Talk:Willimantic, Connecticut/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Bolter21 (talk · contribs) 12:01, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

• Possible copyright violations:
  • From the article:In 1983, the city and the town consolidated and became one town again. This sentence is entirely copied from the source. Should be rephrased.
  • Article: "...vintage railroad buildings and a six-stall roundhouse reconstructed on the original foundation." original source: "...as well as vintage railroad buildings and a six-stall roundhouse reconstructed on the original foundation."

• Apart from this, I think the article needs some more expanding and there is no shortage of sources, some of them are already used in the article:
  • WILLIMANTIC, WINDHAM COUNTY, CONNECTICUT HISTORY
  • Clark, Charles H. "A Spool of Thread," Scribner's Monthly, Vol. 16, No. 5 (September 1878): 697-711
  • Larned, Ellen D. History of Windham County. Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, Vol. 1, 1876, Vol. 2, 1880
  • Robillard, Ron. Windham and Willimantic. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005

• Some topics I think the readers would want to know are:
  • The natives who lived here before.
  • When exactly was Willimantic established? The first thing we learn about Willimantic is that it was industrialized in the 1820s and incorporated as a borough in 1830. What about its establishment? First settlers? Early struggles? Reason to settle there in the first place? Who owned the land? Early industries? Agriculture? It seems like a huge gap and the answers are probably found in the sources above.
  • Some more information about the industries between 1898 and 1985?
  • History of the education system in the city?

• The Economy section should be merged with the History, as it is quite small and is mostly historic, maybe as a subsection.

• The paragraph about the Willimantic Food Co-op seems rather unnecessary. I don't see how "Willimantic is home to the only storefront food cooperative in the state" is sourced, and the only source whatsoever is the website of that store, so saying it is a "point of interest" is a problem, unless better sources are found.

• Willimantic is the home of the Willimantic Footbridge. Built in 1907, it is the only footbridge in the United States to connect two state highways, as well as crossing all three major forms of transportation: road, rail, and river. where is the source for this?

This is my initial review, when these points are met, we could go further, but as I see it, the lack of information along with unsourced material and copyvios are the main problems.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 12:01, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Status query

Bolter21, it's been over two months since your review and nominator Grendelkhan's last Wikipedia edit was two days before said review, on January 24. I pinged their talk page on February 19, and there has been no response. At this point, given the significant issues with the nomination, the thing to do is probably to close it. You've been more than generous, letting it run all this time. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:37, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

It seems the nominator has halted his wikipedia activity completely. I hope he is doing ok. As for this nomination, we are already in May, so it is safe to close this nomination.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 06:55, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Okay, then, I'll close it. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:28, 7 May 2019 (UTC)