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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was kept by Giants2008 19:04, 22 June 2012 [1].

List of Pennsylvania state parks[edit]

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Notified: Ruhrfisch, Gerry D
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:53, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am nominating this for featured list removal because, in general, it fails to meet WP:WIAFL. More specific issues:
  • Failure to comply with MOS:DTT.
  • A WP:DAB link.
  • Tool shows many issues with dead refs.

It's far from being a poor list, but it's not our most excellent work. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will work on these. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:01, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I knew you would, and sorry if it's all a little officious, I just started an "audit" from 2007, there are probably 20 Canadian political lists that need addressing, so I move on (I'll get back to them!) and found this one. Thanks Ruhrfisch for your diligence, as ever. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:05, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I fixed the dab and changed the first sentence of the lead so it no longer reads "This is a list of..." Will work on refs next. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:08, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
All references have been checked and their access dates updated. Most also had to have update URLs. I have also checked almost everything, and updated / tweaked some information - there are now three parks with commercial ski areas (not four as when this passed FLC) and Colerain State Forest Picnic Area is no longer shown on either the official DCNR web page or map for Rothrock State Forest. I also ran all the tools and there are no issues except for a lack of ALT images and the DTT issue listed above. I will work on DTT next. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:30, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The tables are all up to date with WP:DTT. Working on alt text for 120 park pictures. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:09, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have fixed all of the issues I am aware of with the list, and await any other issues that need to be addressed. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:24, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, good work. Nit-picks:

  • Bold italic links aren't ideal (in the galleries).
  • Lakes in table heading doesn't need to be capitalised.
  • Nor "Alternate" nor "Park Name" nor "Counties". And "Former Park Name" etc...
  • Remarks col in second table doesn't need to be sortable.
  • Photos->Image.
  • "Allegheny River State Park" row seems to be differently formatted (I'm guessing it's missing a row scope?) Also messes with the sorting....
  • Just double-check consistency with the use of periods in the remarks columns. Usually only complete sentences need them.
  • Avoid blank cells, what does a blank mean in the "date jurisdiction changed" col mean?
  • "Panoramic view of the Pine Creek Gorge from the main vista terrace in Leonard Harrison State Park" no need for bold link.
  • Check ref titles comply with WP:DASH (e.g. ref 35) and check date format consistency (e.g. ref 49), also works (e.g. The New York Times) should be italicised.

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I think I have addressed all of these now too, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:32, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, a clear keep then from me. Good work, nice doing business with you. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:44, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 16:12, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments – Found a handful of small issues in checks of parts of the list, but I don't see anything at this point that shows a need for delisting.
  • History: In "Parks were added sporadically to the 1930s", should "to" be "into" or similar?
  • A couple sentences later, I think the parentheses after the colon can be removed after "which became Pennsylvania state parks in 1945 and 1946".
  • On a scan of Current parks, I notice a broken wikilink in the Bald Eagle State Park remark.
  • Other names of current parks: In the Whirl's End State Park remark, en dashes would be helpful for the year ranges.
  • Other names of former parks: Space needed after ref 43. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:29, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks very much - I believe I have fixed all these, but am sometimes blind when it comes to dashes, so if you could please double check those, I would appreciate it. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:50, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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