Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Turku/archive1

Turku[edit]

This is pretty much a self-nomination. This article about the oldest city in Finland has been through peer review, and I've tried to address all the issues raised there. I think it should by now be of featured article standard. Comments? - ulayiti (talk) 16:53, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support -- I'd be happy to fully support if the article is properly copyedited by another user. Some sentences do seem a bit odd. (no offence meant to Ulayiti, but it will be a little hard for him to spot, as he is the primary author). =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:26, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Object at the moment. 1) The lead section is small. It needs to be expanded. 2) Incorrect use of subheadings. You've used a single ===subheading=== under a ==heading==. I suggest you promote the subheading to a heading, or merge the subheading contents under the heading. 3) The economy, media and culture sections should be expanded to twice its current length 4) What reference do you have for those figures in the =demographics= section? 5) height above sea level (47m?), breakup of religions is absent. I'll support once you take care of this. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:51, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

I've expanded the lead section, as well as the economy and media sections, now. I've also merged some of the sections with subheadings. The demographics are from Turun kaupungin tilastollinen vuosikirja (the final item in the references list). The breakup of religions is not measured in Finland. I haven't been able to find a figure for height above sea level (the city centre is very close to sea level since it's on the coast). - ulayiti (talk) 20:10, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

**It looks better now; but I would still like to know from where you've sourced the statistics on a) Language breakup on people b) per capita income, unemployment rate etc. in the economy section and c) a source which states that the Turun Sanomat has 70% of the readership. Use {{inote}} to format references as inline.
I've also noticed that the page has some more free images from wikimedia commons:, which can (and should) be included here. (PS. At this moment, the official site does not open.) =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:02, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Object on a few small issues that should be easy to address. (1) The recent history is pretty weak, did WWII have any impact on the city? (2) Are there any images with appropriate licences that could go in the later section of the article?--nixie 07:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've included some more images from commons now, as well as putting in some {{inote}} references (as requested by User:Nichalp). I'll look up some recent history in the library tomorrow (the Internet isn't exactly being helpful). - ulayiti (talk) 13:37, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Recent history proved quite hard to find, since most books written on the city's history only cover the Middle Ages (and maybe up to 1800), but I've now included something there. All the objections raised should have been met now. - ulayiti (talk) 18:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- The additions look good, the article could still use a good copy edit.--nixie 12:06, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]