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Rape and pregnancy controversies in United States elections, 2012[edit]

Nominator(s): Casprings (talk) 12:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because the article has gone through improvements since the last wP:FAC. I think it is ready for another run at WP:FACCasprings (talk) 12:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose. I'm not convinced there's a granular topic at the heart of this article. Most of the article is spent on a sequence of individual events. Only the "Wider Impacts" section, and not all of that, cites sources that appear to consider these events as a collective whole. And while there's some ideological spread to those sources, it's all media opinion-piece-style writing. Basically, lots of sources discuss specific comments. Lots of sources discuss the War on Women. I'm not sure that enough high quality sources specifically recognize this middle tier of structure. Certainly, the article doesn't cite any with particular gravitas who do. We're almost a year removed from these events at this point. Where is the scholarly analysis? I see a reference list full of news media citations. Where is the political science voice about the impact of these things? Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:31, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also, the navbox template should probably be removed since it does not include this article. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:31, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • On your oppose, this will be something historians deal with, not political scientist. This is an odd story, but a unique one. A political scientist would want measurable variables. This is largely the domain of the journalist now and the historian later. That said, there is some reasonable hard evidence that this did have a wider effect. For example, once the Akin remark happened, Nate Silver percentage chance that the Republicans would win the Senate went from over 50 percent to around 20 percent. Moreover, the exit polls in MO show that the Akin comments clearly had an effect there. That said, the article can only be as good as the sources that are available. I do not think the article should be judged on sources that are not available. As far as your NAV box comment, I took it out.Casprings (talk) 03:16, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • If this is something you believe that historians will judge as historical shouldn't you wait until some historians actually make those judgments before saying that this is something that will be judged as historical? Arzel (talk) 04:12, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • No, I think the article should be held to the same standards as other WP:FA articles. If you look at the list of WP:FA articles under politics and government, most of the recent ones are made primary of journalistic sources. For example, United States Senate Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, 2010. I am not saying that is a bad standard. I am simply stating it would be rather unfair to start that standard here, on this article.Casprings (talk) 15:32, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question wasn't there a female also who got bashed by the Fox&co for making some statements in front of congress? Nergaal (talk) 01:10, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • No idea.Casprings (talk) 03:18, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • In fact, that person was Sandra Fluke, with a controversy over the topic of contraception, also in 2012, also with a perceived impact on the election. Does she belong in this article? There are certainly sources that connect her an Akin in particular, but I still find very little that identifies this series of comments and controversies in 2012 as a gestalt topic, which is really my biggest problem here. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 19:04, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I wouldn't think so. First, she wasn't nor was Rush running for office. It isn't really directly tied to the 2012 election. In fact, it is less so than comments after the election, I would argue. Plus there is already an article on it: Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy. But I would be open to suggestions on how the material could be intergrated, if there was concensus to do that.Casprings (talk) 19:39, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose.
No alt text on two photos.
  • Fixed
Two dead links (refs #37, #80).
One link likely dead - access denied (ref #42).
Lede too short per WP:LEDE - 74K characters and only a two paragraph lede.
Article has tags for needed sources/citations.
Some in-line footnotes are not in numerical order.
This reads like an attack piece, omitting Democrats like:
Joe Biden, Democratic VP, rape comments (USA Today, Fox, Business Week).
Sandra Fluke, Democrat campaigner, pregnancy and contraception comments (multiple sources).
Alan Grayson, former D-Fla running for election, attending a fundraiser where the jokes were about rape (Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel).
John Edwards, former Democratic presidential candidate, trial for using campaign funds to cover up pregnant mistress (ABC, Boston Globe, Time, CBS, Business Week).
There isn't any scholarly analysis of the impact.
Does not present the material in accordance with WP:NPOV.
Is close to violating WP:BLP.
Article is WP:COATRACK. GregJackP Boomer! 05:18, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Will work on your other comments. The comments by Joe Biden and comments at the fund raiser of Alan Grayson should be added in the other comments section. Not sure about Sandra Fluke, given it was more a comment on contraception and she wasn't running for anything. John Edwards was 2008, not 2012.Casprings (talk) 04:05, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Part of the POV issue is that the article focuses exclusively on Republican Party candidates, which narrows this to a POV/COATRACK article. FA is a high standard to meet, and it is not the place for partisanship, any more than an attack piece on the Democratic Party (or the Libertarian Party or the Constitution Party, etc.) would be acceptable. By expanding the article to show all controversial statements from both major parties (and any minor parties) it would be more balanced and show a NPOV. It should also be expanded to show not just candidates, but all individuals actively campaigning, which would include Fluke (and presumably others). GregJackP Boomer! 04:19, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- No comment on the validity of the article per se, but with no reviews for two weeks and no consensus for promotion developing, I'm going to archive this nom shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:49, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Rockstar 101[edit]

Nominator(s):  — AARON • TALK 17:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because... I feel that it meets the FA criteria. I have followed the style of other FA's and have applied key points to this article, so I hope it is already on the way to getting the gold star. Thanks.  — AARON • TALK 17:28, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This is a WikiCup nomination. The following nominators are WikiCup participants: Calvin999. To the nominator: if you do not intend to submit this article at the WikiCup, feel free to remove this notice. UcuchaBot (talk) 00:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose -suggest withdrawal of the nomination. The article has not been prepared and the prose is full of errors. Here are some examples:

  • "It features British-American guitarist Slash of rock group Guns N' Roses." This sounds like it was written by a Russian, where are the definite articles?
  • "The album version is a Hard rock, hip hop and metal music song," - music song?
    • Yeah, you wouldn't just say 'metal song' when you've listed two other genres. Metal can be a genre of music and a type of material, the addition of 'music' adds that clarity. Especially for someone who is not acquainted with all the difference types of genres.  — AARON • TALK
I know the meaning of "metal" in this and other contexts. The sentence just needed rearranging. Graham Colm (talk) 22:19, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She wears custom made jewellery designed by Fannie Schiavoni," - all the time?
    • I've added 'in some parts of the video'  — AARON • TALK
  • "The song features a guitar performance by British-American musician and songwriter and former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, Slash." - where are the definite articles?
    • I really don't know what you mean by 'definite articles'  — AARON • TALK
Article (grammar) Graham Colm (talk) 18:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think I've done what you've asked?  — AARON • TALK 18:54, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Rockstar 101" is a Hard rock, hip hop and metal music song which lasts for a duration of three minutes and 58 seconds." - music song, a duration of.
    • No, 'that lasts for three...' is better. 'music song, a duration of' is not correct.  — AARON • TALK
That wasn't a suggestion - I was highlighting the redundancies. Graham Colm (talk) 18:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and was release on the iTunes Store on July 13," - and was release?
  • "Rihanna uses her lower register and "heavy" modulation to perform the majority of the song, - most of the song.
    • I've changed it to 'most of the song'  — AARON • TALK
  • "Brian Linder for IGN praised the song, writing that although it appears to be disjointed at first, but that it "actually works" - this doesn't make sense.
    • I've reworded the sentence.  — AARON • TALK
  • "The song had a negative impact on The Guardian's Alex Petridis," - Why? Did he need counseling afterwards?
    • I wouldn't have thought so. I was just trying to add some variety instead of always using 'X of X praised/criticised the song'. I've re-worded the sentence regardless.  — AARON • TALK
  • "She had previously directed the videos Rihanna's singles "Hard" and "Rude Boy". - the videos Rihanna's singles.
  • "Rihanna seen strums a guitar in the style of a rockstar and it is reminiscent of how Slash plays his guitar" - Rihanna seen strums?
    • I've changed it to 'can be seen strumming'  — AARON • TALK
  • "In total, Rihanna is seen in a total of eight different scenes and settings throughout the duration of the video" In total..in a total.
I have removed the other one and "throughout the duration of the video". Graham Colm (talk) 22:19, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In other scenes, Rihanna smashes a black electric guitar, wears an outfit consisting of parts of a guitar, as well as featuring an appearance by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who is featured as one of the drummers in Rihanna's rock band." And the subject of this sentence is?
    • Split into two sentences.  — AARON • TALK 18:35, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Graham Colm (talk) 18:06, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have struck my oppose, but this article should not have been nominated in its initial state. Many of the errors would have been picked up by simple grammar checking software. Graham Colm (talk) 22:19, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Given there's effectively been no new commentary for a month, I'll be archiving this shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:43, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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God of War: Ghost of Sparta[edit]

Nominator(s): JDC808 ♫ 05:50, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

By the gods, it's another God of War FAC. I am nominating this for featured article because I believe it meets the criteria and is ready to become a featured article. This is the second God of War that was released for the PlayStation Portable and outdid everything its predecessor, Chains of Olympus, did although it wasn't received as well. --JDC808 ♫ 05:50, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't like the image of the bundle; I don't feel that readers especially need to see the contents of the bundle for a greater understanding of the subject. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 21:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Removed. --JDC808 ♫ 21:26, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will be reviewing this soon. — ΛΧΣ21 04:58, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Sorry to see there wasn't any real interest here; I don't think much is gained by leaving it open. Owing to the paucity of reviews, you can renominate in under than the usual two-week waiting period if you choose. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:27, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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1988 Giro d'Italia[edit]

Nominator(s): Disc Wheel (Malk + Montributions) 18:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I've put in some considerable labor into the article to bring it from what it was ([5]). The article passed for GA about a year ago. I then tried a peer review but nothing came of it, but recently I did another and got a review out of it that helped with some minor prose issues. I feel I've made the article the best that I can, with what is available on the internet and is capable of being a featured article. Disc Wheel (Malk + Montributions) 18:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Parutakupiu[edit]

Comments – I must commend you for the terrific improvement you've made to this article. Before giving my approval, I'd like these items to be addressed first, most of which are prose-related suggestions:

  • "The Giro started off in Urbino on 23 May with a 9 km (5.6 mi) individual time trial. The race and concluded in Vittorio Veneto..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can't you find an alternative source (English, preferably) to reference Hampsten's victory? I'd think there are many out there.
I moved up the reference to the NYTimes article that's in English if that is okay? Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... were the Dutchman Erik Breukink and the Swiss rider, Urs Zimmermann."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... battled a snowstorm and horrid conditions." – which type of conditions? Still weather-related or concerning the terrain?
Both: heavy snow, hard winds, and muddy roads. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Then maybe you could replace the vague "horrid conditions" with the more specific "muddy roads". Parutakupiu (talk) 10:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 14:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't "maglia rosa" be in italics?
Fixed all I believe. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Franco Chioccioli briefly also wore the pink jersey for a two-stage period, before Hampsten took the lead. After stage 14. After gaining the race lead, Hampsten began to..." (note the hyphen in "two stage").
Fixed, glad you pointed that hyphen out, I didn't notice that. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd rephrase "Hampsten's two-minute buffer would prove to be sufficient enough to win him the race, while losing..." to something like "This gap was sufficient to win Hampsten the race, despite losing...".
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is "neo-professional" a common cycling term for young rider?
From what I can gather it was used a lot more back then, but it is tossed around every now and then... If that helps. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... Stefano Tomasini of Italy placed ninth overall to finished as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing in ninth place overall..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... with and Carrera Jeans-Vagabond finishing finished as the winners of the team classification..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 11 (Dzierzak 2007, p. 121) is not linking to the bibliography source, probably because you need to add |ref=harv to the {{cite book}} template.
Did I do this correctly? Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, you should add that in the {{cite book}} template at the Bibliography section. Parutakupiu (talk) 10:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh wow, fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 14:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ... a total of 125 riders..." – since this is not at the beginning of the sentence you don't need the redundant "a total of" to avoid writing "one hundred and twenty-five".
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why are "Cyndarella- Magniflex" and "Isoglass-Mosoca" written with hyphens when all other teams have en-dashes?
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The courtyard image caption should not end with a period.
Why is that? All the other images have punctuations in the caption? Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Because that caption is not a complete sentence (see MOS:CAPTION). Parutakupiu (talk) 10:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I expanded the caption to a full sentence, in order to keep the period. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 14:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... with a knee injury he had sustained."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In addition to that, Bernard Hinault spoke with Bernard and told him that..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "During the team presentation in the courtyard of the Ducal Palace..." (site already mentioned before)
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... with Pedro Delgado, Andrew Hampsten, and Greg LeMond..." – link Greg LeMond here (not only in the following paragraph).
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The field also included 1986 Tour de France winner Greg LeMond entered the race with his PDM-Ultima-Concorde squad, coming off of a break from cycling as a result of to injuries related to sustained in a hunting accident." (note the comma after "squad").
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Due to this being one of his first races back, most did not see him as..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... in the early part beginning of his season."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... to win a couple of stages in the race.[15] Many papers also believed Moreno Argentin to be a favorite to take several stages at the race, until he injured his right knee became injured."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "This edition of the Giro It contained four time trial events..." (to avoid closely repeting "edition of the Giro")
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... fourteen stages that contained categorized climbs,[13] Of the stages containing categorized climbs, of which four ended had with summit finishes:..."
I took out the with that came before summit finishes if that is okay...? Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Great that you spotted that. Parutakupiu (talk) 10:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In the previous years, the organizers of the race had made the race easier for Italian favorites by disregarding some of the harder climbs the Giro had used in the past."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Three time winner" → three-time
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... and in favor of any of the non-Italian competitors."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "more harsh" → harsher
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You put harsh, not harsher. Parutakupiu (talk) 10:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 14:25, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • No need to link "Passo dello Stevio" and "Gavia Pass" twice in the same section.
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 03:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

— I will post the remaining tomorrow. Parutakupiu (talk) 01:43, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • "... in the city of Urbino,[13] which was won by Jean-François Bernard won the stage by with a three-second margin over Tony Rominger." (note that I replaced the period after "Urbino" with a comma and removed ref 13)
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid you overlooked this one. Parutakupiu (talk) 20:55, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think I did the one below first and this one had Bernard and I put the "fixed" in the wrong place. Anywho, fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... Bernard would hold held the race leader's maglia rosa for a total of three days..." – it's a consumated fact; use past tense.
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Guido Bontempi won the stage..." – which stage?
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... in Rodi Garganico, he finished five minutes before ahead of the second place finisher." (note that I replaced the semicolon after "Garganico" with a comma)
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "His stage This victory and time gains bonus allowed him Podenzana to gain the maglia rosa, which he held until stage 12."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... that stretched 40 km (24.9 mi);[13] it was won by Del Tongo, won the stage by eleven seconds over ahead of Carrera Jeans-Vagabond." (note that I replaced the period after "(24.9 mi)" with a semicolon)
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... finished two minutes and thirty-six seconds slower than Del Tongo" – the correct is 'later' not 'slower'.
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... occupied the finish line; and forced the annulment of the stage was then cancelled." – Could you provide a brief explanation of what the evnironmentalists were protesting for?
I made the adjustments and added an explanation. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... the maglia rosa bearer change hands from Pondenzana to Franco Chioccioli.[33] The next few stages saw and the general classification shifted frequently due to the intensity of the mountains and the fatigue that set in."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unlink Gavia Pass and Passo dello Stevio, appearing again in the "Race overview" section.
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Andrew Hampsten attacked at the base of the mountain and he then rode to over the top of the Gavia.[27][34] but was chased by Dutchman Erik Breukink chased after and eventually caught and passed Hampsten with seven kilometers remaining in the stage to go on for the stage win.[27] Although Breukink won the stage, Hampsten made the bigger story by becoming the first American to don the maglia rosa in the history of the Giro d'Italia."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Due to snow being present on the Passo dello Stelvio the fifteenth stage's start was rearranged from Bormio to Spondigna, while the finishing climb in Merano stayed put." How about this: "The start of the fifteenth stage was moved ahead from Bormio to Spondigna because of snow covering the Passo dello Stevio; the summit finish in Merano was maintained."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The sixteenth stage was marked by rain and since the rain, which turned into snow as the peloton went rose higher up, the stage experienced and by two protests while climbing the Passo dello Rombo."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... formed an attack group..." – if this group broke from the peloton and headed the race at that point, shouldn't it be called an escape group?
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The eighteenth stage would prove to be critical..."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... before starting the climb to the finish at the Vetriolo Terme ski station."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Going into the stage, Hampsten was the race leader going into the stage and he was up led the race by 42 seconds over Erik Breukink,[8] Hampsten won the stage a margin that was increased by a further 32 seconds after the time trial by a 32-second margin and he distanced himself between his rivals."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... on the General Classification contenders" – lowercase letters
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The twentieth stage came down to a sprint finish won by that Paolo Rosola. won; however, Rosola was later disqualified as the stage winner, as his teammate, Roberto Pagnin, was found to have pushed Rosola him during the sprint finish."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Just Hours later the final stage took place: it was a rather hilly 43 km (26.7 mi) individual time trial."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... and the addition of rain only made it harder.[39] Both Flavio Giupponi and Urs Zimmermann crashed on the aforementioned descent.[39]" → "... which became more difficult with the rain, resulting in the crashes of Giupponi and Zimmerman.[39] "
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The time lost by that Zimmermann lost from the time trial cost him his second place overall."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Success in stages was limited to eleven of the competing teams, seven of which achieved multiple stage victories., while Four individual riders won multiple stages: The riders that won more than once were Jean-François Bernard in..."– In the rest of the sentence, I'd move the refs after the last stage won by each multiple winner, so that it doesn't get confusing with all those dispersed ref tags. Also, I'd replace the comma after "15" and "5" (the stages) with a semicolon.
Done, but I kept the refs for the last multiple winner since it was at the end of the sentence. That cool? Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Probably I wasn't clear in my comment: I suggested that instead of having ref tags right after each stage, that these tags be grouped after the same punctuation sign. For example in the article version before your edit: "Jean-François Bernard in stages 1,[31] 8,[40] and 15,[41] Guido Bontempi in stages 2[32] and 5,[42] Andrew Hampsten in stages 12[33] and 18,[43] and Alessio Di Basco in stages 9[44] and 20.[29][30]" becomes "Jean-François Bernard in stages 1, 8, and 15;[31][40][41] Guido Bontempi in stages 2 and 5;[32][42] Andrew Hampsten in stages 12 and 18;[33][43] and Alessio Di Basco in stages 9 and 20.[44][29][30]". Is it clear now?
Yeah I completely misread that. Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move ref 45 to the end of the sentence, and place ref 26 (after "stage 14") after a comma.
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The race officials did have doping controls throughout the race." → "The organization performed anti-doping controls throughout the race."
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... but had a rider tested positive this happened the following penalties would be awarded to him applied"
Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "... the rider would be demoted to last place on of the stage's finish, would be given a ten-minute penalty towards in the general classification, a one-month suspension, and a fine of a thousand francs." (note the hyphens in "ten minute" and "one minute") I can't understand if the rider received only one of these four punishments or all at once?
Fixed. They received all the punishments listed out in the sentence. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 17:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

— Parutakupiu (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Same period issue with the Hampsten image caption.
Expanded caption. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move ref 51 after "finish," and place ref 52 after a comma.
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Again on the team names: are you sure about some having unspaced hyphens and others spaced en-dashes?
They should all be unspaced hyphens...... Fixed. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Cima Coppi for this Giro..." – remove italics from "The".
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "however, The the day the Giro was supposed to cross the Stelvio climb it, it was covered in snow and the Stelvio was not climbed the heavy snow cover led the organization to skip the mountain pass from the stage route."
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The fourth white jersey represented was worn by the leader of the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey."
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The fifth jersey represents the leader of the combination classification, marked by a blue jersey.[56] The combination classification, represented by a blue jersey, was calculated by adding up the rider's points in each of the classifications; with and the leader was the rider that has with the lowest total of points being the leader.[56]"
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You forgot to add ref 10 to the caption of the combination classification's table.
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:13, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just going to give it another read and allow myself to make minor tweaks, if required, before making my final decision. Cheers on the great job, though. Parutakupiu (talk) 22:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the help bro. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 22:36, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support after concerns were promptly and patiently addressed and a final copyedit run-through. Parutakupiu (talk) 00:41, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • "It was the third time – and for the second year in succession – in the history of the Giro". Don't think "for" should be there.
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 02:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the items in the lead are cited in the body, they generally don't need to be cited in the lead as well. Everything in the lead should be in the body anyway.
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 02:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Race overview: Space needed after ref 40.
Done. Disc Wheel (Talk + Tontributions) 02:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Giants2008 (Talk) 00:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- With no comments for three weeks I'm afraid this review seems to have stalled, so I'll be archiving it shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:23, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.
The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by User:Ian Rose 04:03, 31 August 2013 [6].

Trees (poem)[edit]

Nominator(s): ColonelHenry (talk) 17:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've spent a few months writing polishing this article on this well-known and beloved 1913 poem by Joyce Kilmer--a sentimental favourite of the general public but the bane of critics and scholars. I assert it meets the FA criteria, and look to do the last-stage polishing through suggestions here. --ColonelHenry (talk) 17:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of an interesting note, we have two of Joyce Kilmer's descendants who have edited on Wikipedia: User:Miriamkilmer and User:Makemi who I've notified of this FAC.--ColonelHenry (talk) 18:05, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from User:Sasata[edit]

Comments by Sasata. I think the article needs some polish of prose and MoS to meet the FA criteria. Here's some things I noticed from a quick read of the text. I haven't discussed the references here, but these will also need some work (more later). Sasata (talk) 00:02, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • the second sentence has three citations; is this necessary? Are the facts within not cited later in the article text?
  • Reply While I doubt there will be a challenge, I thought it necessary. Per WP:LEADCITE: The presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article. I do not believe this to be an actionable comment. --ColonelHenry (talk) 05:09, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't understand why this sentence is cited, and not then, for example, the final sentence of the second paragraph. Sasata (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and the University of Notre Dame, and the town of" can that first "and" be removed?
  • "not apply to any one particular tree and could apply to any tree." repetitive
  • "The poem was written in an upstairs bedroom at the family's home in Mahwah that "looked out down a hill, on our well-wooded lawn."[6][7]" why two citations for this quote, will one not suffice?
  • Reply There's nothing wrong with two citations for one quote...in fact several of the MOS and guideline pages regarding citations use one, two, or more in their examples. Point me to a policy that says otherwise. I see in Wikipedia:Inline citation#When you must use inline citations#Citation density the following: Wikipedia requires inline citations based on the content...Some articles...will require inline citations after nearly every sentence. Some sections...may even require more than one inline citation per sentence. Others may not require any inline citations at all. At this point, I didn't think bundling the two sources into one citation was appropriate as (1) the sources support the same fact but slightly different ways of getting there, and (2) there is one instance where the two sources are not used together. I do not believe this is an actionable comment. --ColonelHenry (talk) 05:04, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • So if I wanted to verify the quote, which of the two sources should I consult? Sasata (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Both, that's why both are included--to offer one quote that each source interprets/addresses with slight but not negligible differences. Sure, I could have put one or the other and walked away, but if someone is interested in obtaining more context or to compare slightly differing observations from two members of the same family, let them go to both. No offense, but that was a rather daft question.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:18, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, that's the first time my commentary has been called "daft"; I won't be commenting further on this FAC. Sasata (talk) 17:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I said "no offense"...because when my first reply above established that both sources support the same fact but slightly different ways of getting there, a follow-up question of "which source should I use to look it up" comes off as impercipient as I described.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:45, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "not sentimental - the most" see WP:DASH
  • "Recently, the notebook alluded to by Kilmer's son Kenton was discovered.." when is recently? Also, we've already been told that Kenton is Kilmer's son.
  • Done (22JUL2013) "Recently" to "In 2013", removed "Kenton" --ColonelHenry (talk) 06:07, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Poetry: A Magazine of Verse which had begun" comma before "which" (check throughout article for other instances)
  • Done (22JUL2013) this instance of "which"...will check others asap. --ColonelHenry (talk) 06:07, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:Overlinking alert: tree, poem, woman, mouth, breast, God, pray, arms, hair, bosom
  • Done (22JUL2013) kept the linking for "bosom", the younger kids might not know. --ColonelHenry (talk) 06:02, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "… physical attributes — it has a …" emdashes should not be spaced
  • "points out that Kilmer's depiction of the tree indicate" ->indicates
  • "sky in prayer....In the" see WP:ELLIPSES on WP conventions for using ellipses; check article throughout (and fix the spaced, bracketed ellipses in a later quote)
  • "While these claims persist, nothing can be claimed specifically" repetition
  • "(1909-1995), the poet's eldest son," endash, not hyphen; this is the second time we've been told that Kenton is his eldest son (and the third time we're told he's his son)
  • "the frequently planting of memorial trees" fix
  • "named in honour of Kilmer" -> honor (Am. English)
  • "That impeccable lyric which made for immediate widespread popularity." Can you check the source, as this quoted sentence is incomplete (an odd error for an editor to make).
  • Done. (22JUL2013) Surprisingly that odd error was Holliday's original quote. I revised the passage to read: According to Robert Holliday, Kilmer's friend and editor, "Trees" speaks "with authentic song to the simplest of hearts." Holliday added that this "exquisite title poem now so universally known made his reputation more than all the rest he had written put together" and was "made for immediate widespread popularity."--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:22, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • why is blogger Mark Forsyth's opinion/analysis notable enough to be included in a featured article?
  • Reply. Perhaps because he's a published and respected author with two books on linguistics/philology/etymology who writes a blog on topics regarding the English language and its usage. Perhaps because that WP:BLOGS advises: Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications and policy states we're only prohibited from using blogs on biographical articles about living people. Perhaps, also, that he's a TED speaker.--ColonelHenry (talk) 05:22, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair enough. Sasata (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Addressed (22JUL2013) by replacing "blogger" with the more credible sounding identifier of "journalist and author."--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:29, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "poetics--a style" emdash, not double hyphen
  • "a style often criticized today because for being too sentimental to be taken seriously." fix
  • "Despite this, the popular appeal of the poem continued—much to the chagrin of critics." I think "the poem" should be changed to "Trees", as the previous sentences are discussion poetry in general, so the subject may be unclear here. Also, this end-of-paragraph sentence lacks a citation; does "critics" refer to Brooks and Warren discussed in the next paragraph (in which case just combine the two paragraphs and citation is not required), or are there other critics to which this sentence refers?
  • Done (22JUL2013) "the poem" changed to "Trees". As to the end-of-paragraph sentence: Not every sentence needs a citation, this sentence sums up what has already been established (and cited) in the discussion of popular appeal above it. As to which critics...critics in general, the "several critics" identified in the first sentence of the paragraph. --ColonelHenry (talk) 05:53, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "However, the more popular musical setting of Kilmer's poem" "However" not needed here, as there is no real contrast with the previous sentence
  • "recorded by many of the important singers" who says they're important? Select a different adjective per WP:NPOV Also, citations should come after punctuation.
  • Partially Done (22JUL2013), rephrased the sentence to address WP:NPOV issue and WP:PEACOCK. As for citations: citations do not need to come after the punctuation when the cite supports the fact it as attached to and not the sentence as a whole. Per WP:CITEFOOT: The citation should be added close to the material it supports, offering text–source integrity and WP:INTEGRITY: The point of an inline citation is to allow readers and other editors to check that the material is sourced; that point is lost if the citation is not clearly placed and Editors should exercise caution when rearranging or inserting material to ensure that text–source relationships are maintained. My only obligation is to exercise "editorial judgment" in weighing the need for text-source integrity and not rendering the sentence "aesthetically unappealing" (which is a subjective and unactionable complaint).--ColonelHenry (talk) 05:37, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I simply meant that the citation number should come after the commas, not before (e.g. " Nelson Eddy[47]," to " Nelson Eddy,[47]". Sasata (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done - I had misunderstood your comment as a suggestion to move the citations to the end of the sentence. I did not notice that I screwed up the order of statement-comma-citation when I put in the citations the other day--I'm usually more careful.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:08, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "popular television shoes" lol
  • "including on All in the Family,"
  • "Victor Borge, at one point,when playing requests,"
  • "and it's simple rhyme" -> its
  • "such parodies are often immediately recognizable, as is seen in the parody" repetition
  • "Dick Dastardly chopped down a tree for use as a roadblock against the other racers and declares" inconsistent verb tense
  • "It is also noted that Merton was" see WP:NOTED
  • "Kilmer's poem was recited in original 1980 theatrical release and 2006 director's cut" missing "the"s?
  • "is beloved by those who are less intelligent" less intelligent than what? Perhaps "of low intelligence"
  • Reply: (01AUG13) apparently Dugan's poem isn't memorable if the first google hit is this FAC.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • In Fisher's 1957 article "Another hack at 'Trees'" (JSTOR 372709), the author suggests that the poem resembles Ninette Lowater's 1898 poem "Nature's Miracle"
  • Reply: (01AUG13) I can't seem to open this article despite wanting to explore this further. The only google hit on Lowater's poem is this FAC--very telling. --ColonelHenry (talk) 16:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • In Garlitz's 1962 "Uprooting "Trees"" (JSTOR 373072), the author discusses the popularity of the poem among her undergraduate students
  • Used: Incorporated some material from this article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • another potential source: Fleeces's (1951) "Further notes on a "bad" poem" (JSTOR 371696)
  • Reply: Upon reading this article, I think Fleece's counter to Brooks and Warren is addressed by other discussion in the article and this additional source would be repetitive.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: I will review these sources and see if they have anything I can use for the article. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. --ColonelHenry (talk) 17:23, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from User:Zagalejo[edit]

Comment by Zagalejo: I don't intend to do a full review, but I happened to be looking at this article, and noticed that the following sentence in the lead doesn't make grammatical sense: "Kilmer's work is often disparaged by critics and ignored by scholars as being too simple, overly sentimental, and suggested that his style was far too traditional, even archaic." It's OK until you get to "and suggested". Zagalejo^^^ 05:45, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Done (22JUL2013) Rephrased the statement, split it into two sentences. --ColonelHenry (talk) 06:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support and Comments from User:DavidinNJ[edit]

Support The article's content is extensive, and the quality of the writing is equivalent to that of a major magazine or newspaper. Furthermore, there are plenty of pictures and text boxes, the article's structure is logical, and the referencing is quite comprehensive. I saw a few minor issues that may need to be fixed.

(a) In the lead, I suggest changing "included in Kilmer's collection Trees and Other Poems published the following year" to "included in Kilmer's collection Trees and Other Poems, which was published the following year."
(b) In the first paragraph of the "Scansion and analysis" section, "Catalectic" should be lowercase.
(c) Split the second paragraph of the "Scansion and analysis" section into 2 paragraphs. Depending a reader's computer formatting, the paragraph may be too long and difficult to read.
(d) Likewise, split the second paragraph of the "Critical reception and popular appeal" section. DavidinNJ (talk) 15:56, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. (22JUL2013) Addressed comments enumerated as a, b, c, and d (above) in one edit: [7] Thank you for your support.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:17, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SilkTork[edit]

The statement that he was "dismissed by scholars as being too simple, overly sentimental", is cited to this; which does not support that statement. I note that the same source link is used in the Joyce Kilmer article, which I passed as GA last year, so it may be that the webpage has changed since last year. Could you track down the original source? In the meantime, these links may be useful: text of "Scepticisms, notes on contemporary poetry", Poetry magazine review of Trees, Harriet Moore on Kilmer, tribute by Marsden Hartley. Given that while Trees is simplistic, and has been criticised, does it really come down to an easy split of popular but critically dismissed? Some of the contemporary critical views I just linked, seem to appreciate the direct simplicity. Are there modern critics who don't dismiss it? SilkTork ✔Tea time 09:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a bit about the contemporary reception of the poem to the "Critical reception and popular appeal" section. Revert or amend as appropriate. When doing so I noticed that the section starts with a quote regarding Kilmer being influenced by religion and nature. Does that statement belong in the critical reception section? Might the " Inspiration for the poem" section be more appropriate? SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:02, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • The "dismissed by scholars as being too simple, overly sentimental" quote was in an earlier version of the Poetry Foundation bio...this source must have changed in the last month or two, because there previously was a much longer, more informative biography at Poetry. It will be addressed. --ColonelHenry (talk) 12:19, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • On second pass, I think the source for that sentiment in the old Poetry Foundation bio was from Aiken's Scepticisms, which was already cited for this article. I added to this citation. --ColonelHenry (talk) 14:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply I appreciate your additions regarding critical reception/popular appeal. The religion and nature quote was moved 01AUG13 to another section when I reorganized the structure of the article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:45, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Many thanks for the sources you pointed me to, In addition to the Aiken work which I had used before, I was able to incorporate several things from them into the article. --ColonelHenry (talk) 15:18, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Review
Pass

1b & c - I feel that the article covers the main points that a reader may wish to have. I would certainly pass this for broad coverage on a GAN, and given the scope of the topic - a single, fairly simple, poem - I feel the information given is fairly comprehensive. I don't think there's a lot of scholarly research on this poem, so there's unlikely to be a major scholarly study that the article has overlooked. I have done my own research on the poem and found the information in the article to be satisfactory. I would like more positive critical commentary in order to balance out the negative, but if it's not there, then so be it. SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1e - The article is stable. SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2b - It has an appropriate structure. I'm not entirely certain about the names for each section heading (Mahwah: February 1913?), but that's a minor quibble, not something that should hold up a FAC. SilkTork ✔Tea time 09:25, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2c - It has an appropriate citation section with consistent use of footnotes. I see that cites are mixed in with explanatory footnotes. This is acceptable, though consideration could be given to having a footnotes section - either as a distinct section called Notes, or as a subsection of the References section. SilkTork ✔Tea time 09:31, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Query

1a - The article is written in a manner that does convey the required information fairly clearly, though some passages do require careful reading - such as the first paragraph of Scansion and analysis. For GA I would ask for a little more clarity in places. The requirements for the writing in FA is somewhat stricter than GA, and asks for the prose to be "engaging" and "professional", which I'm not sure this is. The prose does not always flow. It tends to present the information factually - with information sometimes presented fairly tersely. I don't think this is a major issue as the nature of what is "engaging" can be subjective, though a couple of runs through to copy-edit for flow would be of benefit, regardless of what happens in this FAC. Sometimes it helps to get fresh eyes on an article to assist with copy-editing. SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

1d - The article covers the good and the bad aspects of the poem. It appears though to focus on the popular appeal and critical disdain, and also seeks to explain this by the change in fashion in poetry. There is a sense that there is a viewpoint being presented, and I'm not yet convinced that this is an accurate and independent summary of the poem's reception both historical and current. SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

3 - The image of The Joyce Kilmer Tree in New York in the Critical reception section is divorced from the article as there is no mention of the tree in the article. The caption is too long per WP:Caption. Other images and captions are OK. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you confirm that the poem is not under copyright. Sometimes copyright is renewed. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:53, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

4 - The length seems appropriate. Though I will quibble that there's rather more material on adaptations and parodies than on critical commentary, but if that is the nature of how the poem is perceived, then so be it, but it does seem to slant the article a little to appearing to be dismissive. I am unsure if I'm being a little over concerned about the appearance of WP:Undue - though I do get the impression that the article is framed just a little bit on the dismissive side of neutral. SilkTork ✔Tea time 11:36, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fail

2a - The lead does not summarise the main sections of the article, such as the Parodies section. And while it sometimes does have information from a section, it does not always have sufficient balance - such as that the poem did receive some critical appreciation when first published. SilkTork ✔Tea time 18:18, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Comments
  • Who is making this comment: "Luthor ridicules the poem for being so simple that "the average Cocker Spaniel" loves it"? The statement is sourced to the filmscript which doesn't say that. Luthor's comment could refer to dogs liking trees because they pee against them (indeed, I would personally see that as a more likely interpretation). SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:56, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looking through again, certain comments are sticking out for me which have the suggestion of editorial opinion: "American writer Guy Davenport suggests quite a different inspiration for Kilmer's poem" (who is setting up Davenport's suggestion in opposition to Kemper's? - and why? - what is wrong with just neutrally providing the information: "Guy Davenport wrote that Kilmer had been reading Margaret McMillan's book...."); "It appears that Davenport must have loosely and erroneously paraphrased the sentiments expressed by McMillan" (appears to whom?); "Because of Kilmer's close identification with Roman Catholicism...." (the sources do not say "because of" which implies a particularly religious genesis for the poem; rather, the sources appear to be saying that a student at Notre Dame was a friend of Kilmer, and asserted that the tree was the inspiration - but not that it was due to any religious belief of Kilmer's); "the popular appeal of "Trees" continues—much to the chagrin of critics" (is there evidence for this - that critics are annoyed by the popularity of the poem? And even if they are, do we really need to have it stated here?); "the entire corpus of Kilmer's work was produced between 1909 and 1918 when Romanticism and sentimental lyric poetry fell out of favor and Modernism took root" (is there a source to support this observation, or is it an editorial observation?). SilkTork ✔Tea time 11:36, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've finished my review. I can't support at the moment as I have a number of concern. The lead needs a bit of work to reflect the contents of the article; the prose needs a bit of tightening to make the reading flow more smoothly; the viewpoint could be moved more toward the neutral; some statements need to be more closely cited to sources, or rephrased to appear less like editorial opinion; and information regarding the Joyce Kilmer Tree image needs placing in the article, and the caption reduced, or the image removed from the article. When that has been done, please ping me to look again at the article. Good luck with the rest of the FAC! SilkTork ✔Tea time 11:43, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Nikkimaria[edit]

Images should be fine, pending OTRS clearance of File:Kilmer_Home_Mahwah_New_Jersey.jpg. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:00, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from indopug[edit]

Oppose (because of excessive detail and disorganised structure)

There're lots of irrelevant details that should be cut. It seems that whenever the text talks about X related to "Trees", it then goes on in unnecessary detail about X. Examples:

  • The exact location of Kilmer's house.
  • Disagree - how is it irrelevant when the genesis of the poem involves him writing from an upstairs room in that house? It would be like writing about The Waste-Land without discussing Eliot's living arrangements at the time (residing across from a pub) despite that those living arrangements found their way into the poem (the pub conversation in the "A Game of Chess" section).--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "which had begun publishing the year before in Chicago, Illinois"—irrelevant unless you have info that "Trees" boosted the popularity and publication of this fledgling journal.
  • Disagree. -- I think it's a relevant detail considering it's one of the few premier poetry journals in the world, a one-hundred year old magazine. I should probably expand that thought to mention that Kilmer was published at the same time Poetry published Eliot and Pound's early work to add some contemporary context.--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The arbitrary "(1915–1968)"s. I'd say you can have it once in Writing for the poet, but there's no need for it for so many people, because it looks ungainly and disrupt the flow of the text (why I removed them from the lead).
  • Reply. I think concerns of aesthetics (i.e. "looks ungainly and disrupt the flow") are inherently subjective and often unactionable ("ungainly" to you might be considered "gainly" to another editor) and there will always be people unsatisfied on both sides. I'll take a look, but I generally eschew responding to such a subjective claim.--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. Removed dates for Merton, Rasbach and van der Vliet. Kept the two for members of Kilmer's family in the writing section.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:20, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Two paragraphs and pull-out text just for its use in Superman.
  • Disagree. Another editor who commented on the article liked the Superman content and the pull-out text (as do I), so this is another inherently subjective content issue that I would assert is unactionable. You can't be all things to all people. I don't like Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, but my dislike doesn't mean it shouldn't be available on the bookshelf to an interested party. To each his own.--ColonelHenry (talk) 13:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I actually think "average cocker spaniel" is a great line, and maybe even a fitting way to end the article. The problem is that you dilute its impact with tons of details about the movie (none of it about "Trees")—full names of actors, characters and locations; disputes during production, whose original vision was what. Besides there's also the repetition that an Elder read the lines. Here's all you need IMO; I'd even consider relegating the Brando and Donner stuff in my edit to a note and ending with "average cocker spaniel".—indopug (talk) 16:01, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I actually really really liked your edit to the superman paragraph--I'm thinking the only reason it was reverted was because of how it jarred the references with the quotebox. I'm thinking of finding a way to move the boxes around, because I prefer your edit to that section. Agreed 100%...average cocker spaniel would be a great ending to the article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:12, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "(aired on CBS on 2 November 1968) produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.."
  • Reply -- How is this no different from saying elsewhere "Trees" (published 1914) was written by Joyce Kilmer in other articles?--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: removed parenthetical that is mentioned in the footnote.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And so on (the list above is not exhaustive). Other concerns:

