Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Featured article drive/Los Angeles/Project FA Los Angeles

This page is a compiled list of suggestions for improvement for the city of Los Angeles, California, which is within the scope of the WikiProject Cities Featured article drive. A listing of those who suggested the provision is also listed. Once something has been completed, replace the cross mark with a tick mark.

Important Links

Article page - Talk page - Peer review page - Task force page

Goals

As Derived from Peer Review:

Add Additional Citations (User:Finetooth^talk, User:Starstriker7^talk)

The original reason that this article was demoted from GA status was because of its clear violations of verifiability guidelines. They can be found at several areas in particular.

Not done Government
- Not done Neighborhood councils

Additionally, citations could be used in the following areas as well.

Not done Citing all the different companies that are located in the economy section, as they can be challenged.
Not done Citing the very last paragraph in the religion section
Not done Citing the first paragraph in the media section
Not done Citing the first paragraph of the sports section

Resolve the Overlinking Problem by Filling It Out (User:Finetooth^talk, User:Dtbohrer^talk)

There are so many links that it has generated a somewhat discouraging sea of blue links.

What Can Be Done?

Not done Read through the articles and remove unnecessary links (Ex. aviation, snow, automobile, inches)

Not done Remove any links of questionable notability (Especially in the economy section)

Not done Add sentences explaining each of the listed "seas of blue" (Especially in the Landmarks section and the Economy section)

Not done An overview paragraph for the listed sections would be helpful.