Talk:History of Kansas

As of 17 December 2019, this article is a good article. (compare to current). This means the community feels it is written well. You may see the discussion that promoted the article here.

Review

@Junedude433: I anticipate you will be looking at nominating this article for VGA in due course, so I thought I would go ahead and start a review. I hope that's ok with you!

Introduction

• nomadic - I know you have the explanation in brackets, but might you also link to nomadic people?
• Spanish and French - Should these be linked?
• residents - Simple?
• The fighting helped start the American Civil War. - This makes it sound like a positive. Is starting a war a good thing? I assume you're looking for an easier way to say contributed to?
• railroads - Simple?
• the south - Shouldn't this be capitalised?
• Populist and Progressive movement - Shouldn't this link to an article?
• conservative - Needs linking.
• manufacturing - Simple? Link.
• prohibits (in infobox) - Is this simple?
• the number of farmers has lowered - Is lowered simple as a verb? Maybe has become lower?

Before History

• Asians - Link?
• Because the big game they had been hunting died out, the people had started eating more plants and small animals. - I would switch the sentence round, start with the second part. Also, game needs linking in this context.
• The groups did not stop hunting, but they also ate wild plants and small animals. - This is a repetition of what is said two lines before.
• major - Simple?
• These inventions would include growing maize. - Do we need to say would include? Maybe just included would be enough.
• Other groups in North America aslo started growing maize as well - Ignoring the obvious typo (aslo instead of also), also and as well mean the same thing here. Choose one or the other.
• archaic - Simple?
• semi-sedentary - Maybe needs an explanation in brackets?
• storage containers - Simple?
• permanent housing - Simple?
• out of dirt; they were shaped - I would change semicolon to a full stop.
• Indian - Link?

I'll continue in the coming days, if it is helpful. --Yottie ^=talk= 18:04, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Depopulation of the Great Plains

I think this is relevant: en:Depopulation of the Great Plains. Most counties of Kansas have been losing population, although the population of the entire state is still growing. Lights and freedom (talk) 20:13, 10 May 2023 (UTC)