  • The lead doesn't say what the poem is about. After introducing it, the lead immediately jumps to saying how popular it is. The first para should be expanded to describe the poem and analyse it a bit too.
  • Done: (01AUG13) - Added one sentence to the first paragraph discussing technical scansion issues and the images employed in the poem.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Joyce Kilmer's reputation as a poet is staked largely on the widespread popularity of this one poem."—has nothing to do with the Writing of the poem.
  • "^ Note that there is also an Airmont Road in Mahwah, the Kilmer's lived in Airmount, not Airmont."—unnecessary. The purpose of this article isn't to give crystal clear directions to Kilmer's house.
  • Disagree You fail to acknowledge that the purpose of this article does discuss the poem--part of which facts ancillary to the writing and history of that poem--and for the purposes of accuracy I felt it was necessary and relevant to include this content. You seem deadest upon ignoring and discarding the specific facts regarding the genesis of this poem--particularly the facts surrounding how/when/where Kilmer wrote the poem in Mahwah. Considering the competing (and refuted) claims as to how Kilmer was inspired or where he wrote it, I would venture to assert that some specificity regarding these historical and verifiable facts would be essential in that discussion. I cannot conceive why you suggest that such a removal is necessary or prudent. Comparatively, would you insist upon removing the address from this sentence in Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, in a four-story brownstone at 28 East 20th Street, in the modern-day Gramercy section of New York City. and other similar articles? Personally, I think the location of Kilmer's writing this poem is more essential and significantly less extraneous than the address in the Roosevelt article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 13:54, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You were right before that the specifics of where the poem was written belongs here. But my complaint here isn't about that, it is: what is the need to list similar-sounding places/names, just to say "don't confuse this with that"? How does it help anybody?—indopug (talk) 17:43, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not much of a poetry expert, but can all twelve lines be in "strict iambic tetrameter" when one is truncated?
  • Reply - Short answer, yes. The long answer would require pages, but the truncated line is a frequently used technique in all metrical verse to announce changes in tone, content, or for a conclusion. Such a technique has been used in western poetry since antiquity. It is not a requirement for a poet using a strict iambic tetrameter meter to have 8-syllables in every line--similarly it is not a requirement for a poet to announce a conclusion using a catalectic line. I discuss the catalectic line and its purpose vis-à-vis iambic tetrameter adequately within the article.
  • Does the Rachel Hadas citation have to be so long? You just need the link, the time at which it was said, the publication and the date.
  • Done (01AUG13) -- There is no consistent citation format for radio segments, so I venture to say (IMHO) some explanation is necessary beyond the bare minimum you prefer.--ColonelHenry (talk) 13:25, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • MoS: please review WP:LQ. The period has to go outside the quotes in most instances. Eg: "Trees."
  • Reply: There is currently an ongoing RFC about this MOS provision. I would prefer not addressing a conversion to either Logical Quotation (which is largely a BritEng thing) and American Style until after that RFC decides whether to amend the MOS accordingly.--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • MoS: several things that need to be italicised, aren't: Harper's Magazine, Our Gang etc.
  • Done with question (01AUG13)-- Harpers and Our Gang italicised. What "etc." are you referring to as I cannot find other things that I unwittingly neglected to italicise?--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:01, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • all in the family, muppet show...
  • WP:SEEALSO: the section doesn't need to exist as the links have already been used in the article.
  • Done (01AUG13) - this section came before those links were incorporated into the article. section removed.--ColonelHenry (talk) 12:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • After the first mention in the lead and in the body, "Mahwah, New Jersey" can become just Mahwah.
  • Done (01AUG13) - I believe I addressed all of them after the first mention in the body. --ColonelHenry (talk) 14:41, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kilmer's poetry was influenced by his "His strong religious faith and dedication to the natural beauty of the world."—what does this have to do with "Critical reception and popular appeal"?
  • Done (01AUG13). It doesn't. This was a comment also from User:SilkTork above that I did not get to address over the last few days, I relocated the sentence into the new "Kilmer's inspiration" section.--ColonelHenry (talk) 13:05, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Structure: not a fan of ending the article with a discussion of Superman and other parodies. Or of having such as large, unwieldy and muddled Legacy section, especially that first sub-section. There, a lot of stuff isn't even about the poem's enduring legacy (immediate popularity, the contemporary 1910s reviews, the World War I use...), lying uncomfortably alongside trees named after Kilmer and Google hits. I suggest you create a new Publication and reception for the former (moving the last para of Writing here as well). Similarly, the other two sub-sections could be (trimmed of excess detail and) broken off into a separate Adaptations and parodies section. The remaining stuff, about the poem going out of critical favour because of poetry's modernist turn and the stuff about how its popularity endures can be recast as Aftermath and legacy.
  • Done (01AUG13) - I've addressed your concerns and did a rather massive overhaul of the article's structure. Please take a second look and see if you like how I reorganized the sections. On your first note, if you don't like the conclusion of the article with the discussion of parodies (specifically, Superman II), how do you suggest it should end? The end, unfortunately has to be drawn somewhere, and as I've said above, this seems rather subjective and unactionable.--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While this is definitely a good start, I feel this article needs significant work (beyond mere copyediting) to rank alongside our our best articles on literary works.—indopug (talk) 09:11, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you for your copyediting work on the article on 31 July and 1 August, I appreciate the improvements.--ColonelHenry (talk) 14:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Responded to a few things. I'll give a more thorough review over the coming week. Meanwhile, re: restructuring, check that you don't now have redundancies and repetitions. For eg: "Communities across the United States have claimed to be involved in the writing of "Trees" with several boasting that a specific tree was the inspiration for Kilmer's poem.[16][17][18][19] However, despite these claims" can simply be, "Although several communities across the United States claim to have inspired 'Trees' " (or similar), now that you have a whole other section for it.—indopug (talk) 16:01, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done (03AUG2013) rephrased passage per suggestion for "Although several communities..."--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I look forward to your upcoming review, much appreciated.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've struck my oppose on account of the massive overhaul in structure. As I will be busy for a few weeks, I can no longer participate in this review. All the best for the nomination; I think a solid round of copyediting to cut down wordiness should help it get over the line. I recommend these exercises.—indopug (talk) 17:43, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review by GabeMc[edit]

Lead
  • Restructure. - "'Trees' is a lyric poem by American poet Joyce Kilmer, written in February 1913. First published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse that August, it was included in Kilmer's 1914 collection Trees and Other Poems.[1][2][3]" 1) We don't need these cites in the lead; this material should be sourced in the article body. 2) Consider a minor restructure: "'Trees' is a work of lyric poetry by American Joyce Kilmer. Written in February 1913, it was first published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse that August and included in Kilmer's 1914 collection Trees and Other Poems." Or similar.
  • Reply (re: 1). I see the reason for this suggestion, but I disagree. WP:LEADCITE doesn't forbid the presence of citations, and leaves it up to the editor(s) to decide based on balancing the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources. As I pointed to above, the presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited. I decided to provide the source.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done (20AUG13) - Did a minor revision of sentence incorporating some of your suggestions from #2.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Restructure. - "The poem, in twelve lines of rhyming couplets of iambic tetrameter verse, depicts a feminine personification of a tree engaged in seemingly human activities: pressing its mouth to the Earth's breast, looking at God, and raising its "leafy arms" to pray." 1) Personification is redundant with "engaged in seemingly human activities". 2) A citation should follow "leafy arms", or paraphrase to "arms" without scare quotes. Consider: "The poem is set in twelve lines of rhyming couplets of iambic tetrameter verse, depicting a feminine personification of a tree pressing its mouth to the Earth's breast, looking at God, and raising its arms to pray." Or similar.
  • Rework. - "'Trees' is the poem for which Kilmer is most remembered and its familiarity has made it the subject of frequent parodies and references in popular culture." Consider: "Kilmer is most remembered for 'Trees', which has been the subject of frequent parodies and references in popular culture." Or similar.
  • Rework/combine. - "Kilmer's work is often disparaged by critics and dismissed by scholars as being too simple and overly sentimental. Both critics and scholars suggest that his style was far too traditional and even archaic.[4]" 1) These two sentenced are should be combined, and 2) There is no need for the citation. Consider: "Kilmer's work is often disparaged by critics and scholars who consider his traditional style archaic and overly sentimental." Or similar.
  • Done (1) (20AUG13) --ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply (2) the need for the citation was discussed previously...and I think it's arguable that someone could challenge such an assertion.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rework. - "Despite this, the popular appeal of this simple poem is likely the source of its endurance. Literary critic Guy Davenport remarked that "Trees" is "the one poem known by practically everybody."[5]" Consider: "Despite this, the popular appeal of 'Trees' has contributed to its endurance. Literary critic Guy Davenport considers it "the one poem known by practically everybody."[5]" Or similar.
  • Rework. - "The poem is frequently found in anthologies and has been set to music several times—including a popular rendition by Oscar Rasbach, performed by many singers including Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill and Paul Robeson." Consider: "'Trees' is frequently included in poetry anthologies and has been set to music several times—including a popular rendition by Oscar Rasbach, performed by singers Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill and Paul Robeson."
  • Serial comma. - Is used here: " pressing its mouth to the Earth's breast, looking at God, and raising its "leafy arms" to pray", but not here: "performed by many singers including Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill and Paul Robeson." Make consistent.
  • Awkward/Reword. - "Several locations and institutions connected to Kilmer's life have claimed that a specific tree located there was the inspiration for Kilmer's poem". 1) A location cannot really claim anything, and 2) "claim" is generally a word to avoid. Consider: "Writers have indicated several locations connected to Kilmer's life as a possible inspiration for the poem." Or similar, assuming accuracy is not compromised.
  • Reply But they are "claims". Using "indicated" seems, to me, to connote giving those claims credence...and to an extent that the subsequent "possible" doesn't mitigate. All those claims have been disproven. I think given the need to be accurate about depicting them as "claims", I should avoid rewording this.--ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Subordinating conjunction introducing a direct quote. - "'Trees' was written in an upstairs bedroom at the family's home in Mahwah, New Jersey that 'looked out down a hill, on our well-wooded lawn.'[6][7]" Avoid using that to introduce a direct quote.
  • Reply And how is that better than altering the quote with the gerund, as: "...home in Mahwah, New Jersey looking 'out down a hill...", or "...home in Mahwah, New Jersey looking out 'down a hill..." or another alternative? I don't see an better alternative without altering the quote.
  • Excess modifier. - "declares that the poem does not apply to any one particular tree". Omit as unnecessary.
  • Excess modifier/words to avoid. - "have claimed that a specific tree located there". Avoid claimed and omit specific as unnecessary.
  • Reply: (20AUG13) again, these are indeed "claims"...to characterize them as otherwise would possibly compromise accuracy. And the claims are often about "specific" trees. Rutgers had a "specific" tree, so did UND, and the New England town. Since they pointed to a specific tree, just saying "a tree" is too general and slightly less accurate. --ColonelHenry (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In progress ... more to follow. GabeMc (talk|contribs) 21:37, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • @GabeMC - Thanks for offering a few suggestions and I look forward to the "more to follow," I will address them in the next day or two (13/14 August).--ColonelHenry (talk) 21:49, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • No worries and no hurries. I'll leave you plenty of time to catch-up before adding any new comments. Cheers! GabeMc (talk|contribs) 22:45, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't let me hold you up, if you want to add additional comments and suggestions go right ahead, I actually prefer hitting it all at once if I can. It's up to you. --ColonelHenry (talk) 22:48, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, I would rather wait to see if my comments resonate with you before putting too much effort into the rest of the article (sometimes noms and reviewers have such different perspectives that they really should part ways). Cheers! GabeMc (talk|contribs) 23:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Given the length of time this nom has been open, and comments a week old are still awaiting resolution, I don't see much prospect of consensus to promote developing anytime soon, so I'm going to archive and ask that remaining work takes place outside FAC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:27, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks, Ian. I appreciate the opportunity. It is a shame, but I just decided last week to give up on this that's why the latest comments were unaddressed. I had one support, remedied the comments of other editors (who despite being asked twice, never came back), and then a week ago get a couple comments giving the eternally-unactionable "not engaging prose" despite this article going through a myriad of copyedits and revisions, ascribing "undue weight" where there isn't (I established "some like it, some don't, and those who don't seem to be critics...how is that undue?), and other stuff that just isn't worthy my time anymore. So, given that most of the commenters don't return, and I get the "not engaging prose" comment that I can't do anything with, another article that could have been an FA is a victim to the consensus of disinterest.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Minecraft[edit]

Nominator(s): Deadbeef 18:49, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article is well-sourced and well-written, and passes all FA criteria. A recent peer review yielded no outstanding problems with the article. Deadbeef 18:49, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done Deadbeef 19:49, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The game is still in ongoing development, as well as all its versions. This wasn't "stable" by GA criteria (see further), and it certainly isn't stable now. Several ports are still upcoming. I don't expect the article to be kept up to the FA standard even if it passes. I might be wrong, and this was brought up in GA with expectation article would be kept in date and shape, and since then many of the new sources/updates have not been added or added improperly despite ample time. There are such basic things as punctuation errors, unitalicized titles, spelling errors in various names, unpiped/mispiped redirects, wrong dashes, etc. This is before we even go into prose and content. The game has had one of the biggest receptions ever, yet the section is smaller than many other games with lesser reception. The article talks about more than 4 versions of Minecraft, makes notes about one, omits same info about others, mixes info in wrong places and with other versions. (Almost each version could pass for an article under GNG, yet they are all compressed here.) I see at least two sources with close paraphrasing and sources that don't directly support the text, where new info was added but references never updated. The lead doesn't even mention some material that has sections devoted to it. The before-mentioned NFCC. With so much going on I doubt the nominator can bring the article to a level that is expected from a FA, especially since they have not been a major contributor recently. No offense, but long-standing editors with many FACs behind their back would be daunted here. PR said "give me a good starting point in trying to improve it" and I didn't really comment there, as I expected major editing to follow. In summary, the article is not ready and we are not under a deadline here. I'm sorry I don't have time to go through every issue like I usually do, but I don't feel the article has been improved enough (or games even released in stable form) to warrant it. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 19:33, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Procedural close- I admire the nominator's ambitions, but neither Hellknowz nor me (two significant contributors) were consulted on whether the article was ready for FAC. That being said, the GA criteria for stability refers to edit wars, something the article does not experience frequently. However, the FA criteria for stability states that the article's "content does not change significantly from day to day". The upcoming versions of the game might cause some significant changes to the article, so I agree with Hellknowz that starting a FAC now is premature. I also agree that the article also suffers from a number of other problems that can't be resolved quickly.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 22:54, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • It seems that a withdrawal is in order. I am completely new to the FA process; I was under the impression that getting through peer review without any unresolved problems meant an expected nom at FAC. I'll support a closure, and hopefully the article will eventually find its way back here. Deadbeef 03:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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1960 Winter Olympics[edit]

Nominator(s): H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I feel it meets the FA criteria and is consistent with other FAs on specific Olympic Games. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

  • File:Flagpole_Egmont_Copenhagen.jpg: as Denmark has freedom of panorama only for buildings, what is the licensing of the work photographed?
  • File:Ann_Heggtveit_1960.jpg: under which of the listed rationales are you claiming PD-Canada?
  • It was subject to Crown copyright and was published more than 50 years ago. Should this be specified in the PD tag or is it enough to indicate it here? H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:11, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Here is fine, but was this actually published in 1960, or just created then? Do we know when/where it was first published? It's from the still photography division, which means it wasn't necessarily broadcast by NFB...Nikkimaria (talk) 02:56, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed I've searched the Library and Archives and the place of creation or original publish location is unknown. I did a Google image search to no avail as well. So I will delete the image. Thanks! H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 18:21, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg needs a US PD tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:26, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The nominator should be aware that the USOC's 1960 report is in the public domain as copyright not renewed. I think there is a copy on the la84foundation website but I can't find it offhand (I have a hard copy of it). Also in the public domain is the Squaw Valley Organizing Committee report, in the public domain as lacking a copyright notice here. It is well illustrated, but you can get a head start if you like at the Avery Brundage article where there are two PD pictures of him at Squaw Valley. But I should be able to supply you, if you need it, with an image of any prominent member of the US team from the 1960 USOC report.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you I do have an electronic copy of the Squaw Valley Oganizing Committee report but since I'm not fully versed on copyright policies I didn't include any images from the report. Are you saying that if the report is in the public domain then any images contained therein would also be PD? H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 16:00, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That is the position I have taken, unless they are clearly attributed to a news service.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:28, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've added one of the Brundage images from his page, I think that should suffice, there are plenty of images that passed the image check. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:20, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • The extra sentence about Jenberg's later medals is not relevant, especially not in the lead.
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The first sentence of the second paragraph is a run-on; rewrite it for grammatical clarity.
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • It says California received the flag at the 1956 Olympics in February, but the Games awarded to SV until April. Is this timeline correct? Just a little strange.
Looks like a mistake to me. Quick and dirty research says that they were granted the Olympics at the IOC's Paris session in 1955, conditional on the financing which is discussed in the article. That would allow them to get the flag at Cortina, and for Brundage to call upon the youth of the world to assemble at Squaw Valley at the Cortina Closing Ceremony, but if they didn't meet the conditions they'd have been out and Innsbruck would have been in.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:51, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is corrent, I tried to clarify that a little in the article but I'll take another look. I don't want the muddy the water with technicalities on when the IOC awarded the Games but I also do want to get it historically accurate. I'll see if there's a better way to word it. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 15:55, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The US had last hosted 28 years earlier and 56 years earlier, so I find it pretty meaningless that it was the first Games to receive US federal funding. Would it really have been expected during the Depression?
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Semicolon in the first sentence of TV section, and lose the comma after 'gate'.
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • No comma after 'not allow China'
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ceremony: Quotation marks on Pageantry Committee not needed. "planned on an opening that would..." So did it actually happen or did he just plan on it?
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • -> 40-, 60-, and 80-meter jumps
Fixed H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 00:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nations: 'A total of' is superfluous.
  • The sentence starts with a number now, which I'm not thrilled about. I'll word smith a little.
  • I see no reason why Netherlands, Poland, Czech, and Italy should be excluded from the medal table, or why there should be a separate article just to include them.
    • Fixed - just following convention, I added the other countries in.

Great work. Reywas92Talk 14:47, 22 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great job on the article. Support Reywas92Talk 09:44, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yay thanks! H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 14:04, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Host city selection: Typo in "the United State Olympic Committee".
Fixed, found another such typo in the same section fixed also. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Organization: Second word of "Blyth arena" should be capitalized.
Fixed throughout the article - couple instances. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Funding for Cushings initial bid to the IOC...". "Cushings" → "Cushing's".
Fixed
  • Television: "During the Games CBS broadcast...". Apostrophe after "Games"?
See my reply below. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That works just as well, and maybe better. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:11, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Extended version: "During the Games CBS broadcast 31 hours of television focusing on ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing and ski jumping." This whole sentence is missing "were aired" or something similar.
  • Events: "The sport of biathlon was added to the program as was speed skating events for women." "was" → "were". Giants2008 (Talk) 16:27, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed - Thank you for your review, it's good to see you're still doing your thing here at FAC. Keep it up! H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Figure skating: A contraction ("wouldn't") should be expanded to its full form per the MoS.
    • Participating nations: Comma before "it would be the last for many years" should probably be a semi-colon instead.
      • Fixed
    • Apartheid shouldn't be capitalized.
      • Fixed
    • A page number would be nice for ref 55. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Parutakupiu[edit]

  • Change dates in infobox to day-month format as it is used in the article body.
  • Infobox autoformats the date. If you look in the edit page it will be as you have suggested but it comes out the other way around, not sure how to fix this. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 15:38, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're right. I didn't remember that the dates were hardcoded within a sub-template of the infobox. I fixed it so the dates now appear in dmy format. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:21, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the first "Squaw Valley" link should point to the geographical place (Squaw Valley, Placer County, California), not the resort itself.
  • "Squaw Valley hosted athletes from thirty nations who competed in four sports and 27 events." – figures should be presented in either numerical format or spelled out.
  • "... allowed entry to athletes from Communist countries entry."
  • Link United States Olympic Committee.
  • Need a source stating Innsbruck, St. Moritz and Chamonix as Squaw Valley's rival bidding cities.
  • Shouldn't it be "were" in "Another $4,000,000 was committed..."?
  • I had to see what "incensed" meant as I'm not a native English speaker. Please, provide a more common synonym.
  • Can't see the need to place the bid results table under a separate sub-section. Also, no need to make it collapsible (remove hide/show option).
  • Unlink "closing ceremonies" since they do not point to the 1956 Winter Olympics closing ceremony (WP:EGG).
  • "... three outside skating rinks, a 400 meter speed skating oval..." → outdoor and '400-meter'
  • The issues are still there: outside→outdoor, 400 meter→400-meter. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:21, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "quartz clock" instead of "quartz clock"
  • Ref 20 (which is a note in fact) could be included in the section text.
  • "There were 27 events contested in eight sports contested."
  • "The Olympic flame was lit by Kenneth Henry,..." – you mean the Olympic cauldron?
  • "Swedish Lumberjack Sixten Jernberg..." – lowercase Lumberjack
  • "... became the first non-Nordic athlete not from a Nordic country..."
  • "The German pair Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler..." – unlink German (same link given earlier)
  • The calendar section states that hockey games were played on the day of the opening ceremony (18) but the calendar table contradicts that.
  • Are the delegation sizes of participating nations known?
  • I think this can be found though I'm not sure where they would be added. I could put them in the participant country listing next to the country. I'll do a little looking. I've found a source that has this info but it's on individual country pages and that may not be ideal for referencing purposes. I'll dig a little though. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 15:38, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The place to add that figure is within the {{flagIOC}}, after a pipe following the "1960 Winter" value (e.g. {{flagIOC|ARG|1960 Winter|XX}}, where XX is the delegation size). As a source you can use Sports Reference Olympics; I've checked and they have delegation sizes there. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:21, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've added the delegation sizes and a reference to the country list in Sports Reference. This will allow the user to select the individual countries to get the information specific to that country. I felt that would be more aesthetically pleasing than to put the link to the specific country page next to each nation. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 15:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • In medal count section, provide a legend for the host nation color.
  • Why do some nations appear with the IOC code and others don't?
  • Explain why the total of gold, silver and bronze medals is not the same.
  • Remove the link "Events at the 1960 Winter Olympics" that links to "List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners" (already listed).

— Parutakupiu (talk) 23:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for the review. I'm almost done with the fixes. I have a couple of responses to suggestions that I'll enter under the pertinent suggestion. Thanks again! H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 16:01, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps you could add an image of one of the most prominent venues in the corresponding section? From what I read here, the official Games report appears not to have copyright so you can take images from it...? Parutakupiu (talk) 21:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, 1a. I'm finding too many errors, some of them basic grammar. I also find the writing to be quite imprecise. Examples:

  • What's an "undeveloped resort"? If it's undeveloped, it's just land.
  • You write about Squaw Valley and Squaw Valley Ski Resort synonymously, though they are different things.
  • "who was inspired to an Olympic bid" A verb is needed in here.
  • "Cushing and the USOC received a resolution passed by the United States Congress and signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to consider Squaw Valley's bid for the 1960 Games." I don't understand why you've worded it this way. What do you mean he "received a resolution"? Do you mean Congress sent the resolution to him? Or that he benefited from the resolution?
  • Grammar: "Another $4,000,000 were committed"
  • "the bid would be awarded to Innsbruck" More imprecise language. Cities submitted bids, but the bids weren't "awarded".
  • In the lead you say there were 27 events in 4 sports, but later you say 8 sports? Oy.

This actually needs a lot of work, probably by an editor new to to text. Some of it is surface-level copyediting, but a lot of it needs to be rewritten to use more precise language. The whole thing needs to be checked for internal consistency of facts as well. --Laser brain (talk) 14:25, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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South Park (season 1)[edit]

Nominator(s): Nergaal (talk) 09:03, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I think I brought it to wp:FA? standards. Nergaal (talk) 09:03, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead—prose observations:

  • I think "as well" could be removed. And "of the show".
  • "... which led to talks for a series. The series ..." – before the period needs rewording. The rep either side of the period would be nice to get rid of, somehow.
  • "quickly" is OK, but consider "soon". They weren't filmed hurriedly, I'm presuming. "and due to its success" might be more logical that "but due ..."?
  • "Fall", for me, is March–May.
  • "Critics gave the season mixed reviews, from rating it so offensive that ..." – it's ok, but tighter would be preferable. "Critics gave the season mixed reviews: on the negative side, some critiques rated it so offensive that ...; on the positive side ...". But you can probably do it better than this.
  • Opening sentence for Ep. 1 is not grammatical. Possibly: "Cartman dreams about being abducted by aliens and relates these dreams to his friends Stan, Kyle and Kenny."

Needs some prose auditing. Tony (talk) 11:05, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed these and went ahead with another prose-check for the entire article. I hope things look ok now. Isn't "produce quickly" correct? Nergaal (talk) 19:17, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't "soon" less ambiguous? "Quickly" can refer to the speed of the action, rather than when it occurs. Or maybe the source did mean they hurry-scurried to get it done. Tony (talk) 14:37, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
These guys these days generally produce an episode the week before it airs. So I am assuming that back then they might have done something similar. They produced them soon after, but also took little time to produce them. There is less than a month an a half between the episode in discussion aired, and the earliest time they could have been asked to write it. In summary, I don't mind changing it to soon but I have a feeling that quickly might actually be more accurate in this particular case. Nergaal (talk) 19:10, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Did I miss anything? Nergaal (talk) 19:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note to reviewers this article has gone through one FLC, two FACs, and three PRs already. I would really appreciate if people were to give some feedback so this does not become a perpetual FAC........ Nergaal (talk) 19:29, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
initially ran for 13 episodes on the US network Comedy Central, from August 13, 1997 to February 25, 1998 - "initially" redundant here I think.
:Nevertheless, - something went missing here at the end of the lead?
a talking feces - I'd use the word "feces" as a collective noun, much like "dirt" - so putting "a" infront of it sounds weird...
I think I removed any possible issue by using the unambiguous non-plural "stool". Nergaal (talk) 05:26, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
who were unable to receive Comedy Central due to its unavailability at the time - umm, I think I'd delete everything after "Comedy Central".
Hal Boedeker of the Orlando Sentinel believed that the episode made "such a bad impression that it's hard to get on the show's strange wavelength." - he "wrote" or "opined" but not "believed"....?
with helping elevate the series during the early part of the season. - "elevate" is a funny verb here. Do you mean lift viewer ratings?
raised South Park to a new level of popularity and relevance - I'd cut the "and relevance" as puffery - it needs to be relevant to something.
In 2008, scholar Stephen Groening argumented "argumented"?
  • I went through each of these and tried to fix them. Let me know if the new phrasing works well. Thanks for the comments and edits! Nergaal (talk) 00:17, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Better - need to think about "piece of feces" and also read again. More later. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:13, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
FYI: originally it was "a talking poo" but I thought that poo was not professional enough. Nergaal (talk) 01:21, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes this is tricky - "stool" is ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As well as every episode from the season, the DVD releases featured bonus material... - I think bolded bit is possibly redundant - sentence has three "episode"s in it.
Removed it and the second "episode" usage. Nergaal (talk) 05:24, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
link flatulence and dildo.
linked

Right, where I am sitting now is that if this were promoted I personally would not have a problem, but it is probably conditional on what other people have found. I am not seeing any prose-clangers left and am content reading it without an itchy edit-finger, so consider this a provisional support pending resolution of other reviewers' concerns. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I stumbled here from my FAC and had to comment, having watched (and preferred) the oldest SP episodes. That being said...

  • " for 13 episodes on the US network" - this should say "United States", and I feel it should link to television station or something.
    • I changed it but now "United States" shounds cluncky
  • "receiving writing credit for some episodes." - "some" is a weasel word. Why not exact number?
    • fixed
  • "and their bizarre experiences in the titular mountain town" - as much as I agree, I feel like "bizarre" is a bit POV, unless that's meant to be a quote from someone.
    • switched to unusual. there is a critic somewhere describing it that way but I can't seem to find it now
  • "while the aliens communicate with cow and consider them" - cow plural?
    • fix
  • "A big event is planned for the arrival of Kathie Lee Gifford to South Park, who comes to present an award to Eric Cartman." - The "big event" bit is vague. The whole sentence could be more compact, such as - "South Park plans an event for Kathie Lee Gifford, who comes to present an award..." or something. BTW, you call him Eric Cartman here, but elsewhere you call him just Cartman. Why the inconsistency?
    • rephrased. I hope it sounds good now.
      • Still inconsistent as to what you call Eric Cartman. And there is no indication why Cartman has any importance in the episode. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I went ahead and completely rewrote the blurbs for most episodes. They should be significantly better now. Nergaal (talk) 02:29, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Better, but still some issues.
            • "that this did actually happened when Kyle's baby brother Ike is abducted also" - could be cleaner.
            • "Meanwhile the boy's teacher" - add comma (and it reads hilarious seeing "the boy's teacher, Mr. Garrison, attempts to assassinate Gifford" in a Wikipedia article!)
            • " gay dog runs away and finds the town's most flamboyant, gayest man, Big Gay Al" - ehh, that's kinda POV
            • "South Park Cows" - since it's a team, shouldn't it start with "The South Park Cows"?
            • "lose a football game against a rival team as Jimbo and Ned fail to sabotage the game. " - find a way not to say "game" twice. Also, this is a bit untrue. They don't want to sabotage the game. They just want to beat the spread. Maybe something like "Jimbo and Ned plant explosives on a goat mascot to ensure they beat the spread of a grade school football game"?
            • "The citizens who get bitten become zombies but instead are diagnosed with pinkeye. " - why the "instead"?
            • "A starving Ethopian child is accidentally sent to South Park. Cartman is sent back to Ethiopia instead, while mutant turkeys assault the town. " - again, the "instead" jumps a bit of logic. And you should could afford to say the Ethopian child is referred as Starvin' Marvin by... Cartman, right?
            • "Kyle's mom protests the school's Christmas play leading to the removal all religious aspects of Christmas from the entire town. " - avoid the nominalization if you can, and add a comma after "play".
          • Like I said, it's much better than before. Those were my main concerns. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:10, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Meanwhile, geologist and Stan's father Randy Marsh discovers that the mountain is a volcano that is about to erupt and convinces the townsfolk to dig a trench for diverting the lava. " - bit of a run-on. As a general point, many of the summaries are borderline run-ons and not the best written. If I had to guess, the focus on the article for FAC was elsewhere in the article?
    • I honestly tried to have summaries as compact as possible - probably that's why there are run-on sentences. I would appreciate any further specific help with this.
      • Most summaries are on the weak side and could use some outside copyediting. They're all either poorly written, run-ons, or make little sense, with little flow. None of the episode summaries appear up to the level of featured article candidacy. Sorry, but this stands as my biggest issue. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " George Clooney reportedly made 300 copies for his friends, the short subsequently regarded as likely the first viral video." - weird sentence structure.
    • changed it
      • I'd say "reported to have made", but better. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • switched
  • I was initially glad you included this quote in the lede - "is so offensive that it shouldn't have been made. It doesn't just push the envelope; it knocks it off the table." - but when I saw it was the Parents Television Council, I was annoyed you omitted who said that. The PTC hates everything
    • I added PTC to the lead
  • "The impact the show would have ended up surprising everybody involved with the show." - redundant
    • fixed
      • "The impact the show would have ended up surprising everybody involved with it" - still poorly written. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • redone
  • "The first DVD releases came later that year" - this contradicts the rest of the article. I'm surprised a DVD of the show was available in 1998, but the article says 2002... I'm confused here.
    • The first episodes came out on DVD in 1998, but what is the norm these days, a "season DVD" came out only in 2002. How do you think I should rephrase it? Nergaal (talk) 23:27, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All in all, the article is decent, but there are some issues. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:31, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • I notice there is a bit that is hidden. Any reason aside from that it's unsourced? --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • In 2010, TV Guide published a list of TV's greatest seasons, in which Season 1 was ranked thirteenth, being South Park's only season on the list.[citation needed] Also, South Park was ranked the fifth greatest animated program of all time by the same magazine.
As I've said below, this part was added before I started working on the article, and seems to be a nice thing to add. However, I was unable to dig a source for this. Nergaal (talk) 02:29, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I plan to run through later today, but it looks to me like there are a lot of details that could use improvement even at a glance. Hopefully that means the article has been polished enough that there's only little things to fix now. ceranthor 04:37, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Ceranthor, given the length of time this nom's been open I'd normally be archiving it now but if your review is imminent I can leave it open a bit longer, though the likelihood of consensus to promote being arrived at soon seems a bit slim at this stage. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:39, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would really appreciate any opposes that don't have non-descript reasonings like "needs prose improvement". Nergaal (talk) 17:48, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Ceranthor
Lead
  • which led to talks for a series. - With comedy central? With who?
clarified
  • The first season was a ratings success for Comedy Central. - This sentence doesn't read well; I suspect it's the rating success that's driving me crazy.
I genuinely don't know how to rephrase this. Don't people use i.e. "box office success for Paramount"? Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Episodes
  • insurgents and shot into the Sun - You should really clarify this. I have no idea what this means. :)
"shot her" from an edit I made just hours ago
Development
  • I'm not putting poo on my network." Parker - citation?
citation was at the end of the next sentence but doubled it since it is a quote. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • considered it to be "literally the funniest thing I'd ever seen," - The quote should match the rest of the sentence. I think an annotated [he'd] should replace the I'd. Not really a dealbreaker.
changed
  • one thing we have to know before we really go any further: how do you feel about talking poo?" - Citation?
same as before
  • There were three holiday episodes ("Pinkeye", "Starvin' Marvin" and "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo") - I think an endash would fit better than parentheses.
you mean m-dashes? I still have no idea when dashes are preferred to parantheses. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Reception
  • South Park's first season was a ratings success - This again.
open to suggestions?
  • I note this comment. '< how about #11 and #13? or #2, #4, #5>' - Is this resolved or not?
This was a self-note I left a loong time ago. After looking REALLLY hard I found for 11 and 13, but they were the viewer # not ratings, and I am not too comftable enough to convert that into ratings. as for 2, 4, and 5, I couldn't find somebody with access to appropriate sources from that long time ago. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The impact the show would have ended up surprising everybody involved with it. - Sounds like a slight vio of NPOV to me.
I genuinely remember this being in one of the refs, but I cannot seem to be able to dig it now. grrrr. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Anything being done about this? In 2010, TV Guide published a list of TV's greatest seasons, in which Season 1 was ranked thirteenth, being South Park's only season on the list. Also, South Park was ranked the fifth greatest animated program of all time by the same magazine. - No citation. It's still hidden in the article after almost three years.
Yeah, I looked for this online and either it was added initially by an over-zealous fan, ot it was in some printed version which google's crawled doesn't seem to find it. I've left it hidden in case somebody can actually dig it, because it would be nice to say it. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Media release
  • Six episodes - again, I think an endash would suffice.
Are you actually sure it is not m-dash? Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • As well as every episode from the season, the DVD releases featured bonus material - Bit awkward structure
rephrased
  • and another one - another clip? not all that clear.
clarified
  • first season ("Volcano", "An - endash again

The hidden info in this section - what's up with that?

Somebody added this, but I genuinely think it too much out of the subject matter to make it an actual footnote. I am almost 100% sure that technically all the episodes before 2008 were made available online when the site was started, but after the Mohamed comics controversies a few years ago, the episodes depicting the guy were removed (permanently?). Check this out for clarification. I can just go ahead and remove the comment altogether. Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
removed
General/Things to Take Away
  • I fixed a lot of serial comma inconsistencies. Either use it, or don't. I don't care either way.
I genuinely can't figure out what you are talking about. I might be a bit tired though... Nergaal (talk) 05:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't ever use "went on to verb". It's always redundant. always!
So just replace it with "verb"? Nergaal (talk) 05:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My goal is to take care of pretty much everything I can so that you can renominate this and have it pass with flying colors. After running through, I still don't think the prose is fully there yet, but I'm totally willing to help you out on the side. ceranthor 04:08, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A side-question. I think you added the dash in "crudely-made". I thought that adverbs (xyzly) are never linked with a dash to the verb. Was I just misinformed? Nergaal (talk) 05:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct; it is quite rare to link adverbs with verbs being used as adjectives or with anything really. I have removed the hyphen.
And just fyi, when I mention the serial comma inconsistency, I meant that sometimes you were using one, two, and three versus one, two and three. Neither is more correct than the other, it's just that you need to stay consistent throughout the article. ceranthor 14:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I went back and did another round of CEing. Let me know if you think the article is up to par now. Nergaal (talk) 02:29, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nominator asked me to return. I've made a few trivial changes to the lead. There's one possible typo (I left an inline comment). Concerned to find this sentence in the description of the first ep: "The boys realize that this did actually happened when Kyle's baby brother Ike is abducted also." Two grammatical issues there. Plus ... I'm out of touch with this genre of WP article; would it be useful to readers, and add value to the article, to mention that alien probes are a send-up of a cultural phenomenon? That's one reason it was so humorous (and provocative). Am I picking up that there's very critical social commentary in a lot of these episode themes? The second ep, for example, takes on US obesity, and might be related to the intransigence of the advertising regulators? (I don't know, but you might.) The gay dog ... sounds hilarious, but maybe there's a serious commentary going on there? I don't mean to dominate the article with highly intellectualised sociology; but just a brief phrase or sentence in a few of the more obvious episode summaries might be good. I do think the lead might bring it out. The lead finishes with: "Parents Television Council rated it so offensive that it "shouldn't have been made": "it doesn't just push the envelope; it knocks it off the table",[3] while another critic thought of it as "coming pretty damn close" to being a "perfect" television series season.[4]" Calls into question why these opinions were so diverse. I guess because some critics (and viewers) were prepared for the implicit self-criticism of American society, while others were not. You may have a better way of putting it. Perhaps go back to a couple of contrasting crits?

    There are more prose glitches, too, just picking at random: "Stan's Grandpa Marsh attempts suicide and tries to enlist the boy's help."—is that plural "boys' "? "Kyle's mother organizes a boycott against the boys' favorite television series Terrence and Phillip in protest of its toilet humor."—that's self-referential, and sounds like a clever response to the crits (in protest at). I presume "a talking, singing feces" should be "a talking, singing fecal stool"? "Kyle's mom protests the school's Christmas play leading to the removal all religious aspects of Christmas from the entire town."—wasn't there a court case in a local town around this time, about just such a thing?

    "George Clooney was reported to havE made 300 copies"—what's going on there?

