# Talk:Everglades

Greetings: I am an editor that has been working with and on the "External links" sections of articles for some time patrolling "External links". I became involved before and assisted in discussions that resulted in Wikipedia: External links/Perennial websites and actively work to ensure "External links" sections conforms to policies and guidelines. My goal is to maintain quality standards provided by the broad consensus of policies, guidelines, and even community accepted essays.
The issue: This article, listed as a good article by six WikiProjects ranging from mid, high, to top importance, has four sub-sections with a total of twenty external links listed. Community consensus has consistently shown that an acceptable number of links has been three to four, and I have not bothered with any longer articles with five. I can even see stretching the criteria to six on such a large and comprehensive article such as this.
Concern: Twenty external links means there either needs to be an "exception to the rule" such as WP:IGNORE (requiring more than local article consensus) or a discussion as to how many of these links can be incorporated into the body of the article. A cursory glance saw all but a couple acceptable for inclusion or as references.
I have no intentions of wanting to be in some "battle". I lived in Homestead, Florida, and went to school at both Naranja Elementary School and Redland Junior High. We were either in the Everglades or the ocean every weekend for two years and I am glad there is a plan to help restore the area. My family lost everything when hurricane Andrew raged through. With all this stated I would like a review of the contents of the "External links" with collaboration, or protecting editors help, to correct the over-use of links in the section, without degrading the article status, or hitting a wall and having to go to dispute resolution.
Relevant policies and guidelines:
Wikipedia:External links#Important points to remember (#3): "Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.".
Wikipedia:External links#Links to be considered: "A well-chosen link to a directory of websites or organizations. Long lists of links are not acceptable. A directory link may be a permanent link or a temporary measure put in place while external links are being discussed on the article's talk page.", with #2 providing exceptions for a possible increase on a case-by-case basis.  Thank you, Otr500 (talk) 19:02, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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Okeechobee means “big water” in the Seminole or Creek Language (perhaps the writer means “Pay-hay-okee”). Rahiim03 (talk) 18:05, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

You are right. Since there is not mention later in the article of the meaning of the name "Okeechobee", I removed the sentence. After all, the lead is supposed to summarize the article. - Donald Albury 00:58, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

 This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 February 2022 and 5 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sut6777 (article contribs).

There's a couple of different statements about try the rate of flow -- or lack thereof! -- in this slomo river.  They'renot necessarily inconsistent, but the relationship between them could stand to be a little clearer.  Is it possible to say what the 'half-life' of the water is in getting from source to the outlet?  Or conversely, what the avefage flow rate is, and how much seasonal and local variability there is in that? 109.255.211.6 (talk) 09:47, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

A few sections of this article may need language and form revisions due to lack of punctuation, sentence construction, and maybe even terminology, in particular the section on invasive species. ~2025-35550-86 (talk) 13:31, 22 November 2025 (UTC)