Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Somerset

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 00:20, 27 January 2008.

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Somerset

Nomination restarted (Old nom) Raul654 (talk) 04:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support per the previous nom; here are the points I posted there:
  • The colour coding in the climate chart appears wrong, on my screen anyway--the August temperature is cooler than July's, but the colour is a "hotter" colour.
    • done - I've tweaked the template for the climate chart so July=Aug colour. PamD (talk) 07:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • A map of the county showing the main settlements and rivers would be very helpful. I don't know of a UK county article that has such a map: this is one of Massachusetts that's the sort of thing I mean. Not required for FA but very handy if you can find one.
  • "Somerset is often regarded as a marker on the journey": why is marker in italics?

-- Mike Christie (talk) 04:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• • • Response Thanks for the comments & support - italics on marker removed. I think the map issue is related to UK copyright rules on maps which are very different to the US - I will ask a couple of map experts if they can help but in the UK they have to be totally redrawn to comply with licences etc & I don't have the skills or software to do this.— Rod ^talk 08:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

OK on the climate chart and "marker". I understand about the map; I'm supporting anyway, but it would certainly be an asset if you can locate a map. Re the "Done" markers, which Sandy has removed: they don't bother me, but there are reasons for not using them, so you might want to skip them in the future. It's fine to respond (indented) below each point in a list of concerns, and then let the commenter strike their own comments; that way you can see what they think you've achieved (which is what counts if they're going to support!). Mike Christie (talk) 18:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support I agree with the colour coding comment above, and I think it would be better if the demographic and education tables were also centred instead of left-aligned, I fixed one non MoS unit fmt, otherwise no concerns, Jimfbleak (talk) 07:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

• Please note that graphics, including coloured ticks and crosses, are discouraged in the instructions for this process.Tony (talk) 13:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Conditional support. No serious issues. However the motto (Sumorsaete ealle) would look better with IPA, I think. --Brand спойт 19:32,

22 January 2008 (UTC)

• • I think this is correct: /ˈsʊmɒrˌsætɛ ˈɛɑːlɛ/ ... but it would be helpful if somebody could check and confirm before I place in the article. If anybody knows exactly how "Sumorsaete ealle" is pronounced and can provide a basic transcription, that would be fine. (The IPA I have provided translates as SOOM-or-sa-teh EHAH-leh; I used a BBC guide to Anglo-Saxon pronunciation; SOOM as in "sum" spoken with a Northern English accent, not rhyming with "womb"). Hassocks5489 (talk) 17:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support As before Lurker (said · done) 19:34, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support As previously. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

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