Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of counties in Kentucky

List of counties in Kentucky edit

Myself and others have done significant work to gather basic information about each of Kentucky's 120 counties into an easily-accessible format. Acdixon 15:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think this list is fundamentally sound, but needs a few things sorting out:
- Lead: Needs to start with a sentence introducing and explaining the article. Something like "This is a list of the one hundred and twenty counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Despite being the 37th largest in area, Kentucky has the third highest number of counties in the U.S. behind Texas..."
  - I hope you don't mind, but I've added your lead sentence verbatim. Acdixon 15:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Move the comment about the main reference in the lead to the references section.
  - Done. Acdixon 15:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~Move county name to far left column~~ edit: I've changed {{county5}} to do this... it's only used in this list.
- ~~Get rid of the first two rows of the table (we know its Kentucky)~~ edit: I did this when I changedthe table to fit the above
- For the etymology, give the dates that someone held a public office - e.g. "John Adair, Governor of Kentucky (1820-1824)". For more generic posts (like for Ballard county), give the dates of the person's life.
  - I have begun this process, putting the dates after the name if they are life dates and after the title if they are service dates. Let me know if you feel there is a better way to do this. Acdixon 16:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Breathitt County: Wikilink "Governor of Kentucky"
  - Done. Acdixon 15:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Cumberland and Ohio counties: Do the rivers start in them, or do they just past through?
  - The Cumberland River flows through the county; the Ohio River was once the northern border of the county. I have made the text more explicit. Acdixon 17:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Only link things the first time ("Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky" is wikilinked twice)
  - Done.
- A sentence about the FIPS County Code would be useful. Also, I feel "Census data for each county is available by selecting the FIPS code for the county" should be re-phrased (one doesn't select links)... something more like "The FIPS code for each county links to XXXX".
  - Done. I was trying to avoid the word "click" with reference to the links, since users with mobility impairments may use the keyboard to access links instead of the mouse. Your version appropriately avoids this term as well, so I have used it. Acdixon 16:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The list is generally fine (I love the maps) - it just needs a bit of final polishing before it can become a FL. Tompw (talk) 23:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose You have two competing image styles that look clunkily different once thumbinized.Circeus 01:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That's because some are PNG, and some are the more eifficient SVG format. I think SVG versions of the PNGs exsist in most or all cases, and should be chnaged accordingly. Tompw (talk) 13:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Chanegd them all myself... took about two minutes. Tompw (talk) 13:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support now the above issues have been addressed. Tompw (talk) 18:43, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
supportCirceus 23:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The county after Johnson County in the list does not have a name in the first column. Also the date for Muhlenberg County does not link properly, seemingly because it has a references next to it. Tried to fix it but couldn't work out how to do it. Other than these it looks good. - Suicidalhamster 16:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Previous issues have been dealt with. - Suicidalhamster 17:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - well done. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:32, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support. Great list. Try to get all other "list of counties in ..." lists to FL status. CG 20:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - good work; the maps are especially impressive --Miskwito 23:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]