Talk:Larrabee County, Iowa

Distinct from Crocker and Bancoft?

This is an interesting little article, but I feel a GAN atm is premature due to how short the article is. I'm a bit confused on the separation of this from the Crocker County, Iowa and Bancroft County, Iowa article; they all occupy the same area, are essentially same iterations of the same proposed county split. Wouldn't an article that covers all three of these proposals as one be the best for understanding why Kossuth was never split? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 23:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@Generalissima Thanks for your comments, however they are not the same. Larrabee was proposed and the other two were former. 48JCL ^(talk) 23:14, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

In terms of size, they are different however roughly the same. I would say it’s more like the other two articles have issues than this article does. Also, the GA nom passed. 48JCL ^(talk) 23:15, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree. This article is pretty nice but is short and the language just doesn't "flow" that well with me. GoldRomean (talk) 03:52, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean Please tell me what issues need to be addressed. 48JCL^TALK 15:54, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I’m not proposing GAR, but there’s a few minor things I fixed. In addition, 2 minor suggestions:

1. The county lasted from 1870 to 1871, but was deemed "unconstitutional". Is it necessary to link “unconstitutional” to that specific section in the article? I’m less sure about this, but should the period be inside the quotation marks?
2. For the sentence above, it’s a little out of order, because you mention that the County was deemed “unconstitutional”, and then talk about the court case that talks about deeming it unconstitutional again. And the county lasting from 1870 to 71 is already mentioned, but you could say something like “the county only lasted one year”.

I’ve gone ahead and fixed some other things myself. Either way, congrats on the GA :D. GoldRomean (talk) 14:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

And not sure what’s happening here: If Larrabee County was to be created, it would consist of the north one third of Township 97, all of Townships 98, 99 and 100 north, of ranges 27, 28, 29 and 30 west of the fifth principal meridian in the state of Iowa. GoldRomean (talk) 14:55, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean Linked the word township to Survey township (United States). 48JCLTALK 15:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Unconstitutional has been removed from quotes. And the word Unconstitutional links there. I didn’t link Constitutionality#Examples of unconstitutional actions. Unconstitutional just links there. 48JCLTALK 15:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay, fixed everything. 48JCLTALK 15:59, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. Again, congrats on the GA. Hope to see you around :D. GoldRomean (talk) 16:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean Would it be possible if you could check if it meets the A-class criteria? 48JCLTALK 17:12, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I’ll take a look later, but I don’t have much experience in article assessment. Have you nominated this already? GoldRomean (talk) 17:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean There’s no formal A-class review for WP:USA. 48JCLTALK 21:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, in a lot of cases people go directly to FA. I've left a message on your talk page :D. GoldRomean (talk) 21:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I just wrote a stupidly long reply… I don’t’ want to clog up this page though. Would you be fine with/is it alright with Wikipedia policy to put it on your talk page, or a separate sandbox page or something? Or can we just archive this page anyway? GoldRomean (talk) 18:59, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Larrabee County, Iowa/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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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
• Citations are styled good
• All citations are reliable

OR

• Bancroft County's land was merged with Kossuth County, making Kossuth the largest county in Iowa, and made Iowa a state of 99 counties.[2][3] [1] mentions this too so, you can triple-confirm this statement.

 Not done WP:CITEOVERKILL

• being deemed "illegal and unconstitutional."[5] [5] doesn't mention this, [4] mentions "unconstitutional" so, remove "illegal and" and add after After Crocker County was disestablished in 1871, Crocker County's land was merged into Kossuth County.{{Sfn|Brown|2023}}

 Partly done

• The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in the case L.K. Garfield vs R.I. Brayton that Crocker County was a violation of the Iowa constitution, put [1] after comma.

 Done

• The name "Larrabee" would honor governor William Larrabee.[6] [1] mentions this too.

 Not done WP:CITEOVERKILL  Done

• The proposal would divide Kossuth County, making the northern part Larrabee County.[1] [7] mentions this too.

 Done

• The proposal received 920 votes compared to the opposition's 3599 votes; therefore, Larrabee County was not established which meant Iowa remained a state of 99 counties,[1] [4] mentions this too.

 Not done once is good enough

• and Kossuth County remained the largest county in Iowa.[4] [3] mentions this too.

 Not done once is good enough

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)

@48JCL I got some things I need you to do Cos ^{(X + Z)} 22:56, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@CosXZ issues addressed, could you pass? 48JCL (talk) 02:11, 25 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.

 Done

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

 Done

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

 Done

• 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".

 Done

@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.

 Done

Grammar

Background

• , making Iowa officially a state of 100 counties.

 Done

• , 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".

 Done

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

 Done

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

 Done

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

 Done

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

 Done

• , 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."

