Talk:Palm Beach, Florida/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 15:30, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

I'll review this and help with the GAN backlog.

• "the town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach because of the Intracoastal Waterway to its west" - I suggest "by the" instead of "because of the"

• Done--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "The town remains well-known for its past and present famous and wealthy full-time and part-time residents" - something about the wording seems off, having that many "and"s. I think this whole sentence should go after "while Forbes reported in 2017 that Palm Beach had at least 30 billionaires." Then mention "Famous and wealthy residents have resided in the town, including presidents..."

• Better?--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• What is a "homestead claim"?

• Wikilinked to Homestead (buildings)--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "That same year, construction began on the Royal Poinciana Hotel and Flagler hired George W. Potter to plot 48-blocks for West Palm Beach, a city to house workers at his hotels." - I suggest reordering so WPB goes first, and the hotel second; that way, the hotel bit is followed by the hotel's opening

• Done--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• " Urban legend states that the Styx was burned down by Flager's white laborers, as the shanty town was viewed as an eyesore, though there is much evidence to refute this theory." - is Wikipedia place for urban legend?

• I'm guessing it isn't--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "The town's population also increased significantly percentage-wise in the 1950s, from 3,886 in 1950 to 6,055 in 1960, approximately 55.8 percent." --> "In the 1950s, the town's population grew approximately 55.8%, from 3,866 in 1950 to 6,055 in 1960."

• Done--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• When was the town's record high and record low?

• Added--12george1 (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• I don't know about Wiki article formatting for towns, but do you need the 2000 census demographics? From what I understand, it was auto added to every article back in Wikipedia's early days, but it's been made redundant by the 2010 census (and soon enough this year's, provided it actually happens)

• I don't think there are any rules against it (yet). Most articles about cities (including recent GAs and FAs by User:SounderBruce) still include the 2000 census--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "The most common professions among the town's labor force are finance and insurance, and real estate, rental, and leasing (24.1 percent); Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (23.6 percent); retail (12.2 percent); and educational services, health care, and social assistance (10.5 percent)." - grammatically this seems a bit odd (not just Pro being capitalized). Read it again, see if you can make it any cleaner? Maybe use % instead of spelling out percent?

• Better?--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• Kapok tree is a dab

• Nice catch. The K should also be lowercase--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "a small, 0.24 acres (0.097 ha) park near the town hall" - should acres be plural here?

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "More than 80 radio stations are located within range of the town as of May 2020" - won't this quickly become out of date?

• Should I just say "many"?--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "Profiling of lower-cost cars and minorities has resulted in tense relations between visitors and the Town." - any reason for the uppercase "Town"?

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• Should the bike paths be listed twice (currently under recreation and transportation)

• That's probably more suited for Parks and recreation--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• "Much of the electricity supplied by FPL is sourced from natural gas, followed nuclear energy." - grammar

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

• Any update since 2016 on the undergrounding?

• Added--12george1 (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

All in all it's a pretty good article! And with some minor edits it should become officially a good article. Let me know if you have any questions. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:30, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review!--12george1 (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)