    Can you enlist a few fresh eyes, preferably of editors of similar articles? Tony (talk) 14:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In depth comments from Ceranthor
Lead
  • Several episodes received award nominations, including for a 1998 Emmy Award i - including for?
  • The creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote most of the season's episodes; Dan Sterling, Philip Stark and David Goodman were credited with writing five episodes - Did parker and stone also get credit for those episodes? It's unclear.
  • I fixed what must have been a typo.
  • and was nominated for a 1998 Annie Award in the "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program". - Just in, no the.
Episodes
  • The boys realize that this did actually happened when Kyle's baby brother Ike is abducted also. - Grammar. Also a wordy ending.
  • They manage to rescue Ike while the aliens conclude that cows are the most intelligent species on the planet. - Instead of planet, just use Earth.
  • The town prepares for an event involving Kathie Lee Gifford presenting an award to Cartman - Involving makes the sentence awfully wordy. Also, I think you should be slightly more specific about the reason for the award.
  • He tries to lose weight but instead, becomes even more obese from lack of workout. - The article for the episode's summary suggests that he only tries to gain muscle. Maybe better if you say he tries to get into good shape.
  • The citizens who get bitten become zombies, but instead, are diagnosed with pinkeye. - Why but, instead? I don't think this sentence makes much sense as is.
  • Cartman is sent back to Ethiopia instead, while mutant turkeys assault the town. - Assault which town? (I've seen the episode, but it needs to be clear.)
  • Kyle's mom protests the school's Christmas play leading to the removal all religious aspects of Christmas from the entire town. - Removal of all
Development
  • the short resembled the style of the later series more closely.[17] - Later series means south Park? I think this needs a ce.
  • and the short was subsequently regarded as likely the first viral video.[2] - What does this mean? I know what a viral video is of course, but this sentence is very hard to understand properly. How can it be regarded as the first viral video? Surely there must be one that was first?
Reception
  • The season finale, "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", received a Nielsen rating in the 8.0 range[30] and gained over 300,000 viewers when first aired in Canada in August 1998.[31][32] - What does 8.0 indicate? It gained those viewers only in Canada? I think if that's what you're trying to say, there's a better word than gained to use.
  • due to the characters frequent use of profanities.[36] - characters'
  • Devin Leonard of Fortune regarded - He 'regarded'? No. Better word, please. :)
  • low distribution of just 21 million subscribers.[18] - Regular subscribers?

ceranthor 14:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment (2) -- I'm afraid we don't seem to be any closer to consensus to promote than when last I visited, and there are still comments to be addressed, so I'll be archiving this long-running nom shortly. Please address the remaining points outside of FAC and feel free to nominate after the usual two-week waiting period. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:52, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Vazgen Sargsyan[edit]

Nominator(s): Երևանցի talk 05:54, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am renominating this for featured article because I believe that enough work has been done (by me and by a few other users) since the last nomination on July 23. I did some cleanup and hopefully reduced the number of grammar mistakes, I also reworded a couple of sections to make them more clear to the reader. Although I requested a peer review, nobody actually reviewed this article :( probably because Armenian military history and politics aren't one of the most interesting topics here. Երևանցի talk 05:54, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, 1a, and recommend withdrawal. The principal piece of advice given in the last nomination was that an independent copyedit was needed by a professional-level English writer. This doesn't seem to have been done, and the article still suffers from basic grammatical issues. Random pot-shots:

  • "Vazgen Sargsyan helped the Pan-Armenian National Movement (PANM) to win the election and pass the constitutional reforms."
  • "The 1995 constitution gave the president much more powers"
  • "Vazgen Manukyan, the main opposition candidate, officially received 41% of the vote. Denouncing them he started demonstrations the next day ..." What is "them" referring to?
  • "An estimated of 200,000 people gathered in Yerevan's Freedom Square"
  • "Manukyan led the demonstrators to Baghramyan Avenue, where the parliament building is located and the Electoral Commission was inside the building at the time." Parallel structure needed.

These are just from one little section. I really appreciate your hard work on this article, but I don't think you are a strong enough English-language writer to get this to FA standards on your own. I encourage you to refrain from nominating this again until you've worked with a good copyeditor to get this in line. --Laser brain (talk) 13:43, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not only I have requested a peer review, which was not taken by anyone, but also a copy-edit a few days ago. It has not been done either, so I just did whatever I could myself. I guess, I'll have to ask more people for a copy-edit. --Երևանցի talk 18:01, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Knights of Columbus[edit]

Nominator(s): Briancua (talk) 15:44, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a former featured article which was removed a while back due to a lack of historical criticism. I've addressed this with a few new subsections in the History section. I also submitted it for a peer review and addressed those concerns as best I could. The spelling has all been checked, and the overlinking has been reduced. The number of sources has also been expanded considerably, though there are a few that do lead back to the Order's website. For just about all of these, however, there is little alternative. I don't suspect that any other reliable source is going to describe the composition of the advisory board of the Order's junior organization, for example.--Briancua (talk) 15:44, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Footnote 39 should this be citing the original court case instead?
  • Footnote 54: CNBC is a television network; they should be considered a publisher not a "work". A work would be one of the specific TV programs they produce. The network name should not be rendered in italics as a |work=, but it should be in roman text as the |publisher=.
  • Footnote 59: who published this? Or, does the publication/website have its own name?
  • Footnote 66: "PDF" is an abbreviation for "Portable Document Format", so it should be in all caps. (Footnotes 49, 82 and 89, etc. is missing the format, btw.)
  • Footnote 83: is The Grantsmanship Center the name of a publication, or the name of of an institution publishing something? If it's the latter, it should not be in italics.
  • Footnotes 86 & 87 are not consistently formatted, and if you can differentiate them a little so they don't look like duplicates, that would be better.
  • Footnote 101: date?
  • Footnote 110: this is a newsletter called The Lake Current. What article in it is being cited? On what page? Etc.
  • Looking at the Works cited..
    • I'd like to suggest wrapping the list in {{refbegin}} and {{refend}} so that the text is styled at the same size as the footnotes above.
    • "The Crossroad Publishing Company" I'd normally drop the "The ... Company" as we normally drop items like "Company", "Inc(orporated)" or "Ltd" from publisher names when listing them in a citation.
    • It's a personal preference, but most bibliographic entries list publication locations as well for books.

This source review doesn't include a spotcheck or reliability check of the sources, just source formatting. Imzadi 1979 → 01:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All good catches. Thanks, Imzadi1979. I've made all of the changes in the references, save for consistently formatting 86 and 87 as the latter source does not provide a date. I did, however, make it more clear what the sources pointed to, instead of relying on the auto generated title. --Briancua (talk) 14:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The auto-generated titles were the inconsistency; one used semicolons to separate parts of the title and the other used the pipe character. Imzadi 1979 → 21:06, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments' - reading through and making copyedits as I go (please revert if I accidentally change the meaning). Will jot queries below. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:38, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Today there are more than 2,500 Assemblies - this sentence is just sorta stuck in the middle of nowhere - looks like it might go best on the second para of the Creation of the Fourth Degree section (?)
You are right, it didn't fit in there well. I've moved this line up to a place where it flows better. Thanks for the copyediting and the suggestion! --Briancua (talk) 14:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • tentative support on comprehensiveness and prose. I am not familiar with the subject matter, but the prose is good enough for me to lapse into reading without worrying about corrections (a good sign) and I can't see any clangers outstanding. Ditto with comprehensiveness. I will await what others say and keep an eye on things. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:36, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, 1a and 1c. I find the writing and sourcing to be sub-par. I see that a prose overhaul was recommended at Peer Review, but it doesn't look like that was accomplished. I recommend withdrawal to get an independent copyeditor after you fix the sourcing issues. Examples:

  • "In California's 2008 election the Knights of Columbus attracted media attention when they donated more than $1.4 million to Proposition 8." This is unsourced. The next citation is to a government web site, and the statement after that about Californians Against Hate hardly comprises "media attention". Also, why is the group name in quotation marks?
  • "As it was in the United States, this effort was criticized by some gay marriage supporters." Another unsourced statement. These two are examples, but the whole things needs auditing.
  • "Founded by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882, it was named in honor of the navigator Christopher Columbus." Jarring extra comma before "in 1882".
  • "Originally serving as a mutual benefit society to low-income immigrant Catholics" Odd wording. You don't "serve to" people, you serve people. The list following this phrase doesn't use a serial comma, but you use them elsewhere.
  • "There are more than 1.8 million members in 15,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses." Is the 200 included in the 15,000 figure? If so, why not using "including" rather than "with"? It's imprecise language.
  • You variously use "order" and "Order", even in the lead.
  • You variously use "US" and "U.S."

Sorry, but issues are way too easily spotted without even getting out of the lead. Please fix the sourcing, and then get a thorough independent copyedit. --Laser brain (talk) 11:17, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Nea Salamis Famagusta FC[edit]

Nominator(s): Xaris333 (talk) 12:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I think that it meets all the FA criteria.

Oppose and recommend withdrawal. I note that in the last FAC, it was recommended that the nominator seek other improvement processes first. This article still has an open GAN (going on one month), and had an empty peer review. So, it doesn't look like much feedback was gathered or much action taken since the last FAC. In all fairness, the GAN and PR processes look horrifically backlogged, but this article still needs a lot of outside help. A few fundamental issues:

  • The prose is in very poor shape—for example, read the first few sentences of Cypriot championships, 1980s. The whole things needs an overhaul by a proficient English writer.
  • Before that happens, the sourcing needs an overhaul. It looks to be sourced mainly to works published by either the city or by the club itself. We need more neutral, secondary sources.
  • The proliferation of (rather ugly) tables affects readability, in my opinion. Find some other F.C. featured articles at Wikipedia:Featured articles and see how they are structured.

--Laser brain (talk) 11:08, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose - As Laser says, it doesn't look like the writing has improved that much since the first FAC. Just one example from the 2000s: "After a difficult season in 2008-09 After a difficult championship in the 2008-09 Cypriot Second Division, returned to first division, winning in the final game Olympiacos (who wanted only a draw to win the promotion), leaving the opponent in the second division." This isn't close to GA level yet, let alone FA. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:05, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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International emergency medicine[edit]

Nominator(s): AmericanLemming (talk) 18:42, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a medium-length article with GA-status that I've put a lot of work into. The sourcing is top-notch, the prose is pretty good, and there are seven pictures, all from the public domain or under Creative Commons license. Having gone through two withering GA reviews, I feel that it's pretty close to FA status.

Note: This is my first FA nomination, and I've only been editing on Wikipedia since February, so there might be some nuances of Wikipedia that I haven't grasped yet. That being said, I am willing to learn and will make every effort to address comments as quickly as possible. AmericanLemming (talk) 18:42, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose, 1a/2a. This could really benefit from a thorough peer review before coming here. As it stands now, the lead is choppy, with several one-sentence paragraphs, and I'm not sure that it's an adequate summary of the article body either. There's a bit to go before the prose is compelling, too. For example, in the "International emergency medicine" section (aside: I'm not sure there should be subsections that mirror the article name), "emergency medicine" appears 18 times in 3 paragraphs. I realize that, to some extent, frequent use of the phrase is unavoidable, but that density results in text that's notably repetitive and clunky to read. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 19:24, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done. I've renamed the section "Beginning of the subspecialty" and have reduced the number of times "emergency medicine" occurs to 10. You'll have to let me know if that addresses your concern with that particular paragraph. As far as the lead goes, I think you are absolutely right. It does need a lot of work. To that end, I will start improving it. I now believe that I have significantly improved the lead (some 25 edits later, you would hope it would be a little better), though of course I am open to any additional comments you or anyone else has about it. AmericanLemming (talk) 21:40, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
*Not done. I'm afraid that "There's a bit to go before the prose is compelling, too" doesn't really help me. As I said, it's pretty good. I understand that there is room for improvement, but I don't know where that is. Pointing out every specific example of where the prose needs help would be very helpful for me. However, I understand that would be a lot of work. At the very least, though, things like "You need better transitions," "You're too redundant everywhere," "The word emergency medicine is in the article 150 times," "The whole thing is too wordy," etc., would be more useful to me as the nominator. Thanks! AmericanLemming (talk) 21:49, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The FA criterion for prose quality is that it be "engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard". In general, I don't think this is. I've tried to sketch out a few of the problems that leap out at me, below, but this really needs the thorough hand of a copy editor, and that's not my strongest skill here:
  • Passive voice is pervasive. You don't need to avoid it all the time, but there are plenty of uses here that actually leave the reader without knowledge of who the actor even is. "Moreover, several international emergency medicine conferences had been launched in the 1980s, and various national emergency medicine organizations began supporting the development of the specialty in other countries." What conferences? Who launched them? What "various" organziations? Or, this, from Definition: "However, that definition has also been criticized as oxymoronic given the international nature of medicine and the number of physicians working internationally." Whose criticism is this? (Also, I think I would avoid use of oxymoronic in general.)
  • Done. I believe that I've now addresses all specific instances you've brought up of where passive voice is a problem. Additionally, through putting the text into Word and searching for am, are, is, was, were, be, and been, I think that I have identified the five or six other cases where it is likewise confusing. I will seek to address these as well. I have addressed those five or six other cases, though you are certainly welcome to either bring them up again or point out instances that I've missed. AmericanLemming (talk) 20:15, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Information isn't always presented in a logical order. "In the United States, the high number of traffic and other accident fatalities in the 1960s spurred a white paper from the National Academy of Sciences; it exposed the inadequacy of the current emergency medical system and led to the establishment of modern emergency medical services." That's from the History section, but it's not from the sub-lead (which talks about the history of emergency medicine in general). Rather, it's in "Emergency medicine in the developing world"—and after we were told in the previous subsection that international emergency medicine was a creation of the 1990s.
  • Done. I deleted that sentence from "Emergency medicine in the developing world" because it already appears in the History of emergency medicine subsection and because it really doesn't belong in the "Emergency medicine in the developing world" section anyway. AmericanLemming (talk) 21:06, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "Transferring knowledge" subsection spends a paragraph largely discussing the conference dates and locations for the International Conference on Emergency Medicine, held by International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM). Why does this matter? Both the conference and the federation are redlinks, even. Honestly, with how much of the "Initiatives to expand emergency medicine" section is dedicated to IFEM, I think there's a real question about undue weight and, frankly, comprehensiveness.
  • Done. I've added a third paragraph that describes other international emergency medicine conferences. As far as the notability of IFEM/ICEM itself, it is rather important. Ref 4 calls the International Foundation for Emergency Medicine (the organization that plans and hosts the ICEM) "probably the most active, broad-based, international organization dealing with international EM development issues." Additionally, these sources from PubMed (which are not cited in the article) back me up: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, and Source 4. I can add some more citations to that paragraph if you would like that. AmericanLemming (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are a lot of sentences that just read awkwardly, and I'm not sure how else to say that. I already mentioned the one that uses oxymoronic. But also: "The experience of international emergency medicine in developing countries is in some ways the reciprocal of that of developed ones." (I don't think that's the word you want there.) "The motor vehicle saturation in Asia and Africa may be lower than in the West, but the higher rate of accident mortality per vehicle still leaves a potential need for improved emergency medical care." (Motor vehicle saturation is unnecessarily technical, and there's no need to equivocate with "may be".) "One notion present in emergency medical systems development is the idea of training the trainers." (Awkward wording in general, passive voice with no clear actor, poor lead-in to the paragraph on the topic.)
  • Done. I've taken care of these three sentences. I will reread the article to look for some other instances of awkward wording, but first I think I'll address your concern with the article's organization. AmericanLemming (talk) 20:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Honestly, under closer examination, I think this is further away from meeting the criteria than I did on my first pass. I think there are 1b, 1c, and 2b concerns in addition to the prose quality issues. There's clearly a lot of work put into this, but I just don't believe it's ready for FAC. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 14:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Thank you for your comments. I'll see what I can do to address them. AmericanLemming (talk) 17:23, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Status of the review

I"ve now addressed all of your specific concerns, though you may disagree about some of them, and I'd be happy to discuss them with you or make further changes, should that be necessary. Besides for a general read through, I don't have anything else I can do to improve the article at this point.

However, before I begin doing so, I would like some clarification. You said "I just don't believe it's ready for FAC." Obviously, you meant that it's not yet ready for FA status, and I agree. But, what I'm not sure about is whether or not you implied that it's not even ready to be reviewed for FA status. If that's the case, then the review should be archived and I should two weeks (or more, potentially) working on improving the article on my own time. If not, then I'll begin proofreading the whole thing (and probably get some other eyes on it, too.), which will take a few hours if not more. I've now proofread the first half of the article the entire article, printed it out, and had someone else (not a Wikipedia editor) copy-edit the printed version. I'll be making those changes now. I've made those changes. AmericanLemming (talk) 04:20, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In any case, as long as you are willing to continue the review and bring up issues, I will make every effort to address them. (I made 111 edits today and 150 total over the past two days.) Also, thanks for taking up the review so quickly (you posted your initial comments 42 minutes after I posted the FAN!) Your comments have kept me busy the past two days, but I think the article's a lot better for it. Rewriting the lead alone has made a huge difference in quality. AmericanLemming (talk) 04:29, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator requesting archive of nomination

I, as the nominator of this FAC, request that this nomination be archived. I have come to the conclusion that it does not meet criterion 1b, as it fails to mention international pediatric emergency medicine, the growth in the number of emergency medicine journals around the world, or any controversies about IEM. I do not have time to address these deficiencies in a timely matter, so I think it would be best for the nomination to be withdrawn, giving me the opportunity to make these needed additions at my own pace. Thank you. AmericanLemming (talk) 01:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Law School of Beirut[edit]

Nominator(s): Eli+ 13:23, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article came into being only recently. I looked up forgotten sources such as Collinet who dedicated a great part of his life to bring back the school from oblivion.The Law School of Beirut was an important learning center of the classical antiquity, it is much less known than the library of Alexandria for example. I believe that the scarce historical sources that Collinet and other researchers relied on provide enough material to ensure an adequate coverage of the subject. The article also passed GA review, I hope a FA review and your suggestions will help me improve it further. Eli+ 13:23, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - spotchecks not done, PD attribution tag present

  1. Source for "From a legal point of view..."?
  2. Source for "The first mention of the school's premises..."?
  3. Ranges should consistently use endashes
  4. Missing full bibliographic info for Decline and Fall
  5. Be consistent in whether you provide locations for books
  6. What makes cosmovisions a high-quality reliable source?
  7. Publisher for Mommsen?
  8. Format of Further reading. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:35, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your time Nikkimaria, I numbered the list of your comments to make it easier to address them.
  1. Yes, you are right, the term is superfluous and does not add the article. source to the passage was added.
  2. Source for "The first mention of the school's premises..." is Collinet; added.
  3. en-dashes issue fixed
  4. Missing full bibliographic info for 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire added
  5. some refs don't specify location, location removed
  6. Right on, cosmovision ref removed.
  7. Publisher for Mommsen provided
  8. can do without further reading section especially that reviewer Khazar2 pointed out that article can't be used as a reliable source earlier. Eli+ 17:28, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Great. Check alphabetization of Bibliography, inclusion of locations is still inconsistent, and check format on Skaf. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:30, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
done; Skaff's is a conference paper published in a journal and it was cluttering the references section so I moved it as Quadell recommeded. -Eli+ 12:42, 21 August 2013 (UTC) [reply]
Comments from Ceranthor
Lead
  • Jurisconsults - Someone unfamiliar with law (ie. me) knows nothing of this term
It's synonymous with jurist, a person who studies and deals with the law. All instances were replaced -Eli+ 11:22, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Justinian took a personal interest in the teaching process, and charged the teachers, the bishop of Beirut, and the governor of Phoenicia Maritima with maintaining discipline in the school. - Serial comma issue. See below comment. This one differs from the rest, so it seems natural you would want to change this one and leave the rest.
i was a bit hesitant to remove the serial comma, to avoid confusion I will reverse the order so that the readers don't think that the Bishop and governor are among the teachers. I will not use serial comma in the text...-Eli+ 11:22, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Background
  • I don't think Background is the appropriate title for this section. There must be something better.
I can't think of anything else, the section introduces the history section; should i merge the two? -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
History
  • It was chosen as a regional center instead of the more prominent Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon, which had a history of belligerence against Rome.[5][6] - If which means both, you should add "both" after which, because it's unclear.
Right on, done -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • and the date is much debated among later historians and scholars. - Later is a very vague word choice. It could mean modern or from the 800s.
All post-classical scholars who studied the Law school of Beirut did not and could not determine its founding date -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Imperial constitutiones arriving in Beirut were translated to Greek, published and then archived. - Previously you'd been using a serial comma. You need to keep this consistent throughout the article, whichever you choose.
For the sake of consitency I won't be using it here. -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • From 425 onward, Constantinople became a rival center of law study and was the only school, - Constantinope the city was not a school!
Well of course, I thought that was clear. My mistake... - Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • closed those of Alexandria, Caesarea Maritima and Athens in 529 CE.[1] - Again, serial comma.
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Academia
  • Ancient texts provide an idea of the curriculum, the teaching method, the course languages and the duration of the study. - Do you have a source for this statement?
This statement is an introduction to the "Preparatory studies" and "Curriculum" sections both of which are sourced. -Eli+ 12:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • grammar, rhetoric and encyclopedic sciences studies. - Serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another prerequisite was the mastery of Greek but also of the Latin language, - why but also?
I got carried away translating; removed -Eli+ 12:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • which is comparable to the one used in the rhetoric schools. - Which rhetoric schools? You haven't mentioned any that I know of.
Neither Collinet nor Jolowicz give examples, but rhetoric schools were widespread. -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ' and the lecturer would add his comments, consisting of references to analogous passages from imperial constitutions or from the works of prominent Roman jurists of the like of Ulpian. - I don't like how consisting fits here. Perhaps which consisted of or that consisted of?
Okay -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gaius, Ulpian, Papinian and Paul the jurist. - serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'The students of each year were distinguished by special names: 1st year, Dupondii; 2nd, Edictales; 3rd, Papinianistae; 4th, Lytae.[26] - I thought there were five years?
that was before the Justinian reform, review the passage plz -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • consisted of taught elements - Taught elements? I don't like it. It's too fluffy.
Yes it is :S >>> "lectures" -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • namely the Institutes, Digest and Code.[27][28] - Serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Footnote c: Digest should be capitalized.
Done -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • What are "cognomens"? I can tell but it should not be so unclear. This shouldn't be reading comprehension.
Okay, okay :S >> changed to "nickname" -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Professorial body
  • the scarce sources include historical accounts, juridic works, anthologies, ancient correspondences and funerary inscriptions. - serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rhetoric teacher Libanius wrote many letters of correspondence to a fourth-century law school professor called Domninus (the Elder). - Why put it in parentheses?
yes, u r right -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Libanius attempted to recruit Domninus in the school of Antioch where he taught, - This is mostly incomprehensible. What does that mean?
Libanius invited Domninus to teach with him at the school of Antioch. __ does this do it? -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cyrillus, Patricius, Domninus, Demosthenes, Eudoxius, Leontius and Amblichus.[32] - serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • He is believed to have taught from 400–410 CE to 538 CE. This is unclear, though I believe I know what it means. If you're unsure about the exact start date, make that obvious.
He is believed to have taught from c. 400 or c. 410 CE to 538 CE. -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ecumenical school of jurists. - Which was?
it's a succession of highly esteemed law masters: the oecumenical; oecumenical means "universal". I will hopefully start an article for this one too. -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC) [reply]
  • the Basilica or the Basilika? MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
Blame the wikipedia article -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • (υπομνημα των δεφινιτων) - Translation, please.
the name of the book roughly translates to "memo on definitions" (or treatise) but i prefer not to make that assertion on the article page; im no expert in Greek.-Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's just "treatise on definitions", but definition is of Latin derivation, not Greek. The form given by the sources are from a single citation in a late law text which is transliterating a Latin source, and the phrase need not be presented as a title. Best just to delete the parenthetical Greek and let the already present description as "treatise on definitions" suffice.  davidiad { t } 01:56, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Davidiad, greek text removed. Eli+ 22:36, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Patricius is a fifth-century teacher who garnered praise - Pretty sure he was a teacher. I don't think he's still around...
LOL okay, done -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Beirut law school. - Capitalize Law School.
I'll wait for a consensus on this one -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Later came Domninus the Younger, Demosthenes and Eudoxius, who were coevals. - Serial comma issue, and what are coevals?
replaced by contemporaries although i still think coevals is better -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Leontius was another Ecumenical Master, a son of Eudoxius and the father of Anatolius, who was summoned by the imperial court to assist with the writing of the Justinian Code. - This sentence is a mess.
rephrased -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Beirut law school - Caps!
you are HORRIBLE :P, I think I'm gonna wait for the consensus, all instances should become "Law school of Beirut" -Eli+ 13:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Euxenius was the brother of the city's bishop Eustathius and was involved in the 460 CE religious controversy caused by Timothy Aelurus.[39] - A brief description would be nice.
changes made; is this enough -Eli+ 13:43, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • e Dorotheus, Anatolius and Julianus. - Serial comma issue
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Julianus Antecessor, the last known professor of Beirut, is extolled by Theaetetus as "the light of the law". - Citation?
epithet given by Irnerius, documented by Pringsheim before Collinet
  • to the teachers, the city's bishop and the governor of Phoenicia Maritima.[28][43] - Serial comma issue.
first serial comma removed -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's a decent amount to do. More later. I have to weak oppose given the number of issues, but I don't think any will be difficult to fix. ceranthor 15:14, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hello Ceranthor, your comments are much appreciated. I wil startl fixing the issues as of tomorrow. Meanwhile stay calm, enjoy life, it's beautiful and please just DON'T SHOUT :P OOPS was that a serial comma ? :P -Eli+ 20:14, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Don't you worry, I spent a lot of time outside today! Sorry for the shouting, I just have a loud personality. ceranthor 00:47, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LOL, I'm happy for you. Ok, I don't want to vex you... but concerning the serial comma issue, which in my POV is not an issue. In my own experience, this is serial comma: I ate chinese food, fooken chicken, and whacked fox tails.; whereas there is no serial comma in this sentence I ate chinese food, fooken chickem and whacked fox tails. I haven't reviewed my text yet BUT I'm pretty sure I never used a serial comma there. Anyway a serial comma should not be an issue (even if it's there) as long as it clears confusion. I commend your thorough an comprehensive notes but for now I will overlook the serial comma issues you mentioned until I get a second opinion. I will be working on the article soon (I hope), real life is a bitch... but it's still beautiful... Keep smiling buddy :) -Eli+ 11:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Outside interjection: Wikipedia:MoS#Serial_commas requires that the choice to use serial commas or not be consistent within an article, except in those rare cases where to do so would cause confusion. (Examples are given in the MoS.) Unless it's one of those rare cases, all applicable sentences need to use the serial comma, or all applicable sentences need to omit it. (Either is fine.) – Quadell (talk) 18:38, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's exactly what I said. See above "Previously you'd been using a serial comma. You need to keep this consistent throughout the article, whichever you choose." The consistency is the serial comma issue. Sorry that was at all unclear. ceranthor 02:36, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I've been delighted to have this article ever since I first learned of it, and congratulate Eli on creating it and persevering to bring it to this level. I just wanted to express two reservations regarding the granting of FA status at this particular moment.
    • The source most ubiquitously cited is from 1925, and I'm concerned that FA status as a "model" article would make it seem like it's OK to base articles about classical antiquity on old sources. Let me qualify that by saying that 19th- and early 20th-scholarship is still considered foundational in the field of classical studies, and Mommsen will always be there. But when I took a cursory look at this topic (I mentioned it in Roman Empire#Secondary and higher education before the article existed), I found a lot of stuff from the 1990s to the present. There's been a boom in scholarship on late antiquity during the last three decades, and it seems underrepresented.
I understand your concern, but to my knowledge, Collinet was the only one to run such a dedicated & extensive study of classical sources on the subject. All the modern sources I have checked cite his work so what's the point in citing these newer sources if they don't add to Collinet's work. I don't think anyone can deny Collinet's authority on the subject; his insights and research are the most comprehensive so far. If you happen to have other sources please share them. I will check for other sources and the sources you have used for your secondary and higher education section to see if any address the law school. -Eli+ 11:14, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
MacAdam speaks of the importance of Collinet's work here, p.30;I could not have said it better: "Paul Collinet (1925) compiled the major textual evidence for the education of law in Beirut. Few new materials can be added to this exhaustive and authoritative publication (MacAdam, Henry Innes 2001, Studia et circenses: Beirut’s Roman Law School in its Colonial, Cultural Context, ARAM 13-14: 193-226.)" -Eli+ 05:06, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I should've brought this up earlier, and have been meaning to, but is this the correct title for the article? Seems like "Roman law" needs to be specified. And is "Law School of Beirut" a proper noun? (It doesn't seem to be in Mousourakis[17] [18] [19], CAH[20], Blackwell's Companion to Late Antiquity (2012) [21], or any source I've seen; hence I would disagree with the recommended capitalization above.) The title also raises the question of whether there are no other law schools in modern-day Beirut. Since the title doesn't point to it being about antiquity, and the top image is also of modern structures that don't represent the ancient institution, I find the "first glance" presentation to be a little confusing. I'm wondering whether School of Roman law at Beirut wouldn't be a more accurate title, per sources such as these: [22] (a translation of Mommsen himself), and [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]. (There are lots more.) This reference is not about Beirut, but indicates that "school of Roman law" is generically useful for these kinds of institutions. Fergus Millar for some reason even problematizes the word "school",[31] so I don't think we have a proper noun to work with anywhere. It isn't like the name of a modern university. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:05, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, I have removed the capitalization from the body, I dunno about the title though, most sources I have checked call the institution either law school of Beirut or - of Berytus. I don't see why we should complicate things further; consider the 'library of Alexandria', its name also raises the question of whether there are no other libraries in modern-day Alexandria, but for the sake of simplicity and for easier access to the topic, I think the title should remain as it is. I have added the variants you guys have suggested in the lead. -Eli+ 11:14, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Quadell (including spotchecks)[edit]

Resolved issues
Image review by Quadell
  • Why was File:Downtownbeirut.jpg chosen as the main image in the infobox? Is it simply a good picture of a landmark near where the school was? Or does "thought to lie to the north of" mean that the school would be visible in a photo from the same vantage point if it still existed?
    • Follow up: after reading the "location section", the issue is clearer. I would recommend changing the caption to something that makes the image's significance clearer. What would you think of this caption? "The exact location of the Law School of Beirut is uncertain, but it is thought to have lain just north of Nejmeh square, next to the Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral." Would that be a more explicit description of the importance of what we're seeing? – Quadell (talk) 15:48, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nitpick: The caption "Justinian I, who instigated the rewriting of Roman law." is not a sentence and should not have a period, per WP:MoS.

All other images are legitimately free, accurately tagged, appropriately used, and well captioned. – Quadell (talk) 13:32, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Main review
  • Many sources call it the "Law School of Berytus", as does the top image caption. I think this alternate name should be in the first sentence.
Okay, done. -Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since the lede should summarize information in the article body, and should not include information not found elsewhere, there is no need to cite the first paragraph. Instead, those citations should be included wherever those facts are stated in the body of the article.
all paragraphs are cited, refs in lead removed. -Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I feel that the Background section should remain separate from the History section. It seems to me that the title "Background" is fine, although something like "Roman jurisprudence" would also work. Would it fit better after the history section, do you think?
I can't think of any other way, I don't like the idea of putting it after the history section because i have arranged the text in chronological order.-Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Occident" links to Western world. Would it be better to use the term "Western world" instead?
fair enough. -Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nitpick: a comma is needed after "along with the Law School of Beiruit".
okay. -Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the sentence "The study course at the Law School of Beirut did not comprise the provincial laws of Phoenica;[21] it only included Roman law." could be reworded for clarity.
reworded -Eli+ 12:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Juridic texts were discussed and analyzed, and the lecturer would add his comments, consisting of references to analogous passages from imperial constitutions or from the works of prominent Roman jurists of the like of Ulpian." This needs rewording in several ways. I would recommend "The lecturer would discuss and analyze juridic texts, often adding his own comments. These comments included references to analogous passages from imperial constitutions, or from the works of prominent Roman jurists such as Ulpian." But any better wording of your choice will work.
thank you -Eli+ 12:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The prose in the first half of the "Professorial body" section isn't as good as the rest of the article. A style cleanup throughout the section would be wise. Examples of clunky or unclear bits are below.
  • The paragraph beginning "Rhetoric teacher Libanius..." is unclear. Was Libanius in the school of Beirut, and Dominius in the school of Antioch, when they corresponded?
It's the other way around, i reworded the passage. -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does anyone actually believe Cyrillus was teaching for 138 years? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the sentence.
OMG!!! I must have messed up, i rechecked the source it only says when he started teaching. -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Scholia" should link to Scholia, since most readers will not know the word.
Okay -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "...revealed a funerary monument which is believed to belong to the deceased Patricius" needs rewording. I don't believe he still owns it, and the fact that he was dead in the 20th century goes without saying.
Indeed -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "coevals"? That sentence may not even be needed. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rest of the paragraph or the Ecumenical Masters part of the article, and interrupts the flow. If you remove that sentence, I think the Leontius paragraph shoud be combined with the Patricius paragraph into a single paragraph. (We don't want a long list of very short paragraphs.)
Done -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The quality of the prose improves at the mention of Leontius, and the rest of the section is smoother and clearer.
  • The "Professorial body" section starts with a sentence that helps introduce and section. The "Notable students" section could use an introductory sentence that serves a similar function, so you're not thrown straight into Pamphilus. I'm not sure what it should say... perhaps something like "Most of the thousands of students who studied at the Law School of Beirut are not remembered by history, but many went on to achieve fame", but better than that. :)
right on -Eli+ 20:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "were more cognizable and of a superior style than" is a little clunky, and I'm not sure what a superior style would mean... perhaps "were more coherant and easily understood"?
Done ;) -Eli+ 22:36, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The second-to-last paragraph seems like it would be more at home in the "Notable students" section, rather than the "Legacy" section.
I dunno, it kinda introduces the later section and links the contributions of the teachers to the corpus and its later influence . Eli+ 22:36, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The structures of the Notes, References, and Bibliography sections are generally excellent.
  • Why are footnotes (a) and (b) not references?
I'm sorry i can't get hold of the full books for the two references and had to work with bits cited in other books and journals :S those two are ancient, would it make too much difference? I can always remove them in case there are other sources available, anyway let me know -Eli+ 23:26, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I performed spotchecks as of this revision, examining the sources for references 1, 7, 27, 38, 42, 49, and 55. In each case, the statement in the article was fully supported by the source text, and in no case was material copied verbatim in a inappropriate way. The sourcing seems great.
  • Would it be an improvement to move the long journal entries from References down to Bibliography? It would look better and be easier for the reader to follow, but I honestly don't know if it would be appropriate or not. (The word "Bibliography" seems to indicate books only, but Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies#Recommended structure gives information on citing journals and reports, and besides, you already include an encyclopedia entry in Bibliography.)
Done -Eli+ 23:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Digest of Justinian should be moved from References to Bibliography, regardless, since it's a book. It would be a hassle to find page numbers in such a difficult source, but I suspect that can be omitted if necessary , since the original publication did not have page numbers. (It would be better to have page numbers of the Monro translation for each statement, but it isn't necessary for me to support this nomination.)
Done -Eli+ 23:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK -Eli+ 23:22, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The url parameter of {{cite book}} is only to be used for cases where the book is available to be read online. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works says explicitly "A link to a Google Book should only be added if the book is available for preview." Most of the links to the book titles are fine, but the urls for Attridge, Jolowicz, Jones Hall, Pomeroy, Rawlinson, Sartre, and Sterk (if you'll excuse the serial comma) all link to the Lebanese version of Google Books, and the eBook is not available for these books, even in the English version. Therefore those URLs should be removed.
removed the ones without preview, others work fine -Eli+ 23:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There are still some issues with these links. Many of these link to the Lebanese version of Google Books (with navigation and such in Arabic script) even though the books themselves are in English. You should link to the English Google Books if you link to anything. At several of these (such as Jolowicz, Dumbarton Oaks, etc.), Google Books says "No ebook available". – Quadell (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
ok, you are right, the links are for the lebanese version, i didn't pay attention to that because I switched google settings to display the navigation in english... anyway i removed the .lb extention, the books should be easily browsable now. Although I don't think that Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works guidleines are applicable for source citing (description says:"This style guideline aims to create a consistent method of displaying lists of works, such as lists of texts, discographies and filmographies." and I believe this is only applicable in articles where a list of works is required eg. for a literary figure or .. a film director...) but i have removed the links to books without previews and reviewed all my google books links; all of them link to "preview" or "full view" books. I think we are dealing with an issue of per location availability of content here. All books, including Jolowicz and Lokin's can be previewed. -Eli+ 06:43, 19 August 2013 (UTC) [reply]
  • "Dupondii" is helpfully translated. It would be informative to translate at least "Iustiniani novi" for the reader, and perhaps the other names for years of study as well.
    • I still think this would be useful, but I don't think it's necessary for featured status. – Quadell (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "Legacy" section implies that work done at Beirut helped shape the legal systems that would become Byzantine law and later Western law in general. In my opinion, this section should overtly mention and link to these concepts through prose.
Tried to keep it as concise as possible; going into too much detail is very problematic here. Eli+ 22:36, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I understand not wanting to get too detailed in this. But you already say "this academic movement gave rise to the minds behind Justinian's juridic reforms" and Dorotheus' and Anatolius' additions to the Codex of Justinian "profoundly impacted the modern legal system" and "had a great influence on the juridic history of western Europe and its American colonies". Much of the section basically says that work done at Beirut helped shape the legal systems that would become Byzantine law and later Western law in general; but the text isn't as clear about it as it could be, and doesn't link to the articles on those concepts. – Quadell (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No one can be certain of the extent of the two Beiruti professors' contributions in compiling the CJS but the fact that they were summoned all the way to constantinople and the words of praise which which justinian showered them indicates their stature and level of knowledge. The later paragraphs highlight the importance of the work (the CJS) which was partly drafted by men from the law school of Beirut. I can't make the connection any more apparent :( -Eli+ 12:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Please carefully note what my original issue is here, and how I worded it. "In my opinion, this section should overtly mention and link to these concepts through prose." That's something you can do if you choose. Arguably, the most important thing about the law school is its impact on later Byzantine law and Western law in general. The article pretty-much says this (it even calls Beirut the "mother of laws"!), but it doesn't mention either of these legal systems, and doesn't link to them. This is not just a minor nitpick; it would be like an article on Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria not mentioning or linking to World War I. – Quadell (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Please be patient with me, i will tend to this issue shortly. -Eli+ 12:51, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In regard to the top point above, I'd like to renew my objections to treating any form of reference to this institution as a proper noun unless we can confirm usage in a preponderance of sources, preferably those dating from the last thirty years. My impression is that there is no "alternate name", because there is no proper name in the first place. It's just referred to as the "school of Roman law" at Berytus or Beirut, or generally as the law school at Beirut. Since it's a common noun rather than a proper noun, we need to specify that it's a school of Roman law, and where it's located. But I can't find evidence that it's a proper noun. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:27, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I have no opinion on whether "the law school of Beirut" or "The Law School of Beirut" is more appropriate. I just don't want the reader to be confused by references to Beirut vs. Berytus. – Quadell (talk) 19:32, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Many of my objections have not yet been resolved. – Quadell (talk) 22:09, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was working on the article as you were typing your message Quadell, if there's anything else, please let me know -Eli+ 23:22, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am very close to supporting, but I would need the reference format improved and legacy section to be made more explicit. – Quadell (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Middling support. Eli+ has addressed my concerns, and I believe this article now passes our FA criteria. It's not as good as the best FAs, and there are still areas that could be improved. (Translating and Wikilinking could be more consistent, a few notes could be better as references, some of the prose still could be improved...) But none of these are fatal flaws, and FA status does not mean "cannot be improved". – Quadell (talk) 14:05, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comments -- This article looks to have had a pretty thorough review but after six weeks the only declaration is a weak oppose. Unless I can see clear consensus to promote (or reject) the nomination in the next day or so, I'll have to archive as no consensus. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:09, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More Comments from Ceranthor
Notable students
  • While most of the law school's students names are not remembered by history - This is a little ambiguous. Are the students themselves not remembered? Or is it just that there aren't great records of who attended which school?
this is a nitpick, i think it's pretty obvious -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • and who went on to achieve fame - I don't know if this is used elsewhere in this article, but using "went on" or "goes on" always ends up making a phrase redundant. Just use later achieved fame; it's so much cleaner, always.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pamphilus later became the presbyter of Caesarea Maritima - Not sure if this is linked earlier in the article, but if it isn't, could you link it here for people like me who aren't immediately familiar with what a presbyter is?
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • and founder of its extensive Christian library. - Since you used a the for presbyter, it only makes sense to keep parallel structure and use a the for founder too.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Libanius' correspondence with Gaianus of Tyre discusses the latter's achievements after his graduation from the law school of Beirut. Gaianus became the consular governor of Phoenicia in 362.[49] - A semicolon would better combine these two sentences.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Location
  • "whose career was consecrated for the study of law". - Citation?
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Legacy
  • were more clearer - more clear
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • and of a more coherent - more coherent what? missing a word here.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • found what they needed at the time.” [69] - The reference for 69 skips a line. There must be an extra space here or this would not happen. It has to be fixed; it's hard to look at.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • with the Christian values - No "the" needed.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Leo’s work was written in Greek since Latin had fallen into disuse and its provisions - Comma after disuse.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • emperor Basil I's issued Why the apostrophe s?
That's what happens when you write a phrase over and over because there's always someone who doesn't like the way it's put together -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • 1913, Paul Huvelin the first dean of the newly established Université Saint-Joseph's Faculty of Law, - Appositive needs a comma after Huvelin.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
General
  • Keep it consistent. Either "fifth century" or "5th-century". Don't alternate; make sure you fix any mix-ups. There are a couple throughout the article.
OK -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this is quite ready to be promoted just yet. It is close, though, so I recommend getting a PR, using a good copyeditor (look through current FAC reviews for people who do prose commentary!!!), and bringing it back soon. I also left out my serial comma comments for this round, because at this point I'm confused as to what preference (with serial comma or without) you've chosen. The legacy section needs a decent amount of copyediting because it seems pretty choppy. Overall, wonderful article and stellar work. I look forward to seeing it at FAC again. ceranthor 02:09, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can't wait -Eli+ 12:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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The article was not promoted by User:Ian Rose 08:33, 22 August 2013 [32].

