The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 14:26, 31 January 2009 [1].
Did you know that the Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died" features Kirk Douglas and Suzanne Somers as guest stars? And that Lester and Eliza, older versions of Bart and Lisa Simpson, appear at the end of the episode?
I have been working on this article for a few months now. It is my first television episode article, but nevertheless I think that all the bumps have been ironed out. Gary King ( talk) 02:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment - Could you crop that Kirk Douglas pic to remove the "KIRK DOUGLAS" banner? Its just looks very odd, since that pic is only used to identify Douglas. indopug ( talk) 10:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose Featured articles are supposed to be examples of Wikipedia's best writing. This is all written in yada yada yada style—the eighteenth episode of the seventh season, Itchy and Scratchy show, the critics generally like it, so what? I won't change this to a support unless the article focuses on what is special about the episode, and finds something special enough to make the article interesting to the general reader. Looie496 ( talk) 19:14, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose I have to agree with Looie here and I'm puzzled by his critics. I'm not sure that yadayada is the best way to put it but let's face it: the content is very very thin. I don't particularly fault the authors: there's probably too little material out there to construct an article with any real depth. Most of the meta-commentary is about the controversial nature of the episode but it rests on pretty much nothing. Yes, one guy from the DVD Times labelled it as "controversial" but the rest of the article seems to take that bait and discuss that controversy as if it existed. But let's pause for a moment and ask: "what exactly is this controversy?" Two critics disagreed on how good the episode was? One critic said "yeah I liked some of it but not all of it"? That's not controversy, that's what happens everyday with critics and a film is not controversial because it got a thumbs up from Ebert and a thumbs down from Roeper. Then we have
Now why exactly is that scene controversial? It seems like a pretty harmless gag and the controversy being referred to here seems to be that Groening didn't like it. Note that this controversy is between the show's producers and has nothing to do with the so-called controversy between the critics. The section on the episode's reception is based on a handful of reviews seemingly picked at random and this again shows that there's just not enough in-depth commentary out there to build an article that's not a collage of factoids. The last sentence of the article is a great example of this problem. Scholarly discussion of the episode probably took place during that class at Columbia but the only trace we have of that is the student's favourite quote. Until we have access to non-superficial coverage of the episode, I can't see how this can be considered as exemplifying Wiki's best.
Image review - Fair use images meet WP:NFCC and the other two images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 02:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments — File:Kirk Douglas.png: there is no doubt the movie (and hence its screenshots) is in the public domain; however, is it appropriate to refer to a 1952 image of the actor (36 years old then), when it is his 80-year-old self (whose appearance differs from his younger screen persona) who provided the guest voice in this cartoon episode? Jappalang ( talk) 04:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 14:26, 31 January 2009 [4].
Did you know that an early demo of Metroid Prime Hunters, called Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, was included as a pack-in game with the Nintendo DS when it first launched?
Gary King ( talk) 03:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Currently oppose based on images.
-- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments from Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs) I did the GA review for the article, but have returned with fresh eyes.
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [5].
I am nominating this article for featured article because the city of Valenzuela began to improve, so maybe it is the time for the whole world to know what and where Valenzuela City is.
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [6].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because...
Note This was not submitted at WP:FAC until 22 January, in this edit. Maralia ( talk) 06:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose. Interesting article, but there are some issues that need to be addressed:
Ruslik ( talk) 15:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Foofighter20x ( talk) 17:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Is all that's left going to hold up the FA status? I wouldn't think it needs to be absolutely perfect. One or two very minor issues shouldn't hold this up, you know? Foofighter20x ( talk) 07:13, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [7].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I think this article incorporates lot of details about the History of the city right from ancient times to the latest terrorist attacks in Nov 2008. Thanks, Kensplanet T C 11:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Having written several articles on history (though not w.r.t a city) including on some of the empires and kingdoms that controlled the Mumbai region (though from elsewhere) during medieval times, I can surely understand why the author has used Gazetteers to generate his information. If one were to read real history books on each of these empires, it would become apparent that information specifically pretaining to Mumbai would be really hard to come by simply because Mumbai was not the regal capital of any of those great empires. In fact Mumbai's rise to fame is more recent. Mumbai's current day stature in India would hardly matter to a book on Rashtrakuta Dynasty for instance. Therefore Gazetteers would be the obvious choice, were government appointed epigraphists and historians would built its history based on evidence on hand. In fact a Gazetteer could easily replace a dozen history books when we are talking about "History of a any specific modern city". So long as the information is reasonably accurate, I dont see a problem. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 19:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments by Sarvagnya
Can't support yet - I have not taken a close look yet. On first impressions, the article is on the right track overall, but I see more than a few issues with it right now, especially with the way it is strung together. Here are some observations in no particular order.
More later. Sarvagnya 21:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
After a little bit of work, these issues should be resolved. Awadewit ( talk) 01:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [8].
All of the above parties of myself, Timmeh, Prophaniti, Revrant, and DisturbedTim90 would like to nominate this article for a Featured Article status, for a second time, because we believe it is ready. The article meets the FA nomination requirements, and has come a long way since its creation. We believe it to be an example of a great, complete music article. It has gone through extensive editing since its last Featured Article nomination, and has been expanded. We believe it is ready to be a Featured Article, and so we nominate it for a second time. -- The Guy complain edits 02:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments from Efe
Oppose per comprehensiveness concerns. Just looking at reviews, it relies solely on reviews that are accessible by the Internet. Now, web references are perfectly fine (not to mention convenient), but according to Metacritic, the album was reviewed by major publications such as Billboard and Q, which are not referenced in the article. I'm sure Mojo and Spin probably reviewed it too. These publications have more critical weight than IGN.com, About.com, and PopMatters. Additionally, the wholesale absence of print sources (aside from one, which is a booklet for the CD) makes me wonder what other useful sources might have been excluded. For example, has a musician magazine like Guitar World or Modern Drummer done a feature on the album? If so, these sorts of articles are invaluable because they analyze and discuss the nuts and bots of the music, from composition to equipment. See what else you can dig up, either by asking other Wiki editors, visiting a library, or by procuring magazine back issue yourselves. WesleyDodds ( talk) 03:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment Just to reinforce the above concerns, I happened on this article. Even then (not even knowing that it was at FAC) I thought that the Reception section was skimpy, considering the relatively mainstream appeal of the album. Just a simple Google search reveals this from Abort, this from Rolling Stone, this from The Music Magazine and this from Mix. Surely you could expand the section from that sample of links. There are definitely more out there, and as Wesley was talking about, we haven't even gotten to the print reviews. There is definitely some work needed in terms of comprehensiveness. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Sorry, school work is going to pull me away from this nomination for a few hours. I hope one of the other nominators logs on. If not, I'll be back. -- The Guy complain edits 05:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
(outdent) I understand your predicatement (I am also very busy at the moment), but this is where the concept of the wiki comes into play. The great thing about Wikipedia (besides the fact that it is free and anyone can edit) is that—especially for the English Wikipedia—there are always going to be editors who can help with something. Cull the collaborative power of the wiki to achive your goal. Ask around at relevant Wikiprojects for users who have access to print magazines or any sources that could help. Disturbed seems to be reasonably popular, I'm sure that somebody has material. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:49, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I did some digging, and I find that these may help. These four issues of different magazines; Revolver, Metal Hammer, Guitar World, and Drum! feature interviews with three of the four members separately, and one of the band altogether, apparently. As of finding this, I am trying to contact the publisher of this media, and I am also posting around on various sites. -- The Guy complain edits 19:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose on criterion 3 - The use of fair use media needs to be worked out.
Hopefully we can resolve these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 00:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [9].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I've listed this article for featured article status because It has already been passed for Good article status and it looks as if it's good enough to be featured. Ukabia ( talk) 23:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - given the large numbers of questionable sources, as well as concerns that, given the number of sources that have google books links to snippets but don't give page numbers, that most of the sources have only been consulted in snippet view, which can lead to problems with not seeing the full context of the work.
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Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully these issues can be resolved quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 22:15, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Regretful oppose. Forget the niceties of the "MoS"; this has a long way to go. I've just gone through the introduction; there was a lot amiss even there. I then noticed that the previous edit (without summary and by some IP) had made the single change of "3000" to "6000", thus forming the sentence According to several sources, from 6000 BC to 500 AD, the Igbo people evolved over a long period in Igboland through waves of migrations. Quite aside from the question of 6000 versus 3000, the single source adduced (which doesn't itself cite any source) says nothing about waves of migrations, or indeed anything whatever about what happened between c. 3000 BC and c. AD 850. Which is hardly surprising because this source is a brief chronology to accompany a study guide for a novel. WP disapproves of tertiary sources; this looks like, oh, let's call it a quaternary source (something that the author probably derived from tertiary sources); it doesn't say what it's claimed to say, it is singular, not plural as implied; and it's summarized in a sentence that points out that 2,500 (or 5,500) years is "a long period". The sourcing is rough, the writing is rough, the whole thing is rough. It's an honorable draft that needs a lot more "person-hours" before it can be a featurable article. Morenoodles ( talk) 10:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [10].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe the extensive additions I've made over the last few weeks bring the article into compliance with the criteria. Whale was an extremely important director, the bulk of whose works have been largely forgotten and unavailable. He was also a fascinating person and almost unique for the Hollywood of his time in that he lived as an openly gay man throughout his career. Thanks to User:Brianboulton for a strong peer review with many helpful suggestions. Otto4711 ( talk) 23:39, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully these are easy issues to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 19:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose for now by karanacs. The prose needs a bit of work. Also, I feel like the article is doing a lot of "telling" without a lot of "showing". It's not always enough to tell me that something is important; it is much more meaningful to have text that explains why somthing is important.
Karanacs ( talk) 19:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Gary King 16:48, 30 January 2009 [11].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it is a good quality video game article and meets all of the criteria required. I am also happy to make any changes necessary if required to do so in order for this article to become featured. EclipseSSD ( talk) 16:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Okay, that's everything from the lead. Gary King ( talk) 17:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Question - Would it be best just to remove the part about data editing altogether? Because the sources there will not be from professional websites. -- EclipseSSD ( talk) 18:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Just two examples of prose issues:
The situation here is trickier than a simple copyvio. I don't think anyone wants the entire article deleted ("Unless the copyright status of the text on this page is clarified, it will be deleted one week after the time of its listing.") One option would be to revert the article to before any copyrighted material was added, and delete all revisions that were made since then. Most, if not all, of the copyrighted material was added in this diff, and perhaps others after that. We need to delete revisions that contain the copyrighted material so that when people look at older revisions, they don't copy the copyrighted material back into the article's latest revision. In most cases, the situation is clearer for a single administrator to determine what to do, as often the problem is simply a new article that does not meet CSD but is a copyright violation. Thoughts? Gary King ( talk) 01:34, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment - I didn't (and still) don't really expect this article to be a FA, just thought I'd give it a shot. -- EclipseSSD ( talk) 16:25, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Karanacs 15:08, 30 January 2009 [14].
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 13:54, 30 January 2009 [15].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it is the best we can muster for this earthquake. Comprehensive as possible, this may be the shortest FA ever, but I think it meets the criterion. The prose has been worked and there's not much that can be done. Editorofthewiki should be listed as nominator (or co-nominator?) Ceran →// forge 13:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Google book search, for anyone interested. Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 18:41, 27 January 2009 [18].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it satisfies the FA criteria. Anon134 ( talk) 06:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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1. The citations in all-caps are gone...what an eye sore.
2a. I see what your saying about U-S-History.com, ill replace the references with other sources –I wouldn’t put much stock in it either now that I see the advertisements on the page. That probably isnt the best source. I got rid of the one referencing the Oregon Treaty, replacing it with an Encarta reference.
I am currently trying to find reliable sources to replace the Spokane tribe references, this ones a toughie. Ill update you when Im done with that...
Update: All U-S-History references have been replaced.
2b & c. In regard to city-data and Weatherbase, these sources may not be the sources that most people prefer (government, non-profit organizations, etc), but they aren't like citing Geocities or a blog. I have no reason to believe that these companies aren't competent at what they do. Unless I find reasons to the contrary, these sources seem as reliable of a source as Weather.com, Arbitron Inc., or Nielsen Media Research, Inc. These citations are being cited for facts that are within the sources' expertise (Weatherbase is being used as a reference for climate info, not history info, etc). I would have to ask, is there a reason why you believe they arent reliable?
It should also be noted, that both Weatherbase and city-data are currently being referenced in the San Francisco, California featured article.
3. I hope to be done italicizing them later today. Ill get back to you on that when Im finished...
Update: I think ive italicized all of them.
4. I skimmed the references section. Found one instance where there was no access date; I put one on.
5. I put the publisher in there.
Anon134 ( talk) 21:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be relatively easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 22:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
That is every dang source problem :S. Good luck fixing them.Mitch32( Go Syracuse) 00:42, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Of the 81,512 households, 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98..."
Strong oppose by karanacs. Overall, this article is in decent shape. It is reasonably well-written (although another copyedit couldn't hurt) and appears to be laid out fairly well. However, I have serious concerns about the quality of the sourcing, and I do not believe that these can be adequately addressed in a typical FAC nomination time period. I encourage the nominator to withdraw this nomination, work on the sourcing issues, and then contact those of us who have reviewed the article for a peer review. I read about 2/3 of the article, and here are my comments on that:
Karanacs ( talk) 20:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Im not going to withdrawal the nomination because I know it wont pass, I know this wont pass, its work in progress. Just because it wont pass is not a good enough reason for me to give up on this process. The point of this whole process is to diagnose problems so we can impove the aritcle and Wikipedia. Ive seen articles much worse than this go through the process, so please stop trying to deny the editors of this article the precious opportunity to improve it.
Now, with the issues. I dont understand why some of the issues are a problem.
The history section must have books? Is that a Wikpedia policy? If this is the case, then why is the Grand Forks article featured? I dont think it has ANY books. This seems to be another double standard.
The history section is not entirely sourced by Wynecoop. That is absolutely false and I think you know it, and everyone can see how wrong what you said is. The majority of the history section comes from HistoryLink.ORG, a Washington State history encylopedia that is a Washington non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. The Seattle FA uses HistoryLink several times. Also, I just replaced the source for the Spokane tribe, and I still want a better, more authoritative source; however, sources about the history of an Indian tribe are hard to come by, and I find no reason to believe Wynecoop is as bad of a source as you make him out to be. He is only used 3 times. Also, how do you know that the Wynecoop book is self-published?? Even if it was, is it Wikipedia policy that all book sources cant be self published?
Why cant we use the City of Spokane website for history? Do you believe that they are going to try to practice historical revisionism to show Spokane in a positive light? Is there a conflict of interest? I dont see what motivations there would be for doing such a thing. Most people regard government sources as reliable. The Grand Forks article cited their City website 7 times (for the history section).
Encarta too?? who can we trust? Only books? What if the book was written by a Spokane native? I think books are the least verifiable of all sources -one needs the book to verify the facts.
Regarding the UW reference, Ive been searching for a replacement for the University of Washington reference, but I havent yet found one I liked better. I wanted a source that is an authority on just Geography -but these sources also seem to be hard to come by. But, that source is a University source, and I (and most people I believe) generally regard University sources to be reliable, and didnt see an issue with citing it until I found a better source.
Why exactly are self published sources are a problem in some of these places?
Example. If I wanted to know who built the Safari themed tower and the history of the Davenport Hotel, I would think the best authority on this issue is The Davenport Hotel website and those who maintain it. What alternate source do you recommend? A book about the relatively recent restoration of the Davenport Hotel and its' new Safari themed tower? I suppose I could get a newspaper, but would that satisfy you, it would probably be the Spokesman-Review...is this biased? Another example, if I wanted to know how tall Mount Spokane is, I would expect the website for the city-owned/affiliated Mt Spokane Ski Park website would be the best authority to reference. And, to get this issue cleared up, the citation was in reference to the height of the mountain, which is in fact, verified by the source.
These arent contentious like the figures from the Pontic Greek Genocide or whatnot, these issues and are unlikely to be manipulated if this is your concern. How is it POV that we are using self-published websites like these to confirm those facts. We arent consciously cherrypicking data like you suggest, we are trying to find the most reliable source. Using the Pontic Greek Genocide example, it is not as if we are cherrypicking the highest or lowest numbers to advance an agenda of sorts; I dont believe that the editors of this article are trying to distort the fact like you seem to suggest (I dont even live in Washington BTW).
Now in regard to the sentence you are referring to about Downtown, that was a verification of the dollar amount figure, not the fact that the downtown has undergone a rebirth. The latter I dont believe is likely to be challenged, and the former would seem to verify that conclusion.
"Also Healthcare in Spokane is considered excellent, and the quality of service attracts patients from beyond the region is either uncited or cited to one of the hospitals."
The first sentence is an intro to the topic, it is supposed to be verified by the following sentences, which show that Deaconess is a hospital that is considered a leader in several area and procedures such as heart and cardiovascular problems, and this is why it would most definitely draw some patients from outside of the Inland Northwest; the source is the Deaconess website. I guess I trust that Deaconess, a non-profit organization, is honest and are acting in good faith when they included that info on their website. I dont see why you are so distrustful of some of the institutions that are being used as references.
However, one thing that I am going to do that I just realized might be a problem and I do believeshold be re-referenced is Experience Spokane to one of the citations (the one that tells of Sacred Hearts specialties, etc...I do think this is a problem.
Newpapers, this article does use several news paper and journal articles (atleast 3 I know to be in the History section -Boom and Bust, and The Great Fire article, and the Idaho Yesterdays journal. Also, is there a ratio newpaper/journal-website ratio that must be maintained?
I respect your opinion, karanacs, but before I take drastic measures and remove HistoryLink, The Davenport website, etc, I would like to know what others think of the issues you raised. I think that is going overboard. Anon134 ( talk) 02:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Brown, Wm. Compton.,The Indian Side of the Story, Spokane, 1961.
Cataldo, Joseph M., "Sketch of Spokane Mission," unpublished manuscript in Oregon Province Archives, Spokane, n. d.
Curtis, Edward S., The North American Indian, Cambridge, 1907-1930, 20 vols.
Dee, Henry Drummond, The Journal of John Work, Victoria, 1945.
Drury, Clifford M., A Tepee in His Front Yard, A Biography of H. T., One of the Four Founders of the City of Spokane, Washington., Portland, 1949.
Drury, Clifford M., Elkanah and Walker, Pioneers Among the Spokanes, Caldwell, 1940.
Drury, Clifford M. [Editor],First White Women Over the Rockies, Diaries,, Letters., and Biographical Sketches of the Six Women of the Oregon Mission who made the Overland Journey in 1836 and 1838, Glendale, 1963-1966, 3 vols.
Durham, N. W. History of the City of and Washington, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Chicago, 1912,, 3 vols.
Eells, Myron, Father Eells or The Results of Fifty-Five Years of Missionary Labors in Washington and Oregon, Boston and Chicago', 1894.
Ewers, John C., Gustavus Sohon's Portraits of Flathead and Pend d' Oreille Indians, 1854, Washington,, 1948.
Fuller, George W., A History of the Pacific Northwest, New York, 1931.
Hagan, Pauline [Compiler],Legends of the Spokanes [mimeograph], [Spokane], 1967.
Jessett, Thomas E., Chief Spokan Garry 1811-1892, Christian, Statesman, and Friend of the White Man, Minneapolis, 1960.
Kappler, Charles J., Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties, Washington, 1904-1941, 5 vols.
