Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Minnesota state parks/archive3

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The list was not promoted by The Rambling Man 18:38, 4 July 2011 [1].

List of Minnesota state parks[edit]

Nominator(s): Theking 17825 21:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I think it meets the criteria and the comments from peer review have been addressed. Theking 17825 21:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments perhaps quite some work to be done... quick comments on the first few sections.

Lead too short, one para is inadequate. Remember that it has to adequately summarise the whole article.
Don't start article with "This list of Minnesota state parks contains...." - we haven't done that for quite some time.
In Safari, that lead image doesn't work at all with the clickable locations.
Per MOS you should have spaces on both sides of an ellipsis (...)
Not keen on the galleries nor the bold italics.
"Body of Water" why is Water capitalised? See also Park Name, County or Counties...
"Comprises 5 islands near " per MOS, 5->five.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:49, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Didn't make it very far into the article before coming across two major issues that prevent this from meeting FL criteria. The first was mentioned earlier: the short lead. It could easily be twice this size, if not more. The second is the referencing, which I find insufficient. Two of the tables source their remarks to a note that says, "All data come from respective DNR webpage unless otherwise noted." I don't believe this is enough to adequately back up the remarks; cites to the DNR webpages themselves would be much better. The other two tables use reference 4, a book, but there are no page numbers provided for easier verification. There are other problems (why are there almost 100 external links to park websites?), but these two are the most serious to me, and will need to be dealt with for the list to have a chance here. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:16, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Giants. If all the notes, such as the date, area, etc. is in the link, then those columns can be converted to references (due to the government shutdown in Minnesota the links are all dead for the moment, so I can't check). Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:15, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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