Perseus (constellation)[edit]

Nominator(s): StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:52, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I believe that it meets the FA criteria. From the peer review that was just archived, people seem to think that it is ready for an FAC. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:52, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - while I do believe that this article is generally good and could become a featured article, there are some sections of prose that need to be fixed:
    • Second paragraph of lede begins with "Its brightest star", which doesn't look too good. Please replace with something like "The brightest star in Perseus is..."
    • the annual Perseids meteor shower, one of the most prominent should become simply the prominent annual Perseids meteor shower.
      • I disagree with this change. While there is nothing specifically wrong with the proposed replacement, we lose the information that the Perseids is one of the most prominent meteor showers in the sky, not just your run-of-the-mill meteor shower. I've reworded it slightly to fix the word-sense ambiguity present, however. StringTheory11 (t • c) 22:57, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well that's okay. I'm perfectly fine with what you've done. Wer900 • talk 01:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • T'ien-tchouen, translated as the "Celestial Boat", was the third paranatellon of the third house of the White Tiger of the West. It represented the boats that Chinese people were reminded to build in case of a catastrophic flood season. Tsi-choui, translated as the "Swollen Waters", was the fourth paranatellon of the third house of the White Tiger of the West. It represented the potential of unusually high floods during the beginning of the flood season, which commenced at the end of August and beginning of September. Ta-ling, translated as the "Great Trench", was the fifth paranatellon of the third house of the White Tiger of the West. It represented the trenches where criminals executed en masse in August were interred. The pile of corpses prior to their interment was represented by Tsi-chi (Algol), the sixth paranatellon of the third house of the White Tiger.[3] This section is pretty choppy; some sections should be combined and there is no need to keep repeating the "third house of the White Tiger of the West."
    • The Double Cluster, h and χ Persei, had special significance in Chinese astronomy. Please add "also" before "had special significance."
    • The section heading "Characteristics" could be replaced with something stronger.
      • If we do this, I would rather we discuss this at WT:AST, as this is something that would need to be changed across a large number of constellation articles for consistency. StringTheory11 (t • c) 22:57, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Okay, then, we can keep "characteristics" as it's a good catch-all for the general information found in that section. Wer900 • talk 01:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The "Notable features" section does not, by my reckoning, appear to need any major change.Wer900 • talk 20:22, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Update - upon a closer reading of this section, I found some errors:
        • IC 348 is a somewhat young open cluster that still contains its nebulosity. I understood what this means, though it's a bit confusing and incorrect. How is it possible to "contain nebulosity"?
        • an object with a maximum mass of 6 times that of Jupiter and an orbital separation of 3.3 Astronomical Units.[43]; please make astronomical units lowercase.
        • ; at a redshift of 0.0179, it is the closest major cluster to Earth. Please link redshift as it is a concept many of our non-astronomer readers will not readily comprehend.
      • Once you've fixed the errors I mentioned, as well as others that other reviewers may identify, I'd be happy to support. Wer900 • talk 01:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support upon completion of image review.

Image review

  • Captions that aren't complete sentences shouldn't end in periods
  • File:Perseusurania.jpg: attributed author is an en-wiki user, but they are only the uploader, not the original author, and the upload date is not the date of creation/publication. (Both details are in the description link, just need to be changed in the template)

Note also that there are some HarvErrors that should be fixed before a source review. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:14, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • I've removed the {{sfn}} templates; no matter how hard I try to learn them, they always confuse me, so I've just switched them to plain text, which should work, I think. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:32, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (morally or otherwise as sometime tinkerer of the article) - I've done some editing on this over time and watched it improve. Only thing remaining is that it might be better to list when the September Perseid were discovered rather than just use "recently" - otherwise looking good on comprehensiveness and prose. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:44, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Thank you for addressing my concerns. The article appears to satisfy the FA criteria so I'm providing my support for promotion. Good work. Praemonitus (talk) 20:57, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It's a decent article and close to FA. I made a few edits and have some concerns that I'd like to see addressed:
  • The entry "Main stars 6, 22" in the infobox should be clarified in the article; possibly in the Characteristics section.
  • The sentence "Many brown dwarfs have been discovered in this cluster due to its age" needs clarification. A reader might assume from this that brown dwarfs evaporate, for instance.
  • The first use of "arc-second" and "galaxy cluster" needs to be linked.
  • "...well known for its low-star formation": what's a 'low-star'? It probably should read "low star formation", but why is this a reason to be well-known?
  • "...produces massive bubbles which surround the galaxy with its jets of material": This doesn't quite make sense to me. Is it trying to say: "...produces jets of material that surround the galaxy with massive bubbles"?
  • There are a few issues with the citations:
    • Why doesn't Dinwiddie (2005) have an ISBN?
    • Why does White et al (1982) list Astrophysical Journal twice?
    • The first use of SIMBAD should be wikilinked.
    • The author list for Levesque et al (2005) is inconsistent with the other journal citations.
    • For Mikolajewska (1992), why don't the initials for Kenyon appear?
    • 'Gary W. Kronk' is inconsistent with the other author entries.

Otherwise I'm ready to support. Thank you. Praemonitus (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Source review by Sasata (talk) 18:50, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • ref#1: author, accessdate?
  • titles are not consistently in title or sentence case
  • ref#6: "et al" should be "et al.", but more importantly, the author given (Dinwiddie) does not match that given by WorldCat (Rees). If only a chapter in this book was used, it should be formatted as such (i.e. fill out the "title", "chapter", "editor-last" parameters). Also, this book is written for a "juvenile audience"; does it qualify as a high-quality reliable source?
    • Removed as redundant; the next ref also gives the information, it seems. Consider this Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref#9: page #?
    • Hmm, the ref was in here before I started work on this article, and I don't have access to the book. If anyone has access to it, I would be grateful for help. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I did a Google Books search and it appears the cited information is on pages 60–61. Sasata (talk) 19:13, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:36, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • refs#24, 32, 39, 40, 57: issue?
  • There's no need to give the full publication date for journal articles, only the year is required (if you insist on the full date, ensure it's given consistently throughout)
  • please give full page ranges for journal articles
    • Appears to already be done. Could you point me to some specific examples? StringTheory11 (t • c) 02:56, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
ref#27 gives page 1254, when the actual page range is 1254–1257; ref#31 gives page 349, when it's actually 349–376; see also refs#39, 41, 42, etc. Sasata (talk) 19:09, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think I've done all of them now. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:36, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref#24: fix "comparaison"; issue# ?; it's redundant to give both the doi and the bibcode if they lead to the same place (check throughout article for other instances)
  • ref#29: et al. not italicized (unlike previous instance)
    • All are all not italicized (it appears that the templates automatically uses et al with more than 8 authors). Consider this Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref#33: missing a grapheme in the name Krtička and an a-acute in Kubát. (Similar issues with "Mikołajewska", ref#39 and Jørgensen, ref #57). Why does this article not have a volume, issue and page#'s?
    • Diacritics Done, but there does not appear to be a volume, issue, or pages associated with this, strangely. Could somebody else look into this? StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:02, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm, I can't find this info either, so nevermind. Sasata (talk) 19:09, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref#39: shouldn't link to an abstract unless you use {{subscription required}} template. Probably best to unlink (or better yet, link to the fulltext here), and add the doi (10.1086/116085)
  • ref#44: page #'s?; journal name should be italicized
    • I've replaced the ref as I had trouble finding it, so Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:18, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ref#50: Spitzer is italicized according to source; add missing space; use endash rather than hyphen for number range
  • ref#52: ISBN missing hyphenation (unlike most other examples). You might consider converting all of the isbn-10s to the recommended isbn-13s (there's a tool here)
    • ISBN removed. I don't know where the bot got that from, so Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 21:18, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • refs#58, 59, 61: publisher should be Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
  • ref#62: this is the only book source that gives the publisher location
  • ref#63: fix formatting of authorlink; should update 4-year-old accessdate (ensure source still supports cited text)
  • author format in "Further reading" section slightly different than previous (use of "and"); could this source just be used in the article somewhere?
I tweaked a few more; the reference like fine now. Here's a few nitpicky comments from a quick readthrough of the article:
  • "It is a great target for astrophotographers." doesn't sound like neutral encyclopedic language
  • "Due to its low surface brightness, it is a very difficult object when observed visually." Difficult in what way? Perhaps ", it is difficult to observe visually."
  • "The September Epsilon Perseids are a recently discovered meteor shower" should avoid the use of the datable word "recently" and maybe just give the year of discovery instead
  • please check article for duplicate links like open cluster, Double Cluster, NGC 1275, IC 348
  • link Greek mythology, Chinese constellations, X-ray, accretion disc, spectrum, symbiotic binary, megaparsec; is there an appropriate link for Shapley class?; Gorgon should be linked earlier
  • T'ien-tchouen, Tsi-choui,Ta-ling, Tsi-chi, His and Ho should be italicized as they are non-English
  • "third brightest star" should be hyphenated
  • "that they are distorted into egg-shapes." should not be hypenated
  • "An interesting member is X Persei" shouldn't tell the reader what is interesting, per NPOV
  • "it is too dim to seen even on the best nights." What is "best"? Do you mean "clearest"?
  • "It is one of the more massive stars, with a mass between 26 and 32 solar masses." repetition
  • the abbreviation "ly" is used but never defined (and is used inconsistently–sometimes spelled out, sometimes not); conversions to pc are inconsistently given
  • "These classifications indicate that they are both quite rich; NGC 869 is the richer of the pair." what does rich mean in this context?
  • "M34 can be resolved even with good eyesight"
  • "and peaking in activity being between August 9" fix

Oppose - the prose is not to FA standard. Here are some examples:

  • "a double star with one component being in between an O-type giant and a B-type main sequence star, and the other component being a neutron star". Fused participle and bad phrasing
  • "with the brightest (SU Persei) only being of magnitude 7.9" Fused participle
  • "An interesting member is X Persei," Non-encyclopedic tone
  • "In this system, one component is likely a black hole" Poor grammar
  • "and peaking in activity being between August 9 and 14 each year" Poor grammar

*Ref 62 is missing a page number(s)

    • Again, I do not have access to this book, as it only has a snippet view on Google Books and this reference was in the article before I started work on it. Any help is appreciated. StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:09, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I spotted these after a cursory reading. I think a thorough copyedit is needed. Graham Colm (talk) 21:55, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've requested a copyedit at the GOCE. StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:11, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Further comments

  • Here, "It is 92.8 light-years (ly) from Earth" - I can't see where the abbreviation for light years is used again.
  • There's a fused participle here, "with SU Persei (the brightest of the three) having an apparent magnitude of only 7.9,[37] making it visible through binoculars." How about The stars are not visible to the naked eye; SU Persei (the brightest of the three) has an apparent magnitude of only 7.9, but it is visible through binoculars.
  • Can we fix the close repetition here "...in this case a red giant. The red giant is transferring..."?
  • This is confusing, "The system is one of the few eclipsing binary symbiotic binaries." binary binaries?
  • With regard to the missing page numbers in (now) reference 64 (about the the sound waves), if the page numbers cannot be found why not use this NASA source instead [33]. Graham Colm (talk) 05:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - Hi, I'm working on the requested copyedit and have a couple thoughts you may want to consider. The History and Mythology section is a little thin, I would love to see more detail of the Andromeda myth and, if possible, the Babylonian associations. I think this paper or this paper would be good resources to check out. Also, Ian Ridpath gives details of which stars were in each of the Chinese constellations in Star Tales. I might not have time to SOFIXIT this weekend (conference), but if you want me to add some of that I'd be happy to. :) Great work here! Keilana|Parlez ici 18:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it's taken awhile to do this; I just saw it and I'll get to it tomorrow. StringTheory11 (t • c) 06:10, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think the Greek section is good now, but I have literally no knowledge of Chinese or Babylonian mythology, so it might be better if somebody else does that. StringTheory11 (t • c) 19:21, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Apparently someone said that bibcodes shouldn't be present on this article. I don't know what the logic behind that rationale is, but it can't be very well thought out. Bibcodes are the most useful astronomical identifiers, and give links to the ADSABS database. Omitting them from the article introduces a big flaw, and greatly reduces the value of the references given. Bibcodes need to stay, otherwise this article does not meet the standards for FAs.Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've removed the DOIs and inserted the bibcodes instead. The problem was that there was the preference that each reference should only have one external link to the article, and we had both the bibcode and DOI, so I removed the bibcodes, but I'll reinsert them and remove the DOIs instead. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:55, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hmm, on closer examination, it appears that the bibcodes take us to a different place (although still the same article) than the DOIs. Therefore, I'm leaving both in the article unless somebody says otherwise. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:58, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from hamiltonstone[edit]

Oppose at present, just on the issue of the section on chinese astronomy. I have done some further hunting on this. The current sole source for these paras is classed as "juvenile non-fiction". I used google scholar to find a couple of serious texts on chinese astronomy, and hit upon Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China: The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing' By Christopher Cullen, and The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society edited by Xiaochun Sun, Jacob Kistemaker. I tried to do word searches of both of these on the various constellation names (both chinese and in English) that are referred to in the article text, and came up with nothing. This is on top of fiinding no obvious correlation between the constellations / legends reported in this article, and the contellation names etc in the articles that are cited in the WP article on chinese astronomy. This paragraph needs to be redone based on some reputable sources. I am happy to support if this can be fixed - the rest looks OK. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:31, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I currently don't have access to a library to look for book sources on this, but if you want, I can look for some in early September, when I should next have library access. I'll hunt around on Google and Google Scholar a bit too; I'll hopefully find some stuff within the next week. StringTheory11 (t • c) 18:15, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prose issues (since resolved):

  • "East (the cardinal direction)..." what is the point here? Other directions are not cardinal? I didn't understand this.
  • "In the sky, Perseus is near Andromeda, Cepheus, Andromeda's mother Cassiopeia, Cetus, and Pegasus." Sounds clumsy. Also, are these things all constellations? Are any of them stars? Can't tell.
  • "Four Chinese constellations existed in the area of the sky now assigned to Perseus". Nobody owns the sky: on what basis does it say that the Chinese constellations no longer exist? "assigned" sounds a little strange too.
  • Given that there is no article on paranatellons, the term is going to have to be explained briefly.
    • Isn't that the purpose of redlinks; to point to articles that need to be started? I don't see the issue here. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:31, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, but the reader still needs to be able to understand this article. Without a brief concept of what a paranatellon is, this passage isn't readily comprehended. That would actually still be true even if there was an article on p's. Suggest a phrase be added to give the reader something to work with. hamiltonstone (talk) 01:30, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Actually, I had a look at the chinese astronomy article, two of the sources cited for it, and googled it, and I'm now not happy with this paragraph. None of the sources I read used "paranatellon" at all, they referred to mansions or lunar lodges / lodges; and the names / characters etc assoicated with the constellations did not appear to be those referred to in the current article. I am now not confident that the Staal source is high quality. Suggest editors do a bit of reading and re-frame this para. hamiltonstone (talk) 05:31, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Pinging @Keilana:, who seems to know a lot about chinese astronomy and has added most of the section. StringTheory11 (t • c) 15:31, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Hi. I'm at Wikimania and therefore don't have access to my Chinese sources (yes, I realize that's funny as I am in Hong Kong) but paranatellons are the same as lunar mansions, as far as I know. As for the reliability of Staal, most of what he says is corroborated in other sources and I find him to be fairly reliable. If there's a specific statement sourced there that you have issues with, I have access to plenty of alternative sources we could try. What statements are you concerned about? Keilana|Parlez ici 01:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Mirfak has a luminosity of 5,000 times the sun and diameter of 42 times that of our sun" needs rephrasing.

Maybe "Mirfak has 5,000 times the luminosity and 42 times the diameter of the sun"?

  • "of another moving group of bright blue-white giant and supergiant stars" Moving group???
  • "Once thought to be a member,[26] Omicron Persei..." A member of what?
  • "They are so close to each other that they are distorted into egg shapes." Would probably delete this factoid. If you don't want to delete it, then the para needs a copyedit to avoid the repetition of the phrase "each other" in consecutive sentences.
    • I think the new wording should work, so Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:31, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "...the system is thought to lie too far to belong to the Zeta Persei group". This needs reworking. I sort of understand, but the "too far" needs a subject. Too far from what? Presumably from the star/s that definitely form the Zeta Persei group, but it isn't well expressed.
  • The whole thing about GK Persei is a bit odd. There seems too much detail for events that occurred over a century ago. The passage concludes "It faded to 13th magnitude around 30 years after its peak brightness". That would have been circa 1930. What is its magnitude now? At such incredible faintness, this would make it one of thousands of stars within the field of the constellation. Should it really be singled out? I'm not sure.
    • The reason it's interesting is for how bright it got; magnitude 0.2 is incredibly bright. I've trimmed out a little of it, so Done. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:31, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is some variation in the expression of magnitudes, sometimes with no decimal places, sometimes one decimal place and sometimes two. I don't know if this is an issue or not. The one place I found it odd was in describing the magnitude of a galaxy to two decimal places, which as a lay person I found slightly counterintuitive - a high level of precision for something that is an object made up of many light sources.
    • I personally don't see the issue here. I'm just reporting the values given by the sources here. StringTheory11 (t • c) 20:31, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's about it. hamiltonstone (talk) 00:40, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- This has been open almost two months and I need to know where we're at re. the outstanding oppose. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Not happy with the quality of the prose, sorry, as I can see String has made a great effort to promote this, especially on such a tricky subject. I think it has a lot of short sentences and random statements which lacks the polish of an FA, especially on such a scientific topic. I think it still needs a copyedit to rid of a lot of the snappy sentences and to improve the flow.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:08, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that these articles are extremely tricky to get right...and the bigger ones are the worst...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:16, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It does look a very difficult article to write, largely because it is an account of observation through a lens unlike worldly topics. I was initially uncertain as to whether or not it was scientifically as comprehensive as it could be but in fairness given its extreme size and how very little man really knows about it, it's likely fine. I'd like to see the article flow better though before I'm ready to support for FA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:45, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we're certainly no closer to consensus to promote than when last I checked here, so I'm going to archive this and ask that further work take place outside FAC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk)
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1985 Wales vs Scotland football match[edit]

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The article was not promoted by User:Ian Rose 02:33, 17 August 2013 [34].

Nominator(s): Hammersfan (talk) 15:57, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a significant game between two of the UK's Home Nations for many reasons - it was one of the first to take place after the demise of the British Home Championship, it was against the backdrop of increasing hooliganism in England that had led to English clubs being banned from European football and the potential of wider political action to combat the problem, it was a game that would lead to one of the two teams participating qualifying for the 1986 World Cup, and it saw the death of Scotland manager Jock Stein in the stadium at the very end of the game. It has gone through the review process for GA status, and I would like to see what else would need to be done to get it to the highest status possible.Hammersfan (talk) 15:57, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • The second paragraph of the lead really needs more than a semi-colon to separate the items. This is a very long sentence and starts to run-on after a while.
  • Recent results: Since Spain was linked in the previous section, another link isn't needed here.
  • England and Iceland were also linked already.
  • Choice of venue: Another England link here. The whole article could use a run-through to get rid of these and other excess links that may be present.
  • Pressure on Jock Stein: Hyphen after "Group 7 was one of three UEFA qualifying groups with only four teams" should be an en dash instead per the MoS.
  • Potential for government intervention: Ref 26 should be moved outside the punctuation.
  • Again, the Margaret Thatcher sentence is enormous. There's way too much there for one sentence. In general, I see a tendency to clutter too much content into certain sentences, which doesn't make for brilliant prose.
  • "on the 1st June 1985" → "on 1 June 1985".
  • Another general tendency I've seen is for sentences to have "with ... -ing" kinds of structures. There are usually better ways to write such sentences, and I'm not thrilled to see so many of them in the half of the article I've read so far. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a little unclear as to what you mean by "with ... -ing"; please can you give a little guidance. Hammersfan (talk) 08:44, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The example that Shudde gave below is one of many that I see in the article. Hopefully you can use that to help spot other similar instances that exist. For fixing them, this is the best resource that I know of, and I find it very helpful for improving writing in general. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:08, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Oppose – I have a few comments, this is far from a comprehensive review. If these are addressed I'll come back and give it a more thorough read.

  • The structure of the article is very off-putting. There seems to be a lot of very small sections that I'm not sure should necessarily stand on their own. For example: Referee and Television broadcast
  • "The game was both teams' final match of the qualifying tournament, and both were still able to gain a place at the finals in Mexico; Wales needed to win the game, while Scotland knew that a draw would be enough." – this reads poorly. Why is the result not mentioned early on? This information is less important to the reader then saying the result, and the consequences of it: that Scotland won and therefore progressed to the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals.
    • On reading again, this wasn't enough for them to qualify, they still needed to win a play-off against Australia. This needs to be reworded and clarified.
  • "Despite Scotland having the advantage in the group, thanks to a superior goal difference, they went into the game as underdogs due to a number of their senior players being unavailable due to either injury or suspension, and because they had lost to Wales in the return fixture at Hampden Park in Glasgow the previous March." – This reads badly as well; consider rewording. For a reader unfamiliar with football, they'd find this very confusing.
  • There are a proliferation of tables and images that I don't think add anything to the article. I think the tables in particular are used rather than a sentence or two of prose. In Head-to-head for example, I think the table should be either removed or moved to the right, and the image of the UK home nations removed (it adds little value).
  • I agree with Giants regarding the use of "with ... -ing": for example:
    • "The British Home Championship had ended in the 1983–84 season, with England having announced their decision to withdraw from the competition on the 19th August 1983" instead maybe "The British Home Championship ended in the 1983–84 season after England withdrew from the competition"
  • What is the distinction between Background and Build-up? Are they not basically synonyms? I believe Recent results should be moved into background, and the table of results removed.
  • Again I'm not sure the value of the table in Choice of venue – the prose should do an adequate job, and the table reads as arbitrary. Why select that particular time-frame?
  • I'm not sure about the section Potential for government intervention – there were fears of a government crack-down, but nothing came of it. More needs to be said on this for it to remain. How great were these fears, what was done as a result, and what is mean't by "to extend the measures it was putting in place to crack down on hooliganism in England to Scotland and Wales."? What were these measures?
  • You need to cull some of the images. I would recommend eliminating the ones of Margaret Thatcher, the eye image (that should definitely go), the image of Gordon Strachan, and probably more.
  • I believe Post-match should be renamed Death of Jock Stein
  • A lot of the Aftermath section is just tables and images. I'm not sure of the value of the table of Scotland and Wales results are, and I'm the same with Welsh home venues.
  • I think that tables can add a lot of value to articles, especially those that are a bit statistics heavy, however I'm not sure that the prolific use of them enhances the article here.
  • I'm getting a harvard ref error for "Inglis 1983" – you should double check it's linking correctly.
  • Why does the TOC only have level two headers? – Shudde talk 01:45, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Changing to oppose. Nothing has been addressed since my comments were added, and the article has not been edited by the nominator since 4 May: I'm not sure what chance this nomination has without some work being done on the article. – Shudde talk 04:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Yes, I'd expect the above comments to have been actioned long before now, so will be archiving this nom shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:16, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Yarborough v. Alvarado[edit]

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The article was not promoted by User:Ian Rose 02:33, 17 August 2013 [35].

Nominator(s): -- Sailing to Byzantium (msg), 19:20, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because it has gone through the GA process and I believe it is up to FA standards! -- Sailing to Byzantium (msg), 19:20, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  • Alt text present, no problems in that area.
  • No dabs, no problems in that area.
  • Too much use of primary references. There are 195 law review articles that at least mention this case, some would clearly cover some of the material that is supported by citations to primary references. While in SCOTUS articles, primary references should be used, they should be used in conjunction with secondary sources. While the law review articles would require access to Lexis, Westlaw, Hein, EBSCO, or JSTOR, there are also plenty of secondary sources available from GoogleBooks. GoogleScholar also has some secondary sources available.
  • Several sections are way too short, consisting of a single sentence. These need to be either expanded or combined with other sections.
  • In general, the article needs to go into more depth. Several sections are good, but overall the article does not have the depth required for a featured article.
  • Case names are not italicized in the article (see WP:MOSLAW).
  • Legal materials are not cited appropriately per MOSLAW. SCOTUS generally uses a Bluebook citation style, and MOSLAW states "Cite to legal materials (constitutions, statutes, legislative history, administrative regulations, and cases) according to the generally accepted citation style for the relevant jurisdictions."

Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 14:50, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is really valuable feedback, thanks. -- Sailing to Byzantium (msg), 18:42, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Have these issues been addressed? – Quadell (talk) 21:44, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not that I can tell. It looks like the only activity has been CitationBot has been run on the article. GregJackP Boomer! 00:45, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- There's been plenty of time to action this first round of comments and the fact that hasn't occurred doesn't auger well for any additional reviews, so I'll be archiving the nom shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:16, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Chartered Institute of Public Relations[edit]

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The article was not promoted by User:Ian Rose 10:21, 13 August 2013 [36].

Nominator(s): CorporateM (Talk) 00:21, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article achieved Good Article status nearly one year ago. Since then I have done many GAs and want to step my editing contributions up to the next level. This is a fairly small and simple article on a topic I am knowledgeable on making it an excellent starting point for a future FA contributor. CorporateM (Talk) 00:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment, leaning oppose I note that the first 55 years of the organisation's history is accorded one paragraph, and the most recent ten years five paragraphs. Does this really reflect the events in this organisation's history? The 'organization' (sic, given that this is a UK body) and 'Services' sections also seem heavily weighted to recent developments. Nick-D (talk) 07:25, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
also some informality you wouldn't expect in an encyclopaedia article (don't) and some information could surely be updated (As of 2003 few members...) Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:56, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on most grounds: 1a/1b/1c/2a/2b. The 65 year history of this organization essentially doesn't appear in this article, and to the extent that it does, it lacks needed context. It seems to have roots in a "Public Relations Officers conference", but what was that? There's no wikilink there, and I can't immediately determine what the "Public Relations Officers" was; is it a predecessor organization? Who founded the IPR? For that matter, what did the IPR do before 1952 (the first date that appears in the highly non-chronological Services section), and to some extent before 1980 (the first date cited for the organization as anything other than a publisher). This lack of historical perspective places an undue weight on recent activities. In general, this article needs more content, better organization, and a lead that summarizes that information. I'm also dubious (but willing to be convinced otherwise) about the heavy use of PRWeek as a reference; the degree to which industry trade mags are truly independent of the companies they report on varies widely between magazines, and I'm not sure where this periodical falls on that scale. In any case, it'd be nice to see references from a wider variety of mainstream publications, especially given the decades of history here. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Based on your comments, I don't think enough sources exist on the subject to meet the FA criteria. It's a very small article on a less notable organization, which is why I chose it. I'll have to find a larger article to get my FA training wheels on. CorporateM (Talk) 11:53, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Unless I hear otherwise from the nominator (or reviewers for that matter), I plan on taking the last comment as a withdrawal request and will archive the nom. Based on my own brief scan it does look to be a reasonably solid GA but not FA-level in terms of detail/coverage. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj[edit]

Nominator(s): Mongolkhun (talk) 01:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because now the article looks it may fit into Featured Article status. I contributed to last editions to tweak the text. Thank you. Mongolkhun (talk) 01:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, 1a, 1c, and 1d at the minimum. I'm sorry but this, in my opinion, has not been adequately prepared. It was recently rated B-class and you got some good suggestions to start with. I see there was also a peer review with no participation—I recommend opening a peer review and waiting for full participation if you want to develop a worklist. At a high level, I noticed:

  • The writing, especially in the lead, approaches being reverential in tone. There are also quite a few common grammatical and formatting errors throughout the whole plage—it will need a thorough copyedit after content and source issues have been addressed.
  • A laudatory statement in the lead is sourced to what looks like a PR release by the Mongolian government. This is not a neutral source.
  • The sourcing in general is sub-par, without any discernible formatting strategy or compliance with WP:RS. WikiLeaks and "International Society for Individual Liberty" are cited just in the lead... these are not reliable or acceptable as used. There are innumerable other sources throughout the article that don't meet WP:RS.

A lot of this is beyond simple editing, and will require being completely rewritten and re-sourced to meet even A-class or GA standards. Please close this nomination. --Laser brain (talk) 15:07, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the Wikileaks reference with news reference and removed the "International Society for Individual Liberty" citation from the lead as per Laser_brain. Mongolkhun (talk) 05:55, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- On a quick scan I'm afraid I can only agree with the concerns expressed above re. reverential/hagiographic tone, so I'll be archiving it shortly. This needs a thorough copyedit and peer review before considering a return to FAC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:40, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Fishing Creek Confederacy[edit]

Nominator(s): King Jakob C2 01:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because last April, it passed a GA nomination. A peer review for the article has now been completed, so I feel that the article can now be made a featured article. Thank you. King Jakob C2 01:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose pending significant source cleanup. FN1 seems to be the same source as in later short cites, but includes a huge page range and is missing one author. All books are missing publishers, all newspapers are missing page numbers, and the formatting is in general very messy. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:58, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I have fixed most of the sourcing issues, but references 6, 8, and 17 are slightly problematic, as I only have access to the individual articles and not the newspapers themselves, and so am not able to determine the page numbers. Still, they are dated and the newspapers and articles are titled, so if someone is determined enough to find the newspapers, then isn't it verifiable enough? King Jakob C2 16:19, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I thought User:Cdtew's comments during the peer review were right on the mark. In particular, your lead doesn't really get at the significance or consequences of what would otherwise have been a non-story. - Dank (push to talk) 19:44, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for working on the lead. There are also misspellings and grammatical mistakes; ask around for help with the prose. - Dank (push to talk) 01:39, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. It could really do with a good copyedit (you might try the Guild); in particular, check for the repetition of phrases or words in close succession (e.g. the use of "tension" in the opening section, where I think it is used six times in two paragraphs). Hchc2009 (talk) 08:40, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Dank: @Hchc2009: I listed the article at the GOCE requests page, but in the meantime have done some tidying up myself. King Jakob C2 13:15, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I won't oppose because I don't want to pile on, but I also think the article needs further work. One piece of advice I will give is to cut down on the number of one-sentence paragraphs in the article. I count three, and they are particularly noticeable towards the end. Giants2008 (Talk) 19:11, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • They've all been merged into other paragraphs now. King Jakob C2 19:17, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- It doesn't appear to me that the objections raised above will be overcome any time soon so I'll be archiving this nomination. I might note also that there's some serious overlinking in the article, e.g. professional, amateur, historian, and what seems to me a totally unnecessary redlink, military uprising -- all just in the lead. Please take on board the comments above and rework the article accordingly -- it can be renominated at FAC after a minimum two-week break. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:32, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Joseph P. Kennedy III[edit]

Nominator(s): Designate (talk) 02:01, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A novice U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, grand-nephew of a murdered president. Very few achievements so far, so consider this a minor article on a well-documented young politician. —Designate (talk) 02:01, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whereas with WP:GA there is very little enforcement of the breadth requirment, at WP:FA topics that are not broad enough and interesting enough tend not to pass. For a politician this is a very narrow article at this point in his career. Even if the article meets WP:MOS, it seems to me that the topic will have difficulty passing WP:FAC.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:47, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there is no "breadth requirement" in the FA criteria. It's "a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature", though. —Designate (talk) 11:23, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Assuming there is no other relevant literature, this is more than long enough to pass. Gagak Item passed with barely half as much prose. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The only discussion of length or breadth is criteria 1b which merely requires that a featured article be "comprehensive" in that it does not neglect major facts or details. I've seen several FAs shorter than this candidate. I do not see anything that stands out to me as lacking in a cursory perusal of the article, but will look the article over in detail shortly.--ColonelHenry (talk) 22:39, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Source review - spotchecks not done, no comment on source comprehensiveness

  • FN6, 13: missing italics
  • Use consistent date formatting
  • FN21: formatting
  • Compare formatting of FNs 18 and 26
  • FN33: don't use all-caps
  • Don't repeat cited sources in External links
  • Can you justify Ballotpedia with respect to WP:EL/WP:ELNO? Nikkimaria (talk) 22:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, these have been fixed. I opened a discussion on WP:EL/N about Ballotpedia. —Designate (talk) 13:22, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I agree with Crisco re "breadth" etc, but it does concern me that as a Congressman of 6 months standing nearly every time he does anything at all ought to be added to his article for the next couple of years or so. Johnbod (talk) 19:12, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - haven't got time for a full read, but ref #6 to Sports Illustrated looks dubious (or maybe citations have been mixed up). Neither the long quote (b) nor the internship (c) are covered by this article. GermanJoe (talk) 21:19, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image check - all OK (PD-USGov, Flickr with no apparent problems, YT-image). Sources and authors provided.

  • File:Joseph_P_Kennedy_III_in_Dominican_Republic.png - OK. I had to do some soul-searching about this one: generally YouTube is not a reliable source for free media, but this YT-channel is linked from the Peace Corps-homepage. It should be OK to use, created by a member of a federal agency. If questions arise, the channel owner could be contacted, but i don't think it's necessary. GermanJoe (talk) 22:30, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- I'm afraid that after remaining open almost a month with no comments since the first week, this nom appears well and truly stalled, and will be archived. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:02, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Uncle David[edit]

Nominator(s): Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this article on a British, low-budget avant-garde film for featured article because it attained GA status a few months back, and currently uses all information available on the subject; in essence, its as comprehensive as it is going to get. I believe that it meets the FA criteria, and would make an interesting addition to Wikipedia's collection of Featured Articles. Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comments -- Not sure why there's so little interest in this nom but it's been a month, so I'll be archiving it shortly. Given the dearth of reviews, you can renominate in less that the usual two-week break if you choose. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:24, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season[edit]

Nominator(s): Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:03, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The 1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season marked the beginning of a decade long trend of deadly cyclones in what was then East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), culminating with the deadliest tropical cyclone on record in 1970. In 1960, East Pakistan was struck by two particularly devastating storms, resulting in over 20,000 fatalities. In light of these storms, the local government sought help from the United States for providing the public with better cyclone preparation plans. Overall, the season featured fifteen depressions, five of which developed into cyclonic storms. The collective loss of life from these systems reached 20,299.

While information is generally scarce, for reasons unknown to me, the India Meteorological Department's annual cyclone report provides sufficient info on all of the year's storms. The article is as comprehensive as can be with the available information. I hope you all enjoy reading this and as always, all thoughts and comments are welcome! Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:03, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Right off the bat, I'm confused. The 1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured two deadly tropical cyclones that killed approximately 20,000 people in East Pakistan. - was this 20,000 each, or collectively?
  • The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. - since this could be the first NIO season FA, it should set a good standard, meaning I'd love if this was sourced. It also seems to be slightly redundant to what appears later - On average, four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with dual peaks in activity during May and November. Since the latter sentence is more helpful, I'd cut the first bit. I should note, though, that ref #1 (the IMD one) isn't working for me. Perhaps it's a bad link?
  • Cyclones that occurred between 45°E and 100°E are included in seasonal records by the IMD. - should it be "are" or "were"? The database is technically still ongoing, but they were put in only once, right?
  • I would link the first instance of "cyclonic storms" to cyclonic storm.
  • "The majority of the activity took place in the Bay of Bengal, where eleven systems formed in total. The season's first storm formed over the Arabian Sea on May 10." - I feel like this would work fanjastically if it had a semicolon and "however", or a but, linking the two. I would be so happy about that.
  • "Though it remained over water for its entire existence, several vessels encountered the storm and reported hurricane-force winds accompanied by barometric air pressure of 974 mbar (hPa; 28.77 inHg)." - eek, a bit long. Don't freak out people in the lede with too much text.
  • "The storm producing a 6.1 m (20 ft) storm tide that swept 16 km (10 mi) inland" - "producing" --> "produced"
  • There is a discrepancy between "Severe Cyclonic Storm One" and its infobox calling it a "Very Severe Cyclonic Storm" (which is also how it's mentioned in the timeline).
    • The VSCS and SuCS categories didn't exist at the time. It was merely a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a hurricane core. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:14, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're inconsistent when you refer to multiple days. I see "May 14 and 17" and "August 8 through August 14".
  • Is "a wave of low pressure" a thing? The next sentence confused me when you said "this upper-level system".
  • "Once onshore, the depression degenerated into a remnant low, the remnants which persisted until August 28 when they were absorbed into a trough over Rajasthan Pradesh." - a general complaint of the article is that you have some shorter sentences that could easily be merged.
  • "and Uttar Pradeshes" - if you're doing the plural, I think it should be lowercase "pradeshes" (and maybe link?)
  • Depression Seven has - "to $9.2 million" - but the source says $9.24. I'd add the extra decimal place. However, the infobox for the whole article says $9.4 million. And nowhere does it say it's in 1960 USD, or any other currency.
  • "An estimated 6,000 people perished " - was this overall?
  • "by the nation's poor infrastructure" - East Pakistan wasn't a nation though. I'd get rid of "nation" to simplify matters.
  • I'd link storm surge earlier than SCS 10.
  • Were there actual "tidal waves"?
  • "Offshore, these waves were estimated at 12.2 m (40 ft); though they significantly decreased before impacting land." - any reason you used semicolon and not comma?
  • UN provides some updated death tolls for storms 9 and 10.
  • "Cittagong" - typo? It should be Chittagong.
  • Is the "tropical wave" mentioned in the final storm a typical tropical wave?
  • The link to List of notable tropical cyclones in the see also section goes to List of tropical cyclone records. Is there a reason that is there?

All in all pretty good, just some minor things here. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment The lead says, "These systems marked the start of an unusually active period of cyclones impacting East Pakistan, culminating ten years later with the 1970 Bhola cyclone, which killed between 300,000 and 500,000" But this is not mentioned in the body of the article. This needs to be there somewhere, perhaps towards the end?--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:26, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Normally something like that would go in a season summary section, but there's not enough information available to support one. I felt it more appropriate to keep it in the lead than just let it sit in a stubby section alone. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:14, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comment -- Open for over a month and no commentary for a couple of weeks, this review has stalled and will be archived shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:02, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Whaam![edit]

Nominator(s): TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:01, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because this is a highly important work of art that has a September 28, 2013 50th anniversary of its first exhibition. Over the last few years Roy Lichtenstein's modestly notable works have been selling in the $42–56 million dollar range. This is his single most important/famous work. At an absolute minimum it would sell for $70 million but could sell for two or three times that. If it were to ever be sold it would surely land on the List of most expensive paintings. It is one of if not the very most valuable military art painting in the world.

