Talk:Long Island

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Former good article nomineeLong Island was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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April 6, 2008Good article nomineeNot listed
July 24, 2014Good article nomineeNot listed
Current status: Former good article nominee

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Orphaned references in Long Island[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Long Island's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BrooklynChinatowns2":

  • From Chinese Americans in New York City: Liz Robbins (April 15, 2015). "Influx of Chinese Immigrants Is Reshaping Large Parts of Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  • From Chinatowns in Brooklyn: Liz Robbins (April 15, 2015). "Influx of Chinese Immigrants Is Reshaping Large Parts of Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT 21:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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To add to article[edit]

To add to article: a good map of Long Island, showing the major settlements (cities, towns, and villages). 76.189.141.37 (talk) 05:01, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Silly capitalization dispute[edit]

@Jeh and Jim1138: This is a very minor/pedantic issue, but there seems to be a bit of disagreement about the capitalization of "counties" in, e.g., "Nassau and Suffolk Counties." One of you cited Chicago and AP in support of lowercasing "counties." However, CMoS 8.51 clearly states: "A generic term that is capitalized as part of the name of an official body remains capitalized when it is used in the plural to refer to two or more names and applies to both." The example "Lake and Cook Counties" is then supplied. The AP Stylebook (s.v. "county") adopts the opposite convention: "Lowercase plural combinations: Westchester and Rockland counties." Though silent on the issue, the Wikipedia MoS is principally influenced by Chicago, so I propose that we use the uppercase convention. JGambolputty (talk) 19:16, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

I withdraw from the discussion. I have spent all the time and mental energy on this issue that I care to. Jeh (talk) 19:34, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
I accept your change. Thanks for being so detailed. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 21:29, 30 July 2018 (UTC)