Talk:Columbus, Ohio (Downtown)

Final class editor comments:

• Awesome work.
• Rephrase this sentence: "Nationwide Arena is the home of the Columbus Blue Jackets, as well as being a special venue for a wide variety of other sporting and special events."
• Make sure you are allowed to use the pictures you've used.
• Careful- the entertainment section sounds like an ad.
• For transportation- downtown is a hub for Greyhound; many interstates run through downtown; a few major US routes run through downtown; bike lanes are being added downtown. Perhaps you'd like to mention all this.

Ryanlaber (talk) 00:38, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Instructor Comments No. 2

Well-written

• I agree with all of the comments from Ryan and Eric. Do these things.
• Its not a "merger" of two rivers - its a confluence.
• Each Section on Geography should be 1 Paragraph Long - not 4.
• You're all over the place in terms of geography. You need to figure out the boundaries of Downtown. This is why you should look at Planning Documents.

Verifiable with no original research

• Other things take priority with this, but this aspect is fine.

Broad in its coverage

• You really need to work at this.

Neutral

• There is a lot of opinion, second-person and other issues here. Pay attention to this.

Stable

• No Comments.

Illustrated

• The map of your neighborhoods in your Infobox is wrong.
• The Image at the top of the page is HUGE - look at other downtowns and their Wikipages. The Loop (Chicago) is a good example.

Kenitzer.1 (talk) 15:41, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

It seems that certain non-essential sections of this article were among the most well-developed for this first draft; article scope should be better defined. Consider providing links to Wikipedia pages for Car2Go, COTA, Uber, etc. instead of developing those sections in this article about Downtown Columbus. The Sources/References that are at the bottom of the article should be linked to citable statements throughout the article. This should be a priority. I will edit for proper citations once this is done. (Ryanlaber (talk) 06:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC))

Instructor Comments:

Totally agree with Ryan. Here are a few additional comments:

• Look at the existing Downtown Columbus and Neighborhoods of Columbus Ohio Page. Incorporate Existing Content.
• I don't care about general Columbus history. You're doing downtown - the center of the city. You should explain that it was selected as the location for the state capitol
• You have a bunch of sub neighborhoods in your district. Name these and outline these in Geography.
• When were the interstates built that surround "Downtown?" Find this out.
• Commercial: There is tons of information on this.

You have by far the easiest of the neighborhoods to complete, and I'm a little disappointed in the current content. Work at it and have a much better second draft for Peer Review please.

Kenitzer.1 (talk) 20:38, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Great picture for the header. The position and format are different from what I've seen on wikipedia. You may want to reposition it in case it docent fit in with guidelines. I disagree with the instructor on the history part oops.... but he is the instructor so his comments matter most. I enjoy reading a brief laid out history when I visit wikipedia pages. Its what most users are used to and its comfortable. You also have to keep in mind that just because Columbus is familiar to us it won't be to all the people who visit this page for various reasons.The map you have the is interesting but confused me. It doesn't accomplish much other than orientation and visual effect. If you can find a better map Id use that. A map of subdistricts would accomplish alot. I think you're on the right track with sub-districts. There's alot of information there. I agree with the instructor that there is tons of commercial information for this page. Businesses like Nationwide, Chase, Huntington, and AEP are an important part of the city.

Things to discuss:

• The intersection of Broad and High.
• Columbus Commons. - Along with City Center Mall History - demolition, Lazarus Building - Ohio State Art Museum
• Recent development.
• Wendy's first location- Closed down
• Transportation - 3rd and 4th street one way highways
• Highway Caps - Long Street Wall, North High Street Cap, Proposed caps southern downtown
• Bicentennial Park- The Water fountain was one of the top rated water fountains in an article i read... somewhere on the internet
• The Main St. Bridge
• Grant Hospital- Maybe even Nationwide Children's Hospital?
• Residential info
• Demographics
• I remember reading that that Leveque Tower had some interesting history
• Federal, State, Local, and County buildings. There are many.
• 16-Bit bar. That place is awesome.
• Greyhound Station
• — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickerson.219 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

• I would rearrange the pictures so that they are all on the right (it seems, as is convention), so that the first large skyline picture is better incorporated in the article, and so the picture of the Dispatch building is not covering up your text.
• Yes, a better map, or at least a reference map, would make the geographical component of the article stronger.
• A section on History would be excellent.
• It is good to state the year that each institution/building was founded/constructed but expanding on how the core institutions you discuss have furthered their investment in the downtown neighborhood over time would be very strong.
• It seems that some rearranging might make the article stronger. In the landmarks section, I would group "state government buildings" together under their own subcategory. I wouldn't mix in the parks with the government buildings, as parks belong in "recreation".

Ryanlaber (talk) 03:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)