The article was not promoted by Ian Rose 13:23, 28 March 2014 [1].
This article is a former Featured article about Ike Altgens, one of the most famous accidental witnesses to history. For nearly one month I have been rewriting, adding, fleshing, reestablishing dead links, and finding better links. Undoubtedly, I'll find out presently if it's ready. My thanks in advance. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 05:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC) reply
Comment: This seems to be a good example of an article in which multiple non-free images will be justified. File:Altgens1.jpg is obviously justified, despite being an AP photo, and we may even have a reason to prefer a larger version (however, as this is a biography, perhaps you would consider an image of the subject to lead the article). File:Altgens.jpg is far too large, and, in any case, should not be used when we have a free image- that said, the licensing on the free image is unclear- that needs looking into. The use of File:Altgens2.jpg and the crop also seem to be justified. The one thing I would say is that the images were not "released" by the AP, as the rationales suggest- they were sold by the AP. These aren't publicity photographs; they're photographs sold to newspapers for money. As these are press agency photographs, which are almost never justified on Wikipedia, you really need a tip-top, carefully crafted rationale. J Milburn ( talk) 19:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done
Update: A free image now leads this article. My inestimable thanks to Altgens' family and estate. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 23:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Closing comment -- I'm afraid that after more than six weeks there's not nearly enough commentary and support for promotion here, so I'll be archiving the review shortly. Just on a quick scan, there are still too many uncited statements, which I believe was one of the things noted when it was demoted from FA. As a rule of thumb, every paragraph should end with a citation, at the very least. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:08, 28 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Nominator's comment: Any uncited statements were due, apparently, to me misreading WP:CITE#Avoiding_clutter. At the risk of repeating myself, I did an assload of work on this article. I listed it, read the concerns, addressed the concerns, and watched as nothing happened. Literally, nothing happened. Even after spamming a few reviewers, nothing happened. Then, it's closed and archived because nothing happened. This was such a profound disappointment that I shall not go through this process again, with this article or any other. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 18:58, 28 March 2014 (UTC) reply
The article was not promoted by Ian Rose 13:23, 28 March 2014 [1].
This article is a former Featured article about Ike Altgens, one of the most famous accidental witnesses to history. For nearly one month I have been rewriting, adding, fleshing, reestablishing dead links, and finding better links. Undoubtedly, I'll find out presently if it's ready. My thanks in advance. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 05:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC) reply
Comment: This seems to be a good example of an article in which multiple non-free images will be justified. File:Altgens1.jpg is obviously justified, despite being an AP photo, and we may even have a reason to prefer a larger version (however, as this is a biography, perhaps you would consider an image of the subject to lead the article). File:Altgens.jpg is far too large, and, in any case, should not be used when we have a free image- that said, the licensing on the free image is unclear- that needs looking into. The use of File:Altgens2.jpg and the crop also seem to be justified. The one thing I would say is that the images were not "released" by the AP, as the rationales suggest- they were sold by the AP. These aren't publicity photographs; they're photographs sold to newspapers for money. As these are press agency photographs, which are almost never justified on Wikipedia, you really need a tip-top, carefully crafted rationale. J Milburn ( talk) 19:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done
Update: A free image now leads this article. My inestimable thanks to Altgens' family and estate. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 23:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Closing comment -- I'm afraid that after more than six weeks there's not nearly enough commentary and support for promotion here, so I'll be archiving the review shortly. Just on a quick scan, there are still too many uncited statements, which I believe was one of the things noted when it was demoted from FA. As a rule of thumb, every paragraph should end with a citation, at the very least. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:08, 28 March 2014 (UTC) reply
Nominator's comment: Any uncited statements were due, apparently, to me misreading WP:CITE#Avoiding_clutter. At the risk of repeating myself, I did an assload of work on this article. I listed it, read the concerns, addressed the concerns, and watched as nothing happened. Literally, nothing happened. Even after spamming a few reviewers, nothing happened. Then, it's closed and archived because nothing happened. This was such a profound disappointment that I shall not go through this process again, with this article or any other. — ATinySliver/ ATalkPage 18:58, 28 March 2014 (UTC) reply