with the types of government, hopefully well-sourced. I think this is an excellent comment, something I should have added before nominating.
  • Thanks Dudley Miles, sorry it took so long to make your changes, I must have missed the ping telling me you had given me a review. Always appreciated, and I'm happy to make further recommended changes. Mattximus (talk) 20:32, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support and a couple of nit picks.

  • "provide services commonly granted to county governments in other states" I would prefer "commonly performed by". Done
  • "city or town manager that is generally appointed" I think "who is generally appointed" would sound better. Done Dudley Miles (talk) 11:06, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks again, all nit picks are very welcome. Mattximus (talk) 00:32, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 21:23, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comments – Mostly small formatting nit-picks from me.
  • At the start, shouldn't there be "the" before Northeastern United States?  Done
  • Capitalization fix needed in "Rhode island's cities and towns...".  Done
  • Not sure if I've mentioned this in a past FLC, but the first two words could be removed from the List of municipalities heading, since it's quite obvious that this is a list.  Done
  • Renamed "Cities and towns", would that work?
  • In the table, decapitalize "Density" in the headings, since that isn't a proper noun. Done
  • Note e: "This date is only found in the Snow (1865) source and is absent in the Snow (1865) source." I take it that one of these shouldn't be the Snow source?  Done
  • Minor, but in the map towards the end "County" probably shouldn't be capitalized. Done
  • Another very minor point, but perhaps RI could be spelled out in ref 5. Done Giants2008 (Talk) 21:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, all changes were made. Great catches! You have an eye for detail. Mattximus (talk) 23:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I cleaned up one remaining issue from the fixes; everything else looks good now. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:23, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source review passed, promoting. --PresN 01:31, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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