Kip, Lawrence,Life on the Pacific; A Journal of the Expedition the Northern Indians, the Tribes of the Coeur d' Alenes Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858, New York, 1859.
Lewis, William S., The Case of Spokane Garry, Spokane [1917]
Lewis, William S., and Murakami, Naojiro, Ranald MacDonald, The Narrative of his life on the Columbia under the Hudsonn's Bay Company's regime; Of his experiences in the Pacific Whale Fishery and of his great Adventure to with a sketch of his later life on the Western Frontier 1824-1894, Spokane, 1923...
I will keep trying to find better sources as always, but I believe this to be an absolutely unacceptable source. Anon134 ( talk) 03:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
comment Could someone please organize the responses into threads to make it easier to figure out what is being replied to? I've totally lost track of things, and proper threading of responses would help greatly with keeping track of things. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [21].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it is a rare example of United States Constitutional Law that became watercooler conversation. As such the page was highly trafficked and highly edited. Based on preliminary results at WP:DYKBEST it was the most viewed DYK hook during the month of November. Thus, I think there is a lot of interest in fully developing this article in the best form possible. If I can get this to pass it is about a ten-pointer at WP:TFAR on March 4, 2009 (the centenary of the first Saxbe fix).-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 08:50, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment I realize the urgency, Tony, but isn't there a rule against nominating a second article until you've resolved concerns from a first article and built support for it? And you have Jack Kemp on the page which seems to be having a hard time of it.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 13:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
(outdent) You might also want to see if you can find a friendly law student. Many get free unlimited access to LEXIS and WESTLAW, which I believe includes law review articles. I am a lawyer, but I use the online research service provided by my state's bar, which does not include law reviews.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:44, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [22].
Hurricane Beta was one of the seven major hurricanes to form during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and the record breaking 14th hurricane (breaking the record set earlier that month by Hurricane Wilma). It struck an area prone to devastating hurricanes but caused relatively little impact. Despite this, eight people were killed by the storm. This article is one of the core articles for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season series, thus improving this article to featured status is important. All thoughts and comments are welcome. Cyclone biskit 20:53, 17 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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These issues should be easy to fix. Awadewit ( talk) 18:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The above is from the lead alone. Good luck with the article, – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [23].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it's been a good article for a while, and now that the appeal has failed, I don't think the story will develop much in the short term. I am willing to make fixes based on suggestions here, and feel that the article isn't too far from featured status is ready to go through FAC.
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Comment: I've not read the article, but if by your own admission it is not yet up to FA standard, ("isn't too far from featured status"), then it has been brought here too soon. Peer review, not FAC, is the place for suggestions and fixes. It is a stated requirement for nomination (see above) that you ensure that when you bring an article here, it meets all the FA criteria. You should consider withdrawing and taking the article to PR. Brianboulton ( talk) 00:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review - All three images are fair use and, in my opinion, they satisfy WP:NFCC. Awadewit ( talk) 16:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [24].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because this article has everything that is necessary to describe the episode. In the previous nomination, one of the reasons cited was that it was too short. Unfortunately, there is a lack of people who review or wrote comments about Cartoons on Nick, so this show doesnt have as many citations to lengthen it as other TV episodes do. Besides that, I ready to do whatever needs to be done to get this featured. The Placebo Effect ( talk) 02:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
{{cite episode |credits = Commentators |airdate = DVD release date |title = Episode title |medium = DVD commentary |series = DVD the episode is on (e.g. Avatar Vol 3 Disc 2) |publisher = DVD publisher |season = Season number |number = Episode number |accessdate = Today }}
Article stats (were the principle contributors consulted?):
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Very Weak Oppose This article does not have as much plot as I hoped, so I added more info in the summary in Parts 3+4. It still doesn't have too muchb detail.If it doesn't make it, I'll nominate it to WP:GAN where it would have better chances an d where it deserves. Good luck! What!?Why?Who? ( talk) 01:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review - There are two fair use images in this article and both meet
WP:NFCC.
Awadewit (
talk) 17:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 03:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Weak oppose from Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs) The prose needs polishing; I shouldn't be able find these issues easily this late into the nomination (granted, this FAC hasn't received much love)
Oppose - the prose is very poor - the article requires extensive, third-party copy-editing to bring it up to FA standard. This nomination is premature. Graham Colm Talk 17:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:58, 27 January 2009 [25].
Operation Winter Storm was a German counterattack near Stalingrad in December 1942, aimed at reversing the misfortune of having the Sixth Army surrounded by the Red Army. I believe that this article meets the criteria; anything that does not can quickly be fixed (as usual). Thank you! JonCatalán (Talk) 17:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 16:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Support Comment While the article is well-written and referenced, and impressive in its detail for a relatively short article given its subject (which is no criticism), it fails to drive home the importance of this battle. The failure of this operation effectively doomed the Sixth Army, did it not? I think this campaign should be placed in greater context, and a top-level view given of its importance to the Eastern Front and war as a whole. A sentence or two in the intro and the same or a short paragraph at the conclusion would tell the reader why this battle is important. To put it more bluntly: Should we care about this battle? We should-- tell us why.
Kablammo (
talk) 20:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Change to "Support", after edits to lede. Kablammo ( talk) 21:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:17, 26 January 2009 [26].
I'm nominating this article for FA status because the content is well-developed, it has undergone a review that incorporated a finely detailed analysis, and it is of noteworthy quality that might be able to satisfy FA standards. -- Wikitrevor ( talk) 22:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review — images check out okay (public domain, or correctly CC licensed), except for:
Comment - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
-- Wikitrevor ( talk) 20:31, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Strongly Opposed A quick review reveals the following concerns.
Threats to otter populations in North America vary regionally. Otter inhabitation is affected by type, distribution, and density of aquatic habitats and characteristics of human activities. Preceding the settlement of North America by Europeans, otters were prevalent among aquatic habitats throughout most of the continent. Unregulated trapping, loss or degradation of aquatic habitats through filling of wetlands, and development of coal, oil, gas, tanning, timber, and other industries, resulted in extirpations, or declines, in otter populations in many areas. In 1980, an examination conducted on U.S. river otter populations determined that they were extirpated in 11 states and had experienced drastic lapses in 9 other states. The most severe population declines occurred in interior regions where fewer aquatic habitats supported fewer otter populations. Although the distribution of otters became reduced in some regions of southern Canada, the only province-wide extirpation occurred on Prince Edward Island.[1]
Croatancrazy, I believe you have identified some concerns that need to be addressed, and I will absolutely do my best to fix them. However, in doing so, you have expressed yourself in a manner that is not in good practice. For instance, you claimed I have I have "editorial laziness," but I beg to differ. I've put a painstaking amount of time and effort into making this article what it is, so you really don't have much room to label me as a lazy individual. Secondly, instead of acting using a Sock Puppet account and a false identity to review me, why don't you use your regular account so we can all know your true colors? I do appreciate your review though, and I will do what I can to address those concerns. By the way, I have a hunch on who you really are, so I might suggest that you go ahead and identify yourself. If you have a problem with me or something I may have done to offend you, then feel free to address me under your true identity.
Best regards, -- Wikitrevor ( talk) 16:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
-- Wikitrevor ( talk) 17:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 16:08, 25 January 2009 [28].
I'd like to nominate this article for FAC. It has passed its good article nomination, has had a peer review, whose comments have since been included. I believe the article to meet the FA criteria. Principal contributors in terms of edit counts are myself and Silly rabbit. Thank you for the review.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakob.scholbach ( talk • contribs) 15:52, January 17, 2009
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
14:24, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
<quote>A vector space is a mathematical structure formed by a collection of objects, called vectors, that may be scaled and added. In a vector space these two operations adhere to a number of axioms that generalize common properties of pairs and triples of real numbers, and of vectors in the plane or three-dimensional Euclidean space. </quote>
Of course footnote and link to the exact mathematical meaning can be added but the non mathematician should not be repelled by the lead.
Response to 213.168.116.224: thanks for your points. I'll try to adress them as much as possible, without removing or falsifying facts. For example, "generalize common properties of numbers" does not give the right intuition (also not for a high-school person). I'll respond in more detail soon. Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 10:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
To PST re "Without knowing about vectors in 2-space or 3-space, the concept of a vector space is not very intuitive.": I am playing a strategy game in which you have four kinds of resources: wood, clay, iron and wheat. It is quite intuitive that you can add "100 units of wood, 50 clay, 23 iron and 75 wheat" and "15 wood, 40 clay, 70 iron and 30 wheat" to get "175 wood, 90 clay, 93 iron and 105 wheat", or multiply the latter by two to get "30 wood, 80 clay, 140 iron, and 60 wheat". This is not really a vector space because you can only have an integer amount of any resource, but it wouldn't be any less intuitive if you could. -- Army1987 – Deeds, not words. 15:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm putting my response here for the ease of edit (for me and others). By categorical point of view, I was thinking of, for example, the fact that the category of finite-dimensional vector spaces is equivalent to the category of matrices (see Equivalence_(category_theory)). This is very important because it explains, for example, why in linear algebra one essentially doesn't have to study vector spaces as much as matrices. (I also think the cat of finite-dimensional vector spaces is equivalent to that of finite sets.) Also, one may start with a quotient map (i.e., a surjective linear map) instead of quotient spaces and use the universality to show this definition is essentially equivalent to the more usual one. The view points such as the above are abstract but are indispensable if one wants to study vector spaces seriously. On the other hand, I don't think, as the article currently does, mentioning the category of vector spaces is additive is important, for it is very trivial. It is important to mention the applications of isomorphisms theorem rather than how to prove them.
Next, about annihilators. (This is an important concept and the article has to discuss it) I think I was getting at is that the possibility of defining a bilinear form (or sesquilinear one) on a vector space. When studying vector spaces or related stuff in application, bilinear forms defined on them are often useful and indispensable. An inner product is one example, of course, but it doesn't scale well to infinite-dimensional vector spaces (which may not have topology, like infinite-dimensional Lie algebras). So, one also uses natural pairs for V x V^*. (Though this isn't quite a bilinear form.) Anyway, my point is that we need a discussion on bilinear forms (probably a whole section on it). A basis can be chosen according to such a form, and actually that's often what one does; e.g., orthonormal basis. (I just noticed the article doesn't even mention dual basis, which is an important concept.)
Finally, on the balance. Yes, the article is fairly lengthy already, but I think we can make a significant cut by eliminating stuff on trivial facts or some linear algebra materials such as determinants. Doing that would likely diminish accessibility (and thus usefulness) of the article for a first-time learner of vector spaces. But that's something we can afford since the focus of the article should be on important topics not trivial ones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TakuyaMurata ( talk • contribs) 14:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:18, 24 January 2009 [29], but was reopened by SandyGeorgia on 13:01, 26 January 2009.
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it recently received GA status and after some further editing, I feel it meets the FA criteria for completeness, quality of writing, etc. Bwark ( talk) 18:17, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Career:
I will come back after these are resolved. Ceran → → 15:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:18, 24 January 2009 [30].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I beleive it meets all the FA criteria and has gone through a GA process and a recent Peer Review. REZTER TALK ø 14:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Gary King ( talk) 16:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Media review - All media have sufficient fair use rationales, verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 17:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments I've just started reading the article and here's some issues I've found that should be addressed:
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 01:26, 24 January 2009 [31].
I think the imaging concerns of the last FAC have been addressed.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 17:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Weak Oppose The prose isn't that bad, I suppose, but it still warrants a third-party scan. Something else I have noticed is the inclusion of irrelevant information. Samples of this and other prose things:
(outdent) I don't mind seeing Prez & Vice Prez nominees in the content lead. I wouldn't mind seeing Prez & Vice Prez nominees deleted from the nav boxes (aswell as infoboxes). Remember, if ya add Prez/Vice Prez nominees to infoboxes (and nav boxes), then you'd have to add them to all related biography articles. For example: George W. Bush Infobox would require having 2000 Republican Presidential nominee & 2004 Republican Presidential nominee. Can you imagine what the Franklin D. Roosevelt & Richard Nixon Infoboxes would look like? GoodDay ( talk) 19:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - Picking up where I left off, I'm starting in Post-HUD years.
Still a couple more sections to read before the end, but I'm getting there. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 21:30, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 20:39, 20 January 2009 [33].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I have completely rewritten and revised it and feel that it's ready to undergo the FAC process. The article underwent a peer review in December 2008 and passed the GA process in the same month. I thank everyone for their time. – Ms. Sarita Confer 01:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully, we can resolve these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 00:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose from Dr pda. The article is not bad, but the prose is not yet of FA quality, and there are also a large number of sentences and paragraphs which do not cite any sources.
Just to let everyone know, I am extremely ill at the moment and probably won't be able to work on this for a couple days. I just wanted to keep people updated and let you all know that I have not abandoned the FAC. – Ms. Sarita Confer 16:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Another update: I have contacted a copyeditor (JamieS93) who has been kind enough to go through the article. She has been working diligently for the past couple of days, focusing mainly on MOS issues. – Ms. Sarita Confer 17:00, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Update from Dr pda: The prose has improved, but there are still issues (I'm not sure if the copyediting's finished yet). Also I count five or six places where the final sentence of a paragraph has no reference. A further five or six paragraphs plus the filmography have no references at all. Current reference 16 (SF Chronicle) only supports the immediately preceding quote, not the rest of the paragraph. Dr pda ( talk) 03:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 18:46, 20 January 2009 [34].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because...it's a well-sourced article that documents the heavy cultural impact of a half-second accident that occurred on national TV in 2004 and affected future broadcast law in the US for times to come. Also, I'd like to try getting this as the TFA on Feb. 1, 2009 - coincidentially this year's Super Bowl!
As for the FA criteria, so far it's been stable and of course well-sourced and very comprehensive. Since 2007 I've researched this incident for editing this article, especially with excellent source The Decency Wars by Frederick S. Lane. Andrewlp1991 ( talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose I have not spent a long time reading the article, but I see some major problems with the article content.
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Oppose - There are some football fans who are purists and don't like the Super Bowl halftime shows. I'm one of them, and was not paying attention to my TV at the time of the incident. Another genius move by yours truly. :-) As for the article, I don't believe it's ready to be here, and I almost want to suggest withdrawal and resubmission in the future. Here are some examples of issues with the page.
Sorry, but I agree with Realist that this isn't ready yet. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 00:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
NancyHeise talk 19:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Maralia 23:35, 18 January 2009 [35].
This is listed as a wikipedia vital article. As it is an extensive subject that touches physics, chemistry, electronics and many other fields, information above the basic physical properties of the electron are written in the summary style; these will rely on other wikipedia topics to be better developed. For the most part the current article discusses the widely-accepted particle physics theory of the electron as given by quantum electrodynamics and the standard model. Still, I hope the material is approachable by readers who don't have a background in college-level physics.
After an extensive re-write, this article has undergone a peer review and is listed as a good article. I believe it satisfies the feature article criteria, so I'm nominating it as a candidate. Please take a look and let me know if there issues I can address. Thank you. RJH ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Ampere's law 6.7, 6.9–6.10
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Comments. I see that there's a circular bing-bang going on about the formatting of pagination et al. in the refs. Why are you using a template? Those things were made for utter newbies who've never dealt with ref lists before. It's less work to do it manually, and you maintain control over it all. My advice is to get rid of the template.
Can we fix the micro things when they come up, please? Noetica is a notable expert in English-language style who has taught me a great deal. I believe that on his shelves are just about every important style guide for the language, and it shows, I must say. I'm sure he's waiting to proceed to other matters that will improve the article.
While we're on micro stuff (which needs to be got right along with the facts and the macro strategy/tone etc), you may be making errors concerning en dashes and hyphens here (-ly plus hyphen, I noticed). Feel free to run through these exercises to test your knowledge of these important aspects of punctuation.
I think the nomination has good prospects, and I appreciate the expertise of the authors. It is already an important contribution, but let's make the text entirely professional. I'll return soon to review it. In the meantime, it does need copy-editing, so I wonder whether you know how to locate one or two word-nerds who are vaguely in this area. Tony (talk) 10:29, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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in the article produced no result. --
Army1987 –
Deeds, not
words. 16:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replySo, be technical further down by all means, but the spin/h such will frighten off most otherwise willing folk. Tony (talk) 10:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments by Jakob Scholbach Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 17:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC) The article looks fairly reasonable, but, with cursory reading, I do have a number of concerns that should be fixed. reply
The article was not promoted by User:Raul654 17:15, 17 January 2009 [37].
This was the first Wikipedia article that I ever created, back in March 2005 when I was a freshman in high school. Since then, I have applied what I have learned as my Wikipedia editing skills and writing skills have improved. I was finally able to access a map archive and was able to write a comprehensive history of the route, as well as write a more solid route description. I believe that this article now meets all of the FA criteria, and I am ready to try my first FAC. Rschen7754 ( T C) 23:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose/Comments from Truco ( talk · contribs)
Oppose on criterion 3 File:California State Route 78.svg - We need a reliable source for the information in this map per WP:IUP. You can email the creator and obtain the information. Awadewit ( talk) 16:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [43].
Thi article basically passes WP:FAC criteria, it cites and references stuff, the plot isn't too long/short, it links to other pages, there aren't ny edit-wars, the page isn't biased, and the lead section covers the whole page. Elbutler ( talk) 17:56, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose big fat needs references banner at the top, only two inline citations. Strongly suggest a Peer Review. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [44].
Typhoon Rammasun was one of two Super Typhoons that formed during the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. Rammasun is also tied with Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo as the second strongest storm during 2008 in terms of central pressure. Thus it was felt that this was one of the more important articles of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season to improve and give an FAC to. Jason Rees ( talk) 02:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review
These issues should be easy to resolve. All images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 17:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 23:34, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments
Just a few minor things, mainly with the lead, everything else looks good. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 22:18, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [45].
Another Doctor Who series 4 article up for featured status. It's not as long as my Silmaril, The Stolen Earth, but at 33KB, I believe it is long enough for a 45 minute episode to be promoted to FA. I think I've sorted out all of the FA criteria, but I would accept suggestions for prose. Sceptre ( talk) 04:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose This article needs to be thoroughly copyedited and the "Broadcast and reception" section needs to be reorganized.
I hope these suggestions are helpful. Awadewit ( talk) 00:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [46].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has been substantially rewritten and referenced with proper citations. It follows the outline of a similar article Georgetown University which is an FA. It meets the standards of many articles about private and public universities in the US. It meets all of the criteria of WP:Featured article criteria. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 16:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Images - is this the reason for your username? If it is, remind me to rib you about how absurd an androgynous orange puffball is for a mascot :P Anyhow, this is going to take a while but File:Otto.png needs a FUR for this page as well as its main page. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Just a note, if you actually remove the above as improperly free, please do something about the images on Commons rather than just removing them from the article (people seem to do that, but that just causes more issues down the road :P) I'll see about actually reading it sometime later. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comment: NRHP reference needed I refined the discussion of the 4 NRHP-listed properties and districts and added one reference, which, oddly, Orangemarlin promptly deleted, with an edit summary indicating difficulty reading in a Mac environment and a request to use CiteT or something like that. I think the NRHP information can and should be supported by references. The specific reference i added was this: <ref name="nrhptextComstock">{{cite web|author=Robert Mann and Alice Jean Stuart|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Syracuse University-Comstock Tract Buildings |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6341 |date=1980|accessdate=2008-01-25}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=62 ''Accompanying 19 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1978'']</ref> The specific reference appears also in the Comstock Tract Buildings article. While its formatting might possibly be improved, it is in the format used in hundreds if not thousands of articles on NRHP sites. A difficulty in composing the reference is that the document being referenced appears in two separate PDF file parts. The current format is the best solution that i know of. Assistance in converting it to be acceptable for this article would be appreciated. It is an appropriate reference to include, and actually is quite informative. doncram ( talk) 01:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'Rst'
/hpimaging/hp_view.asp, line 24
It just doesn't work on a Mac, because of Microsoft's sorry implementation of, well, anything. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 02:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - It's bad enough that the moral leader of FAC (Sandy) is a member of Red Sox Nation, but now we have Marlins fans here? Yikes. I will, however, put away my dismay long enough to review the Athletics section, which I like to do for university articles.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [48].
