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Reviewer: APK (talk · contribs) 06:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Hi, I'll be looking over this one. APK hi :-) (talk) 06:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lead...

  •  Done Per MOS:CITELEAD it's unnecessary to have citations in the lead.
  •  Done Add (USGS) after the first use of United States Geological Survey in the lead. In the second sentence, it's abbreviated U.S.G.S., then USGS in the next sentence.
  •  Done Abbreviate the second time United States Geological Survey is written in the lead.
  •  Done Panama Canal Company is linked the second time it's mentioned instead of the first.
  •  Done There's a semicolon after "Alaksa" but then commas used in the rest of the sentence.

Early life...

  • Is there any more content that could be added? I understand if there's a lack of sources.  Done I brought over some info that I had found for the article on his father. I think it is good to add the slavery aspect. I have yet to find a specific name for his childhood home, although it does have a state historic marker (for his father).

Career...

  •  Done "the plateau region north of the Grand Canyon in Colorado" - Makes it sound like the Grand Canyon is in Colorado or that Utah is north of the Grand Canyon. If you meant northeast, then use that.
  •  Done Add spacing here: "Railroad Survey(also called"
  •  Done "In 1886, he was supervised surveys in Texas" - Get rid of the "was"
  •  Done "In May of June of 1888" - Do you mean "or" instead?
  •  Done Rhode Island is not linked, but the other states are.
  • The third paragraph is one sentence. I would combine it with the next paragraph.
  •  Done Kansas, Arizona, Colorado, and Washington are linked twice.
  •  Done "Society" is not included in the link with National Geographic. Add the abbreviation so it can be used in the next section.
  •  Done "U.S.G.S." again and it needs a comma.
  •  Done Comma after C. in Washington, D.C.

Professional affiliations...

  •  Done Comma after "Club"
  •  Done Unlink National Geographic Society and change to NGS.

Honors...

  •  Done I think it should be "named after him" instead of "named for him" but I could be mistaken.
  •  Done Unlink California and Alaska
  •  Done Add the km conversion after "vertical mile"

Personal...

External links...

  • Is there something notable about the Map of northern Virginia? (hi, that's where I am)  Done Not really. I will move it to the list of maps.


I found more  Done info about his death and burial place if you want to add that. This one has good info if you haven't seen it.

It was a pleasure to learn about Goode. Thanks for writing. Let me know if you have any questions. APK hi :-) (talk) 08:21, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@APK: I have made all of your suggestions. Did you finda anything else that I need to work on. Thanks, Rublamb (talk) 19:52, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Rublamb: Excellent work. Cheers! APK hi :-) (talk) 04:14, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your great suggestions! Rublamb (talk) 04:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]