Talk:Empire State/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: NickDupree I'll be reviewing this article shortly....

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

This is a good, solid article, suitable for GA status. The topic is simple, New York State's nickname, and thus you must strike a balance between over-lengthy content on a simple matter, and being a brief paragraph more suitable for a dictionary. This article strikes that balance; it is short, but not too short, and it's well-sourced without overkill (avoiding paralysis by analysis). I do have two suggestions for keeping its GA status.

Suggestions

• Use a better picture for the Empire State Building, something of a closer shot from the Empire State Building article. The current photograph, it is much too wide and could refer to the other tower, or the New York City skyline in general.
• Don't let the article get much longer, keep it concise and don't include cultural minutiae like the "Empire state of mind" that belong elsewhere, like in List_of_songs_about_New_York_City.

Thanks for this opportunity to do my first GA Review!  :) NickDupree (talk) 03:56, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

"Empire" style was also a French artistic movement in the early 19th century, which in the US seems to have been strongest in New York state. The article canvasses several unconvincing theories of the nickname's origin, and mentions that the first known use of the "Empire State" nickname was in 1819, which fits the empire artistic period. Perhaps this is what the state's nickname refers to, rather than any imperial reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Honeyishrunktheeconomy (talk • contribs) 09:23, 11 April 2016 (UTC)