This is the third article in the series, as the articles covering 1917–1942 and 1942–1967 are already featured. It has already had a peer review, and is currently a good article. I've added Maxim as a co-nominator, as he helped write the article, and we look forward to all feedback. Do your worst! ;o) Reso lute 19:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments
-- Aude ( talk) 20:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
That's all I got from now from the lead. Gary King ( talk) 00:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Both of these images are supposedly "iconic" moments in hockey history. Since I know nothing about hockey, they do not obviously appear iconic to me. Remember that fair use rationales are not written for hockey fans, they are written for lawyers (who may or may not be hockey fans!). I think that the fair use rationales would be greatly strengthened by a citation regarding the iconic nature of these photos. These issues should be easy to resolve and I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 01:54, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. (I took the liberty of fixing two newspaper refs. With {{ citation}} you use the newspaper field to give the newspaper name, this makes the ref format properly) Ealdgyth - Talk 16:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - When is the fourth volume coming? Overexpansion, multiple lockouts, pros in the Olympics and my beloved Rangers breaking the Curse of 1940. What could be better? That's one that I can't wait for. Until then, I'll have to be content with offering my thoughts here.
Overall, I find it quite well-written. This is all for now, but I plan on reading through more in the future. Be forewarned that six articles I'm reviewing are among the bottom 11 on the FAC page, meaning that they have top priority for me at this point. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 22:42, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Weak Opppose Comments from
Dabomb87 (
talk ·
contribs) The article is quite interesting. However, the writing needs a polish; hopefully, I can return to make more comments and copy-edit the article some. For now, a review of the lead and first section will have to suffice.
I have changed my stance to "weak oppose"; some sections need significant polishing, especially in the bottom. These are examples from the "Rules and innovations" section.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 23:28, 16 January 2009 [49].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it's a classic of the horror genre and widely regarded as director James Whale's masterpiece. I believe that the improvments I've made to the article since it was listed as a Good Article have brought it to Featured Article level. My thanks to User:Ched Davis and User:Finetooth for peer reviewing the article. Otto4711 ( talk) 22:09, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Please note that only one FAC should be nominated per user at a time until their earlier nomination has had its issues resolved. FAC has a rather sizeable backlog right now, and is stretched for reviewer resources. I recommend that you withdraw and wait until your other nomination progresses. Dabomb87 ( talk) 13:58, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:48, 16 January 2009 [50].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I feel it meets the criteria. It is not extremely well written in my opinion but I have a high standard that not even I can please. It is reliably sourced compared to the wrestling project's other FAs and my recently promoted one, Lockdown (2008), which I followed when I began working on this one again. Any comments will be addressed as quickly as I can as if they are to the utmost importance. This event is not a significant one in the history of pro wrestling but some interesting things happened at the event that I feel some would enjoy learning about. I also feel that all articles should be of a good or featured stature, in this case, I believe it should be of featured, which is one reason I'm nominating it. Will C 05:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose from Truco ( talk · contribs) - per FA Cr 1, 2, and 4
Image review:
This should be an easy case to resolve. Jappalang ( talk) 22:35, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The Figure Four Wrestling site is run by Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez, both of whom are acknowledged as experts in their field. Alvarez is co-author of The Death of WCW, published by ECW Press, and has been quoted in several other wrestling books (including Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW, published by Sports Publishing LLC, and The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels, published by ECW Press). Meltzer has also written books (Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers, published by Winding Stair Press, and Tributes II: Remembering More of the Worlds Greatest Wrestlers, published by Sports Publishing LLC, Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time, published by Stewart House). He is quoted in many books and documentaries ( Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows and Beyond the Mat, as well as Mysteries of Wrestling, published by ECW Press; Ric Flair's autobiography, To Be the Man; Mick Foley's autobiography; and countless others). Alvarez has been running Figure Four since 1995, and he merged the magazine with Meltzer's Wrestling Observer, which has been around since 1987. If you need any more information to verify their reliability, just ask (or do a search for their names, which should turn up many hits). Pro Wrestling History is only sourcng minor issues, such as match times, attendance, and the tournament bracket which is already sourced throughout the article.-- Will C 00:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Leaning oppose - First off, if you believe an article "is not extremely well written", why are you nominating it here? Reviewers aren't here to make FA-quality prose, but I'm sure you knew that. Here are some thoughts on the article, which needs work.
The article was not promoted by User:Gary King 16:39, 15 January 2009 [51].
WARNING! The Surgeon General of the United States has found that smoking two packs of this article a day may cause one to love Chinese history and suffer temporary loss of sight, bowl discomfort, triple lung growth, Psychokinesis, and kidney failure. In all seriousness, I've worked my tail end off since June compiling notes for this article (now completed), and four other branch articles for the Han Dynasty (i.e. society and culture, government, economy, and science and technology) which will be completed over the course of this year, hopefully by the summer. Pericles of Athens Talk 12:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:19, 14 January 2009 [52].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because,it meets the criteria, it is well written, every section or sentence is backed up by reliable sources, and is understandable throughout. I have worked really hard on this article, by adding every type of information to this topic, and believe it is a really good article. Mohsin ( talk) 23:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose for now - sorry, the article is comprehensive and generally well-researched but their many problems with the prose—redundancy and repetition are a big problem. I also have concerns over
WP:NPOV particularly in the section on youth gangs. I have in my notes a list of 25 examples of poor writing, but I am reluctant to record them here because experience has taught me that these alone will be addressed. This article needs a fresh pair of eyes. I do not like saying all this but this FAC is premature. Please do not give-up on your efforts, there is a lot of great stuff here, but the article needs more work to bring it up to FA standards.
Graham Colm
Talk 13:28, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
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Comment: I have complete my copyedits. I have no doubt left a trail of typos, for which I apologise and hope they will be picked up. My copyedits do not mean that I think the article is now at FA standard; on the contrary, there are many issues to be resolved with reviewers. Hopefully I have eliminated most of the prose problems identified by Nancy and Graham, so that they will be able to read the text more easily.
The particular issues to which I would draw attention are:-
In summary, I believe that the article could be brought to featured standard, but probably through a long process involving peer review. Frankly, I am surprised that the article, in its pre-copyedit form, was given GA status; had this review been more rigorously carried out, many of the faults could have been identified and corrected then. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comment Is it possible to get some sources for the following statements:
As a response to conditions faced by their first generation elders during the 1970s, younger Bangladeshis started to form gangs, developing a sense of dominating their territory. One consequence of this was that Bangladeshi gangs began fighting each other.In the past, Bangladeshi gangs have fostered criminal elements, including low level drug use and credit card fraud. However, for many the focus has changed to fighting over their territories. They use a variety of weapons, such as samurai swords, machetes, kitchen knives and meat cleavers, although guns are rarely used.Islamic fundamentalism has also played a part in the youth culture, illustrated by the efforts of one Brick Lane gang to oust out the white prostitutes from the area.
They seems violating
NPOV issues.--
NAH
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The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [58].
I'm nominating this article for FA because I believe it meets the criteria. Since its last FAC was closed on 16 August, the article has undergone significant copy-editing, addressing the main concern last time that the prose was not up to standard. Thanks in advance to anyone who spends their time reviewing the article. Nev1 ( talk) 17:01, 26 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Oppose on criterion 3
File:Greater Manchester outline map with UK.png - This image needs a description, author, date, and source (a verifiable source per
WP:IUP). All other images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions.
Awadewit (
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The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [60].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because after a several year effort with myself, User:Jacklee and User:Hildanknight, we feel this article shows the best work that a group of Singaporean (and one ang moh like myself) could create. We had several copy edits done after the article became a Good Article and still in the process of polishing the article before National Day of August 9, 2009. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 23:11, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Okay, that's it up to "In general". I'll get to the rest later. Gary King ( talk) 04:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully, these issues are easy to resolve. I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 03:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [61].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because Escape Artist Swyer and I worked a long time to get it to GA status, then had it peer reviewed. When all concerns were addressed, we put it up at FAC. Unfortunately, it was not promoted, most likely because of a lack of "support" votes due to there having been so many FACs listed at the time. We have decided that the best thing to do is to nominate it again, since the number of FACs has thinned out a bit. Tez kag 72 14:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment - Currently the lead is completely insufficient IMHO. For example, the lead is 3 paragraphs long, the middle paragraph is completely dedicated to information unrelated to this album. In essence, the middle paragraph is a "background" section, yet the actually "background" section isn't that big. The lead places too much detail on the background details, which aren't even a sizable portion of the article body. I haven't moved beyond the lead yet, but that really does need sorting. The lead needs to be a summary of the article, each section of the article. — Realist 2 16:23, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment's by Realist2 (Section 2)
Oppose on criterion 3
File:DontSpeak.ogg - There is no specific purpose of use for this clip. Note that the FUR for "No Doubt" and "Tragic Kingdom" are exactly the same. Please explain why the reader must hear this particular part of this particular song in relation to this article. The caption and the paragraph in the article about the song don't comment on the song's musical aspects at all (there is no critical commentary on the clip), so at this point I would suggest that this clip be deleted.
Awadewit (
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Support Comments from
Dabomb87 (
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contribs) While there are probably a couple rough spots in the prose, the writing is generally good. I
copy-edited the lead; feel free to revert or alter any of my changes.
Dabomb87 (
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Comments The structure needs work. I'd strongly recommened turning "Production" into its own section and moving the detail about singles into the "Release" section (as well as trimming it extensively; a lot of stuff should be reserved for the articles on the individual singles themselves). See Loveless (album), In Rainbows, and Blood Sugar Sex Magik for examples of well-written FA album articles. WesleyDodds ( talk) 18:02, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
There are still ongoing questions. Please don't close it. Like, you never gave me a chance to respond to Laser_brain's comments. Tez kag 72 04:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [62].
I am renominating this article because its previous FAC had received very little attention in spite of it only requiring minor improvements which were quickly made following inquiry. Ibaranoff24 ( talk) 21:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
You might find this dispatch on non-free images helpful, particularly the section at the end about writing purposes of use. I look forward to resolving these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 13:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comments - Hi Ibaranoff24. You should contact Variety or figure some way of finding out exactly the article title of "'Article unknown', Variety, (December 19, 1973). As cited by Karl F. Cohen in Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America." Then read the entire article. It could be of no real additional importance, but you never know. Maybe has some interesting stuff to say. Manhattan Samurai ( talk) 10:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support This is an outstanding article on an important figure and easily worthy of FA status. The only improvement I could find to make was to add a single wiki-link. I am expecting that the image copyright issues raised by a previous comment will be easily resolved. The use of a single frame of an animated film in an article on the animator should be classic fair use, and can easily be justified as being needed to give the reader a visual impression of the animation style used for the film. Rusty Cashman ( talk) 03:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [63].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because its well researched and fairly stable and well cited and netural and deserves to be FA. Mercenary2k ( talk) 04:13, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- Prose and Mos issues. Needs a through copyedit. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment With the exception of the map the images currently used in the article have serious issues. Two will probably get deleted soon, and File:Pic17.jpg needs to have an actual non-free use rationale written ASAP (as opposed to the current "rationale" that is just a plea not to delete it "at the time beeing") to avoid the same fate. -- Sherool (talk) 22:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- based solely on the opening paragraph, and particularly the first sentence. Imagine I know nothing about it, nothing. Now, open the article with the one sentence that will set me into what this article is about. The rest of the paragraph doesn't do that either. A confrontation when? Between whom? Well, it's in Pakistan, so we've narrowed it down to some 50+ years, but .... The rest of the paragraph doesn't help. Two guys who ran a mosque were continuing to do some fighting about something unmentioned against the government, somehow a school was also in the center of the siege, did they run the school, too? the brothers committed crimes, and somehow all these confusing things led to a siege by unknown, unmentioned forces, against this mosque and school... Or maybe something else happened. It would be really useful if you wrote an opening sentence and paragraph as if this was the only thing anybody read, they would come away knowing who did what to whom when, where, and why. Then flesh out the necessary details in the rest of the lead to set the entire article. That's my opinion. -- KP Botany ( talk) 07:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [64].
I'm nominating this article for FA status because it recently became a GA (which I also nominated) and now after a peer review, I think it's ready. I am open to comments which will help it grow. Top Gear Freak 20:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - the prose is very poor. I suggest withdrawing this and getting an uninvolved editor to copy-edit the whole article. Graham Colm Talk 20:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Note: I see no indication that WP:FAC instructions were followed:
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be relatively easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 01:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:26, 12 January 2009 [65].
I've been working on this article for a while, it passed its GAC about a month ago. The article has been through three peer reviews, and several copyedits and now, I believe it now meets the FA criteria. I would like to nominate my first featured article candidate. Sunderland06 ( talk) 20:37, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support; I read it and loved the prose. However, there are some footnotes which need en dashes (such as numbers one through forty-seven), so I would suggest reviewing those. JonCatalán (Talk) 16:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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There's more for me to look at, but this should give you some ideas for polishing the writing further. It's pretty good now, though, and I enjoyed reading it. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 19:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Thanks for finding these, now replaced. Sunderland06 ( talk) 21:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose until the prose and linking is smoother. The lead alone provides plenty of fodder for comment:
Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Premier League. Sunderland have won six First Division titles, in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936 (see Years in English football).
Instead of this:
Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Premier League. Sunderland have won six First Division titles, in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936.
Remember that there's a prominent navbox at the top of each Year in English football article. Year-in-X links can also be placed in the "See also" section, with more helpful information as you please that would otherwise clutter the main text.
Try to locate a sports editor who is unfamiliar with this article, for a good massage of the entire text.
I placed italics for the unresolved issues above, like you asked. Don't know if my initial message was missed up there, but I didn't want to take any chances. Read them carefully and the problems will become clear. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 22:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support Oppose- the prose is still not of FA standard. The section on stadiums is well-written but the efforts of , I guess, other writers spoils the article. Here are some examples:
think the whole article would benefit from a fresh editor giving it a thorough edit.
Graham Colm
Talk 21:23, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, but these are just examples, please see the edits I made to the article a few moments ago for more, and this: By the 1990s, the stadium was no longer large enough, and with no room for possible expansion, the
Taylor Report had also brought new regulations into football stadiums, so Roker Park's capacity was continually decreased. - Is a common problem in the article. The reader has to know that the report called for all-seater stadiums. Without knowing this the reader gets lost. And, why "also", who else brought in new regulations? And, "so" is a very weak word.
Graham Colm
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On the whole, a very good read for a football subject, but with the above niggles. Jappalang ( talk) 07:38, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Status - the prose issues seem to have been resolved, but there is still one problem with a source. I think it would be a good idea to invite reviewers with unstruck comments to revisit the FAC. Graham Colm Talk 19:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment (sorry I didn't notice this sooner) in the Colours and crest section, the first mention of a ship is when you say it's "still included". For the benefit of those who can't see it in the image, could you add a bit more detail to (presumably?) the "upper part of the Sunderland coat of arms", and perhaps clarify it as the coat of arms of the city of Sunderland. cheers,
Struway2 (
talk) 21:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Struway2 (
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Not happy - To be honest, I'm quite disappointed with a few things that I'm seeing, even after heavy copy-editing.
After seeing problems like this after the amount of work that has been done here, it leads me to believe that this still needs more time. Therefore, I'm going to oppose. Sorry, but I have to call them like I see them, and I don't think it's ready to be promoted now. If this gets archived, a few more weeks should be enough to polish the article sufficiently. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 02:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
About the flags, they are being adding back into the squad list as they do not violate the specific manual of style for squad lists. However, they should still not be used in the infobox, just clearing this up. Sunderland06 ( talk) 10:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Taking a second look at the article, I find myself agreeing with Giants2008, and have to go with a reluctant Oppose. It is getting close to FA standard. It is incrementally improving, and has improved over the course of this FAC, but there are still sufficient rough edges to make me think that more time to refine it is required than an FAC usually grants. There's still an element of proseline, and there are frequent abrupt changes of subject between sentences, which could have better flow. In terms of things other than prose, I think the Supporters and rivalries section needs a bit of an overhaul. Sunderland are a well-supported club who have maintained their support through lean times, but not a global "big name" like Arsenal or Real Madrid. Their support is consequently located primarily in north-east England, but the section doesn't really give that impression. Unless I'm mistaken, the Tyne-Wear derby is a much bigger deal than matches against Middlesbrough, and this should be reflected in the text. The part about Sunderland Albion is certainly interesting, but should not have a larger portion of the section than more enduring rivalries. Oldelpaso ( talk) 11:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment Regarding the captaincy and vice captaincy in the squad list: The Kieran Richardson article says "He has captained Sunderland on occasion, when regular captain Dean Whitehead has not started the match." So is Richardson or Whitehead the captain? Also is there such a position as "vice-captain" and are you able to provide a source for Andy Reid being given this position? -- Jameboy ( talk) 13:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose Not trying to rub it in, but we can't have this many issues up top after so much has been done.
Done - Changed to had. I understand this FAC probably won't pass at the moment. I feel a lot of improvements have been made, but should've been done at peer review really. However, I'll keep sticking in at this article, and renominate it in the future. Cheers for all the help. Sunderland06 ( talk) 03:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Spot-checks in one small section reveal significant prose issues. I've given hints below as to how to overcome these. I think this one should be withdrawn and resubmitted after at least a few weeks; then it should go through without too much trouble. Reviewers have been put to far too much work here, and basic problems remain.
Not yet of a professional standard. Sorry. Tony (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I realise now this article was not ready to be submitted. Most of this stuff should have came up at peer review, and I'd be happy to withdraw this and resubmit it in a couple of weeks. Sunderland06 ( talk) 08:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 22:28, 10 January 2009 [73].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I've achieved the GA criteria, and I'm hoping to improve it further. I'm not overly familiar with the improvement process, so it may well not be ready, but it looks to me at least as though it meets the criteria. If it's not, though, I thank you for any help you can provide in getting it there. matt91486 ( talk) 20:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose - I always like to see a new article type at FAC; unfortunately, pages without a good model are the most difficult to get promoted. Questionable organization and rough edges are easily found, leading me to oppose.
The comments on the writing are only examples of problems throughout. This needs a good copy-editor who is new to the article; that person can help you smooth out the rough patches. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 17:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:Gary King 19:26, 10 January 2009 [74].
previous FAC (21:25, 13 May 2008)
The article is part of a featured topic and the most recent console entry in the highly acclaimed Legend of Zelda series. The game was a launch game for the Wii system. The article is stable, well written, and has improved since the last FA nomination. If anyone disagrees, I will help make the needed changes since the game is deserving enough to be a FA. TJ Spyke 05:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose
I applaud you for wanting to bring the article to FAC once more; I've been working on this article for a while and it's nice to see it's here again. I've been planning to work some more on this article soon; as it stands now, is still has issues. Nice job so far, but I think that it's still too soon for FAC.
There are a few more issues; this is just to start off with. Gary King ( talk) 16:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3 - There are only fair use images in this article and none of their rationales are sufficient.
