Talk:Magnificent Mile

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	Magnificent Mile was a nominee for 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.
July 11, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed

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[edit] GA Review

The article starts out very good, well written, well referenced. There's a few minor typos here and there that should be fixed, so a good copyedit would help. There's also two pretty obvious, major statements that really need to be referenced (or removed):

• In the LEAD: "The Magnificent Mile includes 3.1 million sq. ft. (288,000 sq. m) of retail space, 460 stores, 275 restaurants, 51 hotels, and a host of sightseeing and entertainment attractions to more than 22 million visitors annually."
• In the seasonal events section, with regard to the statement on the holiday events: "It is considered the first annual Holiday event of the year in the nation."

But the bigger issue that I see with this article is that it's very table-heavy. The 'today' section has several tables which, while they contain interesting information, seem to awkwardly break up the text, and could probably be presented in a better way. Why are these buildings and structures significant? Instead of just listing a bunch of "significant" buildings.

After the 'malls' subsection heading, the article pretty much loses me. It's just two big tables containing non-encyclopedic and directory-like information about the malls and intersections. Huh? If I wanted a directory of this information, I wouldn't go to wikipedia; I'd probably go to an online map or a tourist site that has a map. Even for this article, I think a map might be a better way of presenting this information.

The 'gallery' section is really too large. It's nice to have a good collection of photos, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not flickr. Perhaps the gallery section could be transferred to wikimedia commons and a link placed under 'see also' with links to the commons under the keyword 'magnificent mile'.

That's pretty much the major things I see with the article. Hope this helps! Good luck! Dr. Cash 02:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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