Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Dallas/1

GA on hold

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

• Image:Dallas Morning News 2006 front cover.png needs a fair use rationale.
• Image:Xvixionx 29 April 2006 Dallas Skyline.jpg is far too large.
• Text should not be sandwiched between two adjacent images.
• Web references should state the author, publisher, publishing date and access date, if known.
  • For such a short line, this is going to be a truckload of work. I will add the sections and cross them out as competed.--The Jacobin (talk) 01:22, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
    • intro
    • history —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Jacobin (talk • contribs) 03:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
• "See also" links belong at the top of sections.
• The bold and coloured text in the Transportation section should be removed.
• The "verification needed" tags should be attended to.
• Please provide citations for these statements:
  • "Dallas, and its surrounding area, is mostly flat and lies at an elevation ranging from 450 feet (137 m) to 550 feet (168 m). The western edge of the Austin chalk formation, a limestone escarpment, rises 200 feet (61 m) and runs roughly north-south through Dallas County."
  • "Even though Dallas lies at the lower end of the "Tornado Alley", that day had the worst tornadoes to happen to the metroplex in the last 50 years."
  • "Due to Dallas's spread out nature and high amount of urban sprawl, automobiles are the only available mode of transportation for many. All time recorded high is 113F,and all time recorded low is 2F."
  • "In a larger context, the Dallas-area is seen as right-wing politically, with a heavy cultural emphasis placed on Protestant Christianity and close historical and cultural ties to both the rugged American West and agricultural South. The popular television series Dallas bolstered this view epitomizing the city with wealthy oil barons, big hair, and cowboy hats. However, a closer look at the city proves this image to be nothing more than an outdated stereotype."
  • "In 2006, Republican Tom Leppert defeated Ed Oakley by a margin of 58% to 42% to become the Mayor of Dallas, though the city's elections are non-partisan."
  • "In the 2006 elections for Dallas County judges, 41 out of 42 seats went to Democrats."
  • "The Dallas Morning News, which was founded in 1885 by A. H. Belo and is Belo Corp's flagship newspaper. The Dallas Times Herald, started in 1888, was the Morning News's major competitor until Belo purchased the paper on 8 December 1991 and closed the paper down the next day."
  • "Between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, Dallas suffered a lengthy recession and has only recently bounced back—like much of the country, the real estate market has improved significantly in recent years."
  • "This organizational structure was recently contested by some in favor of a strong-mayor city charter only to be rejected by Dallas voters."
  • "In 1995, the Dallas Fire Department Training Academy (now the Chief Dodd Miller Training Academy) began to host firefighter recruits from other Metroplex municipalities in its 22 week basic firefighter training school, effectively becoming a regional training center. The Academy is reverently known as “the Tower” by instructors and graduates, referring to the facility's most taxing structure/activity: a six story tower whose staircase is routinely climbed three times in rapid succession by recruits in full gear and hi-rise hose packs."
  • "The school is highly selective, admitting around 200 students a year. The facility enrolls 3,255 postgraduates and is home to four Nobel Laureates: three in physiology/medicine and one in chemistry."
  • "Ursuline Academy of Dallas, founded by a group of Ursuline nuns in 1874, is credited with being the oldest school in the city."
  • "Another beltway around the city is planned upwards of 45 miles (72 km) from downtown in Collin County."
  • "criss-crossed by a vast network of highways which has led to and contributes to Dallas being a very low-density city"

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GA/R). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAC. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions. Regards, Epbr123 22:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• As there is still much work to do, I'm afraid I've had to delist the article. Epbr123 09:37, 19 October 2007 (UTC)