I would suggest looking at this dispatch on non-free images for help with these images, particularly the section at the bottom on "purposes of use". David Fuchs might also be helpful in selecting good fair use images for this article, as he is familiar with video games and the image-use guidelines. Awadewit ( talk) 16:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [75].
I have decided to re-nominate the article after a peer review process that has just concluded. It passed GA review back in March. CrazyC83 ( talk) 01:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose, based on spot-check of sources from this version:
All incidents of copying and pasting should be removed, unless quote marks are used.
Sources need to be rechecked and broken links replaced.
Kablammo ( talk) 03:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article uses Month day, year, but the citations have month day, year; day month year; and ISO. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These should easy issues to resolve and I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 00:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [76].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has been peer reviewed and has passed GAN successfully. I'll try my best to address issues. GeometryGirl ( talk) 17:53, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review
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Comments by Jakob Scholbach Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 18:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC): reply
In general, I think this is a really nice article, generally well-written and with very pretty illustrations. I have a number of relatively trivial issues, and one major concern. My main concern with the present version of the article becoming featured is that it is not comprehensive (a FA criterion). (It is nice that the article is so well-referenced, but also shows, that the content is pretty much taken from one type of book, which increases the potential to miss important points not covered by those references). In my view, to be featured the article should at the very least mention the following topics: MV for multiple open sets/subsets, MV for sheaf cohomology including a mention of cohomology of coherent sheaves, cohomology of sheaves w.r.t. more general topologies (etale cohomology, say). For example, it is an easy, but really useful example of MV that cohomology of coherent sheaves on P^n ( projective space of dimension n) vanishes beyond n+1, simply since projective space is covered by n+1 affine spaces, which don't have higher cohomology. (I'm not too much a connoisseur of advanced algebraic topology, but I suspect that there are more advanced applications of MV in this realm, too.) The current article conveys a bit the image as if the parallel statements of MV for singular cohomology and for de Rham cohomology are merely coincidential, but should (IMO) at least tell briefly that both are instances of the more general sheaf cohomology.
Thank you! I am very pleasantly surprised by the feedbacks of Geometry guy and Jakob. There is enough material above to keep me working a bit. Thank you for your criticism and suggestions. GeometryGirl ( talk) 20:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose for the moment - I have an amateur interest in topology, but even I find this a bit jargon-dense. Now, obviously, this is an esoteric subject, and noone expects you to simplify the entire thing, but I do think that at least the first paragraph in the lead should attempt to give a brief explanation that a layman could understand. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 16:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - I have already commented on this at the GA stage. I think it would be unfortunate to have on the main page of Wikipedia an article of which only a small subset of Ph.D. level mathematicians and graduate students can understand even the first sentence. For anybody else, the article doesn't even serve the purpose of provoking curiosity, because the background articles that it links to are, excuse me, crappy. The article may be very useful to a tiny group of specialists, but I don't think we should be advertising it to people who won't have any chance of getting anything out of it. Looie496 ( talk) 04:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [81].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I think that I've improved it quite a bit since it became a GA, and believe that it meets the FA criteria. I'll do anything I can to help get this to FA-Class. - Drilnoth ( talk) 15:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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From the "History" section: "Magic's release has been called "Probably the most dramatic event in RPG history since the 1974 release of D&D", because by 1994 "A mad rush was on to create 'the next Magic.' RPG design came to a standstill at many companies as they scrambled to create a CCG of their own."" These quotes are unnecessarily sensationalist. They should be paraphrased into a more encyclopedic description rather than a Wizards soundbite. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:50, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
From "History", "Sold to Hasbro": "Hasbro had expressed interest in purchasing Wizards of the Coast as early as 1994, but had become impressed with the success of its Pokémon game." [Emphasis mine.] The conjunction doesn't seem appropriate. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
From "History", "Recent years", what's the connection between Daron Rutter/MTGSalvation and Rancored Elf? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Didn't Wizards pioneer the Open Game License? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:10, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose. I've looked at a couple of featured articles about companies: " BAE Systems" and " Oliver Typewriter Company". The Wizards article has a well-developed History section. However a lot of information is missing. What's Wizards' market share in CCG and RPG? What is their turnover and other relevant financial aspects? I realise that the spin-out article " List of Wizards of the Coast products" is linked. However the article would benefit from a "Critical reception" section, discussing the major products: M:TG and D&D. There should be a list of the main awards received. What about criticisms of the company? Wizards has been accused of trying to monopolise the market, dumb down the game, and overcharge customers. Surely there are some reliable sources about this? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment—Overall it looks to be in pretty good condition, and is close to meeting the FA criteria. I only have a few concerns:
Thank you.— RJH ( talk) 23:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose per Axl and criteria 1b. I don't think that an article about a well-known company which only consists of a history section can be a featured article. -- Novil Ariandis ( talk) 11:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [85].
References have been strengthened, prose has been improved. I think this article is now ready for the featured article star. — Remember the dot ( talk) 00:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Image review - Can you show me where it says on this
website or elsewhere that the Acid2 images are released into the PD. I couldn't find the statement. Thanks.
Awadewit (
talk) 14:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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Oppose on criterion 3
Unfortunately, a lot of little problems can add up. These should be easy to fix, though. Awadewit ( talk) 02:32, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [86].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because... This article has passed A Class Review. For Wikipedia:MIL the article has reached Class A status. A formal Copy-edit through MilHist Copy Edit Department was completed as suggested in the A Class Review process. A Peer review was completed in past and all those comments have been since incorporated. Its been archived here. I originally was planning to stick with A class. However now that I think more, I feel it deserves a shot at being FAC for the reason that There are very few articles in its class that have had reached this status. According to FA Class list, there are a total of 37 articles in all and predominantly Military related articles. Luftwaffe related articles are very few. I am not stating that this is the reason. (Lack of articles) Please note that being numbered One in among the wings was a big deal but to be named after its Wing Commander was considered a really big honor that very few people received. I think that this article deserves a shot on merit alone. Perseus71 ( talk) 18:53, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
I don't want to put a damper on an article that has obviously been researched diligently, but at present the prose is not up to FA standard and needs some considerable work. I will be happy to review the oppose when the necessary copyediting has been completed throughout the article. Brianboulton ( talk) 14:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Formation history
Reorganization
Organization structure
Flight JG 1
Group I./JG 1
Oppose. Having been asked to comment further I do so with reluctance. The article has clearly involved a lot of work, and I have enjoyed finding out more about the subject matter. However, as I look further down the page it seems that what I am engaging in is a copy-editing exercise, and this is not my strong suit. (For example I notice that a sentence I suggested be dramatically reduced in complexity is, in its altered form, still described as being part of an "impenetrable" paragraph below). I believe the article needs a comprehensive copy edit from a skilled person, and preferably one who does not have a deep knowledge of military affairs. If this can be achieved please feel free to get back to me. Ben Mac Dui 21:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
There is some work to be done here! Awadewit ( talk) 03:14, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Reluctant oppose: I earlier registered a tentative oppose on the grounds of prose issues in the lead. These were speedily resolved, so I struck the oppose, pending reading of the remainder of the article. After a delay I started to do this, but soon found myself bogged down and scratching my head. Here are a few stumbling blocks:-
Similar to its parent Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) was designated to be a "donor" unit in forming a new unit. Given the large territory JG 1 had to cover, it was decided to form a new unit called Jagdgeschwader 11 (JG 11). On 31 March 1943, JG 1 was split to form the new unit. Two groups of JG 1 (I. and III.) were transferred to JG 11. Group IV. was re-designated as I./JG 1. Thus Jagdgeschwader 1 was left with two operational groups, I. and II. A new group was formed in Leeuwarden, Netherlands and added as III./JG 1. This group was headed by Major Karl-Heinz Leesmann who died on 25 July 1943.
I have not ventured much beyond this point, except to note reference to the RAF rank of "Group Commander". The RAF has Wing Commanders and Group Captains, but not Group Commanders.
A general concern to me is the steady growth of this article since its nomination. During that period it has expanded by 1,500 words; it was long (8,200 words) to begin with, and is now super-long at almost 10,000 words. Most of the problems I have identified in the sections I've read arise, in my wiew, from over-detailing, and I suspect that this may be an issue through the article. I have great respect for the research, but for this to be fruitful the article must be more accessible to the general reader than it is at present. It is with great reluctance that I reinstate my oppose, but I feel that the article needs significant prose attention before it can be promoted.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 23:46, 9 January 2009 [87].
The first thing that will likely stand out with this article, is it's small size. However, size doesn't always matter, and when size may be lacking, quality sticks out. This article has been through several copyedits, a peer review, and has been fully reviewed by the editors of WP:WPTC. All thoughts and comments are encouraged and welcome. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 04:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:15, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment - Looks good so far. I've only done a brief look through, but I'll be back later with more comments. VX! ~~~ 18:44, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Happy Holidays 19:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments on the prose and requests for clarification.
I enjoyed reading this article but I need to see more reviews before supporting this FAC. Thanks. Graham Colm Talk 15:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments
I'm not seeing the personal investment in simple measures to improve your prose: the hurrican project and WP more broadly need you to do this. To start with, try these exercises on hyphens and dashes. Tony (talk) 02:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 04:27, 6 January 2009 [88].
This is probably the umpteenth candidacy this article has now gone through but I feel the article is in the best state it has been in for while. I have gone through the article and addressed numerous problems which existed before and have hopefully I have rectified them. Thanks in advance for your comments. NapHit ( talk) 23:10, 21 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Oppose Conditional Support. This is an engaging, comprehensive article. The referencing problems highlighted by Ealdgyth must be addressed and problems with the prose remain. I have done a little copy-editing of the article, and would have liked to have done more, but I'm very busy in other Wikipedia areas at the moment and cannot give the article my full attention that it deserves. I suggest asking another established editor who is new to the article to review the prose. Please don't take this personally—it's amazing what a fresh pair of eyes can bring to an article.
Graham Colm
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Note I'm willing to do copyediting and other tasks on this article, as suggested by Graham above. I am completely new to the article, but am familiar with the subject matter. I have made a few changes already, and will be available over the course of the FAC to try to make more improvements. Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 22:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - Wish I had time to do some cleanup work, but I'm in a similar position as Graham; I'm swamped with reviews at the moment and can only focus on not falling too far behind. Here are my initial recommendations:
I will try to come back here, but please don't expect too much from me, since I have many other articles to re-review. If I have time, I'll go over the article later in the week and try to make improvements to the prose. Best of luck. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 00:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
File:Liverpool 1892-1893.jpg - We need a source for this image.
Awadewit (
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Oppose Comments from
Dabomb87 (
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contribs) Not happy with the prose, samples starting from the Ownership section down:
Please note that these are merely examples that demonstrate why a fresh copy-editor is needed to go through the text. As Graham said above, no offense to you, but when you work so hard and spend so much time on the article, you tend to miss things, making the need for an uninvolved editor necessary. I can help out a little bit in the next couple of days, but don't depend on me. Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I have changed to oppose; these problems in the lead alone trouble me. Please find someone who is completely new to the article—maybe even unfamiliar with the subject—to copy-edit the article, as a major prose cleanup is needed for FA status to be attained. Sorry to be harsh, but we can't have an article be promoted with this many problems in the prose. Dabomb87 ( talk) 17:21, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I have addressed these comments and am going through the article to try and cure the inconsistencies. NapHit ( talk) 20:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Further comments: I am sorry but I cannot support this FAC at this time. I have spent an hour or so working on the prose [89], but every time I re-read the article I find other problems. Some of the problems are so elementary (such as "colours is") and there are still inconsistentcies w.r.t. concessionary plurals, (club is/club are). Also, I am constantly reading "club won", and not much "club lost" and worse "manager won". This article is tantalisingly close to FA, but it's not ready yet. I take no pleasure in writing this, please don't shoot the messenger and more importantly don't give up. Graham Colm Talk 20:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:30, 4 January 2009 [90].
This is one of my older GAs, one which passed early last year. As with many of my nominations, it is a fairly short article, but as the storm remained at sea, there is little information that can be added. A couple of users have helped with the article, and I feel it meets the criteria. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [92].
This article went through a peer review a while ago, and I believe most of the issues have been addressed. The article has been improved by various editors since, and this version has been largely stable for a few months now. This is an important topic for readers interested in Chinese history and culture, and I hope that it will be deemed - or improved to - FA quality. PalaceGuard008 ( Talk) 05:59, 25 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Comments - Just from glancing through the article, so I may have more to add.
— Mattisse ( Talk) 01:46, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [93].
Finally, Luan Da, the mystic and conman who became the second most powerful man in the sixth largest ancient empire simply by telling tall tales (and a little magnetic trick with chess pieces), is back at FAC. He's been through two previous FACs - premature, of course - since when he's undergone the rigors of a peer review (which unfortunately didn't get a lot of love, though Rjwilmsi helpfully fixed up some MOS trinkets for me). The article still is fairly short, though not as short as before; a brief description of the changes since the previous FAC can be found in the peer review. Nousernamesleft ( talk) 22:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC) reply
Support, as before. Mike Christie (talk) 14:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Not quite yet English sources are preferred to Chinese when available. Here they clearly are (for example, the magnetic statues are in Needham, and most of the story of Luan must be in Sima; the customs of Early Han China must be available hundreds of places), and I encourage the efforts to replace one with the other, and look forward to supporting when this is done. (I should also like to see Sima Qian cited by chapter, as well as page number, which would make the references independent of edition.)
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PMAnderson 17:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
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Oppose—1a. Sorry, but it's not well-enough written. It's hard to summarise the technical deficiencies, but they're there. You need to bring on-board one or more good copy-editors. You know how to find them for this type of topic? The lead provides ample evidence of the problems.
The whole article is at issue; I've just pointed out examples of the larger problem. Tony (talk) 14:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [96].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it meets all the criteria set forth. Zeus1234 ( talk) 10:12, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:24, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments: I can't comment on the content as I lack any knowledge. Instead I'll suggest a few small improvements that might be adopted.
It looks an interesting and informative article. Brianboulton ( talk) 18:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support — Language is fine, and the article performs well as an introductory guide to Lingbao School (origins, beliefs, and legacy). Whatever jargon (deity names and spiritual terms) are much easier to identify than before. I think this qualifies as a Featured Article.
Jappalang (
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Comments — generally the language is fine, but I removed redundancies and changed several sentences to avoid repetition and bad forms. Content-wise, however, this article might be confusing...
Rituals
Image review — as follows:
Further comments — looking into the sources, several items are cited to The Encyclopedia of Taoism, which is a tertiary source. Can references to it be reduced? Wikipedia is aiming to be a tertiary source, and it is desirable for most (if not all) of its sources to be secondary per
WP:PSTS.
Jappalang (
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Quick-fail—1a: My head is spinning. Poorly organised ideas; repetitiveness. Here are examples just in the lead. The whole text needs a good massage. I think this should be withdrawn and put through a major clean-up.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:35, 3 January 2009 [97].
I'm here to try again. Myself and others have continued to do work towards the improving of this article; concerns cited last time mainly revolved around perceived problems with clarity and tone. Now that the article is slightly longer and more detailed, with a longer lead and clearer explanation, I'd hope that these problems would be fixed. While some of the omissions in content noted at the last FAC have been remedied, we have still taken care to give a comprehensive but not overly scientific coverage; this is, after all, an encyclopedia, and we wouldn't want a book length analysis of a topic that could become easily convoluted with too much advanced scientific and/or theoretical exploration. I'm perfectly happy to act upon any concerns mentioned. I just hope that this article will be deemed simple enough but detailed enough now; last time, we had one camp saying that the article wasn't written simply enough, while another was calling for greater technical expansion. It's my belief we have a better mix of both now. — Anonymous Dissident Talk 09:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC) reply
In physics, a[See discussion below] A quark (pronounced /kwɔrk/ or /kwɑrk/) is a type of subatomic particle. Because of color confinement, most quarks only occur bound together in hadrons: composite particles such as protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei.Quarks are of six different types, or flavors: up (symbol:
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Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 23:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC) reply
I reread every argument made and these needs to be address before I give my support:
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 01:57, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Some more issues I know I said I was going to support, but I've recently notice potential issues about factual accuracy and completeness of coverage.
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 13:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose for now, in light of the comments I made above.
Markus Poessel (
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Support: No other reviewers seem prepared to !vote on this. Writing as an "outsider" (I am a microbiologist and perhaps therefore an average reader); I find this article fascinating, engaging and very well-written. It has taught me very much. It seems to me that the discussions above pertain to criterion 4, mainly wrt summary style, and this is so difficult to get right. This is a damn good article. Period. I would be pleased to see this on the Main Page. There is room for improvement in all articles, including those that are featured. No doubt, such improvements will be made to this one—but I see no reasons, based on the Featured Article Criteria, to withhold the bronze star. Graham Colm Talk 22:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support All my concerns have been addressed, so "support".
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This is the third time in this review that I've come across a reference that doesn't contain the information it's meant to provide, which I think is very, very worrying. I'm going to make spot-checks on some of the other references, but for now I'm going back to Oppose - this indicates serious problems with the way references have been added to this lemma. Markus Poessel ( talk) 14:41, 25 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Image review: I'm commenting on the licensing of the images only. I am unable to comment on the accuracy of the self-made images.
More on references.
Some other statements I came across while checking on references:
Markus Poessel ( talk) 17:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose—I was ready to support, but started to find too great a density of issues in the prose to do so. It requires another copy-edit by someone fresh to the text.
All that jazz about words and stuff is nice, but could we get to the real problems of this articles. Aka, the two citation needed tags, clarifying the contradiction between Gell-Man and Ne'eman in 1964 vs. Gell-Man and Zweig in 1964, writing in non-klingon, and addressing the ref issues? Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:14, 3 January 2009 [99].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because... I think this article has a very healthy amount of information, and is organized. I think this is an important historical event that many are uneducated about. Promoting this article to featured status will help get the education of this event out to people born from years 1984 to 2008. Rj1020 ( talk) 04:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
NancyHeise talk 06:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Gary King ( talk) 16:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:14, 3 January 2009 [100].
I'm nominating this article for featured article. Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC) reply
...upon review of the criteria at WP:FA? IMHO your article is 98% of the way there. In my book 98% is an A. So congratulations you have an article that needs a bit of work but is class A none the less. --Hfarmer (talk) 08:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC) He does not seem to have a problem with the prose. And another reviewer stated that the article had "greatly" improved. Please also note that Scorpion is a biased reviewer, so take none of what he says into consideration. Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC) Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:57, 29 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 14:26, 31 January 2009 [1].
Did you know that the Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died" features Kirk Douglas and Suzanne Somers as guest stars? And that Lester and Eliza, older versions of Bart and Lisa Simpson, appear at the end of the episode?