Please note that Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Drowning Girl/archive1 remains open but appears to be on the verge of promotion, that I have been granted leave to open this discussion now, and that I have requested closure of Wikipedia:Peer review/Whaam!/archive1. Although I don't think it is an issue, for full disclosure, I note that Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Whaam! is underway.‎TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:01, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Well that's the thing, Tony... I have no issue with commencing this FAC before Drowning Girl is closed, since the latter is close to that point, but you should've requested withdrawal of the Whaam ACR before starting this. Anyway, wearing my MilHist coordinator's hat, I'll archive the ACR now. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:21, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Theramin[edit]

  • Well, this is getting there, slowly. I have applied a light flame-thrower to the under-brush (feel free to revert if you prefer) but I think you need some more copy-editing by a non-specialist. I have to confess to being stumped by the paragraph that starts "The most important element of Lichtenstein's procedure was "the enlargement and unification of his source material"..." What are you trying to say there? -- Theramin (talk) 23:47, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • It seems to be a good copyedit in many regards, but it has introduced and reintroduced some issues. I will address these.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:30, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Most of this was a response to your copyedit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:55, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • You are welcome, and apologies if I went wrong in places. Anyway, I have found and added a few extra pieces of information. I've done my best with the aircraft identifications (for some inexplicable reason, the art historians do not seem particularly bothered which models they are, but it is obvious in context). There are a few good quotes from the Tate website. Again, feel free to keep or lose as you prefer. I think I have exhausted what I can offer right now, but I may come back for another copy-edit in a few days. Good luck. -- Theramin (talk) 00:46, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Again a largely constructive contribution that has introduced some issues. The most significant of which is the content regarding the plane models, which does not seem to be from a WP:RS. It seems that a random uncredentialed blog poster interviewed Rian Hughes. However, the details that you added are not the thoughts of Hughes, but rather the blogger. We continue to need a better source for this detail. I am continuing to work on smoothing out your contribution.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"largely constructive"? Sigh. Well, at least someone is reading the prose and correcting my inadvertent mistakes. As it seems to be impermissible to put comments in the article, I will repeat them here:

  • What source calls the painting "notable"? I'm sure we can find several calling it "iconic".
  • I think you need a sentence in the lead on whether this is art, or just copying.
  • I have reinstated some of the material deleted here on the pilot, which fits more naturally in the discussion of the source material rather than of the painting itself. The details of the story come from the comic itself (I am sure you have read it) and are mentioned in a couple of the sources. The identification of the fighter planes in the final version are obvious, I think, but I agree we need a better source.
  • Can you spell out the "implications about his statements on modern industrial America"? what implications? what statements? More generally, that paragraph needs some unpacking, I think.

I haven't been following closely the interesting debate above, but I noticed that quite a lot of the text that appears so controversial in this article already appears in Drowning Girl, which passed FAC recently without much trouble. Anyway, I doubt there is more I can sensibly add, so good luck. -- Theramin (talk) 00:59, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Drowning Girl and Whaam! are both 1963 paintings. Much of the historical context and background supporting the two articles should obviously be similar. He had a 50 year career, but his two most notable works came from 1963. Their articles will share a lot in common. This would not be an issue if we were talking about two paintings from different eras in his career, but these are from the same era and will share context.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 20:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion request[edit]

Issue 1
Ideally, yes. Ceoil (talk) 22:13, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
O.K. done.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:03, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Issue 2
  • QUERY regarding FU image I see that Hiding added a fair use image that is not currently discussed in the article, to my knowledge. If there is no content related to a fair use image, it must be removed. However, I believe a parody section would be welcomed if it can be sourced.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:22, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • What should we do?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:23, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • There are already five other FU images on the page. They all directly cotribute to an understanding of the painting. The Gibbons is interesting, but does not significantly contribute to an understanding of the painting—it's pretty tangential, so it falls outside of the guidelines for inclusion of FU images. I'd drop it and throw a link to wherever it came from in the "External links" section. Curly Turkey (gobble) 22:10, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Issue 3

Sources[edit]

Source review - spotchecks not done

Source review v2 - per request, still without spotchecks

Comments from Binksternet[edit]

  • There should be a lengthier prose explanation of Ben Day dots which Lichtenstein used in this and many other of his pop-art paintings to good effect. Lichtenstein painstakingly hand-painted the dots which would have been automatically generated in normal printing.
  • The context of the original cartoon imagery should be discussed. The Irv Novick image is a fantasy of the future as imagined by a fictional Native American pilot named Johnny Cloud who was active in World War II. The two airplanes depicted are jet fighters of the Korean War era. See pages 200–204 of High & low: modern art, popular culture, ISBN 9780870703546. I will bring further comments to bear on this article. Binksternet (talk) 21:53, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Few people know that the pilot firing those missiles is a Native American, ‘Johnny Cloud, Navaho Ace’, who receives predictions of his future through ‘smoke pictures’."[43]
Added.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:28, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You wrote the following:

Several of Lichtenstein's comics-based works in which the face of the pilot is visible, including Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!, Jet Pilot and Von Karp, are inspired by the World War II Navajo U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Johnny Cloud of DC Comics' The Losers. Some sources claim that Cloud, "who receives predictions of his future through 'smoke pictures'", is the subject of Whaam!, even though the plane in the work is the combination of two panels and its subject's face is not visible.

The reader should be told this is a fictional pilot. It won't hurt to say the character was developed by Kanigher. The bit about the plane being the subject of two panels and the face not visible is your own interpretation. The general scene painted by Lichtenstein was from a comic which featured Johnny Cloud. We know that Lichtenstein changed various aspects of the original but nobody says Lichtenstein swapped in a new pilot. Binksternet (talk) 18:56, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes. I would also like the reader to be told that the text in the text balloon was written by Kanigher to represent Johnny Cloud's thoughts.
"He reproduced the Ben Day dots of comic strips by laying a metal screen over his canvas, spreading paint with a roller and rubbing it in with a toothbrush."[44]
That is not an adequate WP:RS to support this fact in this article. Lichtenstein only used this technique after doing circles freehand for a while. Several early works have uneven dots, such as Look Mickey, Engagement Ring (Roy Lichtenstein), and likely I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!. We need a source that says by the time he did this work he was using metal screens.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:54, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Particularly pertaining to the "Benday dots" I also find this: "The piece was drawn directly on to canvas with pencil and painted in layers of oil and the Magna brand of acrylic paint. Layering meant the paint could remain wet during the production process and allow for manipulations of shape and colour. The Benday dots were produced using a scrub brush and handmade metal screen, the outline of which is evident, on close inspection, in parts of the background. From the preparatory drawing we can see how Lichtenstein has manipulated the original source, including the text."[45]
Added.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:25, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"But he never abandoned his signature method, the Ben-Day dot (named after inventor Benjamin Day's 1879 technique for reproducing printed images by using dots to recreate gradations of shading), ensuring that his work would remain as recognisable as it was quotable."[46]
"The Ben-Day dots, too, were meant to suggest the manufactured and simulated: "The dots I use to make the image ersatz. And I think the dots also may mean data transmission." The work is "supposed to look like a fake, and it achieves that, I think," he explained."[47] Bus stop (talk) 22:09, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • There should be a link to Robert Kanigher who developed the character Johnny Cloud, USAAF pilot, member of the hot-shot squadron called The Losers. "Character Sketch: The Comic That Inspired Roy Lichtenstein", Yale Press, June 26, 2012. Binksternet (talk) 23:45, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The Kanigher/Johnny Cloud stuff is interesting in and of itself, but isn't it tangential to the painting? Given that the imagery was combined from a number of strip panels, we don't even know if that silhouette is "really" Johnny Cloud. After all, it's clearly not the same plane. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:08, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • The Yale Press connected the dots. We cite reliable sources, and the Yale Press is one of them. Binksternet (talk) 03:46, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • ""We cite reliable sources" doesn't mean we hunt down every source imaginable and then pile the article up with every tangential tidbit we can find—otherwise, we end up with this. This article doesn't even have a summary of the story the panel(s) originally came from (nor is anyone calling for one), but we're supposed to have the backstory to that nonesxitant back story?
          Far more importantly, notice that the Yale source states: "Several of Lichtenstein’s comics-inspired paintings, including Okay Hot-Shot, Okay! (1963); Von Karp (1963); and Jet Pilot (1962), are based on a character named Johnny Cloud from the DC Comic’s All American Men of War series (1956 to 1966)." Never in the body of the article is Whaam! even once mentioned—though the painting is used to illustrate the article, without comment. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:19, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • The Paul Gravett source which is already used in the article says that the pilot in Whaam! is Johnny Cloud. Binksternet (talk) 00:51, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
            • The Gravett claims no such thing. Here's what it does say:
              1. "... the image would not have been drawn without the initial script probably by editor Robert Kanigher ..." — It is not clear who the writer of the story was; Gravett speculates it was Kanigher.
              2. "To be accurate, in the case of ‘WHAAM!’, Lichtenstein did not follow Irv Novick’s panel completely but used it as the underpinning composition and for one sound effect and narrative caption. He then sketched out a remixed version (above), replacing Novick’s side-view of the attacking plane on the left with a sharper, clearer plane at an angle, taken from the following issue, All American Men Of War #90, from the story ‘Wingmate of Doom’, panel 3 on page 11, drawn by Jerry Grandenetti (below)." — He did not use the plane that Johnny Cloud was in.
              3. "... the most famous, most reproduced single panel from a comic book, but it has been totally removed from its context as merely one of 67 panels across a 13-page story." — Gravett then goes to describe the story and the story's background (including scans of the original 13-page story) but never once claims, suggests, or implies the silhouette in the painting was the same character that appeared in the story—in fact, he appears to imply the exact opposite when he emphasizes that the plane was replaced by one from a different story drawn by a different artist.
            • In short, there is no source that supports the claim that the silhouette is Johnny Cloud, or that the dialogue was written by Kanigher. That the original story included a character orginally co-created by Kanigher is tangential—at best endnote fodder, but in know way helps the reader better understand anything about the painting. Curly Turkey (gobble) 13:58, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
              • I disagree strongly. Paul Gravett says in his Kanigher obituary that Kanigher's "war comics were the sources for nearly all of Roy Lichtenstein's pop art of war, notably his 1963 paintings, Whaam!" The Kanigher text is an undeniably important part of the work of art, and we should tell the reader who wrote it. The library science lecturer Ernesto Priego of City University London, writing for Comics Grid, credits Kanigher with the text and Novick with the visuals, and connects the single Kanigher/Novick panel with the Lichtenstein work, despite the various changes to aircraft, flame, etc. Priego is not alone, of course. The Tate's own description of the artwork makes reference mainly to the single Kanigher/Novick image, you know, the one that says "Whaam" in it. Binksternet (talk) 15:19, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                • The Guardian obituary was from 2002. The article where Gravett qualifies that with a "probably" was from 2013. It's pretty clear that Gravett has become less confident in that assumption. I don't expect the Tate to put the research in themselves (tracking down anonymous comics contributors? Unlikely)—they almost certainly relied on the statements of Gravett or others. Priego gives credit to Kanigher in his sources, but what does he base that on? The work is uncredited (as can be seen in the original posted at the Gravett 2013), and two years after that blog post, Gravett gives us his "probably". If Kanigher is to be credited, it will have to be similarly qualified. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:07, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                • I do like this quote from the Priego: "Besides embodying the cultural prejudice against comic books as vehicles of art, examples like Lichtenstein’s appropriation of the vocabulary of comics highlight the importance of taking publication format in consideration when defining comics, as well as the political economy implied by specific types of historical publications, in this case the American mainstream comic book. To what extent was National Periodical Publications (later DC) responsible for the rejection of the roles of Kanigher and Novick as artists in their own right by not granting them full authorial credit on the publication itself?"
                  It seems Priego's saying that Lichtenstein can't be blamed for not crediting the original creator(s), as they were anonymized by the company that produced the comic book. I think it might be worthwhile considering working that into the article. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:16, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                  • O.K. So you like something he suggested. Are you in agreement on what is or should be in the article yet?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:28, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                    • No, I found something else in one of the sources Binksternet brought up that I thought would give another interesting angle to the article. We'll see what Binkersternet has to say about my last-but-one comment. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:34, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                      • Yes, I think the Priego observation is good for the article, saying that the originally anonymous artist and writer was a decision by NPP/DC, not some sort of failure by Lichtenstein to credit them. Binksternet (talk) 04:55, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think you guys should know, that I am extremely inexperienced at editing contentious topics. I am not much of a fan of dabates. I avoid editing contentious topics like the plague. I apologize for my tentative style of editing these topics that are under debate. I admit that I am probably seeking consensus on this talk page more than might be normal. I hope it obtains on some issues. Failing that, I hope someone else would take a stab editing these issues.-TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:18, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • As you know, I have been on hiatus for 48 hours. I am catching up. I will try to respond to these issues promptly.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:16, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The fact that Dave Gibbons has created his own parody of the painting should be mentioned.
  • The BBC4 documentary with Sooke and Gibbons is mentioned twice. The second time has too much redundancy in the presentation. The first instance should carry the details and the second should not have any—just the negative opinion of Gibbons. Binksternet (talk) 19:14, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • This sentence has problems with clunky flow. It does not need the first instance of the word his: "He practiced anti-aircraft drills in his basic training, and was sent for training as a pilot as part of his army service, but the program was canceled before training started." I think it would flow better if worded like this: He practiced anti-aircraft drills in basic training, then was sent to pilot training but the program was canceled.
  • Accepted as what? "...is now widely accepted."
  • The full United States Senate link is not needed. Only a piped link (Senate) should be shown to the reader, as the context is quite clear.
  • In the style of what? "...and Andy Warhol produced his earliest paintings in the style in 1960."
  • The Kanighan mention in the article body is good. Perhaps the caption could expand from "Text balloon of Whaam!" to "Whaam!'s text balloon may have been written by Robert Kanigher."
  • The first time World War II is mentioned it is abbreviated WWII. This should instead be spelled out and wikilinked.
  • "But never saw active combat" is too harsh. How about "but did not see active combat"?
  • What happened between '46 and '58 in Lichtenstein's life? What led him to adapt comics in '58? The reader should be brought briefly up to speed rather than ignoring a gap of 12 years. Later we see he was in abstract expressionism during this time but it would be smoother to introduce the fact in chron order.
    • I have not studied his full bio too much, but keep in mind you are asking what happened in a 12-year period starting 15 years before he became a notable artist. I will see what I can find.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 17:27, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • this all looks like starving artist type stuff. Nothing major before 58 I don't think. Themes like Americana, American folk and such not relevant.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 17:35, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • This sentence is not very well blended into the reading flow—it comes out of nowhere: "It has been observed that the "simplicity and outdatedness [of comics] were ripe for being mocked". Perhaps this bit can be worked in somewhere else.
  • There is redundancy in the sentence about taking military subjects seriously. The summary of the quote and the quote cover the same ground.
  • "In Lichtenstein's painting" should replace " In the final painting", because "final" makes little sense in the flow.
  • Replace "He enumerated" with a colon to tie two sentences together.
  • David McCarthy's comment about "winning hearts and minds" is not something we should tell the reader about. McCarthy got his chronology wrong: the "hearts and minds" concept started in 1964, so Lichtenstein would have known nothing about it when he was creating the artwork. This chronology problem greatly reduces the validity of McCarthy's observation. I hold that the validity is reduced to the point where we should remove all mention. The same problem appears with the McCarthy comparison to Lichtenstein's supposed horror with a "deaths per day" sort of warfare, which again is out of chronology. Both WWII and the Korean War were not given the spin of how many enemy were killed each day—the Vietnam War was the first conflict in which the body count per day was important to the US government and the military as a grisly measure of success (since no other measure could be found). Once again, the chronology is wrong: Lichtenstein painting Whaam! would have known nothing about the kind of war based on body count. Binksternet (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • So what I'm suggesting is a large reduction in the David McCarthy material—anything having to do with themes that were important during the Vietnam War. Whaam! is not a Vietnam-era painting. Binksternet (talk) 09:06, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That material disappeared a couple days ago; what remains is a useful comparison of differing styles of combat-themed art created during the Cold War by two WWII veterans. The title of McCarthy's book is after all H.C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America. I believe our article's earlier anachronism problem was sloppiness on my part, not a problem in the source. Here is what McCarthy says, with my comments added: "By the mid-sixties Westermann was not alone in depicting combat or in his opposition to the war. [a correct statement] Many other artists turned to war as a topical comment on American civilization [e.g. Lichtenstein; note the generic term "war", not "Vietnam War"], and some used their work to picture their disgust with the idea that combat was a contest measured in deaths per day. [this "some" refers to the artist discussed in McCarthy's next paragraph, Edward Kienholz, whose The Eleventh Hour displayed the weekly body count from Vietnam] ... In paintings such as Whaam!—which besides being a comic-book sound effect was also the military acronym for 'winning the hearts and minds' of Vietnamese civilians—an American fighter destroys his opponent..." [McCarthy does not allege that Lichtenstein derived "Whaam!" from "W.H.A.M"; he may merely be pointing out an ironic coincidence] Our article no longer contains any suggestion that Whaam! was a response to the Vietnam War. To clarify the Cold War context I have added some material sourced to Art and War by Laura Brandon. Ewulp (talk) 12:01, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support for FA with regard to prose, MOS, and breadth/depth of the coverage of the topic. I have not looked at referencing or image rationales. Binksternet (talk) 17:02, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from John[edit]

Oppose on prose, and this is before I properly read the lengthy discussions above. I hate "iconic" being in the lead as it's a glum cliché (even if it's true), and the existence of "the sketch is on two piece of papers" found on a cursory glance at the article suggests it has not been properly proof-read. --John (talk) 07:36, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(Delegate comment - I have moved the lengthy discussion, which was above to the nomination's Talk Page. Graham Colm (talk) 21:16, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Questions What version of English are we supposed to be in here? I see instances of both. What makes the Daily Mail a good source for this article? --John (talk) 08:10, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Lichtenstein is American, but this work is housed in London. I would say we should probably go by the artist and all Lichtenstein works should be written in American english. Apologies to the Queen. Any instances of British English outside of quotations should be pointed out.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:01, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "not least by linked by the horizontal smoke trail of the missile"? --John (talk) 08:16, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "...Bradford R. Collins: he considers it to be a revenge fantasy and vehicle for his anger towards his first wife Isabel"; whose wife? --John (talk) 08:49, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from Modernist[edit]

Strong oppose pending resolution to Bus Stop's objections, discussion here: [48]...Modernist (talk) 18:52, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is very little agreement from other discussants about his issues, they were given little weight. If you agree with all or some of his thoughts please explain what you would like to see done.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 19:33, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. You may not be familiar with the fact that GrahamColm (talk · contribs), one of the FAC directors moved his 97KB of issues to the FAC talk page at Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates/Whaam!/archive1. Much of his commentary was ignored by me the nominator because the other discussants disagreed with most of it. Read the full 97KB before standing so strongly behind this oppose. After a FAC director cast his comments aside, you found him seeking an audience at the Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 19:42, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've read most of his comments here and on the talk page - the gist is he objects to discussion regarding Lichtenstein's relationship to his comicbook sources - in general - and thinks those general discussions belong to the Roy Lichtenstein biography and/or the Appropriation article. Bus Stop is not a troll and his issues cannot be swept under the rug...Modernist (talk) 20:23, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If you've read the 97k, then show some eveidence by resonding to the actual points that have been made. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:46, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest that all discussion regarding Roy's sources for this painting ("Whaam!) be included; while general discussion of Lichtenstein's relationship to comic book artists and comic book art (in general) be added to his biography and not be included here - This is an article about a specific painting (albeit part of a group of 'War' paintings), but not part of a specific series...Modernist (talk) 20:35, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your prompt response. This article falls under WP:WPVA, WP:MILHIST and WP:COMICS. Most of the content that you, Modernist (talk · contribs), and Bus stop (talk · contribs) as WPVA members are objecting to is content that has been encouraged by COMICS members Curly Turkey (talk · contribs) and Hiding (talk · contribs). To me it seems like some general context is relevant for an article. This is the first controversial article that I have ever tried to promote. Have you considered the COMICS opposition, what they call the commercial art perspective? I am fairly sure you will say you have so I guess I shall ask if you could clarify the broad elements that you would like to see moved more specifically. Are you talking about all of Whaam!#General_context, some of that section or more than that?---TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 21:19, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think that section is not needed. This is about the painting specifically. Roy was a painter he wasn't a cartoonist...Modernist (talk) 21:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
And nobody's made the slightlest attempt to paint Lichtenstein as a cartoonist. What's your point? That context is bunk? Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:46, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My point is Lichtenstein is an important painter - if you want context - use the artworld of the 1960s when Abstract Expressionism was waning, and Minimalism, Hard-Edge Painting, Color Field painting and Pop Art was on the rise. No one was looking at the comic books; since you brought it up...Modernist (talk) 22:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have trouble reading this response as anything but a bizarre non sequitur. How is this an argument from removing context? Curly Turkey (gobble) 22:17, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I guess you just don't have a clue...Modernist (talk) 22:24, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NPA, WP:AGF, WP:CIVIL? Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:05, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't expect the Tate or the CAI to add to discussions in every single painting Lichtenstein's relationship to commercial sources in general. Specific sources for this painting are enough...Modernist (talk) 21:40, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Then you disagree with the weight given to those sources by multiple RSes? Please read those multiple RSes before responding, or we'll just go through this whole ridiculous treadmill yet again. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:46, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I do think the "General context" section is way overdone and should be severely reduced, and possibly merged into another section. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is very good. Please let me know what elements of that should be moved to the bio, since it is you and Hiding that I have included this for.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
What if we start by moving the 1st and 3rd paragraph to the bio? That is about half of the content? (Directed at Curly Turkey and Hiding).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:35, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I made my comments clear - I think the General context section can be removed.... reduced here to a couple of sentences the entire section or one like it can be added to the biography, and linked here...Modernist (talk) 21:57 22:05, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It should be made clear that most of the content of that section wasn't there when Bus Stop was making his comments. Bus Stop's comments did not refer to most of what is in that section now. He clearly stated he wanted all context to do with attribution issues removed (but you read the 97k, so you know this, right?). Read the BBC, Gravett, and Priego sources. They spend paragraph after paragraph talking about exactly those issues in the context of this painting.
So answer these questions:
  1. Do you think context is bunk?
  2. Do you think it's still bunk even when multiple sources obsess over it?
  3. Can you be bothered to read the sources?
  4. Have you read any of the arguments to keep the contextual material at all?
———Curly Turkey (gobble) 22:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I just responded to some sources presented in the discussion this weekend, which expanded this section. It seemed like there was a lot of agreement that the Priego content would be beneficial. Most of the other stuff was just links Hiding was pointing to but by people who are notable enough to have WP bios. Would be glad to move some of this content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
These sources, often the case when analyzing an artist or a specific creator, are focusing on one work and then stating the same principles apply to a range of works by that creator. That's a very common writing style, but one must not be confused that it emphasizes the example picked over that issues on the creator. This is not to say that any of the Gravett source should be used at Whaam! as to call out the specifics noted, but that the broader strokes about Ray's work that Gravett and the other sources cover using Whaam! as the example are all sources that are much better suited for that discussion at Ray's article, not Whaam!. --MASEM (t) 22:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
True, most of the stuff that's recently been included shouldn't have. As I point out below, Bus Stop wasn't objecting to that—he couldn't have, as it wasn't in the article yet. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My answer stands - my comments stand - I don't answer to you! WP:NPA, WP:AGF, WP:CIVIL...Modernist (talk) 22:21, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So your objection remains vague and unactionable, and thus can safely be ignored. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:53, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Have to agree on Bus Stop and Modernist's opposes here. The sections on "Background" and "General Context" are far too broad (covering all of Ray's comic-inspired works with very little specificity on Whaam! outside a few name-drop examples) that makes this article unfocused - failing WP:WIAFA#4 on length (regarding focus). Those sections should of course not be lost but brought into the article on Ray himself, and this article can call out (even with {{see also}} links) to the appropriate sections and a brief 2-3 paragraph about how Whaam! falls into these comic works and issues around them (necessary info to understand the "Description" section). The article without these sections still is a quality article, and far from in danger of being non-notable, but it shouldn't be considered Featured if it has these two bulky sections that are not specific to the picture. --MASEM (t) 22:23, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Very good to have a strong opinion about the content from a non-WP:WPVA and non-WP:COMICS person.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem: The "General context" section wasn't what Bus Stop objected to—he couldn't have, as almost none of it was there during the discussion that has been archived. What he objected to was including anything to do with attribution issues—which he characterized as "out of left field" (a direct quote).
It appears, Masem, that you actually support my position: culling the ugly beast that the "General context" section has bloated into, and summarizing the attribution issues (you say 2–3 paragraphs; I actually thought a couple of sentences would suffice). By supporting this position, you are positioning yourself in opposition to Bus Stop's position.
Modernist's postition? I have no idea. All I see is non sequiturs and refusals to answer direct questions. Feel free to support that if you wish. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Funny thing is - you don't have to understand my position. Just as long as Tony does...Modernist (talk) 01:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Funny thing is, you continue to make comments that contribute nothing to the improvement of the article. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:26, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's your opinion...Modernist (talk) 02:55, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I read through the past (moved Bus Stop discussion) to some extent but didn't realize that bloated the article. I agree trimming it down to introduce the broader concepts of Ray's attribution and broader issues, in light of being able to discuss Whaam!. I oppose the current version (to wit, what I see here), and believe that it can be trimmed to focus on Whaam! and bringing in the key issues (and I do agree maybe 2-3 para is too much even, but you get my point). I think the way I got confused was due to how Bus Stop posed this on the VPP for attention. --MASEM (t) 01:08, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear I object to the general content section. I also object to the way Bus Stop has been bullied. Let's be clear - this is Tony's nomination by the way; I clearly stated my objection is to the redundant referrals to comic book art in general that do not specifically address the painting Whaam!...Modernist (talk) 01:39, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Bullying? Check out the browbeating (on the talk page) Bus Stop gave Tony for soliciting editor feedback from Peer Review, which he then proceeded to take to an unrelated ANI (where he calls Peer Review "outsourcing" editing, and tries to make look like some giant crime). Even after being told by an admin it had nothing to do with the open ANI, he continued the browbeating. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Material for inclusion in this article ideally should be sourced to the painting that this article is about. Bus stop (talk) 01:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Editors should "ideally" not pretend that sources don't exist when multiple sources have not only been pointed out several times by several other editors but have been extensively quoted (many of the quotes are now archived on the talk page with the rest of Bus Stop's filibuster). Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We should ideally be including material in this article that is supported by sources that mention by name the painting Whaam!. Bus stop (talk) 02:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is, the sources being used are broad strokes about Ray's work, using Whaam as the example. We can put some details out from those to discuss here in light of Whaam, but the broader issues should be on Ray's article to keep this article focused on Whaam! and not a larger critical nature of Ray's work. --MASEM (t) 02:54, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Which is why we summarize the issues. Which is what I've proposed repeatedly, but Bus Stop was hardline opposed to it, while claiming the sources cited didn't exist. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think this edit removed some of another editor's post, or maybe two editors posted at the same time. I don't know. Bus stop (talk) 01:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a poorly resolved edit conflict to me. On that note, in these discussions is it not proper to strike out comments when we change our minds rather than rewrite them? Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:21, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anyone has really responded to me about what to do with the General Context section other than Modernist who says to axe the whole thing. Others above are discussing 2-3 paragraphs or 2-3 sentences. I have cut it to 2 paragraphs. Have a look.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 02:12, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have a couple of different ideas. One is that the two paragraphs could be moved to the "Reception" section, which I'd rename to "Reception and legacy" to accommodate it. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I got EC'd but this is my suggestion too. I think Ray's article needs reorg to highlight these issues there (possibly a separation section on his overall criticism, including one on appropriation) but that's not an issue for this article to proceed, just that we know we can broadly talk those issues on the artist's page. --MASEM (t) 02:44, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree Tony, move the entire section to Roy's biography it doesn't belong in this article...Modernist (talk) 02:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Did you read the section again? It's already been gutted. You're not seriously suggesting moving the paragraph on Novick and Lichtenstein in the army out of the article are you? Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:54, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's exactly what I am saying - it adds nothing of value to this article which is about the painting done and exhibited in the early 60s; it's nasty and is irrelevant and can be moved to the biography, if needed at all....Modernist (talk) 03:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's about the source of this specific painting, not about Lichtenstein's work in general. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You also want to remove the Gibbons stuff, even though it's specifically about this painting, and was quoted in multiple RSes, including the BBC? Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:07, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's not that it isn't about this painting, but it is about this painting as a demonstration of Lichtenstein's larger body of work. This doesn't mean the source or info from it doesn't belong here, but we shouldn't be going on a tangent talking about Lichtensteins' overall reception on this article about one specific article. The way to read those sources is that they are "name dropping" Whaam as an example, but that doesn't mean the article is dedicated to Whaam. We have to balance what that source is trying to do with what its purpose is here. --MASEM (t) 03:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. A quick summary of the work's reception as a part of the artist's overall oeuvre is exactly what I would expect to see as part of the article. Further, this particular painting is "namedropped" precisely because it is such a prominent painting—it plays a central in the artist's overall reception. I'd also dispute that, say, Priego's piece is merely "namedropping" Whaam! when it talks about the attribution issues. Gibbons followed up his criticism with another reimagining of the same panel—that's too remarkably specific Gibbons' criticism to be considered a "namedrop". Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:29, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's innuendo and basically irrelevant, that just takes up space, it is not needed...Modernist (talk) 03:10, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Gibbons is "innuendo"? In what way? Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:15, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Anyways, the Novick stuff is quoted by two authors in three academic sources (not the popular press), so I think they carry more weight than your opinion. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:18, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is not your article, nor have you nominated it here for FA, and in my opinion the information is not needed in the article...Modernist (talk) 03:30, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The onus is on you to demonstrate to the multiple editors who support having it that multiply-sourced information should be removed, not to strong oppose because YOUDONTLIKEIT. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:17, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Guys lets try to keep a level head. Lichtenstein painted for about 50 years. From 1962-64, he did war comics and for a slightly longer period he did romance comics. For a reader of any specific war comic to understand its context some perspective on this period must be presented. We do not expect the reader of this article to be an expert on Lichtenstein and know how to contextualize this work in regards to Lichtenstein's career. We need to explain to the reader the things about this period in his career that will help him understand this work through context. Although all of the formerly 4 paragraph general context may belong in Lichtenstein, a summary of those concerns should be presented here to add breadth to the understanding of this work in the context of Lichtenstein's career. I am seeing remaining context that relates to Whaam! and am fairly certain some of it should stay. I think people are viewing this as deleting/keeping content is a win for one side. These two paragraphs both mention Whaam! and I would like some help winnowing out the most germane elements of the remaining content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:19, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Modernist, I think you are quite riled up right now to the point where you will tell me to delete anything the COMICS guys want and Curly you are antagonizing him. As I look at the first of the two paragraphs in general context I see content that says "Lichtenstein's works were somewhat frowned upon in some circles for specific reasons and Whaam! is a prime example of this." That is my interpretation of the first paragraph. What I need is help from the two of you to distill this element of that content. You two having a verbal paintball war at this discussion does not help me.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:43, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm sorry you feel that way, Tony. I'm certainly not trying to antagonize anyone. Curly Turkey (gobble) 05:16, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • This is a balance issue, we're not talking about wiping out sections wholesale. I agree the reader needs to understand that Whaam! is a result of Lichtenstein's '62-64 period. However, much of what is in "Background" is at a level of detail appropriate for the Lichtenstein article. We have blue-links for a reason so that if a reader needs to learn more they can click through. So we can reduce "Background" to a paragraph that leads off the "History" section, with the paragraph focused tightly on this work being from that period. The stuff about being in the Army, or the stuff about comics as art, is extraneous here, but perfectly suited to the main artist article. Similarly with the General Context stuff. It's not about deleting it, but balancing it given this article is about the specific piece of art and not the artist in general. --MASEM (t) 04:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • "we're not talking about wiping out sections wholesale"—actually, that's exactly what Bus Stop and now Modernist are suggesting. Quote (Modernist): "That's exactly what I am saying - it adds nothing of value to this article ..." We were making a lot of progress with this article until this pair decided they wanted certain portions of it censored. Balance is not what they are striving for. Curly Turkey (gobble) 05:16, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • I understand that if WPVA had their way the article would omit COMICS' viewpoint. However, we have to get you two talking sensibly. We may never get to a point where WPVA says a featured article on this topic can include COMICS viewpoints, you need to tone down your approach. His "it adds nothing of value" surely was in part spurred on by your attitude. He also said it was "nasty and irrelevant". If this has any chance of getting through it will be with cogent discourse. I have dialogued with Modernist on many occasions. We have him at the table. I am interpretting his strong oppose as more of an objection to the treatment of Bus stop who has been well mannered enough not to knee-jerk oppose himself. As lengthy and almost tedious as Bus stops comments were they were in very good faith, which is quite commendable. Even when his comments got wiped away, he did not retaliate with an oppose. He is trying to be heard and Modernist is now carrying that torch. Modernist is more concise, which for me is better and I have a history with him. Reading Modernist's commentary now makes me feel I must get a better dialogue going. He is almost always quite precise and I don't feel "nasty and irrelevant" would have come from him if he were not spurred. We have a long way to go, but the best chance to get the WPVA approval is with them at the table, but not wearing others down. I am busy tomorrow morning, but hope that we can begin to make progress.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 06:07, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Masem, do you agree with my one sentence interpretation of the first paragraph in the general context section ("Lichtenstein's works were somewhat frowned upon in some circles for specific reasons and Whaam! is a prime example of this."). What should we present to the reader to convey this information?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:49, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Modernist, in general you are suppose to present favorable and unfavorable content for proper breadth. In order for this to ever get to FA, you are going to have to relent that COMICS folks have a lot of bad stuff to say about Lichtenstein (much of which they feel this painting exemplifies) and its entirety can not be excised. You need to help me figure out what bad COMICS stuff is most important to broaden the high art perspective rather than saying just axe all the COMICS stuff.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Assuming we can link to a more detailed discussion on Lichtenstein's article, I would consider that a reasonable summary, though language-wise, I'd flip it to the Whaam angle than Lichtenstein: (read: putting it into context of the painting as the article subject instead of approaching it from the Lichtenstein angle). That is, that first para of General Context can be summariezed as a sentence in "Negative" "Reception", along the lines of "Whaam! is considered a prime example of Lichtenstein's works that borrow elements from other copyrighted worked to which is claimed that Lichtenstein did not credit, pay royalties, or seek permission from the original artists.", and linking to the reader to a more detailed discussion of this concept. --MASEM (t) 07:15, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Now we are making progress. I am going offline for a bit. I will come back to this.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 07:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
            • This is something I've had in the back of my mind, but have been waiting for the "issues" to die down first, but since it's come up: I think it would be best to drop the "Negative" and "Positive" subsections. They're a little too artifical and black-and white. Dropping the subsection titles would allow for a number of improvements:
              1. contrasting views could be presented together, which would make the issues clearer and be more interesting reading.
              2. It would give more editorial leeway in organizing the information.
              3. Certain issues such as attribution are not necessarily "Negative"—raising concerns about such issues is not a negative comment on the artwork per se, but on the artist (although Gibbons condemns both, they're not the same thing).
              4. It wouldn't unduly attract attention to the "Negative" side of the argument.
                ——— Curly Turkey (gobble) 08:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is outside of the scope of this article: "Although Lichtenstein's comic-based work is now widely accepted, concerns are still expressed by critics who say Lichtenstein did not credit, pay any royalties to, or seek permission from the original artists or copyright holders." Similarly this in the lead is outside of the scope of this article: "Lichtenstein has drawn criticism for not giving credit or compensation to the artists from whose works the painting's composition was derived. Despite controversy surrounding its artistic merit, originality and ethical propriety, Lichtenstein's comics-based work has since become popular with collectors and is now widely accepted as high art." This does not belong in this article. This is not an article about Lichtenstein's work in general. This is an article about an individual painting. I suggest removing those two blocks of text. Bus stop (talk) 10:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to be brief because I have an appointment in just over an hour. Here is the rub. The COMICS guys have a lot of bad stuff to say about Lichtenstein in general. These are both general comments. However, the COMICS guys think (as I understand it) that Whaam! is almost the definitive example of these general ideas. Think about it. What painting did Gibbons parody? Where did the BBC4 interview take place? The WPVA guys are not hearing the COMICS guys who are saying "These are our general thoughts on Lichtenstein and this is our case in point" WPVA guys, please think about that. I repeat again. "These are our general thoughts on Lichtenstein and this is our case in point" You can not eliminate these very general thoughts in this situation. General thoughts yes, but probably appropriate in this article for that reason.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 12:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Far from being "outside of the scope of this article", I would consider the information in the first sentence (not necessarily this wording) to be part of the minimum context necessary to understand the work. If this article is to be a TFA (Tony's aiming for the upcoming 50th anniversary), one cannot assume the readers will have any knowledge of Lichtenstein. I don't understand this resistance to providing sufficient context. An "article about an individual painting" requires context. Curly Turkey (gobble) 12:02, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't disagree that one needs a brief intro for who Lichtenstein is, but checking other FA articles on artwork, the details should be laser-guided focused on how that background (not just artist but any art movement at the time) impacted the work so that the reader is being guided right towards the "History" section on how this artwork came about. As how "Background" reads presently, it is very meandering and feels like more a bio than anything else, which is why it feels clunky. (Contrast this to Drowning Girl's Background which I feel is a much more readable section). I will note that that "General COntext" section in "Drowning Girl" suffers the same problem here - all that should be a section in Lichtenstein's own article, and the reception section should briefly summarize it while pointing the reader to it. I will note that no single Wikiproject necessarily has any more weight over others in terms of what content needs to be present and consensus (like this) is used to resolve when there are irreconcilable differences between the two projects. --MASEM (t) 13:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—you say "I will note that no single Wikiproject necessarily has any more weight over others in terms of what content needs to be present"[49]. It is not so much a matter of Wikiprojects but rather logical significance. Lichtenstein was a fine artist. That is first and foremost. He worked in an abstract expressionistic vein in his early endeavors. The target audience for his output were gallery goers, art museum attendees, and art collectors. The primary orientation of this article therefore should be to the world of fine art. Were there a copyright infringement lawsuit, that would be worth noting. But there is little justification for more than a cursory representation of the supposed complaints emanating from a hypothetical comic book crowd. Dave Gibbons is represented in our article. He gets to say that "this is 'WHAAM! by Roy Lichtenstein, after Irv Novick'." It has to be pointed out how unenlightening that comment is. Does it shed light on this painting? I can't see how it does. But it is technically within the scope of this article, so it can be included. But there is nothing special about that comment. There are hallmarks of the origins of imagery. Appropriation preserves those hallmarks; it doesn't try to hide them. Dave Gibbons is stating the obvious. Contrast that with comments by art historian Richard Morphet. He writes: "Perhaps the immediate impact of Whaam! makes some viewers equate instantaneity with superficiality, as if there is nothing more to the work than what can be taken in at a glance. In fact, though, its very boldness is an ingredient of its complexity." Morphet goes on to say: "Lichtenstein’s image was striking in terms of its grandeur, its composition, and its colour." And Morphet continues: "It seemed to address at the same time history painting, Baroque extravagance, and the quotidian phenomenon of mass-circulation comic strips."[50] These are insightful comments from the correct orientation. The painting fits most logically into the world of art. Bus stop (talk) 16:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Bus stop, keep in mind that Masem, represents the common reader here. He is not a comics person. His reading of the comics side seems to be that something is there.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 16:14, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—you say "Bus stop, keep in mind that Masem, represents the common reader here. He is not a comics person. His reading of the comics side seems to be that something is there."[51] What is "the comics side", and can you please quote from Masem his supposed representation of "the comics side"? Bus stop (talk) 16:32, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have only a passing interest in comics, and absolutely no interest in MILHIST or the art projects; my interest in this article only extends from a possible non-free issue aspect that has been amicably resolved. --MASEM (t) 17:31, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Tony, I think you're forgetting Binksternet's contributions. He makes no mention of comics on his userpage, and isn't listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Participants. He's gone as far as finding multiple new sources for the article. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:33, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes Binksternet is also not affiliated with either WPVA or COMICS, AFAIK.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 02:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Curly, We have a starting point for summarizing paragraph 1 of the general context section as "Whaam! is considered a prime example of Lichtenstein's works that borrow elements from other copyrighted worked to which is claimed that Lichtenstein did not credit, pay royalties, or seek permission from the original artists." Can you comment.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 16:14, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think it comes off worded fairly strongly. The accusations of plagiarism need to be balanced: Sooke's points were good, as is Priego's point about the original artists' anonymity. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:16, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
From the Sooke article: "“I continue to be astonished that people in the ‘60s thought – as some still do – that there is no difference between Lichtenstein’s source image and the finished painting,” art historian Richard Morphet tells me." So such accusations are not limited to the "comics people", nor are they recent. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:22, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Same article: "Fifty years ago, in the same year that Lichtenstein painted Whaam!, an art historian called Erle Loran attacked him in an article headlined “Pop Artists or Copy Cats?” Surely, in 2013, it is time we stopped accusing Lichtenstein of plagiarism once and for all." So can we stop characterizing this stuff as recentism or limited to the comics crowd. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:24, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—this is out of the scope of this article. This article is not about "other copyrighted worked to which is claimed that Lichtenstein did not credit, pay royalties, or seek permission from the original artists."[52] Assertions made in this article should be sourced to the painting named in the title of this article. Bus stop (talk) 16:43, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there are some who allege that there is impropriety in the sourcing of imagery in Whaam, but there is the complete absence of any lawsuit for copyright infringement. See this edit. Bus stop (talk) 23:18, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Read Gibbons' comments. Never does he accuse Lichtenstein of plagiarism (a legal problem), but of not crediting the artist he "swiped" from (an ethical problem). An "absence of any lawsuit" is a red herring. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:26, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Though the BBC article brings up "plagiarism", it's not characterized as coming from the comics crowd. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:28, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think I have ever mentioned a "comics crowd". This is just an article on a painting. But the question is: What is a painting? It is an object of fine art. This doesn't mean that a comic book artist can't have an opinion to express. But I think we exercise editorial discretion as to how extensively we cover the comments from various quarters. I feel that the world of fine art might be able to provide worthwhile commentary. I'm not saying that a comic book artist is incapable of providing commentary on a painting that fits into the world of art galleries, art museums, and art collections, but just that we should judge all commentary for its value to the article. This is simply editorial discretion. Bus stop (talk) 00:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "What is a painting? It is an object of fine art." A vacuous, black-and-white statement. Of course there is no lack of paintings that fail the criteria to be "fine art" by any definition. Of course there are paintings meant to be commercial art with no fine art aspirations. Of course there are works that straddle the line between high & low, and that people will vigorously debate about long after our great-gradnchildren have passed on.
  • Please familiarize yourself with the Featured article criteria, particularly 1(b): "comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;" (bold in the original). A work has a context: what was the cultural situation out of which it sprang? What were the short- and long-term reactions to it? What is its significance in its subculture, and in the culture at large? A work does not exist in a vacuum.
  • If you "feel that the world of fine art might be able to provide worthwhile commentary", then the solution is to track down the sources and add them, not to remove material that you personally don't like.
——— Curly Turkey (gobble) 01:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are entitled to your opinion, and the art world is full of a lot of strange stuff, and those interested in art certainly do not always agree with one another. We try to write good quality articles, and this remains in the final analysis an article about a work of art that has been displayed in art galleries and museums. It has aroused a lot of controversy from various quarters and this has produced commentary—some illuminating, and some less so. The complaint that the painting Whaam! looks like a comic book, while an apt observation, does not provide insight. It is just my opinion that the average reader perusing this article has questions, such as how does this painting relate to the history of art? That sort of information is likely to come from someone steeped in the world of fine art. It could come from a comic book artist. I'm just saying that insightful commentary is more likely to come from for instance those who habitually write about art. Bus stop (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You're really struggling with the whole idea of comprehensiveness, aren't you?
  • "The complaint that the painting Whaam! looks like a comic book" Who "complained" that the painting "looks like a comic book"?
  • "average reader perusing this article has questions, such as how does this painting relate to the history of art" and how it relates to the culture outside of the world of art. A work of art has a historical and cultural context, and cannot be comprehended outside of that context. Context contributes significantly, often overwhelmingly, to an artwork's meaning.
  • Not everything in the article should be strictly about the meaning of the painting. Its impact on the culture around it is an important part of the painting. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:20, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Curly Turkey—Yes, I think a worthwhile aim is the placing of the painting Whaam! into the context of the history of art,[53] according to reliable sources, of course. This is in the article: "It seemed to address at the same time history painting, Baroque extravagance, and the quotidian phenomenon of mass-circulation comic strips."[54] That is by Richard Morphet who is an art historian. That material was originally added to the article by me but it has been edited by others since. Bus stop (talk) 04:07, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why not bring it up somewhere here? I don't know the circumstances under which it was edited out, but I assume it was either a mistake, or it was added in an inappropriate place. You could start a new "Comments by Bus Stop" section that addresses point-by-point the sourced information you think should be added. Curly Turkey (gobble) 09:51, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is in the article. It is at the end of the History section. What I meant was that my original wording was altered. But this is Wikipedia. I think the subsequent edit represents an improvement to my clunky wording. Bus stop (talk) 11:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Bus Stop, there is no requirement for what you are looking for, those you are right that going too far into the broader claims about Lichtenstein's so-called appropriation is inappropriate for this article. But, it is clear from the sourcing (my read of them) that talking about Whaam! and not at least dropping a line (with a blue link to Lichtenstein's article on the appropriation claims) is missing out on an important facet of Whaam!. To not mention in one sentence how Whaam! is treated as the prime example of this claimed appropriation is not fully covering Whaam! But more than a sentence or two, and we're beyond scope. There's a median solution here that I'm easily seeing, not any "must be in" or "must not be covered" extreme. --MASEM (t) 23:32, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—have you seen this edit? I am saying in that edit that some allege impropriety of image sourcing. Isn't that what the allegations are? Is there alternative language that is preferable? Bus stop (talk) 23:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's a bad edit. It's more than just a copyright issue or whether it was legally tried, but even attribution (as I understand the sources). The prior statement accurately covered all the facets of this concept of appropriation by Lichtenstein and appears appropriately sourced. --MASEM (t) 00:33, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's also the solution I first proposed to Bus Stop, all those moons ago. He still claims these "sources" you speak of don't actually exist. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:36, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Curly Turkey—what is this edit summary in reference to? Bus stop (talk) 23:47, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Bus Stop—it means you made an edit favourable to your POV while we were in the middle of discussing it. You did the same once before, and were reverted for it then, too. Plaese wait until consensus has been reached before making edits that you are fully aware are contentious and are under active discussion. Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:43, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, I have not been "told" anything of the sort, and you are not linking to anything confirming your assertion. Again, this is your edit summary: "(Undid revision 566643248 by Bus stop (talk) Bus Stop, you've been told before to cut this behaviour out.)" Bus stop (talk) 01:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Here is the previous contentious edit you made, and here is Tony reverting you with the edit comment: "Undid revision 566291072 by Bus stop (talk) You are currently being disputed by other FAC respondents such as User:Hiding, User:Curly Turkey and myself". Curly Turkey (gobble) 01:28, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Curly Turkey—in the future please don't leave edit summaries which mention me and mislead or misconstrue. This is a question of common courtesy. Bus stop (talk) 01:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Bus Stop—I didn't, and I don't. In the future, please refrain from being distruptive. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:03, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support remove my support - in good conscience there are still too many problems...Modernist (talk) 15:42, 8 August 2013 (UTC)Oppose per John - WP:ENGVAR and Binksternet - Vietnam!(???) McCarthy seems off the mark, - and over exaggerated phrases like this - one of his most influential works along with Drowning Girl and Look Mickey - misconstrued reading of that reference; and this - paying art dealer Ileana Sonnabend £4,665 (she asked for less) - and the '67 show was an exhibition not a retrospective - please see the reference - Needs serious revisions...Modernist (talk) 12:08, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Striking this balance is very difficult. I hope not to make my collegues at WP:WPVA feel betrayed. Can you tell me what directions the article has taken that you find troubling.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 21:18, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'll read the whole article through again later today...Modernist (talk) 10:56, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gibbons image[edit]