 Done

Proposal

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

 Done

• On February 22 1913, add a coma after 22.

 Done

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

 Done

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

 Done 48JCL (talk) 19:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@CosXZ 48JCL (talk) 19:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that Larrabee County was a proposed county in Iowa, however because it failed, Iowa remained a state with 99 counties?

• Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-what-happened-to-iowas-100t/144895260/ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/TB/1039404.pdf

• Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by 48JCL (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

48JCL (talk) 11:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC).

• Article attained Good article status. No problems regarding copyright and referencing, and hook mentioned in the 'Proposal' section and is cited. Good to go. - Toadboy123 (talk) 02:59, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
  • @Toadboy123 Thank you! 48JCL ^(talk) 19:27, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

A-class

This is an a-class nomination. 48JCLTALK 17:12, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

1. REDIRECT Target page name

Suggestions for Article Improvement

@48JCL: I took a look at the article again, as you requested. I wrote this a few days ago, but since you didn't specify where you want it, I'll put it here, if that's alright with you and the WP guidelines.

Okay, I have a few more suggestions. Apologies for my extensive use of the talk quotes template.

1. Put this in chronological order: In November 1914, the Iowans of Kossuth County voted against the creation of Larrabee County. The county was preceded by Crocker County until it was disestablished being illegal. A referendum was held in Kossuth County in order to propose the existence of Larrabee County. The proposal failed and Kossuth County remained the largest county in Iowa.

 Done

1. In the “Background” section, making Iowa a state of X counties is repetitive.

 Done

1. On February 22, 1913, Larrabee County was proposed by James McHose, an Iowa congressman from Boone, Iowa. Change to “the creation of Larrabee County was proposed…” or something like that?

 Done

1. If Larrabee County was to be created, it would consist of the north one third of Township 97, all of Townships 98, 99 and 100 north, of ranges 27, 28, 29 and 30 west of the fifth principal meridian in the state of Iowa. Excuse my lack of related knowledge, but I’m still a little confused by this. What is township 100 north, a range, and 30 west of the fifth principal meridian in the state of Iowa?

 Partly done put it in an EFN.

1. Lowercase Township in sentence above and change one third to “one-third”.

 Done

1. Portrait of William Larrabee, who the county was to be named after. Change to “Portrait of William Larrabee, after whom the county was to be named.”

 Done

1. Try to decrease the use of footnotes. For example, correct me if I’m wrong, but the first one is already used is the “References” section, so could be deleted.

 Not done If I delete, then the SFN tags will be deleted, breaking the page.

1. Possible replace the map of Bancroft County into one of what Larrabee would’ve been (though they’re virtually the same).

 Not done they were not exactly the same, BUT I’ll try to make a new map.

1. If it’s possible to reword or write it another way, I think that mentioning the fact that “Kossuth is Iowa’s biggest county” three times is a little much.

 Partly done removed 1 incident of the word, however the other two are necessary. 1 for the lead being summary style, and 2 for an explanation. This is just overall, I haven’t really looked at sourcing or smaller details. Looking at the FA criteria (as I think the A-class one varies depending on the WikiProject and the overall one isn’t very specific):

• 1a. The prose could be cleared up. Grammar-wise, it’s alright, though a little hard to understand/out of order at times.
• 1b. Pretty comprehensive save some minor issues.
• 1c. Well researched, although the sourcing could be cleared up and a few more sources could be found (like I said though, I haven’t had the time to look at that yet).
• 1d. Yes.
• 1e. Yes.
• 1f. Yes, if your GA Earwig assessment was correct.
• 2a. Yes.
• 2b. Not much structure, but it’s a short article, so yes.
• 2c. Haven’t check citations yet.
• 3. Yes, but I haven’t checked for copyright yet (this should’ve been done for the GAN anyway).
• 4. Yes.

Really, this is a pretty good article. If this passed A-class though, you would likely nominate it for FA. I’m a little worried about notability and length right now, however. There’s not that many sources discussing this right now, and if this became a FA, it would be one of, if not the shortest FAs on Wikipedia.

I suggest requesting a copy-edit from the Guild of Copy-Editors sometime after you make these edits. I might have more ideas later, depending on what the article looks like.

If I’m not wrong, for A-class, you have to nominate through a WikiProject? So either WP History or WP United States. Let me know if/when/where you nominate. Sorry for making this ridiculously long. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 22:02, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean, WP:A? states that a nomination can be made on the talk page. For the comments on notability, this was accepted at WP:AFC, and the sources do demonstrate notability. 48JCLTALK 23:07, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean Issues addressed, however WP:A states that it can have minor style issues. 48JCLTALK 00:43, 4 June 2024 (UTC)