I have been working on this article for a few months now. It is my first television episode article, but nevertheless I think that all the bumps have been ironed out. Gary King ( talk) 02:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment - Could you crop that Kirk Douglas pic to remove the "KIRK DOUGLAS" banner? Its just looks very odd, since that pic is only used to identify Douglas. indopug ( talk) 10:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose Featured articles are supposed to be examples of Wikipedia's best writing. This is all written in yada yada yada style—the eighteenth episode of the seventh season, Itchy and Scratchy show, the critics generally like it, so what? I won't change this to a support unless the article focuses on what is special about the episode, and finds something special enough to make the article interesting to the general reader. Looie496 ( talk) 19:14, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose I have to agree with Looie here and I'm puzzled by his critics. I'm not sure that yadayada is the best way to put it but let's face it: the content is very very thin. I don't particularly fault the authors: there's probably too little material out there to construct an article with any real depth. Most of the meta-commentary is about the controversial nature of the episode but it rests on pretty much nothing. Yes, one guy from the DVD Times labelled it as "controversial" but the rest of the article seems to take that bait and discuss that controversy as if it existed. But let's pause for a moment and ask: "what exactly is this controversy?" Two critics disagreed on how good the episode was? One critic said "yeah I liked some of it but not all of it"? That's not controversy, that's what happens everyday with critics and a film is not controversial because it got a thumbs up from Ebert and a thumbs down from Roeper. Then we have
Now why exactly is that scene controversial? It seems like a pretty harmless gag and the controversy being referred to here seems to be that Groening didn't like it. Note that this controversy is between the show's producers and has nothing to do with the so-called controversy between the critics. The section on the episode's reception is based on a handful of reviews seemingly picked at random and this again shows that there's just not enough in-depth commentary out there to build an article that's not a collage of factoids. The last sentence of the article is a great example of this problem. Scholarly discussion of the episode probably took place during that class at Columbia but the only trace we have of that is the student's favourite quote. Until we have access to non-superficial coverage of the episode, I can't see how this can be considered as exemplifying Wiki's best.
Image review - Fair use images meet WP:NFCC and the other two images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 02:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments — File:Kirk Douglas.png: there is no doubt the movie (and hence its screenshots) is in the public domain; however, is it appropriate to refer to a 1952 image of the actor (36 years old then), when it is his 80-year-old self (whose appearance differs from his younger screen persona) who provided the guest voice in this cartoon episode? Jappalang ( talk) 04:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 14:26, 31 January 2009 [4].
Did you know that an early demo of Metroid Prime Hunters, called Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, was included as a pack-in game with the Nintendo DS when it first launched?
Gary King ( talk) 03:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Currently oppose based on images.
-- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments from Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs) I did the GA review for the article, but have returned with fresh eyes.
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [5].
I am nominating this article for featured article because the city of Valenzuela began to improve, so maybe it is the time for the whole world to know what and where Valenzuela City is.
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [6].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because...
Note This was not submitted at WP:FAC until 22 January, in this edit. Maralia ( talk) 06:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose. Interesting article, but there are some issues that need to be addressed:
Ruslik ( talk) 15:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Foofighter20x ( talk) 17:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Is all that's left going to hold up the FA status? I wouldn't think it needs to be absolutely perfect. One or two very minor issues shouldn't hold this up, you know? Foofighter20x ( talk) 07:13, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [7].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I think this article incorporates lot of details about the History of the city right from ancient times to the latest terrorist attacks in Nov 2008. Thanks, Kensplanet T C 11:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Having written several articles on history (though not w.r.t a city) including on some of the empires and kingdoms that controlled the Mumbai region (though from elsewhere) during medieval times, I can surely understand why the author has used Gazetteers to generate his information. If one were to read real history books on each of these empires, it would become apparent that information specifically pretaining to Mumbai would be really hard to come by simply because Mumbai was not the regal capital of any of those great empires. In fact Mumbai's rise to fame is more recent. Mumbai's current day stature in India would hardly matter to a book on Rashtrakuta Dynasty for instance. Therefore Gazetteers would be the obvious choice, were government appointed epigraphists and historians would built its history based on evidence on hand. In fact a Gazetteer could easily replace a dozen history books when we are talking about "History of a any specific modern city". So long as the information is reasonably accurate, I dont see a problem. Dineshkannambadi ( talk) 19:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments by Sarvagnya
Can't support yet - I have not taken a close look yet. On first impressions, the article is on the right track overall, but I see more than a few issues with it right now, especially with the way it is strung together. Here are some observations in no particular order.
More later. Sarvagnya 21:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
After a little bit of work, these issues should be resolved. Awadewit ( talk) 01:32, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [8].
All of the above parties of myself, Timmeh, Prophaniti, Revrant, and DisturbedTim90 would like to nominate this article for a Featured Article status, for a second time, because we believe it is ready. The article meets the FA nomination requirements, and has come a long way since its creation. We believe it to be an example of a great, complete music article. It has gone through extensive editing since its last Featured Article nomination, and has been expanded. We believe it is ready to be a Featured Article, and so we nominate it for a second time. -- The Guy complain edits 02:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments from Efe
Oppose per comprehensiveness concerns. Just looking at reviews, it relies solely on reviews that are accessible by the Internet. Now, web references are perfectly fine (not to mention convenient), but according to Metacritic, the album was reviewed by major publications such as Billboard and Q, which are not referenced in the article. I'm sure Mojo and Spin probably reviewed it too. These publications have more critical weight than IGN.com, About.com, and PopMatters. Additionally, the wholesale absence of print sources (aside from one, which is a booklet for the CD) makes me wonder what other useful sources might have been excluded. For example, has a musician magazine like Guitar World or Modern Drummer done a feature on the album? If so, these sorts of articles are invaluable because they analyze and discuss the nuts and bots of the music, from composition to equipment. See what else you can dig up, either by asking other Wiki editors, visiting a library, or by procuring magazine back issue yourselves. WesleyDodds ( talk) 03:34, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment Just to reinforce the above concerns, I happened on this article. Even then (not even knowing that it was at FAC) I thought that the Reception section was skimpy, considering the relatively mainstream appeal of the album. Just a simple Google search reveals this from Abort, this from Rolling Stone, this from The Music Magazine and this from Mix. Surely you could expand the section from that sample of links. There are definitely more out there, and as Wesley was talking about, we haven't even gotten to the print reviews. There is definitely some work needed in terms of comprehensiveness. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Sorry, school work is going to pull me away from this nomination for a few hours. I hope one of the other nominators logs on. If not, I'll be back. -- The Guy complain edits 05:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
(outdent) I understand your predicatement (I am also very busy at the moment), but this is where the concept of the wiki comes into play. The great thing about Wikipedia (besides the fact that it is free and anyone can edit) is that—especially for the English Wikipedia—there are always going to be editors who can help with something. Cull the collaborative power of the wiki to achive your goal. Ask around at relevant Wikiprojects for users who have access to print magazines or any sources that could help. Disturbed seems to be reasonably popular, I'm sure that somebody has material. Dabomb87 ( talk) 04:49, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I did some digging, and I find that these may help. These four issues of different magazines; Revolver, Metal Hammer, Guitar World, and Drum! feature interviews with three of the four members separately, and one of the band altogether, apparently. As of finding this, I am trying to contact the publisher of this media, and I am also posting around on various sites. -- The Guy complain edits 19:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose on criterion 3 - The use of fair use media needs to be worked out.
Hopefully we can resolve these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 00:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [9].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I've listed this article for featured article status because It has already been passed for Good article status and it looks as if it's good enough to be featured. Ukabia ( talk) 23:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - given the large numbers of questionable sources, as well as concerns that, given the number of sources that have google books links to snippets but don't give page numbers, that most of the sources have only been consulted in snippet view, which can lead to problems with not seeing the full context of the work.
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Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully these issues can be resolved quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 22:15, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Regretful oppose. Forget the niceties of the "MoS"; this has a long way to go. I've just gone through the introduction; there was a lot amiss even there. I then noticed that the previous edit (without summary and by some IP) had made the single change of "3000" to "6000", thus forming the sentence According to several sources, from 6000 BC to 500 AD, the Igbo people evolved over a long period in Igboland through waves of migrations. Quite aside from the question of 6000 versus 3000, the single source adduced (which doesn't itself cite any source) says nothing about waves of migrations, or indeed anything whatever about what happened between c. 3000 BC and c. AD 850. Which is hardly surprising because this source is a brief chronology to accompany a study guide for a novel. WP disapproves of tertiary sources; this looks like, oh, let's call it a quaternary source (something that the author probably derived from tertiary sources); it doesn't say what it's claimed to say, it is singular, not plural as implied; and it's summarized in a sentence that points out that 2,500 (or 5,500) years is "a long period". The sourcing is rough, the writing is rough, the whole thing is rough. It's an honorable draft that needs a lot more "person-hours" before it can be a featurable article. Morenoodles ( talk) 10:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 00:26, 31 January 2009 [10].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe the extensive additions I've made over the last few weeks bring the article into compliance with the criteria. Whale was an extremely important director, the bulk of whose works have been largely forgotten and unavailable. He was also a fascinating person and almost unique for the Hollywood of his time in that he lived as an openly gay man throughout his career. Thanks to User:Brianboulton for a strong peer review with many helpful suggestions. Otto4711 ( talk) 23:39, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully these are easy issues to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 19:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose for now by karanacs. The prose needs a bit of work. Also, I feel like the article is doing a lot of "telling" without a lot of "showing". It's not always enough to tell me that something is important; it is much more meaningful to have text that explains why somthing is important.
Karanacs ( talk) 19:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Gary King 16:48, 30 January 2009 [11].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it is a good quality video game article and meets all of the criteria required. I am also happy to make any changes necessary if required to do so in order for this article to become featured. EclipseSSD ( talk) 16:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Okay, that's everything from the lead. Gary King ( talk) 17:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Question - Would it be best just to remove the part about data editing altogether? Because the sources there will not be from professional websites. -- EclipseSSD ( talk) 18:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Just two examples of prose issues:
The situation here is trickier than a simple copyvio. I don't think anyone wants the entire article deleted ("Unless the copyright status of the text on this page is clarified, it will be deleted one week after the time of its listing.") One option would be to revert the article to before any copyrighted material was added, and delete all revisions that were made since then. Most, if not all, of the copyrighted material was added in this diff, and perhaps others after that. We need to delete revisions that contain the copyrighted material so that when people look at older revisions, they don't copy the copyrighted material back into the article's latest revision. In most cases, the situation is clearer for a single administrator to determine what to do, as often the problem is simply a new article that does not meet CSD but is a copyright violation. Thoughts? Gary King ( talk) 01:34, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment - I didn't (and still) don't really expect this article to be a FA, just thought I'd give it a shot. -- EclipseSSD ( talk) 16:25, 28 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Karanacs 15:08, 30 January 2009 [14].
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 13:54, 30 January 2009 [15].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it is the best we can muster for this earthquake. Comprehensive as possible, this may be the shortest FA ever, but I think it meets the criterion. The prose has been worked and there's not much that can be done. Editorofthewiki should be listed as nominator (or co-nominator?) Ceran →// forge 13:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 23:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Google book search, for anyone interested. Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 18:41, 27 January 2009 [18].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it satisfies the FA criteria. Anon134 ( talk) 06:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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1. The citations in all-caps are gone...what an eye sore.
2a. I see what your saying about U-S-History.com, ill replace the references with other sources –I wouldn’t put much stock in it either now that I see the advertisements on the page. That probably isnt the best source. I got rid of the one referencing the Oregon Treaty, replacing it with an Encarta reference.
I am currently trying to find reliable sources to replace the Spokane tribe references, this ones a toughie. Ill update you when Im done with that...
Update: All U-S-History references have been replaced.
2b & c. In regard to city-data and Weatherbase, these sources may not be the sources that most people prefer (government, non-profit organizations, etc), but they aren't like citing Geocities or a blog. I have no reason to believe that these companies aren't competent at what they do. Unless I find reasons to the contrary, these sources seem as reliable of a source as Weather.com, Arbitron Inc., or Nielsen Media Research, Inc. These citations are being cited for facts that are within the sources' expertise (Weatherbase is being used as a reference for climate info, not history info, etc). I would have to ask, is there a reason why you believe they arent reliable?
It should also be noted, that both Weatherbase and city-data are currently being referenced in the San Francisco, California featured article.
3. I hope to be done italicizing them later today. Ill get back to you on that when Im finished...
Update: I think ive italicized all of them.
4. I skimmed the references section. Found one instance where there was no access date; I put one on.
5. I put the publisher in there.
Anon134 ( talk) 21:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be relatively easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 22:26, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
That is every dang source problem :S. Good luck fixing them.Mitch32( Go Syracuse) 00:42, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Of the 81,512 households, 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98..."
Strong oppose by karanacs. Overall, this article is in decent shape. It is reasonably well-written (although another copyedit couldn't hurt) and appears to be laid out fairly well. However, I have serious concerns about the quality of the sourcing, and I do not believe that these can be adequately addressed in a typical FAC nomination time period. I encourage the nominator to withdraw this nomination, work on the sourcing issues, and then contact those of us who have reviewed the article for a peer review. I read about 2/3 of the article, and here are my comments on that:
Karanacs ( talk) 20:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Im not going to withdrawal the nomination because I know it wont pass, I know this wont pass, its work in progress. Just because it wont pass is not a good enough reason for me to give up on this process. The point of this whole process is to diagnose problems so we can impove the aritcle and Wikipedia. Ive seen articles much worse than this go through the process, so please stop trying to deny the editors of this article the precious opportunity to improve it.
Now, with the issues. I dont understand why some of the issues are a problem.
The history section must have books? Is that a Wikpedia policy? If this is the case, then why is the Grand Forks article featured? I dont think it has ANY books. This seems to be another double standard.
The history section is not entirely sourced by Wynecoop. That is absolutely false and I think you know it, and everyone can see how wrong what you said is. The majority of the history section comes from HistoryLink.ORG, a Washington State history encylopedia that is a Washington non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. The Seattle FA uses HistoryLink several times. Also, I just replaced the source for the Spokane tribe, and I still want a better, more authoritative source; however, sources about the history of an Indian tribe are hard to come by, and I find no reason to believe Wynecoop is as bad of a source as you make him out to be. He is only used 3 times. Also, how do you know that the Wynecoop book is self-published?? Even if it was, is it Wikipedia policy that all book sources cant be self published?
Why cant we use the City of Spokane website for history? Do you believe that they are going to try to practice historical revisionism to show Spokane in a positive light? Is there a conflict of interest? I dont see what motivations there would be for doing such a thing. Most people regard government sources as reliable. The Grand Forks article cited their City website 7 times (for the history section).
Encarta too?? who can we trust? Only books? What if the book was written by a Spokane native? I think books are the least verifiable of all sources -one needs the book to verify the facts.
Regarding the UW reference, Ive been searching for a replacement for the University of Washington reference, but I havent yet found one I liked better. I wanted a source that is an authority on just Geography -but these sources also seem to be hard to come by. But, that source is a University source, and I (and most people I believe) generally regard University sources to be reliable, and didnt see an issue with citing it until I found a better source.
Why exactly are self published sources are a problem in some of these places?
Example. If I wanted to know who built the Safari themed tower and the history of the Davenport Hotel, I would think the best authority on this issue is The Davenport Hotel website and those who maintain it. What alternate source do you recommend? A book about the relatively recent restoration of the Davenport Hotel and its' new Safari themed tower? I suppose I could get a newspaper, but would that satisfy you, it would probably be the Spokesman-Review...is this biased? Another example, if I wanted to know how tall Mount Spokane is, I would expect the website for the city-owned/affiliated Mt Spokane Ski Park website would be the best authority to reference. And, to get this issue cleared up, the citation was in reference to the height of the mountain, which is in fact, verified by the source.
These arent contentious like the figures from the Pontic Greek Genocide or whatnot, these issues and are unlikely to be manipulated if this is your concern. How is it POV that we are using self-published websites like these to confirm those facts. We arent consciously cherrypicking data like you suggest, we are trying to find the most reliable source. Using the Pontic Greek Genocide example, it is not as if we are cherrypicking the highest or lowest numbers to advance an agenda of sorts; I dont believe that the editors of this article are trying to distort the fact like you seem to suggest (I dont even live in Washington BTW).
Now in regard to the sentence you are referring to about Downtown, that was a verification of the dollar amount figure, not the fact that the downtown has undergone a rebirth. The latter I dont believe is likely to be challenged, and the former would seem to verify that conclusion.
"Also Healthcare in Spokane is considered excellent, and the quality of service attracts patients from beyond the region is either uncited or cited to one of the hospitals."
The first sentence is an intro to the topic, it is supposed to be verified by the following sentences, which show that Deaconess is a hospital that is considered a leader in several area and procedures such as heart and cardiovascular problems, and this is why it would most definitely draw some patients from outside of the Inland Northwest; the source is the Deaconess website. I guess I trust that Deaconess, a non-profit organization, is honest and are acting in good faith when they included that info on their website. I dont see why you are so distrustful of some of the institutions that are being used as references.
However, one thing that I am going to do that I just realized might be a problem and I do believeshold be re-referenced is Experience Spokane to one of the citations (the one that tells of Sacred Hearts specialties, etc...I do think this is a problem.
Newpapers, this article does use several news paper and journal articles (atleast 3 I know to be in the History section -Boom and Bust, and The Great Fire article, and the Idaho Yesterdays journal. Also, is there a ratio newpaper/journal-website ratio that must be maintained?
I respect your opinion, karanacs, but before I take drastic measures and remove HistoryLink, The Davenport website, etc, I would like to know what others think of the issues you raised. I think that is going overboard. Anon134 ( talk) 02:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Brown, Wm. Compton.,The Indian Side of the Story, Spokane, 1961.
Cataldo, Joseph M., "Sketch of Spokane Mission," unpublished manuscript in Oregon Province Archives, Spokane, n. d.
Curtis, Edward S., The North American Indian, Cambridge, 1907-1930, 20 vols.
Dee, Henry Drummond, The Journal of John Work, Victoria, 1945.
Drury, Clifford M., A Tepee in His Front Yard, A Biography of H. T., One of the Four Founders of the City of Spokane, Washington., Portland, 1949.
Drury, Clifford M., Elkanah and Walker, Pioneers Among the Spokanes, Caldwell, 1940.
Drury, Clifford M. [Editor],First White Women Over the Rockies, Diaries,, Letters., and Biographical Sketches of the Six Women of the Oregon Mission who made the Overland Journey in 1836 and 1838, Glendale, 1963-1966, 3 vols.
Durham, N. W. History of the City of and Washington, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Chicago, 1912,, 3 vols.
Eells, Myron, Father Eells or The Results of Fifty-Five Years of Missionary Labors in Washington and Oregon, Boston and Chicago', 1894.
Ewers, John C., Gustavus Sohon's Portraits of Flathead and Pend d' Oreille Indians, 1854, Washington,, 1948.
Fuller, George W., A History of the Pacific Northwest, New York, 1931.
Hagan, Pauline [Compiler],Legends of the Spokanes [mimeograph], [Spokane], 1967.
Jessett, Thomas E., Chief Spokan Garry 1811-1892, Christian, Statesman, and Friend of the White Man, Minneapolis, 1960.
Kappler, Charles J., Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties, Washington, 1904-1941, 5 vols.
Kip, Lawrence,Life on the Pacific; A Journal of the Expedition the Northern Indians, the Tribes of the Coeur d' Alenes Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858, New York, 1859.
Lewis, William S., The Case of Spokane Garry, Spokane [1917]
Lewis, William S., and Murakami, Naojiro, Ranald MacDonald, The Narrative of his life on the Columbia under the Hudsonn's Bay Company's regime; Of his experiences in the Pacific Whale Fishery and of his great Adventure to with a sketch of his later life on the Western Frontier 1824-1894, Spokane, 1923...
