Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Oregon State Capitol

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 04:16, 23 October 2007.

Oregon State Capitol

previous FAC

2nd nomination. I think all previous items were addressed, an since failed nomination the article has been reviewed by a member of the League of Copyeditors and sailed through GA review without any comments/changes. Artilce has the breadth and depth of a FA class article and meets the MOS, as well as all other aspects of the FA criteria. Aboutmovies 18:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment
- Ref 13 is faulty
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 02:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings), headings shouldn't begin with "the", and "Capitol grounds" should be changed to "Grounds".
  - Done Fixed. Big Smooth 02:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- An images caption should only end with a full-stop if it forms a complete sentence.
  - Done Fixed. Big Smooth 02:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "The initial vote set up a runoff between Eugene and Corvallis, but after some ballots were invalidated" - is there any info on why the ballots were invalidated?
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 02:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The article states, "Oregon's first capitol building was in Oregon City", whereas, later it says, "The land that the first and subsequent capitol buildings were built on was Salem block 84"
  - Done Fixed. Big Smooth 02:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "the magnitude 5.6 Scotts Mills earthquake damaged the dome, requiring closure for repairs." - about how long was the building closed?
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 19:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "Near the rotunda are eight painted medallions representing the eight portions of the Oregon State Seal" - Are these painted on the walls, and which room are these in?
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 03:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "Also surrounding the rotunda are four murals depicting moments from Oregon history." - are these on the inside of the rotunda?
  - Done Fixed. Big Smooth 02:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "Other murals include the Provisional Government of Oregon’s salmon and wheat seal, the Oregon Territory’s seal, and depictions of Oregon’s industries." - are these in the rotunda?
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 00:25, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Are there any stats on the size of the grounds?
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 03:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Ref 1 is missing the publisher.
  - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 02:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- There is some problem with refs 30-34 causing the ref and cite numbers to not match up.
  - Done I closed an HTML comment, which seems to have fixed this. Pagra shtak 21:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Epbr123 21:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all concerns from both FACs have been addressed, and between the first and second FAC, article was extensively copyedited by a member of the the League of Copyeditors, who otherwise had no input into the article. (note: I am a significant contributor to this article) Katr67 20:30, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good feedback has been generated from GA and previous FA nominations, and numerous editors (myself included) have participated in improving the article. This article truly reflects the power of collaborative authorship. One of the finer articles I've encountered. -Pete 22:06, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I believe the article meets all FA criteria and should be recognized as such. -Big Smooth 00:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Oregon Supreme Court shouldn't be included in the see also section as it is already linked in the article. Epbr123 18:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- - Done Fixed. Aboutmovies 18:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks really good for the most part, but a couple minor things...

Does state really need to be capitalized? Per WP:MoS, only pronouns basically need them, and while Oregon most definitely is one and capitol can be, I think state is a regular noun in this usage.

I've been kinda wondering about this. Is "Oregon State Capitol" a proper name? If not, what about these other possible article titles: "Capitol of Oregon", "Oregon Capitol", "Oregon's Capitol" -- ? -Pete 05:53, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is just nit-picking, but should the footnotes be two columns? With 30+ notes, it takes a little too much scrolling. If this means the statue image needs shifting, I'd be happy to try it myself. VanTucky ^Talk 21:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - As to the name, it matches what the state calls it, and that seems to be the consensus for stat caps as well so I think it should stay as titled. As to two columns, go for it. Aboutmovies 06:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good enough for me, re: title. I have no strong preference on the columns. -Pete 07:51, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.