Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Edmonton/1

Edmonton

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Result: No improvements since GAR listing. Consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

A GA that was promoted in 2006 and last reassessed in 2013. The main problem I've noticed is the numerous uncited statements that makes the article fail criterion 2b. Haven't checked for other problems yet but the uncited stuff alone is worthy enough for reassessment. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

• Also, I don't know how to notify wikiprojects about this so if someone can do that then that would be great. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:53, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Nevermind I figured it out. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:06, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Comments from Steelkamp

Definitely not meeting the criteria as it stands now. This article fails 1A, 1B and 2B at least.

• Lead should be larger for such an article.
• Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. This should be reworded.
• Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) in addition to a series of annexations through 1982, and the annexation of 8,260 ha (82.6 km2; 31.9 sq mi) of land from Leduc County and the City of Beaumont on January 1, 2019. The lead needs to go into more detail into the history of the city than this, frankly unimportant, information.
• It is at the same latitude as Hamburg (Germany); Dublin (Ireland); Manchester (United Kingdom); and Magnitogorsk (Russia). What is the point of saying this?
• Hamlet of Fort Assiniboine. Does Hamlet need to be capitalised here?
• The City... Does City need to be capitalised here?
• The "History of municipal governance" section is mostly about 1892 to 1934. Why is there almost nothing more recent than that?
• though its weather is milder than Regina, Saskatoon or Winnipeg... The article should explain why Edmonton's winters are milder than those cities.
  • In general, the article does a poor job at explaining the factors behind Edmonton's weather.
• 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1880–present. We could do with more recent normals.
• 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1959–2010. We could do with more recent normals and extremes.

Steelkamp (talk) 07:32, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

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