Talk:Magnificent Mile/GA1
GA Review
[edit]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."
- I have sourced this content.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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'.
- I have removed the gallery.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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)