I will keep trying to find better sources as always, but I believe this to be an absolutely unacceptable source. Anon134 ( talk) 03:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
comment Could someone please organize the responses into threads to make it easier to figure out what is being replied to? I've totally lost track of things, and proper threading of responses would help greatly with keeping track of things. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [21].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it is a rare example of United States Constitutional Law that became watercooler conversation. As such the page was highly trafficked and highly edited. Based on preliminary results at WP:DYKBEST it was the most viewed DYK hook during the month of November. Thus, I think there is a lot of interest in fully developing this article in the best form possible. If I can get this to pass it is about a ten-pointer at WP:TFAR on March 4, 2009 (the centenary of the first Saxbe fix).-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 08:50, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment I realize the urgency, Tony, but isn't there a rule against nominating a second article until you've resolved concerns from a first article and built support for it? And you have Jack Kemp on the page which seems to be having a hard time of it.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 13:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
(outdent) You might also want to see if you can find a friendly law student. Many get free unlimited access to LEXIS and WESTLAW, which I believe includes law review articles. I am a lawyer, but I use the online research service provided by my state's bar, which does not include law reviews.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 22:44, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [22].
Hurricane Beta was one of the seven major hurricanes to form during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and the record breaking 14th hurricane (breaking the record set earlier that month by Hurricane Wilma). It struck an area prone to devastating hurricanes but caused relatively little impact. Despite this, eight people were killed by the storm. This article is one of the core articles for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season series, thus improving this article to featured status is important. All thoughts and comments are welcome. Cyclone biskit 20:53, 17 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Image review
These issues should be easy to fix. Awadewit ( talk) 18:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The above is from the lead alone. Good luck with the article, – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:22, 19 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [23].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it's been a good article for a while, and now that the appeal has failed, I don't think the story will develop much in the short term. I am willing to make fixes based on suggestions here, and feel that the article isn't too far from featured status is ready to go through FAC.
J Milburn (
talk) 19:43, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Comment: I've not read the article, but if by your own admission it is not yet up to FA standard, ("isn't too far from featured status"), then it has been brought here too soon. Peer review, not FAC, is the place for suggestions and fixes. It is a stated requirement for nomination (see above) that you ensure that when you bring an article here, it meets all the FA criteria. You should consider withdrawing and taking the article to PR. Brianboulton ( talk) 00:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review - All three images are fair use and, in my opinion, they satisfy WP:NFCC. Awadewit ( talk) 16:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:32, 27 January 2009 [24].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because this article has everything that is necessary to describe the episode. In the previous nomination, one of the reasons cited was that it was too short. Unfortunately, there is a lack of people who review or wrote comments about Cartoons on Nick, so this show doesnt have as many citations to lengthen it as other TV episodes do. Besides that, I ready to do whatever needs to be done to get this featured. The Placebo Effect ( talk) 02:14, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
{{cite episode |credits = Commentators |airdate = DVD release date |title = Episode title |medium = DVD commentary |series = DVD the episode is on (e.g. Avatar Vol 3 Disc 2) |publisher = DVD publisher |season = Season number |number = Episode number |accessdate = Today }}
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SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Very Weak Oppose This article does not have as much plot as I hoped, so I added more info in the summary in Parts 3+4. It still doesn't have too muchb detail.If it doesn't make it, I'll nominate it to WP:GAN where it would have better chances an d where it deserves. Good luck! What!?Why?Who? ( talk) 01:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review - There are two fair use images in this article and both meet
WP:NFCC.
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– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 03:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Weak oppose from Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs) The prose needs polishing; I shouldn't be able find these issues easily this late into the nomination (granted, this FAC hasn't received much love)
Oppose - the prose is very poor - the article requires extensive, third-party copy-editing to bring it up to FA standard. This nomination is premature. Graham Colm Talk 17:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:58, 27 January 2009 [25].
Operation Winter Storm was a German counterattack near Stalingrad in December 1942, aimed at reversing the misfortune of having the Sixth Army surrounded by the Red Army. I believe that this article meets the criteria; anything that does not can quickly be fixed (as usual). Thank you! JonCatalán (Talk) 17:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 16:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Support Comment While the article is well-written and referenced, and impressive in its detail for a relatively short article given its subject (which is no criticism), it fails to drive home the importance of this battle. The failure of this operation effectively doomed the Sixth Army, did it not? I think this campaign should be placed in greater context, and a top-level view given of its importance to the Eastern Front and war as a whole. A sentence or two in the intro and the same or a short paragraph at the conclusion would tell the reader why this battle is important. To put it more bluntly: Should we care about this battle? We should-- tell us why.
Kablammo (
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Change to "Support", after edits to lede. Kablammo ( talk) 21:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 03:17, 26 January 2009 [26].
I'm nominating this article for FA status because the content is well-developed, it has undergone a review that incorporated a finely detailed analysis, and it is of noteworthy quality that might be able to satisfy FA standards. -- Wikitrevor ( talk) 22:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review — images check out okay (public domain, or correctly CC licensed), except for:
Comment - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC) reply
-- Wikitrevor ( talk) 20:31, 24 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Strongly Opposed A quick review reveals the following concerns.
Threats to otter populations in North America vary regionally. Otter inhabitation is affected by type, distribution, and density of aquatic habitats and characteristics of human activities. Preceding the settlement of North America by Europeans, otters were prevalent among aquatic habitats throughout most of the continent. Unregulated trapping, loss or degradation of aquatic habitats through filling of wetlands, and development of coal, oil, gas, tanning, timber, and other industries, resulted in extirpations, or declines, in otter populations in many areas. In 1980, an examination conducted on U.S. river otter populations determined that they were extirpated in 11 states and had experienced drastic lapses in 9 other states. The most severe population declines occurred in interior regions where fewer aquatic habitats supported fewer otter populations. Although the distribution of otters became reduced in some regions of southern Canada, the only province-wide extirpation occurred on Prince Edward Island.[1]
Croatancrazy, I believe you have identified some concerns that need to be addressed, and I will absolutely do my best to fix them. However, in doing so, you have expressed yourself in a manner that is not in good practice. For instance, you claimed I have I have "editorial laziness," but I beg to differ. I've put a painstaking amount of time and effort into making this article what it is, so you really don't have much room to label me as a lazy individual. Secondly, instead of acting using a Sock Puppet account and a false identity to review me, why don't you use your regular account so we can all know your true colors? I do appreciate your review though, and I will do what I can to address those concerns. By the way, I have a hunch on who you really are, so I might suggest that you go ahead and identify yourself. If you have a problem with me or something I may have done to offend you, then feel free to address me under your true identity.
Best regards, -- Wikitrevor ( talk) 16:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
-- Wikitrevor ( talk) 17:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 16:08, 25 January 2009 [28].
I'd like to nominate this article for FAC. It has passed its good article nomination, has had a peer review, whose comments have since been included. I believe the article to meet the FA criteria. Principal contributors in terms of edit counts are myself and Silly rabbit. Thank you for the review.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakob.scholbach ( talk • contribs) 15:52, January 17, 2009
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
14:24, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
<quote>A vector space is a mathematical structure formed by a collection of objects, called vectors, that may be scaled and added. In a vector space these two operations adhere to a number of axioms that generalize common properties of pairs and triples of real numbers, and of vectors in the plane or three-dimensional Euclidean space. </quote>
Of course footnote and link to the exact mathematical meaning can be added but the non mathematician should not be repelled by the lead.
Response to 213.168.116.224: thanks for your points. I'll try to adress them as much as possible, without removing or falsifying facts. For example, "generalize common properties of numbers" does not give the right intuition (also not for a high-school person). I'll respond in more detail soon. Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 10:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
To PST re "Without knowing about vectors in 2-space or 3-space, the concept of a vector space is not very intuitive.": I am playing a strategy game in which you have four kinds of resources: wood, clay, iron and wheat. It is quite intuitive that you can add "100 units of wood, 50 clay, 23 iron and 75 wheat" and "15 wood, 40 clay, 70 iron and 30 wheat" to get "175 wood, 90 clay, 93 iron and 105 wheat", or multiply the latter by two to get "30 wood, 80 clay, 140 iron, and 60 wheat". This is not really a vector space because you can only have an integer amount of any resource, but it wouldn't be any less intuitive if you could. -- Army1987 – Deeds, not words. 15:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm putting my response here for the ease of edit (for me and others). By categorical point of view, I was thinking of, for example, the fact that the category of finite-dimensional vector spaces is equivalent to the category of matrices (see Equivalence_(category_theory)). This is very important because it explains, for example, why in linear algebra one essentially doesn't have to study vector spaces as much as matrices. (I also think the cat of finite-dimensional vector spaces is equivalent to that of finite sets.) Also, one may start with a quotient map (i.e., a surjective linear map) instead of quotient spaces and use the universality to show this definition is essentially equivalent to the more usual one. The view points such as the above are abstract but are indispensable if one wants to study vector spaces seriously. On the other hand, I don't think, as the article currently does, mentioning the category of vector spaces is additive is important, for it is very trivial. It is important to mention the applications of isomorphisms theorem rather than how to prove them.
Next, about annihilators. (This is an important concept and the article has to discuss it) I think I was getting at is that the possibility of defining a bilinear form (or sesquilinear one) on a vector space. When studying vector spaces or related stuff in application, bilinear forms defined on them are often useful and indispensable. An inner product is one example, of course, but it doesn't scale well to infinite-dimensional vector spaces (which may not have topology, like infinite-dimensional Lie algebras). So, one also uses natural pairs for V x V^*. (Though this isn't quite a bilinear form.) Anyway, my point is that we need a discussion on bilinear forms (probably a whole section on it). A basis can be chosen according to such a form, and actually that's often what one does; e.g., orthonormal basis. (I just noticed the article doesn't even mention dual basis, which is an important concept.)
Finally, on the balance. Yes, the article is fairly lengthy already, but I think we can make a significant cut by eliminating stuff on trivial facts or some linear algebra materials such as determinants. Doing that would likely diminish accessibility (and thus usefulness) of the article for a first-time learner of vector spaces. But that's something we can afford since the focus of the article should be on important topics not trivial ones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TakuyaMurata ( talk • contribs) 14:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:18, 24 January 2009 [29], but was reopened by SandyGeorgia on 13:01, 26 January 2009.
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it recently received GA status and after some further editing, I feel it meets the FA criteria for completeness, quality of writing, etc. Bwark ( talk) 18:17, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Career:
I will come back after these are resolved. Ceran → → 15:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 02:18, 24 January 2009 [30].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I beleive it meets all the FA criteria and has gone through a GA process and a recent Peer Review. REZTER TALK ø 14:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Gary King ( talk) 16:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Media review - All media have sufficient fair use rationales, verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 17:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments I've just started reading the article and here's some issues I've found that should be addressed:
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 01:26, 24 January 2009 [31].
I think the imaging concerns of the last FAC have been addressed.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 17:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Weak Oppose The prose isn't that bad, I suppose, but it still warrants a third-party scan. Something else I have noticed is the inclusion of irrelevant information. Samples of this and other prose things:
(outdent) I don't mind seeing Prez & Vice Prez nominees in the content lead. I wouldn't mind seeing Prez & Vice Prez nominees deleted from the nav boxes (aswell as infoboxes). Remember, if ya add Prez/Vice Prez nominees to infoboxes (and nav boxes), then you'd have to add them to all related biography articles. For example: George W. Bush Infobox would require having 2000 Republican Presidential nominee & 2004 Republican Presidential nominee. Can you imagine what the Franklin D. Roosevelt & Richard Nixon Infoboxes would look like? GoodDay ( talk) 19:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - Picking up where I left off, I'm starting in Post-HUD years.
Still a couple more sections to read before the end, but I'm getting there. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 21:30, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 20:39, 20 January 2009 [33].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I have completely rewritten and revised it and feel that it's ready to undergo the FAC process. The article underwent a peer review in December 2008 and passed the GA process in the same month. I thank everyone for their time. – Ms. Sarita Confer 01:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully, we can resolve these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 00:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose from Dr pda. The article is not bad, but the prose is not yet of FA quality, and there are also a large number of sentences and paragraphs which do not cite any sources.
Just to let everyone know, I am extremely ill at the moment and probably won't be able to work on this for a couple days. I just wanted to keep people updated and let you all know that I have not abandoned the FAC. – Ms. Sarita Confer 16:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Another update: I have contacted a copyeditor (JamieS93) who has been kind enough to go through the article. She has been working diligently for the past couple of days, focusing mainly on MOS issues. – Ms. Sarita Confer 17:00, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Update from Dr pda: The prose has improved, but there are still issues (I'm not sure if the copyediting's finished yet). Also I count five or six places where the final sentence of a paragraph has no reference. A further five or six paragraphs plus the filmography have no references at all. Current reference 16 (SF Chronicle) only supports the immediately preceding quote, not the rest of the paragraph. Dr pda ( talk) 03:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 18:46, 20 January 2009 [34].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because...it's a well-sourced article that documents the heavy cultural impact of a half-second accident that occurred on national TV in 2004 and affected future broadcast law in the US for times to come. Also, I'd like to try getting this as the TFA on Feb. 1, 2009 - coincidentially this year's Super Bowl!
As for the FA criteria, so far it's been stable and of course well-sourced and very comprehensive. Since 2007 I've researched this incident for editing this article, especially with excellent source The Decency Wars by Frederick S. Lane. Andrewlp1991 ( talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose I have not spent a long time reading the article, but I see some major problems with the article content.
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Oppose - There are some football fans who are purists and don't like the Super Bowl halftime shows. I'm one of them, and was not paying attention to my TV at the time of the incident. Another genius move by yours truly. :-) As for the article, I don't believe it's ready to be here, and I almost want to suggest withdrawal and resubmission in the future. Here are some examples of issues with the page.
Sorry, but I agree with Realist that this isn't ready yet. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 00:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
NancyHeise talk 19:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Maralia 23:35, 18 January 2009 [35].
This is listed as a wikipedia vital article. As it is an extensive subject that touches physics, chemistry, electronics and many other fields, information above the basic physical properties of the electron are written in the summary style; these will rely on other wikipedia topics to be better developed. For the most part the current article discusses the widely-accepted particle physics theory of the electron as given by quantum electrodynamics and the standard model. Still, I hope the material is approachable by readers who don't have a background in college-level physics.
After an extensive re-write, this article has undergone a peer review and is listed as a good article. I believe it satisfies the feature article criteria, so I'm nominating it as a candidate. Please take a look and let me know if there issues I can address. Thank you. RJH ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comments. I see that there's a circular bing-bang going on about the formatting of pagination et al. in the refs. Why are you using a template? Those things were made for utter newbies who've never dealt with ref lists before. It's less work to do it manually, and you maintain control over it all. My advice is to get rid of the template.
Can we fix the micro things when they come up, please? Noetica is a notable expert in English-language style who has taught me a great deal. I believe that on his shelves are just about every important style guide for the language, and it shows, I must say. I'm sure he's waiting to proceed to other matters that will improve the article.
While we're on micro stuff (which needs to be got right along with the facts and the macro strategy/tone etc), you may be making errors concerning en dashes and hyphens here (-ly plus hyphen, I noticed). Feel free to run through these exercises to test your knowledge of these important aspects of punctuation.
I think the nomination has good prospects, and I appreciate the expertise of the authors. It is already an important contribution, but let's make the text entirely professional. I'll return soon to review it. In the meantime, it does need copy-editing, so I wonder whether you know how to locate one or two word-nerds who are vaguely in this area. Tony (talk) 10:29, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
ly-
in the article produced no result. --
Army1987 –
Deeds, not
words. 16:40, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replySo, be technical further down by all means, but the spin/h such will frighten off most otherwise willing folk. Tony (talk) 10:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments by Jakob Scholbach Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 17:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC) The article looks fairly reasonable, but, with cursory reading, I do have a number of concerns that should be fixed. reply
The article was not promoted by User:Raul654 17:15, 17 January 2009 [37].
This was the first Wikipedia article that I ever created, back in March 2005 when I was a freshman in high school. Since then, I have applied what I have learned as my Wikipedia editing skills and writing skills have improved. I was finally able to access a map archive and was able to write a comprehensive history of the route, as well as write a more solid route description. I believe that this article now meets all of the FA criteria, and I am ready to try my first FAC. Rschen7754 ( T C) 23:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose/Comments from Truco ( talk · contribs)
Oppose on criterion 3 File:California State Route 78.svg - We need a reliable source for the information in this map per WP:IUP. You can email the creator and obtain the information. Awadewit ( talk) 16:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [43].
Thi article basically passes WP:FAC criteria, it cites and references stuff, the plot isn't too long/short, it links to other pages, there aren't ny edit-wars, the page isn't biased, and the lead section covers the whole page. Elbutler ( talk) 17:56, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose big fat needs references banner at the top, only two inline citations. Strongly suggest a Peer Review. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [44].
Typhoon Rammasun was one of two Super Typhoons that formed during the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. Rammasun is also tied with Intense Tropical Cyclone Hondo as the second strongest storm during 2008 in terms of central pressure. Thus it was felt that this was one of the more important articles of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season to improve and give an FAC to. Jason Rees ( talk) 02:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review
These issues should be easy to resolve. All images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions. Awadewit ( talk) 17:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 23:34, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments
Just a few minor things, mainly with the lead, everything else looks good. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 22:18, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [45].
Another Doctor Who series 4 article up for featured status. It's not as long as my Silmaril, The Stolen Earth, but at 33KB, I believe it is long enough for a 45 minute episode to be promoted to FA. I think I've sorted out all of the FA criteria, but I would accept suggestions for prose. Sceptre ( talk) 04:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose This article needs to be thoroughly copyedited and the "Broadcast and reception" section needs to be reorganized.
I hope these suggestions are helpful. Awadewit ( talk) 00:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [46].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has been substantially rewritten and referenced with proper citations. It follows the outline of a similar article Georgetown University which is an FA. It meets the standards of many articles about private and public universities in the US. It meets all of the criteria of WP:Featured article criteria. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 16:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Images - is this the reason for your username? If it is, remind me to rib you about how absurd an androgynous orange puffball is for a mascot :P Anyhow, this is going to take a while but File:Otto.png needs a FUR for this page as well as its main page. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Just a note, if you actually remove the above as improperly free, please do something about the images on Commons rather than just removing them from the article (people seem to do that, but that just causes more issues down the road :P) I'll see about actually reading it sometime later. -- Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk) 18:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comment: NRHP reference needed I refined the discussion of the 4 NRHP-listed properties and districts and added one reference, which, oddly, Orangemarlin promptly deleted, with an edit summary indicating difficulty reading in a Mac environment and a request to use CiteT or something like that. I think the NRHP information can and should be supported by references. The specific reference i added was this: <ref name="nrhptextComstock">{{cite web|author=Robert Mann and Alice Jean Stuart|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Syracuse University-Comstock Tract Buildings |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6341 |date=1980|accessdate=2008-01-25}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=62 ''Accompanying 19 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1978'']</ref> The specific reference appears also in the Comstock Tract Buildings article. While its formatting might possibly be improved, it is in the format used in hundreds if not thousands of articles on NRHP sites. A difficulty in composing the reference is that the document being referenced appears in two separate PDF file parts. The current format is the best solution that i know of. Assistance in converting it to be acceptable for this article would be appreciated. It is an appropriate reference to include, and actually is quite informative. doncram ( talk) 01:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'Rst'
/hpimaging/hp_view.asp, line 24
It just doesn't work on a Mac, because of Microsoft's sorry implementation of, well, anything. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 02:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - It's bad enough that the moral leader of FAC (Sandy) is a member of Red Sox Nation, but now we have Marlins fans here? Yikes. I will, however, put away my dismay long enough to review the Athletics section, which I like to do for university articles.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:08, 17 January 2009 [48].
