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The list was promoted by Hey man im josh via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of municipalities in Washington

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Nominator(s): SounderBruce 06:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One of my bucket list items is to visit all 281 cities and towns in my home state of Washington, so I thought it was high time to improve the massive list before I reach the 100% mark (which is only a few road trips away from being accomplished). This list follows the format set at other recent lists of municipalities, especially those from Mattximus, and I believe it is ready for review. SounderBruce 06:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MPGuy2824
  • Tables need row scopes on the "primary" column for each row, which in combination with column scopes lets screen reader software accurately determine and read out the headers for each cell of a data table. You've added the scopes but the line needs to start with a "!" not a "|".
    • Fixed.
  • Some of the number columns are right aligned, but not all. All the ones which have a varying number of digits should be right aligned. The year column can be left as is.
    • Fixed for the center-aligned columns.
  • The order of precedence seems to be first-class city > second-class city > code city > town. It would be great to have that column sort in this way. I'm not sure where the unclassified city would fit in there.
    • The current sorting uses the most common order that these classifications are listed in (code city, 1st class, 2nd class, unclassified, town) by the government and MRSC.
  • Many of the refs are missing archive links. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:19, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - I did a mini-review prior to nomination and all my recommendations were made. I believe this list is at the featured level. I can find only one issue. There is a paragraph on mayor and manager and a mention in the lead, but no mention in the table. I wonder if there is a way to incorporate this into the table without a new column because I like the table as is. If there are only those two, and only a few managers, could a note be made for those which says all others are mayor? Or is there another creative solution? It would be a shame to just remove that paragraph which is another option. Mattximus (talk) 22:50, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mattximus: I'm not sure if a new column would fit, nor would a separate notes system be warranted. I have added a sentence with the MRSC statistics, which show 227 mayor–council municipalities and 54 council–manager municipalities. MRSC also notes that the systems aren't fully separate, as some mayor–council cities have administrators who have powers similar to a city manager. SounderBruce 03:22, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well if nobody else has an issue with the mayor/manager being in the lead/text and not in the list, I will Support based on everything else which is excellent. Mattximus (talk) 21:37, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

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  • Spot checks dont find anything wrong
  • Links and dates are consistent
  • Why are none articles redlinked?
All I found, just need the redlink question cleared up. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 18:26, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The redlinked articles are entities that should be notable but I simply have not found time to write about. OFM in particular is tricky because they have a lot of results where they're simply the source, rather than the subject. SounderBruce 18:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@OlifanofmrTennant: Fixing the ping. SounderBruce 18:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cowboygilbert

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Comments from TheDoctorWho

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  • Considering this list is about Municipalities in Washington, would it make more sense to put that image first?
    • Done.
  • You specify a highlight color in one image but not the other; both images only contain one highlight color, this should be consistent.
    • Removed.
  • Also seems like that caption on the second map could be simplified, perhaps "Map of Washington with incorporated cities and towns highlighted in yellow" -> "Map of Washington with municipalities highlighted in yellow"
    • Simplified.
  • "The municipal government generally provides policing, fire protection, emergency services" - are there other emergency services outside of the two that have already been listed? If so, perhaps specifying "other" emergency services since we've separated the two, otherwise it can be dropped.
    • Removed.
  • "grants home rule powers" - what are home rule powers? A brief explanation wouldn't hurt, or at the bare minimum, a piped link to Home rule in the United States.
    • Added the link. A fuller description probably belongs in the subarticle.
  • "In 1994, the minimum population to incorporate a municipality was raised to 1,500 by the state legislature, which has prevented the creation of new towns. - what was the minimum population required before it was raised?
    • Added.
  • There are some issues with reference titles switching between sentence and title case, I suggest running this script to help clean those up.
    • Moved to title case to match the majority.

Not much else to say here, nice work! TheDoctorWho (talk) 07:16, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: Thanks for the suggestions, I have implemented them all. SounderBruce 09:17, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great job, happy to support! TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:06, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man im josh

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  • Ref 1 / 8 – You link to the United States Census Bureau in reference 8, when my understanding is you typically try to link on first occurrence, meaning it should be linked in reference 1 instead
    • Fixed.
  • Ref 8 – Downcase 2010 United States Census to 2010 United States census to match the target
    • Fixed.
  • Ref 17 – Add via=Issuu
    • Added.
  • Ref 16 – Shouldn't this be a publisher of "Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington" based on page 2 of the source?
    • The "of Washington" is not in common usage; the long form is rarely used and should be treated similar to corporate designations that are omitted per WP:CS1.
  • It actually looks like several of the sources should be "Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington" instead actually.
    • See above.

That's what I've got, please ping me when you reply. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:09, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: Replied above. Thanks for the review. SounderBruce 22:14, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I see now that the article is at Municipal Research and Services Center, lending credence to the common name mention. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:10, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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