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The list was promoted 15:21, 6 March 2008.

List of Governors of Hawaii[edit]

I think this list is up to the standards of the other governor lists we've had (most recently: CO and WI), even though it's a bit shorter. It's very well referenced I'd say, though admittedly I need to doublecheck some of the territorial dates (the sources for most are when they were confirmed by the senate, not necessarily inaugurated, but in some cases that's the best we're going to get, and I'll note that), and the intro might need work, but I'll let y'all point out what you need. --Golbez (talk) 18:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved stuff from The Rambling Man (talk) 08:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments - a very nicely illustrated list. Some comments and questions...
    • Is Hawaii correct? Most, if not all, of the articles say Governor of Hawaiʻi.
      • The only place I used an ʻokina was in the name of a reference from the governor's site itself; I'm open to using it in the whole article, but the name will have to say at Hawaii, as it is for all other Hawaii-related articles. Note that it's barely used in Hawaii itself.
    • Why is first table right column right aligned? All other tables are centrally aligned.
      • It serves as a header table, like the other governor lists. It's certainly more dramatic on things like the Kentucky list, where there's six rows. :P
    • You have A-U for references and 1-9 for notes, I've only ever see it the other way round. I don't suppose it makes any difference, but it just stood out to me.
      • Like the other featured governor lists, footnotes are handled using the reference system, and references handled using the older ref/note system. This is a unique circumstance in that there were (many) more references than footnotes; compare with the Alabama list, which has 24 footnotes 1-24, and only six references A-F. I would dearly love to use the native ref system for both, but a bug request I filed some years ago for multiple classes of references has only recently been taken on.
    • "Before then, Hawaii was a monarchy; see List of Monarchs of Hawaii for the period before 1893." I never like "see... " in the prose, isn't there a better way to intelligently pipe to this article?
      • That sentence is essentially a timeline in prose, so I thought it would be better to be straight out with it rather than hiding it. An example from the another lists is "See the lists of governors of Mississippi (1798–1817), Georgia (—1804), and colonial governors of Spanish Florida (—1810) for these periods." In other words, it describes what the history was, then tells you where to find the information, without hiding links or trying to be coy. Prior to switching to a prose style, these sentences were contained in bulleted form and were much less friendly, IMO.
    • I would consider having a bit more on the Organic Act which is linked to using "organized" - it took me by surprise.
      • That was a last-minute addition, and I realized it had an article, so I figured, why not link it? Perhaps it would be better to link to the article on organized territories there, rather than the act itself. I'll do that now; it's not a necessary link for the understanding of this list.
    • Obviously the [citation needed] must be sorted out.
      • Done.
    • Ref [A] in note [2] should be placed after the semi-colon.
      • Done.
    • "During the military rule, the territory was essentially governed by Generals Walter Short, Delos Emmons, and Robert Richardson." - essentially? Could use a citation.
      • Done.
    • Note [9] states Lingle is term-limited - surely Waihee and Cayetano were also?
      • Yes, but she's the current governor; she's term-limited, and therefore she will not be serving after the date in the footnote. It's just a note to let people know. If it were her first term, it would say "her term expires on this date, and she is not yet term limited", meaning she could run again if she so chose. It's just a little addendum to her being an incumbent.
    • Probably worth noting that the jstor.org reference requires a subscription.
      • Almost all of the references do - but the free synopses, all of which supply the information being referenced, do not. :D In that case, I wasn't sure if I needed to note it was a subscription, since the information can be verified using the free portion alone. I made sure only to cite things actually available on the net.
  • Hope these comments help. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - okay, not all of my concerns were addressed but none of them were deal-breakers. It's a good list, well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support - well-written and well-referenced; seems to meet the criteria to me. Can't even find any typos to complain about =P —Salmar (talk) 20:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Support Could you expand the last paragraph of the lead? I always believe that it's unprofessional to have one-sentence paragraphs in the lead.--Crzycheetah 00:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Done. Might be better, so if you had specific requests, I can do it. --Golbez (talk) 01:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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