Talk:Puget Sound faults

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This article's purpose is to provide an integrated view of the principal seismogenic faults of the Puget Lowland (Washington), not just describing individual faults (which in some cases the material available barely suffices for a stub article) but also describing, without being repetitive, the general background, as well as the connections between them. It is not a geological review (such as the USGS fault and fold database), and though it is derived primarily from the scientific literature and tries to be accurate (although not necessarily complete), it is intended to be accessible and interesting for a general audience, at about the level of articles in Scientific American in the 1960's. - J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 01:12, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Too much information?

Given the length of the other articles on Wiki, is this one overly detailed and too long? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.96.213 (talk) 18:12, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:SIZERULE. This page is currently 60 kB or 10,116 words readable prose, which means it's not really too large, though it's possible it would be better if it were subdivided. Some lengthy material could be moved off to main articles like Seattle Fault, and other cleanup is possible, such as removing the numerous "see image at right" statements per WP:MOSIM, and deleting many unsourced pieces of speculation and opinion, like "...it it is not known if these are bounded by faults in the same manner as in the Puget Sound region" and "The OWL appears to be a deep-seated structure over which the shallower crust of the Puget Lowland is being pushed, but this remains speculative" etc. Removing any original research and weasel statements like "...other studies have also contributed to locating and understanding these faults" would also trim the fat quite a bit. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:26, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good points.