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Cleveland is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 29, 2007.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 13, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
October 18, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
August 17, 2007	Featured article review	Kept

Current status: Featured article

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Featured article review and update needed[edit]

This 2006 FA, last reviewed in 2007, has fallen away from FA standards. A very large number of the citations date to the early 2000s, with outdated text throughout. An issue is raised above about the #Climate section. There are short stubby sections. There is MOS:SANDWICHing and layout issues. Citations are incomplete and inconsistent. There is repetitive prose (ctrl-f on "home to" for example). There is some bias/boosterism evident (eg, no mention in the article of blight or urban decay, which plagues Cleveland). The article is bloated, at 12,000 words, with large sections that could be carved out to a notable list page. Listing at WP:FARGIVEN. A top-to-bottom rewrite is overdue. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:42, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SandyGeorgia, thank you for your helpful comments! Me and the other editors have been working to improve the article since May but we need time to continue our work. Everything should be much improved in the next few months.) SashaFromSolon (talk) 18:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thx! I do not have the article watchlisted, so pls ping me when your work has advanced and if you need additional feedback. As long as work is progressing, FAR is extremely lenient and forgiving. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:35, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SandyGeorgia, thank you! You will be notified when the work has advanced! SashaFromSolon (talk) 17:25, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SandyGeorgia, please have a look now and let us know if your concerns have been addressed. The article has been updated and there is a Works Cited section for book cites. The word count has been cut from 12.9k in May to 10.5k now (similar in length to Boston and Minneapolis). SashaFromSolon (talk) 08:33, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment[edit]

In general, it seems that single-sentenced paragraphs and short sections should be avoided to keep the Featured status of the article. Anyway, this is my observation.) SashaFromSolon (talk) 20:29, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SashaFromSolon: Can you give some examples from the article? Magnolia677 (talk) 21:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Magnolia677:, yes, a good example was the 'Media' section, which had several single-sentence paragraphs and even single-sentence sections. This has now been fixed. SashaFromSolon (talk) 07:53, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]