Talk:Victoria Square, Christchurch

A fact from Victoria Square, Christchurch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Christchurch area now known as Victoria Square was formerly part of Puari, a Waitaha settlement, an early Māori iwi?

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Victoria Square, Christchurch is currently a Places good article nominee. Nominated by David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) at 03:07, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: Public place in Christchurch, New Zealand

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Victoria Square, Christchurch/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Cloventt (talk · contribs) 03:07, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Marshelec (talk · contribs) 20:12, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am willing to undertake this review, and will aim to prepare my review comments within 7 days. One initial request is to expand the lead. According to MOS:LEADLENGTH, an article of >5,000 words of readable prose should have a lead of 3-4 paragraphs. I suggest something in the range 250-400 for the word count of the lead. I will not review the lead until expansion is completed, and will focus on the body of the article in the meantime._Marshelec (talk) 20:12, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have expanded the lead up to 316 words. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 23:09, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]