Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Caroline Island

Caroline Island

Self-nomination. Since creating this article about two years ago, I've developed it up to a point of rather remarkable comprehensiveness for such an obscure and unsung corner of the world. It's presently a good article, and having gone through peer review, and many rounds of being inflicted upon folks in the IRC channel for comment I feel that it's ready for the next step and for the worthy nitpickers of WP:FAC. -- Seth Ilys 03:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Support. Superb article. Rebecca 03:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
• Minor object a few easy fixes

1. The lead could be a beter summary, for example shouldn't the lead mention that the islands are uninhabited, and how does "near pristine" fit with the cited fact that much South islet was deforested to make way for coconut palms?

Actually, the lead does mention that the islands are uninhabited, and sources are uniformly consistent in calling Caroline one of the most untouched islands in the world. However, I've reworded the introduction to mention human impact on the islands, which is an important part of their history, and to clarify that Caroline is "relatively" untouched I also moved the "near pristine" quote down to the flora/fauna section. (I was never thrilled with it in the introduction, but your comment finally helped me figure out where it should go.) Any additional hands at polishing the intro would be welcome. -- Seth Ilys 05:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

1. For the non-geographer, an expalnation of how several islets are considered a single island would be useful.

This is well-explained in coral atoll, but I've also added a clause to the geography section noting the common origin of all the islets. -- Seth Ilys 05:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

1. The article also says that there are 40 islets, the intro on the list says 39.

The article actually said "around 40," but I've corrected to the precise 39, the number given by the Kepler survey, which was the most recent and most detailed. - Seth Ilys 05:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

1. Islet sizes are given in km^{2 and others in Ha, a consistent unit would be good.}

Converted all areas in the main article to km² - Seth Ilys 05:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

--Peta 04:31, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Support, thanks for fixing those so quickly.--Peta 06:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Conditional Support. Peta raises a good point. And, if you want nitpicking, I would like to ask that Imperial units be inlcuded after metric ones, for all of us in the United States who don't use the metric system. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 05:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I've tried to do this, but I've made another pass through the article and found a few places I previously missed. Let me know if you notice any remaining instances where I've neglected to include imperial units. -- Seth Ilys 05:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Everything's accounted for, and I have accordingly changed my vote. Thank you for your promptness in these changes. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 06:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Is there some reason the map and pictures of celebration are external jump and not in footnote/refs?Rlevse 12:54, 21 July 2006 (UTC)