Talk:Douglas County, Kansas

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Douglas County, Kansas was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: April 11, 2008

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[edit] GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
    Lots of writing and MOS issuesm including in-text bullet-point lists, and a stubby lead
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
    Almost no references
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused): [[Image:|15px]]
    Almost no information for a county article
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

There are lots of issues in this article, and I'm sorry to say that it is nowhere close to being considered good. Thus, it fails GA. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 12:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)