Talk:Historic district (United States)

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Historic district (United States) is a current good article nominee. If you have not contributed significantly to this article, feel free to evaluate it according to the good article criteria and then pass or fail the article as outlined on the candidates page. Nomination date: 2007-04-05

An entry from Historic district (United States) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 25 February 2007.

[edit] History

The rest of the history can be seen at the redirect at Historic District which leads here.A mcmurray 06:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Globalization

I've added template:globalize, but there could alternative be an argument for removing any reference to this as a worldwide phenomenon and restricting the article to the United States, where a Historic District is legally defined. Warofdreams talk 18:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Could be. Although, I am not sure if there is any way to know if there is or is not legal protection in every nation on Earth.A mcmurray 20:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I guess you could look at having more than one country. You don't need to have every country in the world. In Australia we have the National Trust which owns/manages many historic areas. Ozdaren 08:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Or you could just do what Kpalion did and change the name of the page. Ozdaren 08:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I think that was the best thing that could be done with this page as it is. Of course, that shouldn't stop anybody from writing an article on historic districts from a global perspective. — Kpalion^(talk) 08:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. That was the best thing to do, I would have included more global perspective but I lack them. I hope someone writes other articles as sometimes I think redirect tend to discourage that.A mcmurray 13:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historic district (United States)

I looked over the article (sorry for taking so long, I had a busy day of classes) and found a few minor things, mostly grammar issues. I think once you fix the below suggestions you should nominate it (and then wait a month for it to be reviewed!). Let me know if you want any further clarification on these and thanks for the offer of reviewing an article of mine down the road. I want to work on the Leslie Nielsen article soon, but I'm waiting for some free time in my schedule.

• In the intro sentence, entities is spelled wrong. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• "All but the eponymous district category are also applied to historic districts listed on the National Register. [5]" Remove space between punctuation and inline citation. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• In the Property types section, integrity and integral are spelled wrong. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• In Federal historic districts, physical and separated are misspelled. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• "The Register is the official recognition by the U.S. government concerning the historic or architectural significance of a district or property." This could use an inline citation. Not done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC) Done IvoShandor 07:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• "However, if a property falls under one of those categories and are "ntegral parts of districts that do meet the criteria" then the exception for their listing will be made." Integral is spelled wrong. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• In Local historic districts section, Regulations is spelled wrong twice, once in the citation and again in the last paragraph of the section. Done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• "In addition, the property becomes protected under specific state laws." Could you possibly explain what type of protection? I think you do include some information in a later statement ("Local historic districts usually enjoy the greatest level of protection, under law, from any threats that may compromise their historic integrity."), but maybe move this up earlier if applicable. Not done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC) DoneIvoShandor 08:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I have somewhat reworded this. I can include some specific state laws that protect properties more (Tennessee) but I think Nevada and North Carolina should be suffcient for the opposite (no real protections). If not let me know. IvoShandor 08:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

• Possibly expand the significance section if possible and integrity is misspelled. Not done IvoShandor 06:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC) Done IvoShandor 08:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

--Nehrams2020 03:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Good job on fixing all of those (I'm sure the spelling wasn't that difficult). The only other thing I would suggest is to adjust the bottom two images by spacing them out more (perhaps put one in the significance section) and maybe going through and adding more wikilinks you think are necessary. I'd recommend nominating it at GAC whenever you're ready. --Nehrams2020 08:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)