This is the third article in the series, as the articles covering 1917–1942 and 1942–1967 are already featured. It has already had a peer review, and is currently a good article. I've added Maxim as a co-nominator, as he helped write the article, and we look forward to all feedback. Do your worst! ;o) Reso lute 19:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments
-- Aude ( talk) 20:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
That's all I got from now from the lead. Gary King ( talk) 00:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Both of these images are supposedly "iconic" moments in hockey history. Since I know nothing about hockey, they do not obviously appear iconic to me. Remember that fair use rationales are not written for hockey fans, they are written for lawyers (who may or may not be hockey fans!). I think that the fair use rationales would be greatly strengthened by a citation regarding the iconic nature of these photos. These issues should be easy to resolve and I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 01:54, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. (I took the liberty of fixing two newspaper refs. With {{ citation}} you use the newspaper field to give the newspaper name, this makes the ref format properly) Ealdgyth - Talk 16:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - When is the fourth volume coming? Overexpansion, multiple lockouts, pros in the Olympics and my beloved Rangers breaking the Curse of 1940. What could be better? That's one that I can't wait for. Until then, I'll have to be content with offering my thoughts here.
Overall, I find it quite well-written. This is all for now, but I plan on reading through more in the future. Be forewarned that six articles I'm reviewing are among the bottom 11 on the FAC page, meaning that they have top priority for me at this point. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 22:42, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Weak Opppose Comments from
Dabomb87 (
talk ·
contribs) The article is quite interesting. However, the writing needs a polish; hopefully, I can return to make more comments and copy-edit the article some. For now, a review of the lead and first section will have to suffice.
I have changed my stance to "weak oppose"; some sections need significant polishing, especially in the bottom. These are examples from the "Rules and innovations" section.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 23:28, 16 January 2009 [49].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it's a classic of the horror genre and widely regarded as director James Whale's masterpiece. I believe that the improvments I've made to the article since it was listed as a Good Article have brought it to Featured Article level. My thanks to User:Ched Davis and User:Finetooth for peer reviewing the article. Otto4711 ( talk) 22:09, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Please note that only one FAC should be nominated per user at a time until their earlier nomination has had its issues resolved. FAC has a rather sizeable backlog right now, and is stretched for reviewer resources. I recommend that you withdraw and wait until your other nomination progresses. Dabomb87 ( talk) 13:58, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:48, 16 January 2009 [50].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I feel it meets the criteria. It is not extremely well written in my opinion but I have a high standard that not even I can please. It is reliably sourced compared to the wrestling project's other FAs and my recently promoted one, Lockdown (2008), which I followed when I began working on this one again. Any comments will be addressed as quickly as I can as if they are to the utmost importance. This event is not a significant one in the history of pro wrestling but some interesting things happened at the event that I feel some would enjoy learning about. I also feel that all articles should be of a good or featured stature, in this case, I believe it should be of featured, which is one reason I'm nominating it. Will C 05:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose from Truco ( talk · contribs) - per FA Cr 1, 2, and 4
Image review:
This should be an easy case to resolve. Jappalang ( talk) 22:35, 15 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The Figure Four Wrestling site is run by Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez, both of whom are acknowledged as experts in their field. Alvarez is co-author of The Death of WCW, published by ECW Press, and has been quoted in several other wrestling books (including Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW, published by Sports Publishing LLC, and The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels, published by ECW Press). Meltzer has also written books (Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers, published by Winding Stair Press, and Tributes II: Remembering More of the Worlds Greatest Wrestlers, published by Sports Publishing LLC, Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time, published by Stewart House). He is quoted in many books and documentaries ( Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows and Beyond the Mat, as well as Mysteries of Wrestling, published by ECW Press; Ric Flair's autobiography, To Be the Man; Mick Foley's autobiography; and countless others). Alvarez has been running Figure Four since 1995, and he merged the magazine with Meltzer's Wrestling Observer, which has been around since 1987. If you need any more information to verify their reliability, just ask (or do a search for their names, which should turn up many hits). Pro Wrestling History is only sourcng minor issues, such as match times, attendance, and the tournament bracket which is already sourced throughout the article.-- Will C 00:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Leaning oppose - First off, if you believe an article "is not extremely well written", why are you nominating it here? Reviewers aren't here to make FA-quality prose, but I'm sure you knew that. Here are some thoughts on the article, which needs work.
The article was not promoted by User:Gary King 16:39, 15 January 2009 [51].
WARNING! The Surgeon General of the United States has found that smoking two packs of this article a day may cause one to love Chinese history and suffer temporary loss of sight, bowl discomfort, triple lung growth, Psychokinesis, and kidney failure. In all seriousness, I've worked my tail end off since June compiling notes for this article (now completed), and four other branch articles for the Han Dynasty (i.e. society and culture, government, economy, and science and technology) which will be completed over the course of this year, hopefully by the summer. Pericles of Athens Talk 12:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:19, 14 January 2009 [52].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because,it meets the criteria, it is well written, every section or sentence is backed up by reliable sources, and is understandable throughout. I have worked really hard on this article, by adding every type of information to this topic, and believe it is a really good article. Mohsin ( talk) 23:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose for now - sorry, the article is comprehensive and generally well-researched but their many problems with the prose—redundancy and repetition are a big problem. I also have concerns over
WP:NPOV particularly in the section on youth gangs. I have in my notes a list of 25 examples of poor writing, but I am reluctant to record them here because experience has taught me that these alone will be addressed. This article needs a fresh pair of eyes. I do not like saying all this but this FAC is premature. Please do not give-up on your efforts, there is a lot of great stuff here, but the article needs more work to bring it up to FA standards.
Graham Colm
Talk 13:28, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Comment: I have complete my copyedits. I have no doubt left a trail of typos, for which I apologise and hope they will be picked up. My copyedits do not mean that I think the article is now at FA standard; on the contrary, there are many issues to be resolved with reviewers. Hopefully I have eliminated most of the prose problems identified by Nancy and Graham, so that they will be able to read the text more easily.
The particular issues to which I would draw attention are:-
In summary, I believe that the article could be brought to featured standard, but probably through a long process involving peer review. Frankly, I am surprised that the article, in its pre-copyedit form, was given GA status; had this review been more rigorously carried out, many of the faults could have been identified and corrected then. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comment Is it possible to get some sources for the following statements:
As a response to conditions faced by their first generation elders during the 1970s, younger Bangladeshis started to form gangs, developing a sense of dominating their territory. One consequence of this was that Bangladeshi gangs began fighting each other.In the past, Bangladeshi gangs have fostered criminal elements, including low level drug use and credit card fraud. However, for many the focus has changed to fighting over their territories. They use a variety of weapons, such as samurai swords, machetes, kitchen knives and meat cleavers, although guns are rarely used.Islamic fundamentalism has also played a part in the youth culture, illustrated by the efforts of one Brick Lane gang to oust out the white prostitutes from the area.
They seems violating
NPOV issues.--
NAH
ID 20:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [58].
I'm nominating this article for FA because I believe it meets the criteria. Since its last FAC was closed on 16 August, the article has undergone significant copy-editing, addressing the main concern last time that the prose was not up to standard. Thanks in advance to anyone who spends their time reviewing the article. Nev1 ( talk) 17:01, 26 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments -
Oppose on criterion 3
File:Greater Manchester outline map with UK.png - This image needs a description, author, date, and source (a verifiable source per
WP:IUP). All other images have verifiable licenses and adequate descriptions.
Awadewit (
talk) 03:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [60].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because after a several year effort with myself, User:Jacklee and User:Hildanknight, we feel this article shows the best work that a group of Singaporean (and one ang moh like myself) could create. We had several copy edits done after the article became a Good Article and still in the process of polishing the article before National Day of August 9, 2009. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 23:11, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Okay, that's it up to "In general". I'll get to the rest later. Gary King ( talk) 04:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Hopefully, these issues are easy to resolve. I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 03:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [61].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because Escape Artist Swyer and I worked a long time to get it to GA status, then had it peer reviewed. When all concerns were addressed, we put it up at FAC. Unfortunately, it was not promoted, most likely because of a lack of "support" votes due to there having been so many FACs listed at the time. We have decided that the best thing to do is to nominate it again, since the number of FACs has thinned out a bit. Tez kag 72 14:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment - Currently the lead is completely insufficient IMHO. For example, the lead is 3 paragraphs long, the middle paragraph is completely dedicated to information unrelated to this album. In essence, the middle paragraph is a "background" section, yet the actually "background" section isn't that big. The lead places too much detail on the background details, which aren't even a sizable portion of the article body. I haven't moved beyond the lead yet, but that really does need sorting. The lead needs to be a summary of the article, each section of the article. — Realist 2 16:23, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment's by Realist2 (Section 2)
Oppose on criterion 3
File:DontSpeak.ogg - There is no specific purpose of use for this clip. Note that the FUR for "No Doubt" and "Tragic Kingdom" are exactly the same. Please explain why the reader must hear this particular part of this particular song in relation to this article. The caption and the paragraph in the article about the song don't comment on the song's musical aspects at all (there is no critical commentary on the clip), so at this point I would suggest that this clip be deleted.
Awadewit (
talk) 15:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Support Comments from
Dabomb87 (
talk ·
contribs) While there are probably a couple rough spots in the prose, the writing is generally good. I
copy-edited the lead; feel free to revert or alter any of my changes.
Dabomb87 (
talk) 02:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Comments The structure needs work. I'd strongly recommened turning "Production" into its own section and moving the detail about singles into the "Release" section (as well as trimming it extensively; a lot of stuff should be reserved for the articles on the individual singles themselves). See Loveless (album), In Rainbows, and Blood Sugar Sex Magik for examples of well-written FA album articles. WesleyDodds ( talk) 18:02, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
There are still ongoing questions. Please don't close it. Like, you never gave me a chance to respond to Laser_brain's comments. Tez kag 72 04:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [62].
I am renominating this article because its previous FAC had received very little attention in spite of it only requiring minor improvements which were quickly made following inquiry. Ibaranoff24 ( talk) 21:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
You might find this dispatch on non-free images helpful, particularly the section at the end about writing purposes of use. I look forward to resolving these issues quickly. Awadewit ( talk) 13:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Comments - Hi Ibaranoff24. You should contact Variety or figure some way of finding out exactly the article title of "'Article unknown', Variety, (December 19, 1973). As cited by Karl F. Cohen in Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America." Then read the entire article. It could be of no real additional importance, but you never know. Maybe has some interesting stuff to say. Manhattan Samurai ( talk) 10:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support This is an outstanding article on an important figure and easily worthy of FA status. The only improvement I could find to make was to add a single wiki-link. I am expecting that the image copyright issues raised by a previous comment will be easily resolved. The use of a single frame of an animated film in an article on the animator should be classic fair use, and can easily be justified as being needed to give the reader a visual impression of the animation style used for the film. Rusty Cashman ( talk) 03:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [63].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because its well researched and fairly stable and well cited and netural and deserves to be FA. Mercenary2k ( talk) 04:13, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- Prose and Mos issues. Needs a through copyedit. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment With the exception of the map the images currently used in the article have serious issues. Two will probably get deleted soon, and File:Pic17.jpg needs to have an actual non-free use rationale written ASAP (as opposed to the current "rationale" that is just a plea not to delete it "at the time beeing") to avoid the same fate. -- Sherool (talk) 22:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- based solely on the opening paragraph, and particularly the first sentence. Imagine I know nothing about it, nothing. Now, open the article with the one sentence that will set me into what this article is about. The rest of the paragraph doesn't do that either. A confrontation when? Between whom? Well, it's in Pakistan, so we've narrowed it down to some 50+ years, but .... The rest of the paragraph doesn't help. Two guys who ran a mosque were continuing to do some fighting about something unmentioned against the government, somehow a school was also in the center of the siege, did they run the school, too? the brothers committed crimes, and somehow all these confusing things led to a siege by unknown, unmentioned forces, against this mosque and school... Or maybe something else happened. It would be really useful if you wrote an opening sentence and paragraph as if this was the only thing anybody read, they would come away knowing who did what to whom when, where, and why. Then flesh out the necessary details in the rest of the lead to set the entire article. That's my opinion. -- KP Botany ( talk) 07:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 03:25, 13 January 2009 [64].
I'm nominating this article for FA status because it recently became a GA (which I also nominated) and now after a peer review, I think it's ready. I am open to comments which will help it grow. Top Gear Freak 20:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - the prose is very poor. I suggest withdrawing this and getting an uninvolved editor to copy-edit the whole article. Graham Colm Talk 20:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Note: I see no indication that WP:FAC instructions were followed:
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:11, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These issues should be relatively easy to resolve. Awadewit ( talk) 01:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:26, 12 January 2009 [65].
I've been working on this article for a while, it passed its GAC about a month ago. The article has been through three peer reviews, and several copyedits and now, I believe it now meets the FA criteria. I would like to nominate my first featured article candidate. Sunderland06 ( talk) 20:37, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support; I read it and loved the prose. However, there are some footnotes which need en dashes (such as numbers one through forty-seven), so I would suggest reviewing those. JonCatalán (Talk) 16:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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There's more for me to look at, but this should give you some ideas for polishing the writing further. It's pretty good now, though, and I enjoyed reading it. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 19:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Thanks for finding these, now replaced. Sunderland06 ( talk) 21:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose until the prose and linking is smoother. The lead alone provides plenty of fodder for comment:
Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Premier League. Sunderland have won six First Division titles, in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936 (see Years in English football).
Instead of this:
Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Premier League. Sunderland have won six First Division titles, in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936.
Remember that there's a prominent navbox at the top of each Year in English football article. Year-in-X links can also be placed in the "See also" section, with more helpful information as you please that would otherwise clutter the main text.
Try to locate a sports editor who is unfamiliar with this article, for a good massage of the entire text.
I placed italics for the unresolved issues above, like you asked. Don't know if my initial message was missed up there, but I didn't want to take any chances. Read them carefully and the problems will become clear. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 22:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Support Oppose- the prose is still not of FA standard. The section on stadiums is well-written but the efforts of , I guess, other writers spoils the article. Here are some examples:
think the whole article would benefit from a fresh editor giving it a thorough edit.
Graham Colm
Talk 21:23, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, but these are just examples, please see the edits I made to the article a few moments ago for more, and this: By the 1990s, the stadium was no longer large enough, and with no room for possible expansion, the
Taylor Report had also brought new regulations into football stadiums, so Roker Park's capacity was continually decreased. - Is a common problem in the article. The reader has to know that the report called for all-seater stadiums. Without knowing this the reader gets lost. And, why "also", who else brought in new regulations? And, "so" is a very weak word.
Graham Colm
Talk 22:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
On the whole, a very good read for a football subject, but with the above niggles. Jappalang ( talk) 07:38, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Status - the prose issues seem to have been resolved, but there is still one problem with a source. I think it would be a good idea to invite reviewers with unstruck comments to revisit the FAC. Graham Colm Talk 19:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment (sorry I didn't notice this sooner) in the Colours and crest section, the first mention of a ship is when you say it's "still included". For the benefit of those who can't see it in the image, could you add a bit more detail to (presumably?) the "upper part of the Sunderland coat of arms", and perhaps clarify it as the coat of arms of the city of Sunderland. cheers,
Struway2 (
talk) 21:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Struway2 (
talk) 21:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Not happy - To be honest, I'm quite disappointed with a few things that I'm seeing, even after heavy copy-editing.
After seeing problems like this after the amount of work that has been done here, it leads me to believe that this still needs more time. Therefore, I'm going to oppose. Sorry, but I have to call them like I see them, and I don't think it's ready to be promoted now. If this gets archived, a few more weeks should be enough to polish the article sufficiently. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 02:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
About the flags, they are being adding back into the squad list as they do not violate the specific manual of style for squad lists. However, they should still not be used in the infobox, just clearing this up. Sunderland06 ( talk) 10:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Taking a second look at the article, I find myself agreeing with Giants2008, and have to go with a reluctant Oppose. It is getting close to FA standard. It is incrementally improving, and has improved over the course of this FAC, but there are still sufficient rough edges to make me think that more time to refine it is required than an FAC usually grants. There's still an element of proseline, and there are frequent abrupt changes of subject between sentences, which could have better flow. In terms of things other than prose, I think the Supporters and rivalries section needs a bit of an overhaul. Sunderland are a well-supported club who have maintained their support through lean times, but not a global "big name" like Arsenal or Real Madrid. Their support is consequently located primarily in north-east England, but the section doesn't really give that impression. Unless I'm mistaken, the Tyne-Wear derby is a much bigger deal than matches against Middlesbrough, and this should be reflected in the text. The part about Sunderland Albion is certainly interesting, but should not have a larger portion of the section than more enduring rivalries. Oldelpaso ( talk) 11:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment Regarding the captaincy and vice captaincy in the squad list: The Kieran Richardson article says "He has captained Sunderland on occasion, when regular captain Dean Whitehead has not started the match." So is Richardson or Whitehead the captain? Also is there such a position as "vice-captain" and are you able to provide a source for Andy Reid being given this position? -- Jameboy ( talk) 13:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose Not trying to rub it in, but we can't have this many issues up top after so much has been done.
Done - Changed to had. I understand this FAC probably won't pass at the moment. I feel a lot of improvements have been made, but should've been done at peer review really. However, I'll keep sticking in at this article, and renominate it in the future. Cheers for all the help. Sunderland06 ( talk) 03:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Spot-checks in one small section reveal significant prose issues. I've given hints below as to how to overcome these. I think this one should be withdrawn and resubmitted after at least a few weeks; then it should go through without too much trouble. Reviewers have been put to far too much work here, and basic problems remain.
Not yet of a professional standard. Sorry. Tony (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I realise now this article was not ready to be submitted. Most of this stuff should have came up at peer review, and I'd be happy to withdraw this and resubmit it in a couple of weeks. Sunderland06 ( talk) 08:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 22:28, 10 January 2009 [73].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I've achieved the GA criteria, and I'm hoping to improve it further. I'm not overly familiar with the improvement process, so it may well not be ready, but it looks to me at least as though it meets the criteria. If it's not, though, I thank you for any help you can provide in getting it there. matt91486 ( talk) 20:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Oppose - I always like to see a new article type at FAC; unfortunately, pages without a good model are the most difficult to get promoted. Questionable organization and rough edges are easily found, leading me to oppose.
The comments on the writing are only examples of problems throughout. This needs a good copy-editor who is new to the article; that person can help you smooth out the rough patches. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 17:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:Gary King 19:26, 10 January 2009 [74].
previous FAC (21:25, 13 May 2008)
The article is part of a featured topic and the most recent console entry in the highly acclaimed Legend of Zelda series. The game was a launch game for the Wii system. The article is stable, well written, and has improved since the last FA nomination. If anyone disagrees, I will help make the needed changes since the game is deserving enough to be a FA. TJ Spyke 05:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose
I applaud you for wanting to bring the article to FAC once more; I've been working on this article for a while and it's nice to see it's here again. I've been planning to work some more on this article soon; as it stands now, is still has issues. Nice job so far, but I think that it's still too soon for FAC.
There are a few more issues; this is just to start off with. Gary King ( talk) 16:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3 - There are only fair use images in this article and none of their rationales are sufficient.
I would suggest looking at this dispatch on non-free images for help with these images, particularly the section at the bottom on "purposes of use". David Fuchs might also be helpful in selecting good fair use images for this article, as he is familiar with video games and the image-use guidelines. Awadewit ( talk) 16:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [75].
I have decided to re-nominate the article after a peer review process that has just concluded. It passed GA review back in March. CrazyC83 ( talk) 01:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose, based on spot-check of sources from this version:
All incidents of copying and pasting should be removed, unless quote marks are used.
Sources need to be rechecked and broken links replaced.