I could've sworn we removed the image because the article was already filled up with FU images, and since it didn't contribute directly to the understanding of the painting, it fell outside of the Non-free use rationale guideline. Given that there are those who think Gibbons' view is overrepresented already, this seems like a pretty contentious thing to do.

If it's going to be kept, there are a few more things to keep in mind:

  • According to MOS:IMAGELOCATION: "Avoid placing images on the left at the start of any section or subsection, because it makes it harder for readers to find the beginning of the text. Images on the left are best placed somewhere after the first paragraph." It appears the image has been moved.
  • The image should be placed along with the text on Gibbons, rather than just at a convenient location in the section.
  • Many editors frown upon forcing the image size, as it overrides user settings.

——— Curly Turkey (gobble) 01:24, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • After removing so much commercial arts perspective to the bio article, I thought this was one of the best direct commentaries on Whaam! from the commercial arts perspective. It is also sort of a give back to the commercial arts guys to make sure I did not get opposes for removing so much content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:05, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • If this weren't Wikipedia, I'd totally agree. It's a copyright/fair use issue. Do you think it'll pass an image review? If you do, keep it. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:13, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • It will be up to the reviewer. He may say remove it. It is not going to cause the nomination to fail. It may just cause a delay by a day or two as we debate the merits and then remove or keep. If you can bolster its relevance feel free to do so.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 04:27, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • I won't debate it—I think it's interesting and adds to the article, especially in a long, otherwise-unillustrated section. I only brought it up because I've been asked to remove FU images before that deemed inessential, and this one seemed to me to fail the "essential" test. Curly Turkey (gobble) 09:47, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bus Stop's disruptive editing[edit]

Check out this, in which Bus Stop changes:

Daily Telegraph critic Alastair Smart wrote a disparaging review in which he characterized Whaam! as an attempt to mimic abstract expressionism. Smart said the work was neither a positive commentary on the fighting American spirit nor a critique, but was notable for marking "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene"

to:

Alastair Smart, critic for the Daily Telegraph, observes that Lichtenstein is best known for "narrative scenes". Smart notes that while Whaam! is derived from "an American war comic", its size rivals that of the large paintings common to Abstract expressionism. Smart claims that the painting may be notable for marking "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene".

Here's the actual Smart review. In particular, Bus Stop has reworded the passage to make "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene" was intended as a positive statement, when it's clear in the original that it was meant disparagingly.

Bus stop has been told twice before to quit this self-serving style of editing, reverted by TonyTheTiger here and by myself here.

——— Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:56, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Curly Turkey—why are you reverting me here? Bus stop (talk) 03:22, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's clearly explained above. You are distorting the source in a clearly self-serving way. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:23, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, my edit wasn't "self-serving"[55]. Not in the least bit. Let me explain. Personally, I would leave off the wording relating to "incendiary impact", just as I have eliminated the wording relating to "disparaging review". These are value judgements. The reader is not educated by thumbs up/thumbs down commentary. But the wording concerning "incendiary impact" was already there, and I hesitate to alter another editor's ideas without sufficient reason. Secondly I had a problem with the word "mimic". It is hard to know whether the word is being used in the sense of making fun of Abstract expressionism or merely referencing it. I understand that the source uses the word "mimic". But I think the source really means to merely say that the size of Lichtenstein's Whaam!" is "reminiscent" of the large proportions of many Abstract expressionistic paintings. A third reason for my edit is that I wanted our wording to capture the observation by Alastair Smart that Lichtenstein is known for "narrative scenes". This is important. Please read this: "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books." In the first sentence of my edit I wrote: "Alastair Smart, critic for the Daily Telegraph, observes that Lichtenstein is best known for "narrative scenes"." Bus stop (talk) 03:46, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you calling this section "Bus Stop's disruptive editing"? Bus stop (talk) 03:52, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no ambiguity here. Bus Stop cherrypicked phrases from the article and placed them out of context in a deliberate attempt to distort a negative review into something entirely supportive, while removing from the article all language unfavourable to the subject—even though the source was a negative review. Bus Stop's outlandish distortions do not in any way reflect what the author of the source wrote, even when directly quoting (!!!) the author's words. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:33, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Curly Turkey—you say "There is no ambiguity here."[56] There is no ambiguity where? There is no ambiguity in what Alastair Smart writes in this article? Or there is no ambiguity in your interpretation of my edit here? You say "Bus Stop cherrypicked phrases from the article and placed them out of context in a deliberate attempt to distort a negative review into something entirely supportive, while removing from the article all language unfavourable to the subject—even though the source was a negative review." Why would I want to distort a negative review into a positive review? First of all, I couldn't care less about positive reviews and negative reviews. Do you think the average reader of Wikipedia is familiar with Alastair Smart? I couldn't care less about promoting or disparaging the work of Roy Lichtenstein. I look for insightful commentary. In my edit, one of the things I did was remove the words "disparaging review". I didn't remove it because I wanted to turn the review into a positive review. I removed it because in my opinion it is highly irrelevant. Do you think the reader has a meter with a plus and a minus side to it? Is the reader weighing positive comments against negative comments as they are reading this article? A reader wants insights into the painting. The painting has piqued their interest. They want to know why this is considered by some to be an important painting. In my opinion Alastair Smart supplied two very important clues. One clue was the approximate equivalency in size between Whaam! and the average abstract expressionistic painting. The other clue concerns "narrative scenes". In my opinion Alastair Smart correctly notes Lichtenstein's abilities in creating "narrative scenes". You make a big fuss about the way my edit handled the term "incendiary impact". If I were starting from scratch I would never include that phrase. I only included it because it was already there. It is merely fanciful. The depicted aircraft are causing "incendiary impact" and Lichtenstein's paintings are causing "incendiary impact". You say "Bus Stop has reworded the passage to make "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene" was intended as a positive statement, when it's clear in the original that it was meant disparagingly."[57] Again, I don't care about positive statements and negative statements. Should we reduce the article to columns of plusses and minuses? Of course not. In my opinion we should edit this article to try to shed light on the painting Whaam!
If you think that I have made any sense, why don't you try to edit some of my ideas into the article? They are of course actually Alastair Smart's ideas. He says: "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books."[58] In Smart's article, it is the first sentence in a paragraph. Can we just quote that sentence in our article?
Do you think you could change the title of this section to something neutral instead of "Bus Stop's disruptive editing"? Bus stop (talk) 05:59, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"I look for insightful commentary." No, you cherrypick what you either agree with or can distort to serve your own ends, and remove what you disagree with, even after being told to stop.
"Should we reduce the article to columns of plusses and minuses?" Strawman alert. Nobody has come even remotely close to suggesting anything like this; in fact, I was the one who suggested dropping the "Positive" and "Negative" subsections from the "Reception" section. Nobody disagreed.
"Do you think you could change the title of this section to something neutral instead of "Bus Stop's disruptive editing"?" No. If Bus Stop weren't disruptively editing, this section wouldn't even exist. Curly Turkey (gobble) 07:15, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you just want to argue, so you are on your own with that one. Bus stop (talk) 09:16, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You're hardly one to accuse people of "just wanting to argue", Bus Stop—especially after your relentless multiforum browbeating of Tony over the Peer Review stuff.
Anyways, you've been caught with your pants down. Curly Turkey (gobble) 09:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just to be clear, this is the entire paragraph that we are discussing, appearing in the Daily Telegraph, and written by critic Alastair Smart:

"It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books. In 1963’s diptych Whaam! – reworked from an American war comic and enlarged to mimic a huge Ab Ex canvas – a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion. Some have tried to tease out an inherent celebration or critique here of American martial spirit, though I’d say Whaam! marks, instead, Lichtenstein’s incendiary impact on the US art scene."[59]

My contention, now as before, is that the first sentence is of importance to our article on Whaam!. That sentence reads:

"It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books."

I think the above sentence provides insightful commentary on the painting Whaam!. I think it would not be a bad idea to include something from that sentence in our article. I actually think it would be a good idea to include the whole sentence, as a relatively brief quote.

Telling the reader that Alastair Smart's review was a "disparaging review" doesn't provide the reader with all that much information, at least not in this instance. Furthermore—was the review unrelentingly disparaging? I think it is an affirmative statement to say that Lichtenstein is best known for his narrative scenes. Bus stop (talk) 11:18, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Drop the transparent pretenses—you've been caught with your pants down, and this is all just rationalizing. The passage you obliterated explained briefly what was "disparaging" about the review. Reading the actual article, and not your cherry-picked out-of-context phrases, confirms this. You changed the entire character of the passage while you were in the middle of a content dispute. If now (after the fact) you think some of these cherry-picked tidbits could profitably be worked into the article, you could try to get a consensus behind them here, where it could be discussed where they'd more appropriately be placed (if at all)—of course, text-source integrity demands that the article must be saying what the source is saying, so "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene" cannot be put in a different light than it was in the source. Curly Turkey (gobble) 11:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I explained my changes. There was more than one reason for the edit I made. You say that I "changed the entire character of the passage while you were in the middle of a content dispute". No, my displeasure with the assertions derived from the "Daily Telegraph" paragraph in an article written by Alastair Smart, quoted in full above, go all the way back to July 17, 2013. Please note this edit, this edit, and this edit. You should really get over regarding me as a "troll", and you really should change the section title here to something other than "Bus Stop's disruptive editing". You can disagree with me and we can discuss our disagreements. Getting back to what I was saying—there was more than one reason for the edit I made here (a few hours ago). You reverted me shortly thereafter with this edit. There are and have been all along certain things bothering me about the wording that is in fact presently in the article, and which of course have been derived from one paragraph by Alastair Smart. The first sentence presently in our article reads: "Daily Telegraph critic Alastair Smart wrote a disparaging review in which he characterized Whaam! as an attempt to mimic abstract expressionism." There is more than one problem with that sentence. The lesser problem is the linking of "disparaging review" with "attempt to mimic abstract expressionism". If Alastair Smart calls attention to an "attempt to mimic abstract expressionism", would that be disparagement? Maybe, but maybe not. But the greater problem with that sentence is the use of the word "mimic". I am fully aware that this is the exact word that Alastair Smart uses. But its use in our article implies that Lichtenstein was mimicking in the sense of making fun of abstract expressionism in his use of a large canvas. I think that all that Alastair Smart is implying by the use of mimicking is that the size of the Lichtenstein canvas calls to mind the size of the abstract expressionist's canvas. Even if Alastair Smart does mean making fun of in his use of mimic, he is not making a strong point of that. When you string together an entire sentence reading "Daily Telegraph critic Alastair Smart wrote a disparaging review in which he characterized Whaam! as an attempt to mimic abstract expressionism" it sounds like an important aspect of the painting is the making fun of abstract expressionism. I would guess that this is not an important aspect of the painting but rather a minor aspect if an aspect at all. I also altered, or rather completely removed the second and last sentence. It read, and still reads: "Smart said the work was neither a positive commentary on the fighting American spirit nor a critique, but was notable for marking "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene"." I consider the phrase "incendiary impact" of very little importance. I view that phrase as little more than a writer's literary flourish. It is a colorful way of speaking. But it is more for entertainment value than to serve any other purpose. Here again is what the original Alastair Smart paragraph says:
"It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books. In 1963’s diptych Whaam! – reworked from an American war comic and enlarged to mimic a huge Ab Ex canvas – a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion. Some have tried to tease out an inherent celebration or critique here of American martial spirit, though I’d say Whaam! marks, instead, Lichtenstein’s incendiary impact on the US art scene."
The colorful imagery in that paragraph starts out with reference to "blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion". The use of "incendiary impact" in the last sentence is in my opinion merely a literary device. It is merely an echoing of imagery invoked in a previous sentence. You are expressing that you are very concerned with Alastair Smart's intended significance in his use of the term "incendiary impact". You say above, about my edit: "In particular, Bus Stop has reworded the passage to make "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene" was intended as a positive statement, when it's clear in the original that it was meant disparagingly." I don't care if it is positive or negative, but how have I changed it from a disparaging reference to a positive statement? Yes, I changed the sentence to read: "Smart claims that the painting may be notable for marking "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene"." It previously had read: "Smart said the work was neither a positive commentary on the fighting American spirit nor a critique, but was notable for marking "Lichtenstein's incendiary impact on the US art scene"." Your argument with me is baffling. What is the meaning of "incendiary impact on the US art scene"? You apparently consider this "disparaging". Isn't it possible that this is a complimentary reference? If Lichtenstein displaces all other artists with his new form of painting, might that not be referenced as "incendiary impact"? Again—I merely reinserted the reference to "incendiary impact" because a previous editor apparently felt it worth including. By the way, you did not have to completely revert my edit. You could have made another edit to change that which you did not like in my edit. That is less confrontational and it allows the article to evolve.
Finally, as I've explained before, I wanted to include that Alastair Smart considers that Lichtenstein is "best known" for his "narrative scenes". Let me take this opportunity to ask you if you agree that something about that should be included. It seems important to me. Smart's sentence is: "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books." I think that it is important to find commentary in reliable sources that connects contemporary art to art history. Bus stop (talk) 14:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Irregardless of the actual content (I have not fully analyzed what Bus Stop is claiming), it is clear Bus Stop is edit warring to a preferred version (whether this is right or wrong) without gaining consensus first, and that needs to stop. --MASEM (t) 14:40, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Edit warring?[60] Preferred version? Preferred for what? Do you think that perhaps you should "fully analyze[d]" what is being discussed? Do you see me using the Talk page to try to gain consensus? Bus stop (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You added/changed content. It was reverted. You added back in. That's edit warring. I don't care if your content is 100% the right answer, but clearly there are other editors that disagree with that change, and you need consensus to add it back in. --MASEM (t) 14:50, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
To add to what you added, you are using the talk page, but you aren't waiting for consensus, making the edits just as disruptive. --MASEM (t) 14:55, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—this happens to be an article on a painting. The sentences I edited are not particularly controversial. We should simply be using reliable sources to provide the reader with an understanding of a work of contemporary art. The painting has been considered controversial in some ways. But it is still just a painting. My two edits were separated by almost two weeks. Why not read up on the material under discussion including the original paragraph and the edits that editors have made, in attempt to represent that material for the reader? I welcome you weighing in with an opinion and I look forward to responding to that opinion, whatever it might be, but you should be informed on the specifics under discussion. You have said "I have not fully analyzed what Bus Stop is claiming". What you really should do is read the paragraph by Alastair Smart and tell me what you think is of value in that paragraph. What would you extract from that paragraph for inclusion in our article? What would be quoted? What would be paraphrased? I think it would be great if you put together two or three sentences and presented it here for our appraisal. Bus stop (talk) 15:20, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If your edits were reverted, that means those additions/changes are considered controversial by other editors, even if you don't think they are. I don't have to understand what you're adding, only what the history page and talk page shows that you are not following appropriate edit procedures (outlined at WP:BRD). I'm not speaking if your additions are actually the right thing to add or not, just that what you are doing on the article is completely improper, whether you are right or wrong. --MASEM (t) 15:24, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—the material that we are discussing has been edited many times by many editors. My two edits are probably the fewest number of edits to that material of any editor who touched that material. The only exception could be an editor who only edited that paragraph one time. Do you not see how ridiculous this discussion is getting? Furthermore the material that I wish to see in that little blurb has already been in the blurb. I am not going to go through hundreds of revisions to pin down who added and removed what material, but a random sampling in the History shows for instance this version from June 16, 2013. In that version I find:
"At the time of the 2013 Lichtenstein Retrospective at the Tate Modern, The Daily Telegraph's critic Alastair Smart, derided the entire exhibit. When discussing Whaam, he belittled Lichtenstein's inspiration of comic books rather than more noble biblical or mytholigical sources. Then, he stated his belief that the work was really an attempt to mimic Abstract Expressionism. Smart describes the subject matter as "a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion" and speaks against the work's merits as a positive representation of the fighting American spirit, suggesting that those who espouse this thematic belief are really trying to hard to support the work. Smart does concede that the work marks "Lichtenstein’s incendiary impact on the US art scene"."
I kid you not. My first edit to this article is July 10, 2013. The tinkering with that paragraph by other editors probably goes back further than the June 16, 2013 version that I randomly quote from above. I am arguing for the inclusion of the biblical/mythological thing—am I not? It was already in there! Let us stop arguing about who did what. I suggest we look at the Alastair Smart paragraph that this stuff is based on. And then let's come up with some agreed-upon language. Bus stop (talk) 16:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Can we find a more neutral title for this section than Bus Stop's disruptive editing? Bus stop (talk) 16:09, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are reading past what I'm saying: You added/changed material, it was reverted by the editors running this page, you re-added even while discussion of the material's appropriateness was going on. That's disruptive, period. It doesn't matter if the material was in there before, if you have only a few edits, etc. Your actions on the article are disruptive. Wait until consensus is gained. --MASEM (t) 16:12, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It appears Bus Stop is well on his way to breaking his own "least productive discussion" record with his evasions and prolix rationalizations. Have we hit 97kb yet?

A much better way out of this would be for Bus Stop to say: "I'm sorry, I'll stop editing tendentiously, but, hey! here are some ideas I have that might contribute to the article..." and then allow a consensus to be formed on whether or not those ideas should be included. Of course, that has to go hand-in-hand with a willingness to recognize when consensus has decided against an idea. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest Bus stop run his ideas through Modernist (talk · contribs). I would trust Modernist to filter out encyclopedic issues on behalf of WPVA.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 21:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Frankly I think it's a tempest in a teapot and should stop right here...Modernist (talk) 21:45, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Frankly, nobody believes for a split second thatyou would ever consider the embarrassment of agreeing with any position of Curly Turkey's. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Support on prose. I don't think the ongoing hairsplitting will do anything to the article that will drag it below acceptable standards. Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:41, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments on Background section[edit]

Based on my comments above, this is the only section that seems wonky compared to the rest of the article. It has no focus, and each para bounces between ideas, and does not lead me to understand why Litchenstein made Whaam!, whether it was to try something new or part of the current trend in pop art. For example, the current last paragraph, about Litchenstein's lack of interest in comic book collecting, seems extremely disjointed and a point for his bio page, but not the painting. This is fixable, but whether that is building a better story (*) moving the details around in this article and the Litchenstein bio one, or something else, I'm not sure. In how I read this article, I would think the background section should explain the at-the-time current pop art scene and trends, and then lead into Litchenstein's interest in the area and any previous works, as then to lead into discussing Whaam within that context. I don't know if this is the best way, but it feels a lot better than the present "mess" the BG section is in (it's not bad, just the part that would keep me from supporting this passing FAC, but it is fixable.) --MASEM (t) 02:49, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Masem, Why he made Whaam! Background says 1. In the 1940s during the war, he worked on Cartoons, 2. Late 1950s and early 1960s, artists began doing formal paintings of comics, 3. Lichtenstein liked emotional War comics, 4. Lichtenstein had done many aeronautical themed works, 5. He chose the scale to be consistent with contemporary works, and 6. He liked the challenge of Comic subjects. What don't you understand about this.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:08, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—I found this interesting. Bus stop (talk) 03:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think we need a full dissertation on the pop art school in this article, but enough to explain it was a movement when Whaam! was created, and Litchenstein's role in that. I'm envisioning a section that would be the same relative length as the Background, but just ordered in a better "story" for the reader. --MASEM (t) 03:06, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
War Comics is part of a subgenre of Lichtenstein's pop work. He also did romance comics, explosions and commercial/household items. Explaining Lichtenstein's role in pop art is Bio material. There are a few dozen paintings on WP that would have an identical background section. Heck there are about a dozen of his War comic works on WP. Not even sure what you are suggesting.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:11, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If I'm reading Masem's comments correctly, I think he's not suggesteing significant expanding or cutting the "Background" section, but rearranging it into a more readable narrative. I agree.
Masem also seems to be suggesting the last paragraph on Lichtenstein's lack of interest in comics per se should be dropped. I disagree. I think it's unlikely that many readers will not have that question at least in the back of their minds, and if the answer takes no more than a sentence or two, why cut it out? Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:33, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's out of place because I think it's given in the wrong context. Saying Litchenstein didn't collect comics doesn't seem to connect to why he drew Whaam, as written. On the other hand, saying something like (and this is just very rough text, not even neceesarily accurate but to point out what I'm suggesting) "At the time of drawing Whaam, Litchenstein had done a number of other comic-based works; Litchenstein had little interest in comic books when young but saw these works in <such and such a light>." Guide the reader to understanding where Whaam fits into Litchensteins short bio, rather than drop them facts without reason. --MASEM (t) 06:26, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with that. Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:56, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that he did not collect comics is not related. However, this short paragraph sets up the motivation that Lichtenstein liked this type of challenge. How else are we going to work in that he liked this type of challenge?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:57, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have worked in a your suggested alteration of this paragraph.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 00:04, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The section still feels very disjointed. It should start by explaining the rise of comic book works in pop art, driven by Warhol and Litchenstein, then you can briefly mention that he was a military participant and had familiarity with combat scenes, then say how he challenge of bring comic art to pop art that is implied through there, leading to the larger formats that Whaam! is an example of. --MASEM (t) 02:12, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Commenting on this talk section since I still believe this section is very poorly written in context of the article. The article needs this section but it needs major refinement to direct the reader to "Whaam" and less about the details of Litchenstein's background that aren't important to understanding "Whaam". --MASEM (t) 01:32, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The section is fairly concise and I don't think there's much superfluous there. Visual arts FAs often contain a comparable or greater amount of background (see the "New York art scene" section of Campbell's Soup Cans or the "Biographical context" section of Triptych, May–June 1973). I agree it's still a bit rough and will try messing with it some more. Ewulp (talk) 03:57, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's not so much the size, it's the flow. Ideally, to me, it should flow "Current State of Pop Art prior to Whaam", "Litchenstein's work prior to Whaam", and then "Reasoning to create Whaam". That information is sorta there, but it starts on Litchenstein's career and eventually meanders to Whaam. It's fixable, entirely. --MASEM (t) 12:25, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ewulp[edit]

Where is your source for this edit which changes the price of the work?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 22:11, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's the Bailey article; I've added a cite. Ewulp (talk) 22:25, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was just telling Modernist that the phrase "The work is also regarded as one of his most influential works along with Drowning Girl and Look Mickey" does not mean these are the three most influential, just that each is among his most influential. How does that misrepresent the source?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:53, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence in the source reads: "The show will feature influential paintings such as "Drowning Girl" from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and "Look Mickey", on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington as well as the Tate's own "Wham!" piece"[61] but what does "influential" mean? Is the source explaining further? If the source is not explaining anything further about what they mean by "influential" then perhaps we should omit it. Bus stop (talk) 00:12, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The paintings are identified as influential, not as his most influential. Other sources here may identify Whaam! as "most" important/influential, but this source doesn't. A painting that is less influential than the average Lichtenstein painting might still be described as influential. And as mentioned in my edit summary, the beginning of the section is a bit tedious in the number of ways it describes the painting as one the most important; surely this line won't be missed. Ewulp (talk) 00:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Influential" can have value to the reader if further is said on that topic. Who did these paintings influence? Other artists? The graphics industry? In general Lichtenstein's lifetime output has been very influential on the graphic arts. (I stumbled upon a source for that but I can't find it right now.) But we are not saying the 3 named paintings were influential in either of those two areas. The source doesn't specify an object of influence. I would argue for the removal of this: "A prominent example of pop art, it is widely regarded as one of Lichtenstein's most important and influential works." All the assertions in that sentence are entirely debatable. About this painting we should say it is an "example of Pop art". I don't think we should be passing along to the reader value judgements of this sort. Bus stop (talk) 00:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We have no remaining sources that say influential. The remaining say important. Do we want to omit that this painting is influential?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. adding influential to graphic artists would be good. I think we need to retain content that says this is an important and influential work.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It would depend on what a source said. I encountered a source which I can't find again. A problem though is that it wouldn't likely draw a connection between this painting or any particular painting by Lichtenstein and his influence on graphic arts. Bus stop (talk) 02:05, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
By the way why do you "think we need to retain content that says this is an important and influential work"? Bus stop (talk) 02:08, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ewulp—thank you for your edits to the last sentences of the article. Can I suggest this wording:
Daily Telegraph critic Alastair Smart, in a generally disparaging review, acknowledged Lichtenstein's "cheeky assault on the swaggering, self-important Abstract Expressionists". It is also Smart's opinion that Lichtenstein may be best known for his "narrative scenes". Smart compared Warhol to Lichtenstein, finding Lichtenstein lacking. Whereas Smart considered Lichtenstein "repetitive", Smart noted that Warhol went on to "address the dark underbelly of modern life".[1]
I have removed at least two factors. Tell me what you think Bus stop (talk) 01:54, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think what we need is the part of Smart's review that describes Whaam!—not Smart's opinion of Lichtenstein's work in general, which would be better suited for the biography than this article. Ewulp (talk) 02:49, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Is there something that makes Smart's review worthy of more ink than the last fifty years of criticism? That's an honest question, not snark. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:38, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, Ewulp, well then that would be only one paragraph of Smart's review, and everything would derive from this paragraph:
"It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books. In 1963’s diptych Whaam! – reworked from an American war comic and enlarged to mimic a huge Ab Ex canvas – a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion. Some have tried to tease out an inherent celebration or critique here of American martial spirit, though I’d say Whaam! marks, instead, Lichtenstein’s incendiary impact on the US art scene." Bus stop (talk) 03:41, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Issues on latest set of changes:
  1. 1st half of 2nd paragraph does not belong in this article. It does not provide motivation for this paining.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 07:23, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It's minimal background information, answering the question "what did he do for 17 years between army discharge and Whaam!?" Many FAs on works of art have much more background than these few brief sentences; look at the "Influences and commissions" section of The Battle of Alexander at Issus for instance. There should be enough biographical context so the painting doesn't emerge from a mysterious vacuum. Ewulp (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Last sentence probably belongs in the reception section.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 07:23, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If it belongs there, then it needs to be cited in context—noting the snark with which it was stated. Curly Turkey (gobble) 08:53, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The sentence could go in either section; it serves a purpose in the "Background" section by furnishng a sourced description of the work he was doing in the early 60s: a "thought provoking and often witty compendium of images". But it sounds somewhat laudatory and might be a better fit in "Reception". Ewulp (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If it "sounds laudatory" in the least, then it's being misrepresented. That's a breach of text-source integrity. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:15, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not misrepresented; it sounds somewhat laudatory in the original. You rarely call something "thought-provoking and often witty" unless you somewhat approve of it. Ewulp (talk) 05:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Enormous apologies. I could've sworn I was responding to simmering else entirely. Chalk it up to premature senility. Curly Turkey (gobble) 05:48, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    No problems! Ewulp (talk) 23:44, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Still concerned that you have removed the only sourcing that this painting is influential.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 07:23, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Working on this... Ewulp (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We know that it is prominent, important, and influential because it was purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966 and has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006. The lead of the article presently reads:
"Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. A prominent example of pop art, it is widely regarded as one of Lichtenstein's most important and influential works. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006."
I would change that to something like:
"Whaam! is a 1963 pop art painting by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006." Bus stop (talk) 14:27, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Boastful WP:LEADs seem common look at David (Michelangelo), which uses the word masterpiece and see the quote to open Mona Lisa.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 16:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We would be more justified in regarding it skeptically. It relates strongly to the age we live in. Whaam! hasn't really stood the test of time as Michelangelo's David or da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Bus stop (talk) 16:07, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think we can leave the term "diptych" out of this sentence. Do we have a good quality source for the term diptych? Bus stop (talk) 14:27, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I do find this: "Before this show I hadn't given any thought to something that suddenly seems significant. "Whaam!" is a diptych. Two side-by-side panels are separated by an obvious split down the middle. Horizontal panoramas might have been rare, but diptychs hadn't been a big deal for 500 years."[62] But I don't find for instance the Tate museum referring to it as a diptych. Bus stop (talk) 14:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I also find this at the Tate site: "The artist wrote that this was his first visualisation of 'Whaam!' and that it was executed just before he started the painting. His original idea had been for a single canvas, but the diptych concept (embodied in T00897) developed as he worked on this drawing."[63] I'm still not sure that the finished two-part painting should definitively be called a "diptych". It seems both the preparatory drawing and the painting are being referred to there. Bus stop (talk) 14:54, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think, strictly speaking, it is not a diptych. We can describe that it is a work consisting of two panels and that it is sometimes referred to as a diptych. I would suggest the following wording:
"Whaam! is a 1963 pop art painting by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006. It consists of two panels side by side and is sometimes referred to as a diptych."
The previous wording is ponderous by comparison, in my opinion. As a general rule I think this article is improved when it is shortened. It reads in a more snappier fashion when some of the excess is trimmed out. Bus stop (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Or, one more possibility:
"Whaam! is a 1963 pop art painting, in the diptych configuration, by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006. Bus stop (talk) 15:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Bus stop[edit]

Should we be writing that Alastair Smart characterized the painting as an attempt to mimic abstract expressionism? (That is found in the Reception section.) Alastair Smart only writes that the size of the painting mimics the size of paintings in abstract expressionism, and I have already added a sentence pointing that out: "The large dimensions of Whaam! are consistent with the generally large canvases in use at that time by the abstract expressionists." (That is found in the Background section.) I think a painting has aspects other than its dimensions but Alastair Smart makes no mention of these.

A painting can have color aspects and graphic aspects, to name two. Alastair Smart does not say that in these ways the painting Whaam! relates to anything abstract expressionistic. The sentence in our article does not match up with what Alastair Smart says. Our article says: "Daily Telegraph critic Alastair Smart wrote a disparaging review in which he characterized Whaam! as an attempt to mimic abstract expressionism." Alastair Smart, in his review says here, "In 1963’s diptych Whaam! – reworked from an American war comic and enlarged to mimic a huge Ab Ex canvas – a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion." Note that the reference is only to the size of the painting.

This is a bunch of pomposity and should be removed: "The work is admired for the temporal, spatial and psychological unity of its two panels…"

Can't this be said in plain English: "…altering the relationship of the graphical and narrative elements." I think we want to say that the speech ballon is moved relative to other imagery found in the painting.

