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Nominator(s): Sounder Bruce 21:16, 1 May 2024 (UTC) reply

I stumbled across this list a few months ago and was shocked to see it was almost completely uncited despite being well-trafficked with tens of thousands of monthly views. I have cleaned up the list and added supporting text where needed and feel that it is a viable FL in its current state. This is my first foray into a political FL, so any advice is appreciated. Sounder Bruce 21:16, 1 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Comments from Steelkamp

  • "Four U.S. territories". This can be shortened to "Four territories".
    • Fixed.
  • I'm not sure it's correct to say that "Four U.S. territories have Democratic governors" when Puerto Rico has a governor from the "New Progressive Party". Can this be reworded?
    • Reducing count to three; I think the next sentence sufficiently explains the Puerto Rico situation.
  • "All 55 state and territorial governors are members of the non-partisan National Governors Association as well as the partisan Democratic Governors Association and Republican Governors Association." This reads as all governors being part of the Democratic Governors Association and Republican Governors Association. I recommend rewording to "All 55 state and territorial governors are members of the non-partisan National Governors Association as well as either the partisan Democratic Governors Association or Republican Governors Association.
    • Reworked entirely to flow better by explaining the NGA first.
  • I'm not sure the sectioning layout works here. The first paragraph under "State governors" mentions territory governors as well. Do those governor statistics in the second paragraph include territory governors? Maybe the first paragraph should be moved up to the lead.
    • Moved up the paragraph that applies to both state and territorial governors; the second paragraph is solely about state governors per the source.
  • Starting a sentence with a number should be avoided as per MOS:NUMBERS.
    • Reworded.
  • "46 of the governors are non-Hispanic white, while one is Hispanic, one is Black, and one is Native American." Is this meant to add up to 50?
    • Fixed, the source mentions two Hispanic governors.
  • I don't think National Governors Association should be linked in the see also section as it is already linked earlier in the article.
    • Removed.
  • I don't think the "Prior public experience" column should be sortable.
    • Removed sortability.
  • And the federal district mayor table shouldn't be sortable at all.
    • Removed sortability.
  • Wyoming Treasurer could be red linked. (surprising that doesn't already have an article)
    • Added link to an existing redirect.
  • The National Governors Association is explained in two different paragraphs: the second and third paragraphs. I would remove any mention of the National Governors Association from the second paragraph.

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Review from Hurricanehink

Ooh, I had to come here all the way from my California FLC!

  • Is it worth indicating that five states don't have a lieutenant governor? I suppose the "most" works, but it led me wondering, and then I forgot I was supposed to be reviewing this. Having that information available would save that wiki hole.
  • "All 55 state and territorial governors are members of the non-partisan National Governors Association, which lobbies the federal government for governors' interests. " - the NGA was already mentioned in the second lead paragraph, so I think its reference in the 3rd lead paragraph should be moved, keeping both mentions of NGA together
  • "The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was 59.28 years old." - considering every age is otherwise listed as a whole year, I suggest rounding this to the whole year. You could always add "about" before 59.
  • Could you add how long Inslee has been governor, how old Ivey and Sanders are?
  • "two are Hispanic, one is Black, and one is Native American." - since there are so few, what do you think about indicating who these all are? Otherwise, I have no idea who the Native American governor is (not Hawaii like I thought for a second). Again, I went down a wiki hole when I should have been reviewing this list.
  • Just a general spotcheck, but where are the references for the previous careers? The ref for Ivey didn't mention her being state auditor.
  • How many governors are term-limited? (and thus lame ducks)

The list seems pretty good, so I hope none of these are too difficult. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 00:09, 6 May 2024 (UTC) reply

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