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The contents of the Draft:Participants in World War I page were merged into Draft:Participants of World War I on 20:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC). For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

This article has a bunch of issues, and I would currently be surprised if it was accepted in AFC.

First, the lead section is:

1. More of an overview on World War I, not the participants.
2. Too short to be a helpful overview
3. Factually incorrect in some areas

Second, the article is a bit too long:

1. In the list of countries participating, there is no need for certain categories (ex. Ally of the RSFSR, Enemy of the RSFSR, State actor, Etc.)
2. Certain sections, such as the one about the League of Nations, belong in the World War I, not here.
3. Neutral countries do not need to be discussed, as this is about the participants, (not the neutrals).
4. The whole sections about what country was allies or not allies with what other country, when they didn't participate in WWI is unnecessary.

Third, the formatting is extremely hard to follow:

1. The large amount of bulleted lists are unnecessary
2. The amount of space taken up by flags is also unnecessary
3. In some cases, there are links or notes in headers, which never should be the case
4. In the participants table, checks are not the best idea in a massive table were they are hard to see

Finally, the sourcing needs improvement:

1. The article references some sources 40 times, which is a bit too much
2. Every reference except for 1-3 has an citation issue
3. Most of these reference go to non-existent links
4. Notes should be in a separate section, not mixed in with the references

@ Wiki the Octopus

@ 27 is the best number Starship SN20 ( talk) 13:17, 28 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Thank you very much! I am trying to fix these issues.

To be honest, I was still working on this draft, and I was surprised when it was submitted for review too early.

I would be grateful for any improvements you can make.

@ Starship SN20

@ 27 is the best number

Thank you,

Wiki the Octopus Wiki the Octopus ( talk) 00:29, 2 April 2022 (UTC) reply

The reason should be obvious. Why didn't I do it myself? To preserve the histories of both pages. 27 is my favorite number. You can ask me why here. 16:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi,

I was the person who created the original version of Draft:Participants of World War I. After the two drafts were merged, the links for the references from the other article (for example, Tennyson 2014, etc.) were broken. Do you know any way to restore them? I am not very experienced and would appreciate any advice.

Thank you,

Wiki the Octopus Wiki the Octopus ( talk) 23:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC) reply