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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 23:31, 26 December 2016 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of municipalities in Mississippi edit

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Nominator(s): Mattximus (talk) 14:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this article as it is a complete and comprehensive list of all cities, towns and villages within the state of Mississippi. I have modelled this list off of my recently promoted List of cities and towns in Montana and List of cities and towns in Alabama so it should be of the same high standard. I've incorporated templates into the tables which allows the list to be updated quickly after the next census to keep it the information up to date and to make the list a bit more aesthetically pleasing. Please let me know if there is anything else that can be added to perfect this list. Thanks for your input. Mattximus (talk) 14:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Wow, this is an incredible list, Mattximus. It is well-referenced, attractively arranged, and well-composed. I support it. LavaBaron (talk) 20:29, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looking good. Only quibble is Mississippi is the 32nd most populous state with 2,968,103 inhabitants but the 31st largest by land area spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km2) of land - the "but" is contrastive, and I don't consider the difference in rank enough to be contrastive. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch! Fixed. Mattximus (talk) 00:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
support then...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:04, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley

  • "The largest municipality by population in Mississippi is Jackson with 173,514 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Satartia with 55 residents." I don't think you need to repeat "municipality by population".
  • Changed
  • I assume CDP means census designated place but it would be helpful to explain it.
Removed acronym, added link to page explaining what it is.
  • The note on Byram says it incorporated 16 June 2009, the incorporation date column 15 June 2009, and the article on Byram in 1870 but surrendered during the Depression. This needs looking at.
Yes it appears the official source from the State of Mississippi is actually wrong, the correct date is 16 June, this is confirmed by the US census and various local news reports. I linked the US census table instead of the local news sources as it seems most official.
  • According to the note on Walls the incorporation date of 12 April 1972 (sorry I use British style dates out of habit), but the note says that this date is for the village of Memphis, and the larger town of Walls did not incorporate until 2003. Should the date not therefore be given as 2003?
This is very confusing to me too. I tried to clarify it in the note. From what I understand, Memphis incorporated in 1972, then later amalgamated Walls (which, since it was larger, the whole lot retained the name Walls), so this corporate entity, though name is changed, is indeed incorporated in 1972.
  • As population figures for two municipalities in 2000 are not available, the total percentage figure for growth between 2000 and 2010 is inaccurate and should be omitted.
Yes I noticed this and have done this on one other list with clear missing data. However in this case, there are indeed new incorporated regions which adds very little to the population total. I suppose we can view this as an "increase in the number of people under municipal government" rather than absolute population growth rate. What do you think? Any alternatives to deleting the percent change? Mattximus (talk) 04:09, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think you can say it is the increase in number under municipal govt as you include the change for Diamondhead, which was only incorporated in 2012. If the missing figures are similar to the 2010 ones, that would reduce the increase from 3.6% to 2.7%, which is significant. I think the only alternatives are to delete the percentages or insert estimated figures for the missing ones. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:39, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Dudley Miles once again for your reviews of my lists! Great catches. I addressed everything but the last one which is absolutely up for debate. If you think strongly there is no alternative, I will just delete it. Mattximus (talk) 04:09, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 11:15, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "299 incorporated municipalities " you link incorporated, "Mississippi's incorporated municipalities " you link municipalities...
  • Fixed
  • "Incorporated municipalities in Mississippi ..." you link "municipalities" again.
    Yep good catch, I missed this one.
  • Bay St Louis is in the wrong starting place in the table.
    Normally this would be correct, however the US census puts the Saint places first in their sorting. I have a program that pulls this data from the US census bureau, so for updating purposes it's best to keep the same order. (In a few years I can get rid of that 2000 pop column altogether and put in the new numbers if the order is maintained).
    Well the only reason I noted it is that if you sort the table by municipality, the starting order is actually incorrect as Bay St Louis switches round. This is odd behaviour. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • " the Town of Walls" why Town, why not just "town"?
    Fixed
  • Walls and Byram, when sorting by Change, should be forced to sort as "zero" rather than less than the −55.7%.
    Agreed but I actually do not know how to do this without actually putting in a zero (this would not be accurate). I tried ndash but that just sorted it the other way and not in the middle. Any ideas?
    You can put a hidden zero in using {{Ntsh}}, that might work... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It worked! You are a wizard.
  • Split references using "pipe"30em.
    Done
  • En-dash required in ref titles, e.g. ref 4.
    I'm not sure what you mean by this, sorry.
    Ok, no problem. I'm referring to WP:DASH, part of the MOS which says we should use spaced en-dashes (–) rather than spaced hyphens (-). Ref 4 title has a hyphen. There may be others, so worth checking them all. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Great, I think I caught them all.
  • See also section is in the wrong place.
    Fixed
  • "Lists of cities in the United States by state" template should link to this article and not List of cities, towns, and villages in Mississippi.
    Fixed

The Rambling Man (talk) 09:17, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks again for your great review. I have a few questions about your comments regarding the sorting of the town of walls in the change column, and what you meant by En-dash. Both great suggestions and I'm happy to fix those once I know how, thanks again! Mattximus (talk) 02:27, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    No worries, responded inline above. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Both of your suggestions worked, and now I believe all your recommendations have been met. Thanks again for your reviews! Mattximus (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source review –

  • The references are well-formatted, although having Town of Walls repeated as the publisher and work of ref 7 is a bit awkward. Not sure there's much you can do about that, though.
  • Yeah I'm not sure what to do about it, it's written that way on the website as well.
  • Since it's that way on the site itself, you're probably best off leaving it as is. We'll just have to live with it looking a bit odd. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:05, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • What is the organization behind ref 6 (Mississippi Rails)? Is this an actual organization or a hobbyist's website? If the latter, I'm not convinced that it's reliable enough.
  • I'm also not happy with that source, however it's the only one that lists the day and month for incorporation. I cross-checked it with the official website which states the same year, so as far as I can tell it is accurate. But yeah, I agree. Would you rather I delete the date altogether? Or keep it with this questionable (but cross-referenced) site. I'm happy whatever you recommend.
  • If the site is questionable and a more reliable source can't be found, I suggest dropping the date. It's better to not include an item if it can't be reliably sourced. Take care of this and I think we can consider the source review passed. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:05, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Found a much better reference site, which quotes the "Charters of Municipalities, Office of the Secretary of State, State of Mississippi", and gives the same date. I am now more confident that it is the correct date.
  • I don't know. This makes it look like the site is composed of user-submitted content, which doesn't make it the most reliable source in the world. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:25, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair enough, I've now used the cite US Bill template to cite the bill directly, unfortunately I cannot find an online version of it... if this doesn't work I'll just delete the day and month and leave it like that. Thanks for your keen eyes. Mattximus (talk) 14:18, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 5 isn't connecting properly on the link-checker. Do me a favor and double-check that the page is still working; it may well be, as the link-checker sometimes has bad connections that turn out to be false positives. The rest of the links are in working order.
  • You are right, the site has died, however I've added the internet archive version and kept the reference as it was the official website for the county.

Giants2008 (Talk) 03:14, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for the source review! I've addressed all your points, and await your advice. Mattximus (talk) 16:00, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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