Talk:Douglas County, Kansas
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edit- It is reasonably well written.
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There are lots of issues in this article, and I'm sorry to say that it is nowhere close to being considered good. Thus, it fails GA. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 12:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
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