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Madison, Wisconsin was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 22, 2016	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 9, 2019	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Sports Sports Sports

I find it weird that the athletics section is so messy, especially when sports are so important to the city. Is anyone willing to clean it up a tad?

I think that there are numerous subsections in this page that should be split off into their own articles. Architecture is a prime example of a section that could become its own article. Thoughts?

Potential article splits

I hope that we can agree that the page has gotten too long to meet criteria for a good article. There are plenty of section and subsections that I believe could be split off to form new pages.

Madison Emergency Services

   (Police Department and Fire Department)

Madison Neighborhoods Architecture in Madison, Wisconsin

The 3rd capital burned down?

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a photo of the capitol that says 3rd capitol burned down in 1904. Then in the article it says 2nd burned down in 1904. Piperfect (talk) 23:25, 22 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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