This is too much information (or misinformation): "A prominent example of pop art, it is widely regarded as one of Lichtenstein's most important and influential works." This is a trite comment. This is a large sweeping statement about a completely subjective matter. It would suffice to say the painting is an example of Pop art or even that the painting is considered to be an example of Pop art. Bus stop (talk) 02:48, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting comment, even if for only how incorrect it may be, is Alastair Smart's comment in this paragraph:
"Lichtenstein duly became a brand, lucrative but repetitive; a one-trick wonder, seemingly intent – after his long, early years as an outsider – to stick with a winning formula once he’d found it. The comparison with his Pop Art peer, Andy Warhol, who went on to address the dark underbelly of modern life and the American dream, is grossly unflattering to him."
Warhol provides easy comparison for the reader, because the reader is likely to be familiar with the Pop art work of Warhol. The comparison between the two is at least thought-provoking. Whereas Lichtenstein is said to be "repetitive", Warhol is said to have gone on to "to address the dark underbelly of modern life".
As I've already said I think we should include another Alastair Smart comment, this one which I agree with: "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books." Bus stop (talk) 01:26, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Such a statement would need some sort of elaboration. What does "narrative scene" mean to the majority of prospective readers? Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know that a lot of "elaboration" is called for. Why wouldn't a dictionary definition suffice? We have an article Narrative art which says "Narrative art is art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time." Bus stop (talk) 12:38, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In the sources, that I have read regarding Whaam!, narrative does not mean Narrative art, but rather textual elements of the work versus other graphical elements not composed of text.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 23:54, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Narration can take the form of words. It would be correct to refer to the words written in speech balloons as narration. But some subject matter is more narrative and some subject matter is less narrative. Alastair Smart is saying "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known…" because the painting "Whaam!" (and certain other paintings) involves subject matter that is quite narrative. Contrast the subject matter with that found in Campbell's Soup Cans. There is no implication of an unfolding of events. The subject matter which is the painting Drowning Girl implies a sequence of events. Paintings are single still images so it is understandable that narration would seem to be generally absent. But some paintings are more narrative and some paintings are less narrative. Alastair Smart correctly observes the tendency of Lichtenstein's paintings to be narrative. Bus stop (talk) 01:21, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If the primary editor of the article can't agree with you on what "narrative art" means in this context, then how can we hope the average reader stumbling across a TFA will understand? Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:24, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All I am saying is that I have not encountered this use of the term narrative in my research on this work. This is a second somewhat relevant meaning of the term, but not the one most scholars use in relation to this work. With Drowning Girl there was much discussion about pregnant moments in the FAC. I think that this is what you are talking about in this use of the term in the sense that this panel is part of a series of events that are like a story and this panel depicted in its grand scale is thus part of a narrative. That is a different meaning than the scholars I have read.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 05:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is a word in the dictionary. Alastair Smart is using a dictionary term. Alastair Smart is saying "It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known…"[64] Alastair Smart is describing not only Whaam! but a tendency in Lichtenstein's paintings in general. Many of Lichtenstein's paintings are especially narrative. This is an observation that is being made by a reliable source, and it is a good observation because of its specificity and concreteness. Bus stop (talk) 10:30, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not all Lichtenstein paintings are narrative. This is not narrative. Bus stop (talk) 10:36, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That theme is important in many Lichtenstein works. I don't know how important it is in this work. When a plane blows up that has a sense of finality. There is no wonderment about what happens next like in Drowning Girl. There is not even much interest in how we got to this point like in Drowning Girl. That point is less important for this particular image.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 11:14, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Alastair Smart is saying that Whaam! is narrative. This is his entire paragraph:
"It’s his narrative scenes, though, for which Lichtenstein is best known: inspired not by the Bible or classical myth, but by comic books. In 1963’s diptych Whaam! – reworked from an American war comic and enlarged to mimic a huge Ab Ex canvas – a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion. Some have tried to tease out an inherent celebration or critique here of American martial spirit, though I’d say Whaam! marks, instead, Lichtenstein’s incendiary impact on the US art scene. "[65]
Narrative has a dictionary definition which is consistent with what we see in the painting Whaam!, and what Alastair Smart is referring to in the painting Whaam!. Alastair Smart provides us, in his own words, a narration of that which is depicted: "a fighter pilot blasts an enemy into flaming oblivion." You say "When a plane blows up that has a sense of finality." There is a "before" and "after". Obviously a still painting generally does not convey an event changing over time. Nevertheless some pictorial entities are more narrative and others less narrative. Whaam! happens to be a good example of an especially narrative pop art painting. Depicted is an event. The viewer is particularly aware of the time element. It is implied by the conflict unfolding on the painted canvas. This would probably not be described as being narrative. But we should just go by what sources say when the assertion in the source clarifies an aspect of a painting. We should extract from sources that which meaningfully sheds light on the nature of the painting we are writing about. Bus stop (talk) 12:38, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to me that the definition " representing stories or events pictorially or sculpturally" requires multiple panels. I don't get the feeling that depicting one scene from a story counts as narrative. It seems to me that narrative means presenting the story and not a scene from it.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 14:55, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In Terms of Smart's use the paragraph starts as if the subject is narration, but narrative scene points to the fact that his picture is just one scene of a narrative. Smart makes no implication of the natural connection in the reader's mind to other moments. No one looks at that and wonders about the future of the people in the scene like they do with Drowning Girl. Smart does not claim that. DG has all kinds of sources discussing this wonderment. It is not the same issue.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 14:55, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Narrative—or story—art represents events taking place over time. These events may, however, be compressed into a single image that implies something that has already happened or is about to take place."[66] Bus stop (talk) 16:17, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—you would be right that quintessential narration involves words. I do see your argument. It is somewhat supported by the following: "There is No Such Thing as Narrative Art". That writer says: "Although it is commonplace to speak of the spatial arts, painting and sculpture, as narrative arts—a way of speaking which suggests the intimate relations between image and text—pictorial artists obviously do not narrate stories in the same way that writers do. In a certain sense, they do not narrate at all. To speak of an artist as a teller of stories is a figure of speech, since painters and sculptors do not “tell,” they “show.” As some critics have observed, pictorial artists imply a narrative by referring to what has been said in words, but surely such allusions are not the same thing as a narrative in words." It is not surprising that there are different views on this, but I think we can justifiably write from the point of view of those commenting on art. Bus stop (talk) 21:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

concerning the derivation of imagery[edit]

Apropos of our language presently in the article referencing "impropriety", "plagiarism", and failure "to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources", we can point out that the practice of "appropriation" applies here too. Many artists of the 1960s took imagery from preexisting sources and incorporated it into their work. This is supported by a source such as "moma_learning". I would suggest we add the following sentence (I have presented it in bold below) to the end of the relevant paragraph. The whole paragraph would read:

"Critics have raised concerns of impropriety with Whaam! and other Lichtenstein works of the period. Some have denigrated it as mere copying, to which others have countered that Lichtenstein altered his sources in significant, creative ways. To claims of plagiarism, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has noted that publishers have never sued for copyright infringement, or even raised the issue. Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources; Ernesto Priego implicates National Periodicals in the case of Whaam!, as the artists were never credited in the original comic book. The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries."

I would add the "moma_learning" source to the end of that new sentence. We need to impress upon the reader that there is precedent for drawing upon the images in preexisting material and that the practice was widespread among Lichtenstein's contemporaries particularly in the pop art movement. Bus stop (talk) 12:22, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • This is a case where most of this seems more appropriate in Litchenstein's article, with just enough introduction to describe how it applies to Whaam. We do need to mention appropriation in relationship to Whaam, but we don't need to go into the larger issue for Litchenstein here. --MASEM (t) 23:23, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) There is nothing controversial in the sentence I have suggested, and it is on the general topic of the paragraph to which it is appended. That paragraph begins with: "Critics have raised concerns of impropriety…" The act that is perhaps improper actually has a name. That act is called "appropriation". Was "appropriation" practiced by other pop artists of the time? Of course, and our source supports this: "Pop artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Roy Lichtenstein reproduced, juxtaposed, or repeated mundane, everyday images from popular culture—both absorbing and acting as a mirror for the ideas, interactions, needs, desires, and cultural elements of the times. As Warhol stated, “Pop artists did images that anyone walking down the street would recognize in a split second—comics, picnic tables, men’s pants, celebrities, refrigerators, Coke bottles.”" Bus stop (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It would be wrong not to mention appropriation either here or at Litchenstein's page, it is a recognized POV and one that is otherwise covered neutrally (both sides). I'm just cautioning going too far the road of explaining appropriation in general in this article about Whaam! - you only need the sentence to introduce it, and then go into the specifics on appropriation and Whaam! --MASEM (t) 00:20, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why not reword "Critics have raised concerns of impropriety with Whaam! and other Lichtenstein works of the period" to "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's use of appropriation in Whaam! and other works of the period"? Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:30, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would use a full sentence at the end of the paragraph to counter the charges of wrongdoing presented in some of the sentences at the beginning of the paragraph. The sentence I'm suggesting includes an explanation of what is called "appropriation" and by way of explanation my sentence points out that other pop artists at the time were also borrowing images. Bus stop (talk) 13:50, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You can say, taking CT's language "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's use ofappropriation, borrowing of images from other sources, in Whaam! and other works of the period." Enough context to let the reader knows what it means here and if they need more, a link for such. --MASEM (t) 13:53, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly a sentence devoted to appropriation is warranted. The paragraph begins with a litany of complaints concerning derivation of imagery: "impropriety", "plagiarism", "copying", failure to "credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources". Such suggestions of wrongdoing are mitigated by the common practice of pop artists in the 1960s of "borrowing" images from many sources in popular culture. The sentence that I am suggesting for the end of that paragraph has the effect of countering the earlier suggestions in that paragraph. I believe this is in keeping with the presentation of a full view on the derivation of imagery. This is the sentence I am suggesting: "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries." This would be the source supporting it. The source is from the Museum of Modern Art. It is understandable that representatives of comic book art have complaints to lodge when paintings containing similar images sell for great sums of money. But there is a context that has only to do with art. There was an aim to find imagery in the surrounding environment for use in paintings. This is called "appropriation" and it was widely practiced by the pop artists of the time. Bus stop (talk) 15:25, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"It is understandable that representatives of comic book art have complaints to lodge when paintings containing similar images sell for great sums of money." — It's easy to argue sour grapes, especially when you have no sources to back it up. Remember, though, it's not the creators themselves who have made the accusations, nor are they confined to comics folk. Many (many) people simply don't accept appropriation as legitimate—especially in the 21st century, when copyrights are considered natural property rights, and lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement (included "piracy") are constantly in the news. (Appropriation is not unknown to comics folk, either—check out Art Spiegelman's "Malpractice Suite" as a prominent example by a cartoonist your average person may actually have heard of).
Anyways, how about: ""Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's use ofartistic appropriation—the practice of borrowing images from other sources—in Whaam! and other works of the period."? Seriously, all the claims are fairly balanced with counterclaims, and just because the issue of appropriation is "settled" in the arts community doesn't mean everyone's going to buy it (or should). Let the reader make their own value judgements. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:38, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There is already undue emphasis on negative commentary associated with the derivation of imagery found in Whaam!. ("Impropriety", "plagiarism", "copying", failure to "credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources".) I think there has been a selective reading of sources as well as a tendency to put lower quality and/or not-quite-on-topic sources on par with good quality and on-topic sources. We have an article with the title "Is Lichtenstein a great modern artist or a copy cat?" I point out the title because I think the title would suggest it is on topic. It does address Whaam! specifically, and I am going to quote a reference to Whaam!. The article, in the "culture" section of the BBC online, is written by Alastair Sooke, who is an arts journalist. Sooke says, "Comparing the source for Whaam! with the finished painting banishes the hoary idea that Lichtenstein profited on the back of the creativity of others. Lichtenstein transformed Novick’s artwork in a number of subtle but crucial ways."[67] We can briefly allude to questions regarding the relationship of Whaam! to its source imagery. But greater depth of treatment should be allotted to articles of appropriate scope. Bus stop (talk) 02:17, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You mean we have one paragraph in which half of it brings up issues that are brought up in multiple sources, including the BBC, and the other half refutes those claims, and you're unsatisfied with the balance we've achieved. You have very lopsided ideas of what "undue" is supposed to mean, and very poor comprehension of the "comprehensive" requirement. Quoting Sooke at us multiple times tells us nothing more than that you happen to agree strongly with him, and take issue with readers making up their own minds—for instance, Gibbons has very obviously compared the two images very closely (having seen the original Lichtenstein in person, and produced a very faithful copy of the Novick), and still disagrees.
"We" have "briefly allude[d] to questions regarding the relationship of Whaam! to its source imagery", and "greater depth of treatment" has been "allotted to articles of appropriate scope". Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:03, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You say "Many (many) people simply don't accept appropriation as legitimate—especially in the 21st century, when copyrights are considered natural property rights, and lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement (included "piracy") are constantly in the news."[68] This article is not a general discussion on the rightness or wrongness of "appropriation" in the visual arts. The Museum of Modern Art says:
"Appropriation is the intentional borrowing, copying, and alteration of preexisting images and objects. It is a strategy that has been used by artists for millennia, but took on new significance in mid-20th-century America and Britain with the rise of consumerism and the proliferation of popular images through mass media outlets from magazines to television."
"Pop artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Roy Lichtenstein reproduced, juxtaposed, or repeated mundane, everyday images from popular culture—both absorbing and acting as a mirror for the ideas, interactions, needs, desires, and cultural elements of the times. As Warhol stated, “Pop artists did images that anyone walking down the street would recognize in a split second—comics, picnic tables, men’s pants, celebrities, refrigerators, Coke bottles.” Today, appropriating, remixing, and sampling images and media is common practice for visual, media, and performance artists, yet such strategies continue to challenge traditional notions of originality and test the boundaries of what it means to be an artist."[69]
This is an article on one individual painting named Whaam!. We should use good quality sources. The Museum of Modern Art is definitely a good quality source. It is telling us that a group of pop artists working in the mid-20th-century employed a strategy of intentionally borrowing, copying, and altering preexisting images. Yet you are objecting to the inclusion in our article of a sentence saying "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries." I think it is fully supported by a good quality source.
Incidentally, it does not matter whether I agree with Alastair Sooke or not. You say that I "happen to agree strongly with him". I agree partially with him. But this is irrelevant. Bus stop (talk) 13:13, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Because this is not an article about appropriation, or Litchenstein, or pop art. It is about Whaam and needs to be focused on that. It links to the appropriation article so that an interested reader can learn more but trying to describe any more beyond establishing its context in the Whaam article is far too much undue weight. --MASEM (t) 13:21, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest "Lichtenstein's use of artistic appropriation—the practice of borrowing images from other sources" and you complain that I object to a sentence that in essence says almost exactly the same thing, in a clunkier, tacked-on manner? Them's some fine hairs to split!
"This article is not a general discussion on the rightness or wrongness of "appropriation" in the visual arts." Which is why it doesn't, and nobody has suggested it should. Bye-bye, Straw Man. Please don't come back, though I'm sure you will...
"I agree partially with him. But this is irrelevant." Yes, it is. It's totally irrelevant. The fact that he thinks blah blah blah "banishes the hoary" blah blah blah is totally irrelevant when, in fact, it empirically hasn't. People have issues with it. They voice those issues. As this is an encyclopaedia and not a blog, we are required to present both sides of the issue, and let the readers decide what is "legitimate" and what ain't. And, seriously, I've told you again and again, I'm totally familiar with the idea of appropriation—I even did a presentation on Duchamp in high school art class—so you can quit lecturing me. You're missing the point. Curly Turkey (gobble) 13:32, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Guys, thanks for all the feedback. I have tried to balance the thoughts presented above. Masem and Bus Stop, I hope we are getting close to a point where you are comfortable making a support/oppose decision.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 14:30, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—has "Lichtenstein's impropriety" become an established fact? You are referring to "Lichtenstein's impropriety" as though it were a foregone conclusion. Bus stop (talk) 15:45, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence, "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's impropriety, such as use of appropriation—borrowing of imagery from other sources—in Whaam! and other works of the period" is sourced to paulgravett.com. We do not find the term "impropriety" in that source. I can accept paraphrasing, but I cannot accept misrepresentation. One must selectively read the source to derive only that "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's impropriety". And another thing—is Dave Gibbons a "critic"? The source "paulgravett.com" counters Dave Gibbons' concerns. Why is that not represented in our article? Dave Gibbons says "That’s to say, this is ‘WHAAM! by Roy Lichtenstein, after Irv Novick’."[70] I don't think the source ("paulgravett.com") is entirely accepting of that view as expressed by Dave Gibbons. The source says "To be accurate, in the case of ‘WHAAM!’, Lichtenstein did not follow Irv Novick’s panel completely but used it as the underpinning composition…"[71] The source also says "So if we also want to acknowledge the writing (the image would not have been drawn without the initial script probably by editor Robert Kanigher) and the lettering, the proper credits should really read: ‘Roy Lichtenstein after Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, Russ Heath and Gaspar Saladino.’ If we could ever determine who coloured that original panel, that name could be added on the end!"[72] The source itself has a view to express. Yet our article is only providing representation to a view expressed by Dave Gibbons. If we are going to use a source to support an assertion, that assertion should be reflective a general view expressed by that source. Bus stop (talk) 16:35, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We have the following: "Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources". What does this have to do with the one painting that is the subject of this article? That statement is out of the scope of this article. The two sources provided do not say this in relation to Whaam!, which is the ostensible subject of this article. To quote Masem's post above, "this is not an article about appropriation, or Litchenstein, or pop art. It is about Whaam and needs to be focused on that."[73] Bus stop (talk) 17:07, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed impropriety to perceived improprieties.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 19:03, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This would be entirely unnecessary if Bus Stop would accept my or Masem's rewordings. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:45, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—Please consider removing the following wording from our article: "Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources". (It is found within this section of the article. The two sources given in support of that assertion barely mention Whaam! at all.) This is not within the scope of this article. Masem has said "this is not an article about appropriation, or Litchenstein, or pop art. It is about Whaam and needs to be focused on that."[74] I asked to have the following sentence added: "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries."[75] (Note that it is sourced to the Museum of Modern Art.) Masem argued that this could not be included. Masem argued that the sentence I suggested could not be included "Because this is not an article about appropriation, or Litchenstein, or pop art. It is about Whaam and needs to be focused on that."[76] We should not be deciding which "peripheral" material should be included based on double standards. The sentence reading "Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources" is no less "peripheral" than my suggested sentence reading "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries"[77]—and the sentence that I suggested is far better sourced. The persistent problem that does not seem to want to go away involves out-of-scope material being added to the article. That is not the subject of this article. If you wish to bring in peripheral information, or tangentially related information, than you can't rule out information about the working habits of the core group of pop artists in mid-twentieth century. Why? Because as the source supporting the sentence that I suggested for inclusion tells us: "Pop artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Roy Lichtenstein reproduced, juxtaposed, or repeated mundane, everyday images from popular culture—both absorbing and acting as a mirror for the ideas, interactions, needs, desires, and cultural elements of the times."[78] This was standard operating procedure, and that is sourced to MoMA, not exactly lightweight as far as sources go. All sources are not the same. Our project does not necessarily accept all blogs as reliable sources. The BBC and MoMA tend to be regarded as high quality sources for many purposes. I would submit that for the purpose of explaining the place of Appropriation (art) in the artwork of several high profile pop artists in the middle of the twentieth century one would have a difficult time finding a better source than perhaps this one. Bus stop (talk) 22:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries." was incorporated with your desired source several days ago in the sentence "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's perceived improprieties, such as use of appropriation—borrowing of imagery from other sources—". I do not refer to other artists in this use.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:37, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You may have an argument for removing "royalties" from the sentence, but not credit. More than one source (maybe not the ones inlined) have definitely talked about that in the context of this painting. The rest of it is not even remotely "out-of-scope", as we've been through over and over and over and over again. Curly Turkey (gobble) 23:11, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
By the same token the following sentence, appended to the end of the paragraph we are discussing, would not be out of scope: "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries."[79]
As I have stated above, an abbreviated summary of this content is already in the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:43, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The whole paragraph would read approximately as follows:
"Critics have raised concerns of impropriety with Whaam! and other Lichtenstein works of the period. Some have denigrated it as mere copying, to which others have countered that Lichtenstein altered his sources in significant, creative ways. To claims of plagiarism, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has noted that publishers have never sued for copyright infringement, or even raised the issue. Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources; Ernesto Priego implicates National Periodicals in the case of Whaam!, as the artists were never credited in the original comic book. The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries."[80] Bus stop (talk) 23:22, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to have been working from an outdated version of the article. Between 13:56 and 19:01 on the 9th I made these edits, which largely incorporated your content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:52, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Which leaves the "impropriety" you object to, and gives us a longer, clunkier paragraph. What is your objection to the wording I suggested? Curly Turkey (gobble) 00:58, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It seems that while you two were going back and forth, I revised the diputed content to read as follow:

"Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's perceived improprieties, such as use of appropriation—borrowing of imagery from other sources—[73] in Whaam! and other works of the period.[19] Some have denigrated it as mere copying, to which others have countered that Lichtenstein altered his sources in significant, creative ways.[36] To claims of plagiarism, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has noted that publishers have never sued for copyright infringement, and that they never raised the issue when Lichtenstein's comics-derived work first gained attention in the 1960s.[74] Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources;[75][76] Ernesto Priego implicates National Periodicals in the case of Whaam!, as the artists were never credited in the original comic books.[49]"--Let me know if this is still contentious.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 01:58, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You have merely plunked the word "appropriation" into the first sentence of the paragraph that we have been discussing. The problem all along has been that you are presenting unbalanced material supported by insubstantial sources—mostly blogs—and you have been presenting too much of it. Now you are objecting to the inclusion of material that comes from a substantial source (MoMA) which would tend to restore balance. Most substantial commentary emanating from the art world supports the accomplishments of Lichtenstein. This is an interesting quote I found by Bernice Rose in a 1987 book called "The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein", published by the Museum of Modern Art:
"Copying from another’s artist’s work had been out of style for a good part of the twentieth century; the avant-garde had increasingly set store by invention. In resorting to old-fashioned copying (and of such “unartistic” models), Lichtenstein did something characteristic: he made it so obvious that he was copying that everyone knew it. In effect he threw down the gauntlet, challenging the notion of originality as it prevailed at that time." (I don't have the book, but I found that quote at this blog; I can't vouch for its accuracy.) I think Bernice Rose contends that the act of copying was important to Lichtenstein and for reasons beyond the mere expediencies of image procurement. I think Bernice Rose contends that Lichtenstein wanted to challenge the notion of originality prevailing at that time.
I've tried to add a simple sentence: "The process of borrowing images from other sources is called appropriation and was also practiced by Lichtenstein's pop art contemporaries."[81] You object to that sentence. I am not sure what your objection is. The point to the sentence is that the art movement known as pop art was crucially about the appropriation of imagery deemed to be part of "popular culture". I think we see a similar idea expressed in the quote from Bernice Rose. I don't think it is sufficient to say as that paragraph in our article presently says "Critics have raised concerns over Lichtenstein's perceived improprieties, such as use of appropriation…" I don't think that is meaningful because appropriation is an important part of pop art. One would have to be unaware of the important relationship between "copying" and pop art to go on at length with this issue as the paragraph presently does. Furthermore this is just an article on a painting. I would change the whole paragraph to read something like this:
"Comic-book-like imagery has left some puzzled about copyright implications though Roy Lichtenstein has never been sued for infringement. Appropriation of imagery was widely practiced by pop artists in the 1960s."
That is all that is called for, in my opinion. I don't think more needs to be said on this topic in the "Whaam!" article. The links are there to the two articles at which further delving into the subject is possible. This article should be preserved for material pertaining to the painting Whaam!. Please tell me if there is anything left out, and why you think it needs to be included in this article, and what substantial source(s) would support it. For the above I think we have support in sources such as this, this, and this. Bus stop (talk) 03:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"supported by insubstantial sources—mostly blogs"--the sources include articles from the BBC, the Chicago Tribune, and MoMA; one of the "blogs" is a blog and archive that publishes peer reviewed articles before they appear in The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, a scholarly journal put out by Ernesto Priego (a PhD in Information Studies at City University London) and others. The other "blog" is by Paul Gravett, an authority in his field with several books to his name (and a Wikipedia page), and the lenght, level of detail, number of illustrations, and overall polish of the article makes it clear it wasn't "just" a blog post. Oh, wait!—there is a "blog" section and an "article" section at Gravett's website—and what was cited was filed under "articles" and not "blog"! "Mostly blogs" my back door.
And here we are back on the treadmill of Bus Stop trying his darnedest to remove or minimize negative criticism at all costs: "Comic-book-like imagery has left some puzzled about copyright implications though Roy Lichtenstein has never been sued for infringement. Appropriation of imagery was widely practiced by pop artists in the 1960s."—this clearly takes a POV: that appropriation cannot seriously be questioned. No, this is an encyclopedia, and we leave that up tot the readers to decide: see WP:NPOV.
In the end, I seriously think that the opening sentence to that paragraph could drop the word "impropriety"—it was my suggestion, and I now think it was not a good choice. I think the rewording I suggested above is a great improvement. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:29, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I would definitely argue that Bus Stop's complaints are trivial and nuanced at best, and drawing this out far more than it is needed. He is looking for an exactness we don't otherwise expect, particularly with how well the sourcing now supports the existing language. --MASEM (t) 04:55, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Curly Turkey—you can't substitute "Paul Gravett" for "Dave Gibbons". One has to look at "paulgravett.com" and see what it says. Dave Gibbons says: "this is ‘WHAAM! by Roy Lichtenstein, after Irv Novick". The source, paulgravett.com, does not agree. You are selectively reading the source, and failing to represent what the whole source says. Paul Gravett says "To be accurate, in the case of ‘WHAAM!’, Lichtenstein did not follow Irv Novick’s panel completely but used it as the underpinning composition and for one sound effect and narrative caption. He then sketched out a remixed version (above), replacing Novick’s side-view of the attacking plane on the left with a sharper, clearer plane at an angle, taken from the following issue, All American Men Of War #90, from the story ‘Wingmate of Doom’, panel 3 on page 11, drawn by Jerry Grandenetti." Paul Gravett also says "So if we also want to acknowledge the writing (the image would not have been drawn without the initial script probably by editor Robert Kanigher) and the lettering, the proper credits should really read: ‘Roy Lichtenstein after Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, Russ Heath and Gaspar Saladino.’ If we could ever determine who coloured that original panel, that name could be added on the end! ‘WHAAM!’ may be about the most famous, most reproduced single panel from a comic book, but it has been totally removed from its context as merely one of 67 panels across a 13-page story."
Bear in mind also that it is not just "appropriation" that we are talking about. The images in probably all cases were somehow significantly altered. "Appropriation" was necessary to represent popular culture. That is how we get the name "pop art". But the pop artists were not leaving images unaltered. Note this quote, also from the same blog at which I found the Bernice Rose quote that I presented above. I don't have this book; I can't vouch for the accuracy of the quote. But information on the book can be found at this blog. The name of the book is "Masterworks in the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection". It is by Robert Saltonstall Mattison. Here is the quote:
"Lichtenstein intends to raise images from popular culture to the level of high art by transforming it in his work. He takes devalued forms of visual communication, redeems them, and possesses them through recreating them in his paintings. Because he has considered and minutely adjusted every line, form and color area, his art breathes finesse and refinement."
Notice the claim, made by Robert Saltonstall Mattison, that Lichtenstein "minutely adjusted every line, form and color area". Also that he is "transforming it in his work." What does "transforming" mean? Does it mean leaving it the same? We are talking about a painting. The paragraph that we are discussing in our article does not bring a point such as this out. This is another example of a lack of balance in the paragraph under discussion. Yes, it is the intention of the pop artists in the 1960s to make paintings that use as their imagery that which is found all around them. This is what is called popular culture. But it is not necessarily their intention to leave these images unaltered. In fact I know of no case in which pop art imagery is left unaltered. Sources are telling us that Lichtenstein altered the source imagery. Therefore we are talking about "appropriation" but we are not just talking about "appropriation". Robert Saltonstall Mattison makes a point of arguing that Lichtenstein "adjusted every line, form and color area" and that he transforms imagery. We can't blithely overlook the fundamental aims of pop art, nor should we overlook the artistic working methods of Lichtenstein. His working methods involved bringing changes to source imagery that he deemed consistent with fine art. When speaking about "appropriation" concerning Lichtenstein, shouldn't you bring Robert Saltonstall Mattison's observations to bear? None of this belongs in this article, by the way. This topic should be taken up in one or more articles of appropriate scope. Believe it or not this article is just on this one painting, but I feel compelled to respond to a one-sided presentation of Lichtenstein's supposed wrongdoings. The paragraph we are discussing reads like there is some moral culpability on the part of Lichtenstein. We read for instance in that paragraph that "Other criticism centers on Lichtenstein's failure to credit or pay royalties to the original artists of his sources". This is not even an article on Roy Lichtenstein. In my opinion the paragraph should be reduced to no more than a few sentences. Bus stop (talk) 12:20, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Robert Saltonstall Mattison source would be more usefull if it just mentioned the word Whaam!.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 14:34, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—I'm not stating that we must explore every aspect of this issue in this article. On the contrary I think this issue should be reduced in this article. The same suggestions of wrongdoing are being said in different ways in the paragraph as it now stands. The present coverage in the paragraph under discussion is one-sided. There are other factors that should be presented if we are to give the reader a comprehensive grasp of what transpired in 1960s pop art, including Lichtenstein's participation in it. There are other factors. What were some of the aims of the art movement? What distinguishes a painting from a comic book image? We should present the views of good quality sources. Robert Saltonstall Mattison is one. Bernice Rose is another. But are we going to discuss all this in the Whaam! article? Bus stop (talk) 15:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Subpar source[edit]

"It is widely described as either Lichtenstein's most famous work" near the beginning of "Reception" is sourced to Reproduced Fine Art, a commercial site which does not seem to meet the standards for a reliable source. Ewulp (talk) 06:12, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe not the greatest source, but it has passed two source reviews. I could use some help finding better sources for this content, BTW. Also, still looking for a source to reinsert influential.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 08:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This is basically contemporary art. "Fame" and "influence" are not as applicable to this painting as for instance a much older painting. The reader should be told in the first sentence that this is a "pop art painting" as that is very basic information. The lead presently reads, with bolding added by me:
"Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. A prominent example of pop art, it is widely regarded as one of Lichtenstein's most important and influential works. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006."
I would change that to:
"Whaam! is a 1963 pop art painting, in the diptych configuration, by American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the London Tate Gallery in 1966. It has been exhibited at Tate Modern since 2006."
Its "prominence" is evidenced by the fact that it is displayed at the Tate Modern. Clicking on Tate Modern we find that it is "Britain's national gallery of international modern art" and that it is "the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year." Stating that the painting is prominent is superfluous. Bus stop (talk) 14:20, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Er, no, that's not what the "prominent" is referring to here. Just because it is displayed at the Tate doesn't make the work of art prominent. The prominent here is referring to Whaam!'s influence relatively to the whole of pop art, not where it is displayed. As long as that statement can be sourced to avoid OR peacocky words (it should be able to), that part is fine. --MASEM (t) 14:55, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—you say "The prominent here is referring to Whaam!'s influence relatively to the whole of pop art, not where it is displayed." Do you have a source for "prominence" or "influence" in relation to Whaam!? Bus stop (talk) 16:21, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find exact sourcing (that otherwise doesn't circle back to WP) but even looking through top hits at google books on (whaam) (pop art) (example) shows that many consider it a standard example of the pop art movement that, by the sourcing already given here, is not original research to apply the term "prominent example". --MASEM (t) 17:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Can't agree there. If you are inferring the work's prominence from the frequency you find it used as an example, but don't have a source that states it, I'd call the the very definition of "original research". Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:35, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—why, in your opinion, is it "prominent"? Bus stop (talk) 17:34, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Several of the sources already used here and that I see in searching cite it often as an example of pop art. No, they don't call it "predominate" but if you search on examples of pop art, you pretty much end up on two names as key figures: Litchenstein and Warhol, and when demonstrating Litchenstein's work, point to either Whaam or Drowning Girl. No, no source out there states explicitly it is a predominate example, but it is not original research to consider that it is used by a numerous sources as an example of pop art (and specifically knowing what else they call out as examples) and considering that it is a predominate as an example. Or to put it another way, in a survey of sources that in describing what pop art is and that give examples of such, the number of times Whaam is mentioned is very high and would be one of the top 5 or so. --MASEM (t) 22:29, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please add some of the best sources that you looked at in this regard. Basically, there should be some saying it is the most important/influential/prominent/notable and others that say it is on the short list with Drowning Girl (among Lichtensteins). Then we should have some discussing pop art that say it is on the short list of works that are most representative of the movement.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/WP:FOUR/WP:CHICAGO/WP:WAWARD) 22:54, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Masem—there are many examples of pop art. They can vary considerably in many ways. This one painting hardly represents most works of pop art. If we write something in an article, we should do so for a purpose. Just because something is reliably sourced is not sufficient justification for including that thing in an article. It would be unlikely that Whaam! would not be "prominent". Whaam! was purchased from the prominent Leo Castelli Gallery and Whaam! is in the permanent collection of the prominent Tate Modern. We include that information in the first paragraph of the lead of the article. (Even the information on prominence is prominently placed.) We need not say that Whaam! is prominent because we have demonstrated its prominence early in the article. Bus stop (talk) 22:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No, not every painting or work hung at the Tate is prominent, though the reason the Tate is a prominent gallery is because they have amassed a collection of well-known art in addition to other art. Where Whaam! is hung has zero impact on its prominence as an example of pop art. You're mincing words, and that's not helping here. --MASEM (t) 23:07, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Masem—you say "Where Whaam! is hung has zero impact on its prominence as an example of pop art." Can you please tell me what has "impact on its prominence as an example of pop art"? Bus stop (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming you're being serious with this type of question, "prominence as an example of pop art" means that in the literature by experts in the field (art historians and critics in this case), they have identified in their writings that they believe Whaam! is a highly-representative example of what the pop art movement was. --MASEM (t) 13:29, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
TonyTheTiger—we would be doing the reader a disservice if we suggested that a work of pop art was "representative of the movement"[82]. Bus stop (talk) 23:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
[83], [84], [85], [86]. --MASEM (t) 23:07, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • At least in the UK "It is widely described as either Lichtenstein's most famous work" is certainly true, and it appears very often as the image chosen to represent Pop Art. To say "Its "prominence" is evidenced by the fact that it is displayed at the Tate Modern" is not right at all. They change their displays fairly frequently, and display all sorts of stuff, though Whaam! is one of the few works that usually seems to be included, as it is a great favourite, with notebooks & other shop goods using it. But a better ref than is now used, or The Daily Mail is needed. Here's one- not exactly an art historian..., or The 60's for dummies. Johnbod (talk) 02:55, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say it's adequate. Multiple reliable sources support the "most famous" language. The word "widely" can be contentious but shouldn't be in this case, as the fact that this is one of Lichtenstein's best-known works seems uncontested. About a year ago I attempted to source a "widely" at Lucian Freud by using a swarm of RSs; it's usually the best you can do in a case like this. Ewulp (talk) 06:22, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image check[edit]

Image check - all OK mostly OK (5 fair-use, 2 PD-ineligible). Sources and authors provided. 1 fair-use is problematic:

  • File:Drawing_for_Whaam!.jpg - not OK? I am not convinced, this image is needed in this article and "significantly increases the reader's understanding". The sketch's composition on two pieces of paper is described in-text, the color notations have their own image. I don't see any more details of the sketch in-text, which would be in need of a visual illustration? If the sketch itself, its visual characteristics or notable details would get more coverage, fair-use would be OK. But all current details do not need an image imo.
  • Other fair-use images are OK.
  • Some "purpose of use" fields could be a bit more detailed, but all other 4 usages appear to be legitimate fair-use, given the complex background information to various source images.
  • Please do not use "n.a." for any FUR-parameter. If the parameter really would be "not available", the image would auto-fail WP:NFCC. Filled two summary FURs (no action required). GermanJoe (talk) 13:42, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't it be an almost axiomatic fulfillment of WP:NFCC#8 which calls for "Contextual significance" to include a preparatory sketch? I should think that a preparatory sketch would "significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic". The subject of the article is the painting Whaam! and the sketch is preparatory to that painting. Bus stop (talk) 14:14, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the hasty removal of that image. What was called for was improved text, and context not necessarily wholesale elimination or removal IMO this image passes WP:NFCC. This article is still a mess...Modernist (talk) 14:25, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the relevant policy here is WP:NFCC, of course editors can submit questionable fair-use images to WP:Non-free content review and ask for more input from other reviewers. I'll not comment on other questions of this nomination, the check did only focus on the images and their related article content. GermanJoe (talk) 14:47, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate's closing comment - Will be archiving this nomination in a few minutes. I cannot see a clear consensus emerging from these discussions and it has become difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Reviewers might wish to note that concise statements often have more influence in reaching consensus than essay-like reviews, which often deter fresh assessments. This is the most contentious FACs that I have seen in a long time. Perhaps it is a testament to the importance of the painting that it can still be a source of controversy after all these years. I will allow renomination in one week from now. In the meantime, please try to come an agreement – even if these means agreeing to differ – on the article's Talk Page. Graham Colm (talk) 15:23, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Peru national football team[edit]

Nominator(s): MarshalN20 | Talk 05:02, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because...it meets the FA criteria. I've spent years working on this article (since 2009), mainly on my spare time; I've immersed myself on the literature, read tons of books on the subject (which was pretty entertaining, to be honest). Aside from old peer reviews (which were of much help) and the aid of IP editors, I have pretty much worked on the article largely by myself. I modeled it after the Scotland national football team article, but I think this article is a good contender to be the new standard (depending on what happens in this FAC). I have tried to copy-edit the article as best as possible, mainly as a result of peer review backlogs and general lack of interest from other editors. I recently got the article Pisco Sour through a FAC, so I have good idea of what is expected and the procedures. If you find any mistakes, or have any improvement suggestions, please give me a chance to fix those things before opposing the nomination. Thanks in advance for reading the work; I hope you enjoy it!--MarshalN20 | Talk 05:02, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • At a first look I don't understand why does the player tables show up while the World Cup and Copa America are hidden. I strongly suggest to auto-hide the two player tables (and perhaps add a couple of sentences summarizing the more notable recent players) and have unhidden trimmed versions of the records (for the WC just focus on the editions when it qualified, while for the CA one perhaps only on those times when it was in the top 3 or 4). Nergaal (talk) 05:56, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the comment Nergaal. The current structure is a mixture between the FA Scotland national football team article and some new ideas.
I hid the Copa America & World Cup tables because they made the article seem longer than it actually is. Instead, I decided to use text to describe the more memorable events in the tables (and overall-records as well, but only in the first paragraph of each of those sections).
All football (soccer) articles have the player tables unhidden. I don't want to change that concept (unless everyone else here thinks that s for the best). Based on my experience, IP contributors (who are the ones who constantly update these tables) prefer unhidden player tables.
What I can do is trim the records. However, this is again something I have never seen another football article do...so I'd like to hear further input on this matter before taking action on it.
Good points. I think they are certainly on the idea of "setting a new standard".--MarshalN20 | Talk 14:22, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Parutakupiu[edit]

Comments – I will post my review in a gradual section-by-section manner, if you don't mind.

