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Land was nominated as a Geography and places good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 1, 2023, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Section sizes

Section size for Land (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,515	3,515
Definition	1,781	1,781
Etymology	3,678	3,678
Physical science	376	33,068
Formation	12,104	12,104
Landmasses	2,069	2,069
Terrain	7,074	7,074
Geomorphology	8,598	8,598
Climate	2,847	2,847
Features	742	17,921
Coasts and islands	8,449	8,449
Mountains and plateaus	3,721	3,721
Plains and valleys	2,990	2,990
Caves and craters	2,019	2,019
Layers	779	20,326
Land cover	2,916	2,916
Soil	11,031	11,031
Continental crust	5,600	5,600
Life science	447	11,278
Land biomes	7,969	7,969
Fauna and flora	2,862	2,862
Humans and land	786	32,410
Culture	8,663	8,663
Travel	4,844	4,844
Trade	3,175	3,175
Land use	6,854	6,854
Law	2,508	2,508
Geopolitics	5,580	5,580
Environmental issues	3,608	19,114
Soil degradation	4,683	4,683
Pollution	4,080	4,080
Biodiversity loss	4,710	4,710
Resource depletion	2,033	2,033
Gallery	722	722
See also	52	52
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
External links	315	315
Total	144,236	144,236

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What still ought to be done?

It seems like it's been quite a while since any work has been done on this article; but it seems like it was relatively close to hitting the GA criteria as of the review last year. I added a new set of images to the article, which was a prominent issue raised in the review - what sections should be focused on to help take this up to GA quality? The to-do list in this section seems to be a bit outdated and at least partially implemented. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:16, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Generalissima: here is how I see it, summarizing the GA review comments and my own thoughts:

'Features' section needs rewriting.
'Etymology' in my opinion needs to be A) sourced B) chopped up to just be the relevant bits.
'Terrain' needs to be rewritten to use prose instead of definitions.
We need a strong lead that is MOS compliant. Leads seem to attract miscellaneous facts over time.
Need a better ecology section
Needs a look over the entire article for focus and clarity
A source review is needed. We are at 200 sources, do we need this many? Maybe we do.
We need to comb through the revisions since May of last year to find any poor quality contributions and remove them.

I have given a couple articles a similar treatment, but I think this one luckily does not require a full rewrite, so it won't be hard to take care of this. I'll consider making this my next project. ForksForks (talk) 00:21, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ForksForks: This is super helpful and thorough! Seems like you're the one to do it with your experience on Island. If you'd like to work together on this, I'd love to help out! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:27, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please knock out as much as you like. Many hands make light work. ForksForks (talk) 00:47, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First paragraph of the terrain section does not seem to actually be sourced. For some reason I'm having trouble using OED on the computer I'm on right now. Just flagging this for now. ForksForks (talk) 13:39, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Can someone provide feedback on if this is an acceptable source for the ecology of terrestrial animals? I'm worried this may be a tertiary source but it reads more like a journal article with direct citations to papers. ForksForks (talk) 14:42, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]