Talk:Larrabee County, Iowa/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: 48JCL (talk · contribs) 22:04, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: CosXZ (talk · contribs) 23:40, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

Stable

Y Cos ^{(X + Z)} 23:40, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Image and source review

• File:Map of Iowa highlighting Kossuth County.svg: appropriate image
• File:Map of Iowa highlighting Bancroft County.svg: appropriate image
• File:Portrait of William Larrabee.jpg: related with the article
• Great copyright on all images

Copyvio

Earwig shows a 2.9% which is amazing.Cos ^{(X + Z)} 23:40, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@CosXZ any other things I need to address? 48JCL (talk) 01:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I will review more of the criteria later today Cos ^{(X + Z)} 14:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Mos

 Done 48JCL (talk) 23:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Layout

• Move coordinates to in between the citations and the categories.

 Done

Lead

• Larrabee County was a proposed county in the northern part of Kossuth County, Iowa in February 1913.

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• It was named after governor William Larrabee. replace "It" with "The County".

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• It was preceded by Crocker County until it was disestablished being illegal. replace "It" with "The County" and "it" with "the County".

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• A vote was held in Kossuth County in order to see if the county would be established or not. It failed and Kossuth County remained the largest county in Iowa. capitalize "county" and replace "It" with "The Vote".

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@CosXZ done 48JCL (talk) 16:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Words to watch

• However, the residents of northern Kossuth County sent a delegation to Des Moines to express that they did not want Larrabee County to exist.

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Grammar

Background

• , making Iowa officially a state of 100 counties.

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• , Bancroft County was eliminated because it was not suitable for settling due to its marshes and wetlands replace "eliminated" with "disestablished" and "it" with "the county".

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• Bancroft County's land was merged with Kossuth County, making Kossuth the largest County in Iowa, decapitalize "County" in "the largest County".

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• , and therefore Iowa was now a state of 99 counties. ---> and made Iowa a state of 99 counties.

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• It lasted from 1870 to 1871, replace "It" with "The county".

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• , being deemed illegal and unconstitutional. ---> being deemed "illegal and unconstitutional."

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• , which declares in Article 11 that no new county shall be created which contains less than 432 square miles. ---> , which declares in Article 11 that "no new county shall be created which contains less than 432 square miles."

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Proposal

• On 22 February 1913, the US doesn't use the day-month-year format.

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• The name Larrabee would honor new governor William Larrabee. ---> The name "Larrabee" would honor governor William Larrabee.

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• The proposal received just 920 votes compared to the opposition's 3599 votes;

 Done