Wikipedia:Peer review/West Virginia/archive1

West Virginia

The U.S. state of West Virginia was recently the U.S. Collaboration of the Week and was upgraded to the status of "Good Article." This article has the potential to become one of featured article status, but needs to be trimmed in some sections (History) and added onto in others (Education, Film, Demographics, Economy, etc.) For these reasons I am nominating West Virginia for peer review. --Caponer 05:43, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Try to locate the ISBN numbers for the books that are cited under General references. You may want to also use a standardization of cited references based on what is listed at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations, but I don't see that as mandatory in a nonscientific article. I think the history could use some trimming ensuring that whatever gets taken out is put into the daughter article that is linked. I'd also mention the Cass Scenic Railroad as an important history/tourist destination.--MONGO 06:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

This is partially a rehashing of the to-do list, but:

• Something needs to be done with that horrible list of "General References." Only a handful of genuine general references should be listed; the rest should either be turned into footnotes for specific citations where appropriate, or removed.
• The History section is long, and too focused on the separation from Virginia. There is no mention of any specific event after 1898! So cut some of the sections (move info to sub-articles) and give more 20th Century and recent history.
• Expand the Economy section.
• Put something in the Transportation section.
• Add some content to the Education section (could be taken from Education in West Virginia).
• Is there anything to be said about sports in WV, beyond the simple list of pro teams?
• Is there more that can be said about WV culture aside from music?
• Strive to improve citations throughout. Some sections (demographics, geography) might only need one or two citations, but others (like history) will need many.

The article certainly has Featured Article potential, but it still needs some work. Cmadler 12:26, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Also, I have checked through the image licenses, and most of them look good. Several that should be checked into by someone more familiar with image licensing are: John Carlisle (be more specific), Joe Manchin and "Greetings From West Virginia" stamp (claimed as fair use), and Capitol building (appears to have been taken by the submitter, but they did not indicate any license). Cmadler 12:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)