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Goat Rock Beach in
Sonoma County, California has a number of
sea stacks and offers viewing of
marine
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I'm starting this discussion page in the hopes that sooner or later other folks will come by who have an inerest in working on this page. I grew up in Sonoma County and Goat Rock Beach was always one of my favorite places. I added the photo for the page, but the article itself can use a lot of help. -- Xaven 01:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Given it's only a stub now, perhaps it's dreaming to think this page could be taken all the way to Featured Article status. But Goat Rock Beach has the potential to be that; it's very tied to the history of the Russian River and has no shortage of interesting and colorful history. Among things I think the page could use:
That's just what I can think of off the top of my head. Goat Rock is not short of interesting and varied history. I'm happy to do what I can to help this article, but I'd rather have a few folks who share my passion for the beach to work with. It'll take time. Thoughts, anyone?
-- Xaven 01:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Great job Anlace! I've nominated this article for GA. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-03-08 07:10Z
Really interesting article, and I think it is very close to GA status. However, I still have to fail it for a couple of reasons. Primarily for lack of citations. While it does have some good citations, there are none in the 'vicinity features' section, and kind of spotty under 'geology', especially in the first sentence of that section where you talk about, "an average of one to three feet per year of land mass is lost." A statement like that definitely needs a citation. Reference citations should also be formatted (see WP:REF); complete author/title information should be available; URL references should included a date when it was last retrieved. Although the citation formatting is minor.
You might consider combining the 'vicinity features' and 'geology' into one section. Or maybe some stuff in 'vicinity features' should actually be in the lead section, since some of it seems like kind of an overview.
I don't really like the 'trivia' section, as these are generally discouraged in encyclopedia articles. They're fine for stub & start class articles, since it's fine to list things initially when starting an article. But I think for GA-class, this information should be incorporated into the text of the main article. To me, it seems that most of the trivia could be included in an 'in popular culture' section, since it deals with either the Goonies film, or a popular beach venue with a magazine reference.
The 'flora and fauna' section looks alright. Again, a bit short on the references. The photo doesn't really seem to do anything for me; just looks kinda boring with nothing in it but grass. Could be better with maybe one or more of the native animals in it; seals, sea lions, mule deer, perhaps? Since it's springtime, maybe someone could get a photo of some of the wildflowers in bloom there? on a sunny day? Most of the photos on the page seem to have been taken on an overcast day (although the first photo at the top seems alright).
The 'practical matters' section seems poorly written. It starts off with the safety risks associated with rip currents and prohibited swimming, then goes into some of the facilities provided, then talks about hang gliding and goes into some boring legal mumbo jumbo about cards and waivers. This is an encyclopedia, not the park website. Drop the legal stuff and put a link to the website with all the rules under external links. Change the section to highlight the activities that you can do with maybe a short sentence at the end on prohibited activities (safety is still important, just not all that 'encyclopedic'). Maybe a photo of a hang glider or some of the facilities would be nice.
The article could also use a good copyedit; there are several stray punctuation marks throughout the article (extra periods and so forth). Looks like it's coming along; I'd definitely rate B-class. A few more things, and it'll be worthy of GA-class,... Cheers! Dr. Cash 08:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
simple:Talk:Goat Rock Beach —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thamusemeantfan ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)