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Tenney, Minnesota

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I've listed this article for peer review because it is probably the most thorough and best written article on any subject i've encountered in wp.

Thanks, emerson7 23:04, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: Interesting article, here are some suggestions for improvement. I think that this has quite a ways to go before it is ready to be rated a good article, let alone a featured article.

• A model article is useful for ideas and examples to follow - there are several Featured articles on cities at Wikipedia:Featured_articles#Geography_and_places that may be useful models (if a bit more populated)
• Per WP:LEAD the lead should be expanded so that it is an accessible and inviting overview of the whole article. Nothing important should be in the lead only - since it is a summary, it should all be repeated in the body of the article itself. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way.
• Biggest problem I see with this article is a lack of references - My rule of thumb is that every quote, every statistic, every extraordinary claim and every paragraph needs a ref.
• Internet refs need URL, title, author if known, publisher and date accessed. {{cite web}} and other cite templates may be helpful. The two internet refs need to be more specific - for example the USGS GNIS ref should be to this link. See WP:CITE and WP:V
• The ref to the unpublished town history has a few problems - first off reliable sources must be published, second if a ref appears several times you can use <ref name = "blah">Ref text goes here</ref> then the next time you just need to use <ref name = "blah"/>
• The NRHP form is a reliable source and should be used as a ref.
• From looking at a map the city seems to be in the drainage basin (valley) of the Red River of the North, even though it is in the valley of a tributary - if you poured some water on the ground in Tenney and it flowed into a stream, eventually it would wind up in the Red River of the North.
• Article could use a copyedit in places.
• I would use the external link on the quilt as a reference - it has a lot of useful information (smallest city in the US as of 2000 census, etc) and also backs up much of the history here. The book on the Tenney Quilt would probably also be a great reference / source
• Just curious - what is the current population (6 in 2000, average age 61 - seems like there might be fewer people there now if trends continue). I have seen articles on declining population and communities disappearing in the Midwest and Plains - perhaps something like that could be cited here too.

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 poeer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:34, 19 August 2009 (UTC)