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List of municipalities in Florida

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I've listed this article for peer review because… I think it is one of the best lists of all City lists in the U.S. I'd like feedback to see if there are improvements that could be made or problems that need to be resolved.

Thanks, Mgrē@sŏn 13:35, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: It is difficult to find anything critical to say about such a well presented list, which I should think is a near shoo-in for FL status. The following is all I can come up with:-

• "They are distributed across 67 counties, in addition to 66 county governments": I am not clear as to what the words "in addition to" mean here; some clarification requested.

√-moved Jacksonville consolidation info to intro which explains the 66 vs 67

• In the pie-chart, the text on the dark green segment is very difficult to read. Perhaps lighten the coloured background?

√-replaced primary colors with softer pastels for improved readability

• This paragraph explains the general form of governance for principalities: "Approximately 70% of Florida's municipalities use the Council–manager government system, where a professional administrator is hired by the elected council/commission members to oversee government operations and is responsible to the council/commission. Even when an individual is hired to administrate on a daily basis, there is almost always a mayor, elected independently or chosen from the council/commission. However, the power of that position is primarily symbolic and ceremonial". That is clear, but I find it hard to relate this to the tiny municipalities with populations under 50 – there are six of these. Does Lake Buena Vista (pop. 10) elect a mayor and council which then appoints a manager? Common sense tells me that these places would be administered by a larger adjacent authority, but there is nothing in the list to confirm this.

√-according to the municipal directory on the Florida League of Cities website, even the smallest cities DO have a mayor and at least two council members. I've added a statement and reference to that effect at the end of the narrative

• In the list, for some municipalities the "government type" is marked with a capital S or W (see Belleview, Holmes Beach etc). It is not clear from the list what the purposes of these letters are.

√-in the source, a few cities were identifed as having S-trong or W-eak mayor form. I will remove those designations since all are not available

• Maybe identify the state capital by some marking or other?

√-added "capital" label to Tallahassee

• I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of the Manhattan-ish graphic is, bearing in mind tat the main table is sortable by population size.

√-visually shows how much larger Jacksonville is

• The notes tell me that, uniquely, Crawfordville is not an incorporated municipality. The link goes to an underdeveloped artice, so could you briefly add what its status is, and why this should be so?

√-removed notes section and moved the info to lead paragraph

• Nitpicking, but I would prefer the years in the final column to be centre-aligned.

√-I agree, change completed

All in all this looks a first class list which in my view, with very little further work, deserves to be featured. Brianboulton (talk) 15:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

• No further comments from me; all looks well. FLC is foreign territory for me these days, but please let me know if/when you decide to nominate there. Brianboulton (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)