Talk:Geneseo, New York

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	Geneseo, New York was a nominee for Geography and places good article, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
October 27, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed

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To-do list for Geneseo, New York:	edit · history · watch · refresh
expand history section cite history section expand demographics cite demographics note immigration trends (Italian POWs) and age trends (lots of young singles) info on government add climate information expand economy section education industry big boxes

[edit] University

I understand that the University has its own very good page, but does it not have a very significant impact on the town? It is not mentioned in any of the modern account of the town, nor is it internally linked. It is only present in the pictures and an external link. I'm not qualified to fix this, but I think it's a very substantial issue with the article. Boycottfood (talk) 22:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Review

The article is a very good start, and I particularly like the infobox photo (nice work!). But it is largely incomplete, and does not meet the completeness requirement of the GA criteria. There are also insufficient reference citations as well, particularly in the history section (at the beginning) and the demographics section. I would recommend taking a look at the template/guideline WP:USCITY, and it will be quite clear of the information that is missing from the article (economy, climate, culture, government, education, transportation, etc). The prose is overall pretty good, but it couldn't hurt to review the wikipedia manual of style; most notably, there's quite a few unnecessarily bolded words in the article that could be fixed. WP:LEAD would provide useful tips on improving the introductory section. The formatting of references seems ok (although there's just not enough references). Review WP:CITE and WP:V for more information on this. Two good examples of existing GAs that you might take a look at are Flagstaff, Arizona and Richmond, Virginia. Good luck! Dr. Cash 21:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)