Kablammo ( talk) 03:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article uses Month day, year, but the citations have month day, year; day month year; and ISO. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
These should easy issues to resolve and I look forward to striking this oppose soon. Awadewit ( talk) 00:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [76].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because it has been peer reviewed and has passed GAN successfully. I'll try my best to address issues. GeometryGirl ( talk) 17:53, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Image review
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Comments by Jakob Scholbach Jakob.scholbach ( talk) 18:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC): reply
In general, I think this is a really nice article, generally well-written and with very pretty illustrations. I have a number of relatively trivial issues, and one major concern. My main concern with the present version of the article becoming featured is that it is not comprehensive (a FA criterion). (It is nice that the article is so well-referenced, but also shows, that the content is pretty much taken from one type of book, which increases the potential to miss important points not covered by those references). In my view, to be featured the article should at the very least mention the following topics: MV for multiple open sets/subsets, MV for sheaf cohomology including a mention of cohomology of coherent sheaves, cohomology of sheaves w.r.t. more general topologies (etale cohomology, say). For example, it is an easy, but really useful example of MV that cohomology of coherent sheaves on P^n ( projective space of dimension n) vanishes beyond n+1, simply since projective space is covered by n+1 affine spaces, which don't have higher cohomology. (I'm not too much a connoisseur of advanced algebraic topology, but I suspect that there are more advanced applications of MV in this realm, too.) The current article conveys a bit the image as if the parallel statements of MV for singular cohomology and for de Rham cohomology are merely coincidential, but should (IMO) at least tell briefly that both are instances of the more general sheaf cohomology.
Thank you! I am very pleasantly surprised by the feedbacks of Geometry guy and Jakob. There is enough material above to keep me working a bit. Thank you for your criticism and suggestions. GeometryGirl ( talk) 20:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose for the moment - I have an amateur interest in topology, but even I find this a bit jargon-dense. Now, obviously, this is an esoteric subject, and noone expects you to simplify the entire thing, but I do think that at least the first paragraph in the lead should attempt to give a brief explanation that a layman could understand. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 16:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose - I have already commented on this at the GA stage. I think it would be unfortunate to have on the main page of Wikipedia an article of which only a small subset of Ph.D. level mathematicians and graduate students can understand even the first sentence. For anybody else, the article doesn't even serve the purpose of provoking curiosity, because the background articles that it links to are, excuse me, crappy. The article may be very useful to a tiny group of specialists, but I don't think we should be advertising it to people who won't have any chance of getting anything out of it. Looie496 ( talk) 04:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [81].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I think that I've improved it quite a bit since it became a GA, and believe that it meets the FA criteria. I'll do anything I can to help get this to FA-Class. - Drilnoth ( talk) 15:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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From the "History" section: "Magic's release has been called "Probably the most dramatic event in RPG history since the 1974 release of D&D", because by 1994 "A mad rush was on to create 'the next Magic.' RPG design came to a standstill at many companies as they scrambled to create a CCG of their own."" These quotes are unnecessarily sensationalist. They should be paraphrased into a more encyclopedic description rather than a Wizards soundbite. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:50, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
From "History", "Sold to Hasbro": "Hasbro had expressed interest in purchasing Wizards of the Coast as early as 1994, but had become impressed with the success of its Pokémon game." [Emphasis mine.] The conjunction doesn't seem appropriate. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
From "History", "Recent years", what's the connection between Daron Rutter/MTGSalvation and Rancored Elf? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Didn't Wizards pioneer the Open Game License? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:10, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose. I've looked at a couple of featured articles about companies: " BAE Systems" and " Oliver Typewriter Company". The Wizards article has a well-developed History section. However a lot of information is missing. What's Wizards' market share in CCG and RPG? What is their turnover and other relevant financial aspects? I realise that the spin-out article " List of Wizards of the Coast products" is linked. However the article would benefit from a "Critical reception" section, discussing the major products: M:TG and D&D. There should be a list of the main awards received. What about criticisms of the company? Wizards has been accused of trying to monopolise the market, dumb down the game, and overcharge customers. Surely there are some reliable sources about this? Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Comment—Overall it looks to be in pretty good condition, and is close to meeting the FA criteria. I only have a few concerns:
Thank you.— RJH ( talk) 23:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Oppose per Axl and criteria 1b. I don't think that an article about a well-known company which only consists of a history section can be a featured article. -- Novil Ariandis ( talk) 11:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [85].
References have been strengthened, prose has been improved. I think this article is now ready for the featured article star. — Remember the dot ( talk) 00:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC) reply
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Image review - Can you show me where it says on this
website or elsewhere that the Acid2 images are released into the PD. I couldn't find the statement. Thanks.
Awadewit (
talk) 14:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
reply
Oppose on criterion 3
Unfortunately, a lot of little problems can add up. These should be easy to fix, though. Awadewit ( talk) 02:32, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 00:04, 10 January 2009 [86].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because... This article has passed A Class Review. For Wikipedia:MIL the article has reached Class A status. A formal Copy-edit through MilHist Copy Edit Department was completed as suggested in the A Class Review process. A Peer review was completed in past and all those comments have been since incorporated. Its been archived here. I originally was planning to stick with A class. However now that I think more, I feel it deserves a shot at being FAC for the reason that There are very few articles in its class that have had reached this status. According to FA Class list, there are a total of 37 articles in all and predominantly Military related articles. Luftwaffe related articles are very few. I am not stating that this is the reason. (Lack of articles) Please note that being numbered One in among the wings was a big deal but to be named after its Wing Commander was considered a really big honor that very few people received. I think that this article deserves a shot on merit alone. Perseus71 ( talk) 18:53, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
I don't want to put a damper on an article that has obviously been researched diligently, but at present the prose is not up to FA standard and needs some considerable work. I will be happy to review the oppose when the necessary copyediting has been completed throughout the article. Brianboulton ( talk) 14:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Formation history
Reorganization
Organization structure
Flight JG 1
Group I./JG 1
Oppose. Having been asked to comment further I do so with reluctance. The article has clearly involved a lot of work, and I have enjoyed finding out more about the subject matter. However, as I look further down the page it seems that what I am engaging in is a copy-editing exercise, and this is not my strong suit. (For example I notice that a sentence I suggested be dramatically reduced in complexity is, in its altered form, still described as being part of an "impenetrable" paragraph below). I believe the article needs a comprehensive copy edit from a skilled person, and preferably one who does not have a deep knowledge of military affairs. If this can be achieved please feel free to get back to me. Ben Mac Dui 21:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC) reply
There is some work to be done here! Awadewit ( talk) 03:14, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Reluctant oppose: I earlier registered a tentative oppose on the grounds of prose issues in the lead. These were speedily resolved, so I struck the oppose, pending reading of the remainder of the article. After a delay I started to do this, but soon found myself bogged down and scratching my head. Here are a few stumbling blocks:-
Similar to its parent Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) was designated to be a "donor" unit in forming a new unit. Given the large territory JG 1 had to cover, it was decided to form a new unit called Jagdgeschwader 11 (JG 11). On 31 March 1943, JG 1 was split to form the new unit. Two groups of JG 1 (I. and III.) were transferred to JG 11. Group IV. was re-designated as I./JG 1. Thus Jagdgeschwader 1 was left with two operational groups, I. and II. A new group was formed in Leeuwarden, Netherlands and added as III./JG 1. This group was headed by Major Karl-Heinz Leesmann who died on 25 July 1943.
I have not ventured much beyond this point, except to note reference to the RAF rank of "Group Commander". The RAF has Wing Commanders and Group Captains, but not Group Commanders.
A general concern to me is the steady growth of this article since its nomination. During that period it has expanded by 1,500 words; it was long (8,200 words) to begin with, and is now super-long at almost 10,000 words. Most of the problems I have identified in the sections I've read arise, in my wiew, from over-detailing, and I suspect that this may be an issue through the article. I have great respect for the research, but for this to be fruitful the article must be more accessible to the general reader than it is at present. It is with great reluctance that I reinstate my oppose, but I feel that the article needs significant prose attention before it can be promoted.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 23:46, 9 January 2009 [87].
The first thing that will likely stand out with this article, is it's small size. However, size doesn't always matter, and when size may be lacking, quality sticks out. This article has been through several copyedits, a peer review, and has been fully reviewed by the editors of WP:WPTC. All thoughts and comments are encouraged and welcome. Cyclonebiskit ( talk) 04:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:15, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comment - Looks good so far. I've only done a brief look through, but I'll be back later with more comments. VX! ~~~ 18:44, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
– Juliancolton Happy Holidays 19:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments on the prose and requests for clarification.
I enjoyed reading this article but I need to see more reviews before supporting this FAC. Thanks. Graham Colm Talk 15:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments
I'm not seeing the personal investment in simple measures to improve your prose: the hurrican project and WP more broadly need you to do this. To start with, try these exercises on hyphens and dashes. Tony (talk) 02:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 04:27, 6 January 2009 [88].
This is probably the umpteenth candidacy this article has now gone through but I feel the article is in the best state it has been in for while. I have gone through the article and addressed numerous problems which existed before and have hopefully I have rectified them. Thanks in advance for your comments. NapHit ( talk) 23:10, 21 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Oppose Conditional Support. This is an engaging, comprehensive article. The referencing problems highlighted by Ealdgyth must be addressed and problems with the prose remain. I have done a little copy-editing of the article, and would have liked to have done more, but I'm very busy in other Wikipedia areas at the moment and cannot give the article my full attention that it deserves. I suggest asking another established editor who is new to the article to review the prose. Please don't take this personally—it's amazing what a fresh pair of eyes can bring to an article.
Graham Colm
Talk 21:37, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Note I'm willing to do copyediting and other tasks on this article, as suggested by Graham above. I am completely new to the article, but am familiar with the subject matter. I have made a few changes already, and will be available over the course of the FAC to try to make more improvements. Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 22:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - Wish I had time to do some cleanup work, but I'm in a similar position as Graham; I'm swamped with reviews at the moment and can only focus on not falling too far behind. Here are my initial recommendations:
I will try to come back here, but please don't expect too much from me, since I have many other articles to re-review. If I have time, I'll go over the article later in the week and try to make improvements to the prose. Best of luck. Giants2008 ( 17-14) 00:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose on criterion 3
File:Liverpool 1892-1893.jpg - We need a source for this image.
Awadewit (
talk) 22:34, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Oppose Comments from
Dabomb87 (
talk ·
contribs) Not happy with the prose, samples starting from the Ownership section down:
Please note that these are merely examples that demonstrate why a fresh copy-editor is needed to go through the text. As Graham said above, no offense to you, but when you work so hard and spend so much time on the article, you tend to miss things, making the need for an uninvolved editor necessary. I can help out a little bit in the next couple of days, but don't depend on me. Dabomb87 ( talk) 02:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I have changed to oppose; these problems in the lead alone trouble me. Please find someone who is completely new to the article—maybe even unfamiliar with the subject—to copy-edit the article, as a major prose cleanup is needed for FA status to be attained. Sorry to be harsh, but we can't have an article be promoted with this many problems in the prose. Dabomb87 ( talk) 17:21, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
I have addressed these comments and am going through the article to try and cure the inconsistencies. NapHit ( talk) 20:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
Further comments: I am sorry but I cannot support this FAC at this time. I have spent an hour or so working on the prose [89], but every time I re-read the article I find other problems. Some of the problems are so elementary (such as "colours is") and there are still inconsistentcies w.r.t. concessionary plurals, (club is/club are). Also, I am constantly reading "club won", and not much "club lost" and worse "manager won". This article is tantalisingly close to FA, but it's not ready yet. I take no pleasure in writing this, please don't shoot the messenger and more importantly don't give up. Graham Colm Talk 20:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:30, 4 January 2009 [90].
This is one of my older GAs, one which passed early last year. As with many of my nominations, it is a fairly short article, but as the storm remained at sea, there is little information that can be added. A couple of users have helped with the article, and I feel it meets the criteria. – Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [92].
This article went through a peer review a while ago, and I believe most of the issues have been addressed. The article has been improved by various editors since, and this version has been largely stable for a few months now. This is an important topic for readers interested in Chinese history and culture, and I hope that it will be deemed - or improved to - FA quality. PalaceGuard008 ( Talk) 05:59, 25 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Comments - Just from glancing through the article, so I may have more to add.
— Mattisse ( Talk) 01:46, 27 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [93].
Finally, Luan Da, the mystic and conman who became the second most powerful man in the sixth largest ancient empire simply by telling tall tales (and a little magnetic trick with chess pieces), is back at FAC. He's been through two previous FACs - premature, of course - since when he's undergone the rigors of a peer review (which unfortunately didn't get a lot of love, though Rjwilmsi helpfully fixed up some MOS trinkets for me). The article still is fairly short, though not as short as before; a brief description of the changes since the previous FAC can be found in the peer review. Nousernamesleft ( talk) 22:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC) reply
Support, as before. Mike Christie (talk) 14:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Not quite yet English sources are preferred to Chinese when available. Here they clearly are (for example, the magnetic statues are in Needham, and most of the story of Luan must be in Sima; the customs of Early Han China must be available hundreds of places), and I encourage the efforts to replace one with the other, and look forward to supporting when this is done. (I should also like to see Sima Qian cited by chapter, as well as page number, which would make the references independent of edition.)
Septentrionalis
PMAnderson 17:54, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Oppose—1a. Sorry, but it's not well-enough written. It's hard to summarise the technical deficiencies, but they're there. You need to bring on-board one or more good copy-editors. You know how to find them for this type of topic? The lead provides ample evidence of the problems.
The whole article is at issue; I've just pointed out examples of the larger problem. Tony (talk) 14:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:51, 3 January 2009 [96].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because I believe it meets all the criteria set forth. Zeus1234 ( talk) 10:12, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:24, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Comments: I can't comment on the content as I lack any knowledge. Instead I'll suggest a few small improvements that might be adopted.
It looks an interesting and informative article. Brianboulton ( talk) 18:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support — Language is fine, and the article performs well as an introductory guide to Lingbao School (origins, beliefs, and legacy). Whatever jargon (deity names and spiritual terms) are much easier to identify than before. I think this qualifies as a Featured Article.
Jappalang (
talk) 05:00, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Comments — generally the language is fine, but I removed redundancies and changed several sentences to avoid repetition and bad forms. Content-wise, however, this article might be confusing...
Rituals
Image review — as follows:
Further comments — looking into the sources, several items are cited to The Encyclopedia of Taoism, which is a tertiary source. Can references to it be reduced? Wikipedia is aiming to be a tertiary source, and it is desirable for most (if not all) of its sources to be secondary per
WP:PSTS.
Jappalang (
talk) 02:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Quick-fail—1a: My head is spinning. Poorly organised ideas; repetitiveness. Here are examples just in the lead. The whole text needs a good massage. I think this should be withdrawn and put through a major clean-up.
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 21:35, 3 January 2009 [97].
I'm here to try again. Myself and others have continued to do work towards the improving of this article; concerns cited last time mainly revolved around perceived problems with clarity and tone. Now that the article is slightly longer and more detailed, with a longer lead and clearer explanation, I'd hope that these problems would be fixed. While some of the omissions in content noted at the last FAC have been remedied, we have still taken care to give a comprehensive but not overly scientific coverage; this is, after all, an encyclopedia, and we wouldn't want a book length analysis of a topic that could become easily convoluted with too much advanced scientific and/or theoretical exploration. I'm perfectly happy to act upon any concerns mentioned. I just hope that this article will be deemed simple enough but detailed enough now; last time, we had one camp saying that the article wasn't written simply enough, while another was calling for greater technical expansion. It's my belief we have a better mix of both now. — Anonymous Dissident Talk 09:51, 12 December 2008 (UTC) reply
In physics, a[See discussion below] A quark (pronounced /kwɔrk/ or /kwɑrk/) is a type of subatomic particle. Because of color confinement, most quarks only occur bound together in hadrons: composite particles such as protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei.Quarks are of six different types, or flavors: up (symbol:
u
), down (
d
), charm (
c
), strange (
s
), top (
t
), and bottom (
b
). The up and down quarks are the lightest and most stable; as the constituents of protons and neutrons, they are primary and most abundant building blocks of matter. The unstable charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks decay rapidly, after formation in particle accelerators, cosmic rays, or similar high energy environments. For every quark flavor there is a corresponding antiquark: an antiparticle differing only in that some of its properties have the opposite sign. The properties of most quarks must be deduced from experiments on the hadrons they compose; but the top quark, decaying too rapidly to hadronize, is observed by identifying the particles it decays into. Some Big Bang theories postulate a quark-gluon plasma with single unbound quarks (including "free" top quarks), in the extremely hot early universe.The quark model was proposed independently by physicists Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig in 1964. Confirmation came in 1968, when electron–proton scattering experiments revealed three "sphere-like" regions in the substructure of the proton. In 1995 the last of the six, the top flavor, was observed at Fermilab.
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 23:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC) reply
I reread every argument made and these needs to be address before I give my support:
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 01:57, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Some more issues I know I said I was going to support, but I've recently notice potential issues about factual accuracy and completeness of coverage.
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 13:12, 20 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose for now, in light of the comments I made above.
Markus Poessel (
talk) 14:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
Support: No other reviewers seem prepared to !vote on this. Writing as an "outsider" (I am a microbiologist and perhaps therefore an average reader); I find this article fascinating, engaging and very well-written. It has taught me very much. It seems to me that the discussions above pertain to criterion 4, mainly wrt summary style, and this is so difficult to get right. This is a damn good article. Period. I would be pleased to see this on the Main Page. There is room for improvement in all articles, including those that are featured. No doubt, such improvements will be made to this one—but I see no reasons, based on the Featured Article Criteria, to withhold the bronze star. Graham Colm Talk 22:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Support All my concerns have been addressed, so "support".
Headbomb {
ταλκ
κοντριβς –
WP Physics} 02:31, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
reply
This is the third time in this review that I've come across a reference that doesn't contain the information it's meant to provide, which I think is very, very worrying. I'm going to make spot-checks on some of the other references, but for now I'm going back to Oppose - this indicates serious problems with the way references have been added to this lemma. Markus Poessel ( talk) 14:41, 25 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Image review: I'm commenting on the licensing of the images only. I am unable to comment on the accuracy of the self-made images.
More on references.
Some other statements I came across while checking on references:
Markus Poessel ( talk) 17:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC) reply
Oppose—I was ready to support, but started to find too great a density of issues in the prose to do so. It requires another copy-edit by someone fresh to the text.
All that jazz about words and stuff is nice, but could we get to the real problems of this articles. Aka, the two citation needed tags, clarifying the contradiction between Gell-Man and Ne'eman in 1964 vs. Gell-Man and Zweig in 1964, writing in non-klingon, and addressing the ref issues? Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 16:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:14, 3 January 2009 [99].
I'm nominating this article for featured article because... I think this article has a very healthy amount of information, and is organized. I think this is an important historical event that many are uneducated about. Promoting this article to featured status will help get the education of this event out to people born from years 1984 to 2008. Rj1020 ( talk) 04:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
NancyHeise talk 06:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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Gary King ( talk) 16:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 20:14, 3 January 2009 [100].
I'm nominating this article for featured article. Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC) reply
...upon review of the criteria at WP:FA? IMHO your article is 98% of the way there. In my book 98% is an A. So congratulations you have an article that needs a bit of work but is class A none the less. --Hfarmer (talk) 08:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC) He does not seem to have a problem with the prose. And another reviewer stated that the article had "greatly" improved. Please also note that Scorpion is a biased reviewer, so take none of what he says into consideration. Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC) Tj terrorible1 ( talk) 23:57, 29 December 2008 (UTC) reply
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