  • Uniform section – I've made a few changes to this section already, mostly copyediting (see recent edit), but some things still need attention:
    • The English variants "uniform" (American) and "kit" (British) are used interchangeably, when only one should be preponderant per WP:CONSISTENCY.
    • My biggest issue in this section is the use of a personal blog source as major reference; I'm not sure it follows WP:BLOGS. Parutakupiu (talk) 20:44, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Stadium section:
    • Same concern about using a blog-type source, even if it's based in what appears to be some kind of higher education institution site.
  • Supporters section:
  • Rivalries section:
    • I would move this section after the "Supporters" one, as it fits into the earlier socio-historical portion of the article.
  • Before reading the World Cup, Copa América and Olympic record sections, I would recommend nesting them under a "Major competitions record" parent section and then renaming them to just "FIFA World Cup", "Copa América" and "Olympic Games". Parutakupiu (talk) 22:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Another comment to this general section is that the record tables should not be collapsible. The data should be in plain sight and, when collapsed, the table is not straightaway noticeable. Parutakupiu (talk) 00:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the review. I'll respond to your points in number format.
  1. My decision for using both terms ("uniform" and "kit") was to have a variety of words to play around with (to avoid repetition). Also, from personal experience, the term "kit" is increasingly (if not already commonly) used by the soccer community in the United States. Could they not be considered synonyms?
Yeah, I guess they can. Parutakupiu (talk) 01:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  1. I replied to your blog concerns in your talk page, but I will link to them here in case any other reviewer is interested in reading the explanation for the blog sources (see [88] and [89]).
  2. Yes, I plan to create articles on both subjects.
  3. Yes, I will move the rivalry section below the supporters section. It does make more sense.
  4. There seems to have been a change in the WP:FOOTY MoS for national teams (see [90]). I developed this article under the old MoS used for the Scotland national football team article. Although I am not opposed to the new MoS, my view is that the new MoS works better for achievement lists rather than sections with WP:SUMMARY text of larger articles (which, I think, is the case with the Peru article).
I did not know about that MoS guideline, but the fact that the project decised for a change in favour of my suggestion gives it more value. Probably "Achievements" is not the best title (especially for team who have not had notable achievements), hence a more neutral title like the one I suggested could be more suitable to every situation and national team. Parutakupiu (talk) 01:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Overall, I appreciate the suggestions up to now. I also like the last point you made (about the structure change), because I think it fits with the objective of making this Peru nft article the "new standard model" for other nft articles. Given this situation, perhaps having a discussion in this FAC's talk page would be good to reach a consensus?
If you think it's an undertaking that could generate a positive feedback, go for it. But I don't think it should in any way hinder this article from reaching the quality necessary for promotion to featured status. Parutakupiu (talk) 01:15, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Best wishes.--MarshalN20 | Talk 00:19, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • FIFA World Cup section:
    • In the same sentence of portion of prose you provide figures in text format and then in number format. Fix the many occurrences throughout the section.
    • "In the finals, the team hold..." – holds
    • Unlink Mexico in "Mexico 1970 World Cup finals" and Argentina in "Argentina 1978 World Cup finals".
    • Add a period at the end of the image caption.
    • Unlink Budapest, Paris, and Algiers.
    • "(upon returning home)" – Replace parentheses with commas.
  • Copa América section:
    • In the same sentence of portion of prose you provide figures in text format and then in number format. Fix the many occurrences throughout the section.
    • "... hosted the tournament..." – I'd change to something like "played as hosts", to avoid repeting the word "tournament".
    • In the part about the player records, I'd replace the parentheses with em-dashes and the square brackets by parentheses.
    • acquired→achieved
    • "Peru ended the first stage as leader of Group 2 in the first stage..."
    • two-game→two-legged
    • "... saw both teams win their respective home games..."
    • "...in Bogota (1–0) and Lima (2–0)..." → "(1–0 in Bogota and 2–0 in Lima)". Parutakupiu (talk) 00:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Olympic Games section:
    • games→Games
    • "during the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics..."
    • "... became South America's representative to the football tournament in the 1936 Berlin Olympics."
    • "The representatives for the Peruvian team players..."
    • "... but in extra time Peru..." – Add a comma before Peru.
    • Shouldn't the content from Note I deserve inclusion in this section? I think it's too large and detailed to be treated as a mere note. Parutakupiu (talk) 00:11, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again for the improvements Parutakupiu. I applied all of them except for the last one. The original version I wrote for the section had the detailed post-match situation (Austrian protest & Peruvian response), but it felt trivial when compared with the section's content and the structure of other similar sections (What is relevant to the main text is that Peru left the tournament due to problems outside the pitch; anything additional is worthy of being in a note for extra information). Note length & detail is also not necessarily an issue (I have seen notes in books which are over half a page's length). Regards.--MarshalN20 | Talk 15:29, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I only noticed it now: the lead says that Peru participated in two Olympic football tournaments, but the second participation (in the 1960 Games) is nowhere to be read in this section. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Notable players section:
    • First of all, I'd move this sub-section to the top, before the squad lists. It's a historical and less mutable section so it should come first, in my opinion.
    • "South America won 0–2, with Cubillas scoring the first goal." – This should be in a different sentence, so replace the preceding semicolon with a period (to close the previous sentence which also runs too long).
  • Managers section:
    • Are refs 130 and 131 from a reliable source?
    • Unlink "sports analysts"
    • This section is small and you already give a link to the main list of managers, so I don't think you should have a navbox that, in addition, is shown collapsed by default.
  • Fixtures and records section:
    • "Since 1927, Peru has played approximately 545 matches, including friendlies, since 1927;..."
    • Ref 134 is quite odd, I've never seen four sources in a single ref tag. I would say you should add separate ref tags after each corresponding citation, but maybe your solution is valid? I don't know...
    • "... at the Copa America held in Bolivia." – Link "Copa América" to the 1997 tournament article; unlink "Colombia" (in an earlier sentence) and "Bolivia".
    • "... no yellow or red cards in its games."

— Parutakupiu (talk) 18:42, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for the comments.
  1. The common structure for these sections is Current -> Recent -> Notable. However, I personally like your suggestion better.
  2. Yes, the Dechalaca.com references are reliable. They have a professional structure to their publishing (see in Spanish), and I find no reason to distrust them. However, some of their articles are guilty of biased opinions (which I usually don't agree with), but that's not unusual.
  3. Yes, the ref 134 style is rare. It was suggested during the GA review several years ago, and I have seen other FA articles use it (so it seems valid).
Everything else you pointed out should now be fixed. Thanks!--MarshalN20 | Talk 22:52, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why don't you let the competition record tables be visible by default? They are probably one of the most important piece of data for people consulting this page, and their length should not be an issue.
  • In the external links section, change the title of the navbox "Finalists" to "World Cup final presences".

— Parutakupiu (talk) 01:22, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Length was my primary concern with the tables. I will make them visible.
Yes, I changed the title.
Thank you very much for the heavy copy-editing in the article. It was absolutely awesome to read all of it again.--MarshalN20 | Talk 04:42, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, happily. I believe this article is adequate shape to achieve featured status. Congrats to the nominator for his work. Parutakupiu (talk) 21:32, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Giants2008[edit]

Comments – I haven't read the article in depth yet, but here are a few initial impressions that I have from what I did look at:

  • The FIFA Fair Play diploma image isn't needed to understand that they were awarded the honor. Therefore, this image likely doesn't meet the non-free content criteria as far as this article goes.
  • I'm also uneasy about the blog that was referred to earlier. It's good that he's apparently a published author, but if there are opportunities to replace some of the uses, I'd suggest doing so. Better to have the most reliable sources possible.
  • Check that the page ranges in the refs all have en dashes. I noticed a couple citations without them.
  • "A series of staggering victories in the late 1960s". I don't understand the use of "staggering" here. Were they big upsets, as we Americans would say? That sounds more neutral in any case.
  • "eliminated only due to a goal difference with Chile." Not sure if non-football fans are going to get this with the current wording. How about "only due to a worse goal difference than Chile" or similar? Giants2008 (Talk) 02:18, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for the comments Giants. I'll also reply here with the number list.
  1. I also had my doubts about the image, so it is now removed.
  2. The current version of the article only has the Pulgar blog used for non-controversial facts. I have checked and no other source covers these topics (particularly the uniform's history). The other blogs are from university professors, and all should also be referencing uncontroversial facts.
  3. All page ranges in the refs should now have en dashes. Thank you for pointing this out. :-)
  4. The sources (Witzig and FIFA) indicate that Peru's qualification was surprising because Argentina was the clear favorite. Perhaps replacing "staggering" with "unexpected" might do the trick?
  5. Yes, I changed the goal difference sentence with your suggestion.
I appreciate the comments. Best wishes.--MarshalN20 | Talk 03:23, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@Giants2008:, I removed the word "staggering". I think that is the best solution for NPOV.
I again checked the blogs. They're all reliable and follow the guidelines per WP:BLOGS. Regards.--MarshalN20 | Talk 13:02, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comments -- Open six weeks and quiet for last two, I can't see this nom achieving consensus to promote any time soon, so will be archiving it shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:58, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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House of Plantagenet[edit]

Nominator(s): Norfolkbigfish (talk) 09:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because it is a Good Article that covers an important subject in the Plantagenet family. It examines their impact and importance and covers the significant events and changes that impacted the members of the families explaining in some way why they acted as they did. Without this nomination it is hard to see the article will be challenged enough to improve further Norfolkbigfish (talk) 09:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - suggest to install this useful tool User:Ucucha/HarvErrors and check harvard citations for consistency (errors will be highlighted in red). The article has several cases of missing bibliographic entries or mismatches between the details of "Footnotes" and "Bibliography" (author's first and last name and year of publication need to be exactly the same). I'll try to read the full article and give some more comments later. GermanJoe (talk) 10:27, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch, I thought we had cleared these up when we worked through the citations. Thanks for the tool - I'll get to it.Norfolkbigfish (talk) 09:49, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done Norfolkbigfish (talk) 11:51, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - spotchecks not done

  • Most of Caroline phase first paragraph needs citations, as do the second and third paragraphs of Lancastrian war
Done Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • FN34 is missing pages, as are FN 68, 103, 106
All done apart from StubbsNorfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done - Stubbs replaced with more relevent citations Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Foreign-language sources should be identified as such
Done - thanks for the tips Norfolkbigfish (talk) 10:45, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lawless: BiblioBazaar is a reprint service - what is the original publishing info?
DoneNorfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Be consistent in whether you include locations for books
Locations removed for consistencyNorfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Check alphabetization of Bibliography
Done Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • ISBN for Mate?
Done Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll get on these next week, thanks Norfolkbigfish (talk) 08:47, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All done, I think? Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns A) I've still got concerns over a point raised in the GAR:

  • ":::There's no "right" answer, of course, but I think that to meet the GA standards the article should also note the alternative definition - not least because it the one used by the British monarchy itself! Possible sources would include the Royal Household's own website, here; J. S. Hamilton's "The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty", introduction, para 1; "Angevins and Plantagenets" in John Cannon and Anne Hargreaves' "The Kings and Queens of Britain"."
  • I still think the article is putting forward the Henry II start date for the Plantagenets as the only definition, rather than one of two.
Thanks, good point Norfolkbigfish (talk) 07:53, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Done - I've used the royal.gov.uk citation you gave and added to the lead the alternative of four distinct houses. I've also referenced the death of John as the end of the Angevins in some eyes. I think it was left like it was due to one particularly vociferous editor - much more balanced now. Norfolkbigfish (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

B) I'll work through at least the earlier periods:

  • "Henry saw an opportunity to reassert Plantagenet authority over the Church in England" - I don't think that this is supported by the cited source (Schama). Schama notes on that page that Henry, an "Angevin king", wanted to reassert the rights of Henry I (a Norman) over the Church; there's nothing about his own/future dynasty here.
Amended to reflect this Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " In response to please Henry three of his men murdered Becket in Canterbury Cathedral." - worth looking at Barlow (1986) "Thomas Becket", here; Barlow's probably the standard text, and it's not quite that simple/ Hchc2009 (talk) 17:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Amended to reflect this was probably misadventure (and cited) Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The chronicler Gerald of Wales borrowed elements of the Melusine legend to give a demonic origin to the Plantagenets, and several early Plantagenet kings are said to have claimed such a heritage for themselves." - this is cited to Warren, p.2. What he actually says is Henry II's "were prone to joke about the story", which isn't quite the same as claiming to be demonic. Incidentally, Warren talks not about the Plantagenets, but the Angevins.
Amended to reflect this Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Benjamin, Marcus (1910). Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia. University of Michigan." - I'm not convinced that this is a "high-quality reliable source" for medieval history any more.
Removed and replaced with link to King of Jerusalem Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "When Stephen was captured and declared deposed because there was no precedent for a ruling queen rather than a queen consort, Matilda was declared "Lady of the English"." - there are some mild grammar issues here (Stephen wasn't deposed because there was no precedent), but also it's also not quite right - see Marjorie Chibnall's biography of the Empress, p.102, for an explanation of the issues surrounding the title.
I've rewritten this to match the history more precisely. The title is not explained but I've removed the assertion.Norfolkbigfish (talk) 14:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "After the consolidation of the English lands, Henry II considered further expansion to find a fiefdom for his brother William FitzEmpress. The Catholic Church blessed a campaign in Ireland that would bring the Irish church under papal control, but plans were delayed until Dermot of Leinster was allowed to recruit soldiers in England and Wales for use in Ireland. Henry became concerned that Dermot's knights' success would give them independent power so he visited himself. This enabled the recognition of his overlordship by the native kings and the appointment of John of England to the notional first Lordship of Ireland." - worth double checking the sequencing here against Astley (whom, incidentally, prefers to label the English monarch the House of Anjou from 1154 to 1399!)
Rewritten to reflect chronology - what do you think? Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Henry II recognised that his vast holdings were unsustainable and planned for partible inheritance common in the feudal system." - I'd be keen to see the first part of this cited. The second half needs clarification - partible in inheritance was common in some parts of Europe, but not all.
Rewritten Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " Philip II of France attempted to destabilise his mightiest subject and encouraged the sons not to wait for their inheritance. They rebelled in the Revolt of 1173–1174." - John didn't rebel.
Rewritten Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " The younger Henry rebelled again, but died of dysentery before Richard and Phillip took advantage of a sickening Henry II with more success." - the events are separated by many years (Young Henry died in 1183, the rebellion in the second half in 1189, but it reads as though one followed closely on the other).
Rewritten to reflect chronology Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Richard inherited all the Plantagenet holdings in 1189. His English coronation was marked by a mass slaughter of the Jews, described by Richard of Devizes as a "holocaust"" - I'm not sure "marked" is the right verb here.
Changed Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Richard had little interest in governance and rarely spent time in England beyond that necessary to raise revenue to support his military adventures. " This needs a stronger citation; the Victorian concept that Richard "ought" to have spent time in England or that he conducted "military adventures" is a little old fashioned.
Rephrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "He is reported to have said "I would sell London itself if only I could find a rich enough buyer"." - this needs qualification: is this taken seriously by modern historians?
Removed - doesn't really add anythingNorfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " According to Roger of Hoveden, when Richard was released, Philip II warned John "Look to yourself, the devil is loose"." - again, needs qualification - is Roger regarded as a reliable source?
Removed - doesn't really add
  • " Philip II of France had been dividing up the Plantagenet realm with John of England." - could you double-check against the cited source? If memory serves, John allied himself with Philip, but didn't go about dividing up Ireland, England, Normandy etc.
REphrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The French lands selected Richard's nephew Arthur, while John succeeded in England. " - I'm not sure this is accurate. Brittany went with Arthur, but Normandy went for John.
Added detailNorfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The contested succession and resultant rebellions by the Norman and Angevin barons" - I don't think that the contested succession was a strong factor in the Norman baronial revolt.
Rephrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "and led to the de facto end of the Angevin Empire, even if de jure it lingered until 1259" - um, Gascony wasn't exactly held de jure! I'm also not convinced that the French King regarded as lingering de jure at all! :)
Agreed - changedNorfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "John's defeats in France weakened his position in England, resulting in his vassals rebelling and enforcing the treaty called Magna Carta, which limited royal power and established common law." - I don't think that John's vassals did enforce the treaty called Magna Carta; it famously wasn't enforced by either side under John.
Agreed - rephrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " leading to the First Barons' War in which the barons invited an invasion by Prince Louis." - the "rebel barons" invited the invasion. The loyalist ones didn't.
Agreed & changes Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Some historians consider the Angevin monarchs end and Platagenet monarchs" - check the grammar here.
Grammer fixed and cited to match the lead giving alternative definitions of dynasty or dynasties (see above) Norfolkbigfish (talk) 17:02, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Plantagenets exhibited typical antisemitism" - all the Plantagenets? Or just Henry III?
Rewritten Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Henry saw such similarities between himself and England's then patron saint Edward the Confessor in his struggle with untrusted advisers that he gave his first son the Anglo-Saxon name Edward and built the saint a magnificent still-extant shrine." I don't think the bulk of the literature would include the "struggle with untrusted advisors" clause here.
Agreed - changedNorfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Henry III could not motivate his barons to support a foreign war to restore Plantagenet holdings on the continent - they would not supply the men and money required to do so. Facing a repeat of the situation his father faced, Henry III reissued Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest in return for a tax that raised the incredible sum of £45,000." - I think Henry did motivate them; isn't the £45,000 the money that was spent on the reinvasion of Poitou?
Yep, rewritten Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "This was enacted in an assembly of the barons, bishops and magnates that created a compact in which the feudal prerogatives of the Plantagenets were debated and discussed in the political community." - the prerogatives of the Plantagenets weren't debated; I think the argument swung on the pre-Plantagenet legal situation, in particular Edward the Confessor.
Agreed & rephrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " Matthew Paris wrote that Richard responded to the price by saying, You might as well say, 'I make you a present of the moon – step up to the sky and take it down'. " - missing speech marks
Done
  • "Henry's extravagances left a longer lasting legacy in his building projects including Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and the town of Harwich. " - I'd look for a direct cite for "extravagances".
Checked and apart from warfare costs seems he wasn't - added detail Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • " regarded as the first Parliament worthy of the name because it was the first time cities and burghs sent representatives" - regarded by who? The "model parliament" idea is quite old-fashioned now; see Carpenter's article on Henry III's parliaments.
Rephrased Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Edward, having pacified the realm, left England to join Louis IX on the Ninth Crusade, funded by an unprecedented levy of one-twentieth of every citizen's goods and possessions." -movable possessions... Hchc2009 (talk) 18:27, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
DoneNorfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll start working through these (or at least the easier ones) Norfolkbigfish (talk) 07:53, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers - give me a shout if I can help at all. Hchc2009 (talk) 16:46, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't know about this article. It seems to function as the main summary article on English history over the period when the Plantagenets ruled, and therefore attempts to both cover the dynasty itself and the general history of England. This is a far from ideal way of doing things, which no doubt the nominator inherited. Both aspects of the article suffer from the inappropriate dual function. In an ideal world we would have a history article England under the Plantagenets - not an unreasonable periodization - that covered the history properly, rather than just wars, dynastic politics, and some other stuff like the Black Death. Then this article could cover better the full ramifications of the family, including the few left after 1485. The history side seems to be almost entirely restricted to the 100 Years War once that gets going, and rather peter out after 1389, except for the Wars of the Roses - nothing else seems to have happened in England 1389-1485. Some of the sources used are rather embarrassing, & not acceptable at FA level, although the article is so summarized I doubt the actual text would need changing if for example a better source than "Morris, John E (1910). Great Britain and Ireland: A History for Lower Forms. Cambridge University Press" was used for "In 1296 Edward invaded Scotland, deposing and exiling Balliol"! "Marshall, H.E. (2006). Our Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls. Yesterday's Classics" - a reprint of an ancient childrens' book, is used once & should go too. Most sources used are fine. As things are I can't see myself supporting this at FA, not least because while it functions as a general period article it is uneven and too narrow in that role, though I appreciate the work the nominator has put in. I'd advise splitting it into two, and building those up. Sorry! As a GA I think it is fine. Johnbod (talk) 20:36, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you think it stands up at GA at least, Johnbod. I have addressed the citations you raised above anyway. You are correct in assuming this article was inherited in the state where it covered both the family and the period and it has undergone some contested change since (it once got to twice the size which explains the feeling of summary) Norfolkbigfish (talk) 15:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I think this article is fantastic. It is very coherent and the level of detail is superb. It's such an interesting read and you have improved it even further than a month or two ago. It clearly explains the start and end of the line and gives the reader knowledge about the history of the dynasty without being too complicated or needing to know about it more professionally or with expertise.  — AARON • TALK 15:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate comments -- As this review has been open a month and a half without achieving consensus to promote, and has been quiet for the past week, I'll be archiving it shortly. Given the last Peer Review appears to have been some years ago, I'd suggest going through that process again before renominating at FAC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:53, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Real (Ivy Queen album)[edit]

Nominator(s): DivaKnockouts 16:57, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Real is the fourth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen, released on November 16, 2004, by Universal Music Latino. On Queen's debut full-length English-language studio album, she collaborated with hip hop and fellow reggaetón artists Hector El Father, Fat Joe, Getto & Gastam, La India, Gran Omar and Mickey Perfecto. The album was primarily produced by Rafi Mercenario, and included guest production by American producer Swizz Beatz, Puerto Rican producers Ecko, Noriega, Monserrate and DJ Nelson. The executive producers were Goguito "Willy" Guadalupe, Gran Omar and Queen. I am nominating this article for featured article status because I feel it that meets the criteria. After a successful GAN, it was placed for peer review and received one as so. After some time, the article received an excellent and much needed copyedit by Miniapolis (talk · contribs). I proudly present my first FAC nomination, Real. DivaKnockouts 16:57, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because I see several issues with inaccurate representation of Spanish-language sources (I looked at these two), and because User:Moonriddengirl/DivaKnockouts is still pending, my first question would be if User:Miniapolis speaks Spanish, or merely smoothed out prose without being able to consult the Spanish-language sources, and my second suggestion would be that someone undertake a thorough review of sourcing. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:27, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Sandy. No, I know a few words of Spanish but don't speak it; I copyedited the article because it was next in line on the GOCE requests page. Not wanting to muddy the waters, I wouldn't have taken it if I thought there were copyvio issues. Miniapolis 01:49, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Inaccurate representation of Spanish-language sources"? Really? Please explain. — DivaKnockouts 19:11, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it's quite clear: Sandy is referring to possible misrepresenting of facts or opinions presented in the Spanish-language sources. I would like to add that, based on your DYK work and the non-formal CCI listed above, a spotcheck for copyright violations by translating the sources word-for-word is also needed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:03, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sandy said she looked at the two above but did not provide an example. How am I suppose to understand what she is referring too. If Sandy doesn't know Spanish how can she tell if something is misinterpreted? Google Translate is a very good translator as it does misinterpret things. — DivaKnockouts 00:13, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sandy never said she doesn't speak Spanish; she seems, from my experience, quite fluent. She was asking if your copyeditor spoke Spanish and could thus consult the sources (and perhaps spot close paraphrasing or representation issues) or was just basically polishing the prose. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, Google translate can be terrible, especially for paragraphs. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:01, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I meant Google Translate is not a very good translator. Also, Sandy said she specially checked those two sources. — DivaKnockouts 01:07, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm sorry, but where does that imply she doesn't speak Spanish? That she checked 2 sources on her holiday, found issues, and has asked for someone to give a detailed spot check means there are quite likely issues with close paraphrasing and source representation that you should be dealing with, rather than misreading her comments and arguing about what she meant... particularly as I have already told you in no uncertain terms. If I were you, I'd find a fluent speaker of Spanish who has time to do spotchecks, and if they find widespread issues you should withdraw this nomination. If there are just a few, you can fix them quickly; the delegates may not mind. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:20, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks User:Miniapolis (and User:Crisco 1492) for clarifying. Yes, the concerns relate to the issue that occurred at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Grace Sherwood/archive1, where because a competent copyeditor had smoothed out the prose, reviewers failed to notice the copyvios (all of the prose was at a level higher than was typical for the nominator, but reviewers and delegates thought that was because a competent copyeditor had been there, hence many failed to check the sources and detect the copyvio). In this case, in my very quick search I didn't see any copyvio, but my check was not thorough (limited time). I am additionally concerned about accurate representation of sources in this case ... by smoothing the prose, it is possible subtle inaccuracies are introduced even by a competent copyeditor (as Miniapolis certainly appears to be). I am out of time for the moment, but will again go through and look for samples the next time I have a free block of time. (Diva, yes I speak and comprehend Spanish at a fluent level, although reading takes me a bit longer, and my written Spanish is not fluent as I learned Spanish "in the street" and in the workplace ... I believe you should recall this as I detected multiple copyvios in your past DYK work, although I have been unable to complete the CCI with Moonriddengirl because of time constraints). Perhaps you could ask HcHc to check for accurate representation of sources if it takes me more than a few days to return to this. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose and recommend withdrawal. Aside from the significant concerns about use of Spanish-language sources above, I did a random check of English-language sources and every one I checked had problems. Just the first three are listed below. Additionally, there are statements and whole sections in the article that lack citations altogether (see for example the first section in Recording and Production). This is far removed from FA standards, and at the minimum needs a thorough audit of all sources (Spanish and English) by an uninvolved editor.

  • Ref 4a, close paraphrasing:
  • Article text "she was dropped from the Sony label"
  • Source text: "was dropped from Sony"
  • Ref 4b, failed verification:
  • Article text: "Her next single, 'Ritmo Latino', and its parent album failed to chart."
  • Source text: Mentions the album "fizzled" but nowhere does it say that the album failed to chart.
  • Ref 11, failed verification, and not a reliable source:
  • Article text: "The following year, Queen released a platinum edition of the album with extra tracks, including 'Papi Te Quiero' and 'Tu No Puedes'"
  • Source text: First of all, you used an ad in a magazine as a source, not the magazine itself. Second, the ad doesn't support these two songs being "extra tracks".

Please withdraw this. --Laser brain (talk) 16:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Where on WP does it say that an ad in a magazine is not a reliable source? I would just like to know. — DivaKnockouts 22:51, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw nomaination I will work more on the article and present it back before my peers in the future. Thank you for your comments Sandy and Laser brain. — DivaKnockouts 22:51, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Sperm whale[edit]

Nominator(s): Kurzon (talk) 17:23, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because it has already met the GA criteria, and I think that after improvements by myself and other editors it is now worthy of FA status.Kurzon (talk) 17:23, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Not yet ready to be evaluated for FA status. Without even delving into the text itself, a quick glance shows many problems: citation needed tags, many unsourced sentences and paragraphs; there's a sentence with 9 citations after it (!) (and another with 8); single-sentences subsections, etc. Sasata (talk) 18:17, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Agree with Sasata. A wide range of sources and facts has been assembled, but the actual structure and writing of the article has a way to go. Also looks like there is insufficient information on the ecology, which is really a section on distribution, while "diet" is a top level heading rather than being part of either ecology or behaviour. Other examples of issues:

  • Paragraphs beginning with sentences that don't specify the subject, eg. "How they choose mates has not been definitively determined."
  • Single sentence subsections in "description"
  • Subsections or paras that lack appropriate overview, but contain random specifics, eg. skeleton subsection begins "The ribs are bound to the spine by flexible cartilage,..."
  • The only substantive text under skeleton relates to echolocation, which is actually the main subject of a later subsection on vocalisation
  • Random info hasn't been culled, eg "Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, mentions cachalots (perhaps incorrectly) as preying on fellow whales."
  • Looks to be too many external links per WP:ELNO

That said there is plenty of information assembled read to support rapid improvement.hamiltonstone (talk) 01:27, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose and urge withdrawal. Criteria 1a and 2b are the most obvious problems; the prose and article structure are simply not ready for FAC. Frankly, many of the core problems from the 2008 FA delisting still persist here as well (including inconsistent capitalization of the name and a prune-worthy EL section). The usual reference formatting problems and probable objections to image use and layout seem secondary at this point. This is badly in need of a thorough peer review, and, frankly, I think the GA reviewer was generous regarding the article's organization. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:29, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Sharon Newman[edit]

Nominator: — Arre 06:15, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because... I've been working on this article since December 2011. With much work, it finally became a good article in March 2013. Miniapolis (talk · contribs) of the Guild of Copy Editors thoroughly copy-edited it a month later. After much tweaking and further adjustments I feel that it is worthy of being a FA. If you oppose, please address your issues here so they can be resolved. It's a bit lengthy, but it goes into comprehensive depth regarding the topic and covers everything. Thankyou, Arre 06:15, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delegate note -- This page was only transcluded to WP:FAC today so, although it has garnered some comment through a notice on the Soap Opera project page, it's only as of now that it can be expected to pick up any reviewers trawling the FAC list... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:01, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Creativity97[edit]

I am one-hundred percent for this FA nomination. The article has been worked on immensely in the past few years (mostly by Arre) and it really deserves the recognition of featured article status. It would also be the very first FA for American soap opera articles, which would be a big deal. Regards, Creativity97 21:23, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thankyou C97:) Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Cassianto[edit]

Casting

  • The paragraph should not start with the surname, full name required.
  • Again with Case. This should also include a link.
  • "...who plays Sharon to the present" -- check the prose. This doesn't read at all right.
  • "...was the third actress to have the role in a four-month period." -- Play the role surely?
  • Made adjustments, done. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Characterization

  • Shero should be in inverts
  • Sorry, I am not familiar with Zap2it and I was forced to use the link to find out. Could you include a brief introduction to it?
  • What do you mean? Introduce it in the prose? Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, for example: "The theatrical newspaper The Stage thought that the performance was..."
  • Too many quotes leads to bumpy prose and interrupts the natural flow. See WP:QUOTEFARM. There are far to many quotes within this section IMO.
  • Well, a person who took the article Poppy Meadow to FA status mentioned that quotes are extremely helpful for articles like this. Considering they are actual quotes from people. And they aren't long quotes... But I've slightly fixed that issue. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Funnily enough I had the Meadow article open which I have used for guidence in my review. This maybe the correct style, but it caused for a very bumpy read. -- CassiantoTalk 09:47, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "However, the actress has expressed displeasure with Sharon's..." -- Why the 's for Sharon?
  • Done, couldn't believe that hadn't been noticed before. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nick and Sharon

  • Link to Madison.
  • "In January 2009..." -- Be consistent if you are to use an American comma after a date opener, such as you do everywhere else.
  • I'm certain that formatting it that way would be incorrect, are you sure? Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In January 2009 Nick and Sharon reunite..." compared to "In May 2005, 14-year-old Cassie..." and "In February 2003, Case temporarily exited the show..." and "In 2012, after Victor disappears..." etc. Having gone through, I note some are given the comma and some aren't. I don't think there is a correct way, but I would make it consistent if nothing else -- CassiantoTalk 09:47, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ohh sorry I misread that, I thought you meant write it as "January, 2009". Fixed. Arre 11:10, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Morrow (the actor playing Nick)..." -- I don't feel we need to be reminded of this.
  • "After another one-night stand..." -- Another? Surely one-night stand should then be linked on the first mention?
  • It's not mentioned before, it's just implied. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "After another one-night stand Sharon becomes pregnant,[33] briefly lying that Jack is the baby's father when Summer becomes ill and Phyllis needs Nick.[33] Nick soon finds out, but their daughter Faith is kidnapped at birth by Nick's brother (Adam) and given to Ashley (Jack's sister). Sharon, believing Faith has died, seduces a guilty Adam.[33] " -- Why do we repeat the same reference three times in one paragraph? One is needed at the end, that's all.

Cameron Kirsten ordeal

  • "While away, Sharon becomes suicidally depressed..." -- One or the other I think, suicidal or depressed.
  • "That night she meets (and had an affair with) businessman Cameron Kirsten..." "She meets...had an affair with..." →"She meets and has an affair with..."
  • "When Sharon return to Genoa City, she is horrified when Cameron follows her for "business" with Newman Enterprises." -- Who said "business? Why is it a quote?
  • I've re-worded this. It's like that because the business was fake. The article it was from had quotes too. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "When she arrives they have a fight in which Sharon throws a bottle at him to keep him from raping her, "killing" him." -- Again here.
  • "Detective Weber (Sherman Augustus) is suspicious of Sharon about Cameron's disappearance." →"Detective Weber (Sherman Augustus) is suspicious of Sharon's involvement in Cameron's disappearance."
  • "When Sharon return to Genoa City, she is horrified when Cameron follows her for "business" with Newman Enterprises.[39] He blackmails her into meeting him at a motel. When she arrives they have a fight in which Sharon throws a bottle at him to keep him from raping her, "killing" him.[39] After driving around with his body in her car trunk for days, she dumps it in an alley.[39] " -- Repeated ref again. This only needs to be given once at the end.
  • "Sharon begins "hallucinating" with visions of Cameron's "ghost" (him, alive)." -- Why the quotes?
  • They are in quotes because they aren't literal events. She wasn't hallucinating and it wasn't his ghost, as in explained in the brackets. I think that should remain. Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The use of quote marks here is confusing. Try reading it without; the sentence still reads the same which proves the inverts are redundent. Lets see what others think. -- CassiantoTalk 09:47, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Case noted that Sharon was getting into "deeper" trouble by making mistakes "trying to do the right thing". -- Again here.
  • "Cameron reveals himself while Sharon has lunch with Nikki (Nick's mother). He had murdered Sharon's ex-boyfriend (and Cassie's biological father) Frank Barritt (Phil Dozois), who was visiting town, and hid the body in Sharon's car trunk.[39] Cameron's crimes are revealed; he is jailed, leaving Sharon free to live a normal life.[39]" -- ref repetition.
  • "The actress felt that Sharon was still a romantic lead: 'Your romantic lead shouldn't just be a simple romantic lead...' " -- Too many "Romantic lead"s. Sure the quote can't be helped, butI would swap your one.

More to come. -- CassiantoTalk 23:26, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Done everything else. Thankyou :) Arre 04:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Cassie's death
  • "A weakened Cassie escapes from the hospital to find Daniel and tell him she was driving; she is returned to the hospital." -- Repetition of hospital. *Suggest* →"Cassie becomes hospitalised and escapes to find Daniel to tell him she was driving, but is soon re-admitted." Also, did she manage to speak with him?
  • Fixed & she sort of did find him but didn't say anything to him. Arre 01:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do we need to link drinking and driving? Also, was the foundation solely aimed at teenagers, or drink driving per se?
  • OVERLINK to Zap2it.
  • Fixed overlinks. Arre 01:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "In 2005 good-girl Cassie becomes a rebellious teenager; Nick and Sharon have a difficult time dealing with her.[41] Cassie has a crush on bad-boy Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei), who is dating Lily Winters (Christel Khalil). One night, against her parents' wishes she sneaks out to a party. In a ploy to impress a drunken Daniel she attempts to drive him home, despite being underage. The car crashes, leaving them with no memory of the accident. Daniel is thought to have been driving, and is blamed for the accident. A weakened Cassie escapes from the hospital to find Daniel and tell him she was driving; she is returned to the hospital."[41] -- Repeated ref.
Other romances

"According to Case, Sharon loses her 'entire identity' after Nick cheats on her and 'needed a new one' " -- more pointless quotes. Needed a new what? This is a little ambiguous.

  • Well, needed a new identity. It would be weird/repetitive to say "According to Case, Sharon loses her entire identity after Nick cheats on her and needs a new identity", don't you think? Arre 01:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not asking you to repeat the word. Please think further afield than that. Is there another word for "identity? Is there a different way the phrase could be written so we only use only one identity? I would also change "cheats" to something a little less tabloidy. Perhaps "needed a new one" is redundent here? Or even "loses her entire identity". *Maybe* "According to Case, Sharon needs a new identity after Nick's infidelity." Or "Sharon becomes depressed at Nick's infidelity. Case thinks that Sharon 'needs a new identity.' " or "According to Case, Sharon loses her entire identity after Nick's infidelity and the character needs to reinvent herself". Or "According to Case, Sharon loses her entire identity after Nick's infidelity and needs to adopt a new personality". What about; "According to Case, Sharon loses her 'entire identity' and needs a new one after Nick's infidelity. " -- CassiantoTalk 04:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Changed this. Arre 17:01, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She begins a romance with Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Phyllis' ex" *Suggest* "She begins a romance with Phyllis' ex-partner Jack Abbott, played by Peter Bergman." IMO, I would introduce the actors sometimes to help the prose flow as an over reliance on parenthesis can cause messy prose.
  • I've done that, but it sort of upsets the consistency of all actor names in brackets following the character names. Arre 01:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • As a personal rule, I adopt an "anymore than three, give parenthesis" when doing this. Maybe you could do as I suggest if there are singular characters mentioned, but not more than two or three. Keep them as they are. I just think putting the singular ones in prose form breaks down the monotony and awkwardness of relying on parenthesis. -- CassiantoTalk 04:53, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "She begins a romance with Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Phyllis' ex.[45] Bergman called the courtship "only appropriate", explaining: "Wherever Sharon goes, she is embarrassed. Will Phyllis come walking around the corner? But Sharon doesn't have any reason to be embarrassed with Jack".[45] -- Repeated ref.
  • In fact, before I go on can you please check the whole article for consecutively repeated references, choppy, unnecessary quotes, and consistency in American style commas following dates beginners. I am seeing more and more as I continue, and it is slowing down my review as I have to keep listing them. Cheers -- CassiantoTalk 20:38, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Life as a fugitive
  • "In January 2011, Sharon is arrested for the murder of Adam's ex-wife, Skye Newman (Laura Stone). Sharon had previously gone to Hawaii to find Skye, who fell into an active volcano. CBS Soaps In Depth reported that a distraught Sharon might commit suicide." -- Why? Obvious to you I know, but could we explain that she felt depressed or upset prior to this as it looks a bit redundant without it. Remember, some of us have never seen this series.
Mental health
  • "In 2009, Sharon suffers from kleptomania (an impulse-control disorder), causing her to steal items from people and stores and eventually forcing her to admit herself to a psychiatric hospital while she is pregnant." -- "In 2009, Sharon suffers from kleptomania (an impulse-control disorder), causing her to steal items from people and stores. As a result, she is forced to admit herself into a psychiatric hospital while she is pregnant."
  • "In 2012, after Victor disappears after his wedding to Sharon..." -- repetition of "after". Suggest: "In 2012, Victor disappears after his wedding to Sharon"
Storylines
  • "Noah survives, and Grace decides to raise Cassie as her own; however, her plans are foiled when Nick and win custody." -- Check the ending of this sentence.
  • Corrected Arre 11:21, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Reception
  • (including Case, Braeden, Morrow and Muhney),[57][18][55][58] -- Ref order
  • Corrected Arre 11:21, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Lead section
  • is a fictional character in the American CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Sharon Case." -- I don't know if using "on" is American English, but as an Englishman it sounds odd.
  • JMO but "in" sounds odd too. I changed it to "from", is that okay? Arre 04:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "...character made her debut March 24, 1994." →"...character made her debut on March 24, 1994."
  • "When first introduced, the character was described as a "young girl from the poor side of town". -- By who?
  • It's said by the official website for the soap; it'd be awkward to say "according to the soap's website" in the lead. I altered it to something else; "When first introduced, the character was a young girl from the wrong side of the tracks". Arre 04:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay, altered. Arre 13:05, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You call him Nick, but the link refers to him as Nicholas. How was he known in the series? If it was Nick, I would pipe the link to Nick Newman and refer to him as Nick throughout.
  • I've written Nicholas "Nick" Newman; is that okay? Arre 04:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure you "obtain" custody, you either win it or lose it don't you?
  • Obtain means to acquire something. They acquired custody of the child. Arre 04:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Obtain is to acquire something yes, but my understanding would be that you obtain something physically. You don't obtain an appeal? You win an appeal as its a battle between two people with one outcome. Similarly, this would work for custody as that too is between two people. -- CassiantoTalk 08:58, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hmm true, okay I've changed it to "won". Arre 13:05, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Despite her marriage to..." best to mention that this was her second marriage.
  • "...which Case called incestuous." -- if she called it incestuous then I would use speech marks here.
  • The once-"beloved" character was now perceived as "crazy", with critics blaming Bell for the character's "royal destruction" "via one ill-conceived storyline and/or romance after another" amid promises to strengthen Sharon's character." -- Why all the speech marks? Say who perceived the character to be all these things and it may look a bit better. IMO, I wouldn't bother and would delete the inverts altogether.
  • Why have you cited the end of paragraph three?
  • "Sharon has been characterized as "kindhearted", "insecure" and "not your typical romantic lead"." Again here, why the inverts? If you want to use them say who said it.
  • Fixed all of these. Arre 04:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support per resolved comments. A good article on a character who I knew nothing about prior to this. CassiantoTalk 05:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Caringtype1[edit]

  • Comments Many of the quotes in the Development section are chopped up and very awkward to read. For example, sentences like this "According to Case, Sharon loses her "entire identity" after Nick cheats on her and "needed a new one"." They are confusing to read. I think either the full quote should be used, or the sentences be reworded. Adding to the confusion, quotation marks are used in sentences like this one, "Sharon begins "hallucinating" with visions of Cameron's "ghost" (him, alive)." This reads very similar to a sentence using an exact quote, which isn't the purpose here. That sentence should be somehow rewritten to read more clearly, like "Sharon begins hallucinating with visions of Cameron's ghost, revealed to be him alive." Or something like that, so it removes the unnecessary quotes and parenthesis. Also are you sure "Cameron Kristen ordeal" is the best heading to use? It's not very descriptive at all. Also, in reply to Creativity97's above comment, the article can't be made a FA just because someone worked very hard on it, and you want it to be the first FA for an American soap. It's definitely a good article, but in its current state, it's jet not ready for FA.Caringtype1 (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • As per my points above. Thanks for your view Caringtype1. Arre, I think these will need to be sorted for this to stand a continued chance at FAC. -- CassiantoTalk 20:16, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to intrude here, but Caringtype1, all I meant when I said the article had been worked on very hard was that editors should continue to work on it and get it to the next stage, which should be a given when someone says something like that. I didn't mean it in any way that it would just be an accomplishment for WP:SOAPS or anything. Just wanted to clarify. Regards, Creativity97 21:13, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh okay, I just wanted to make sure those were observations you were making, not reasons to pass.Caringtype1 (talk) 02:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Caringtype1, I think it would be even worse if full quotes were used, then everyone would be saying the article relies too heavily on quotes, which it would. Like I said before the Poppy Meadow article contains plenty of quotes (not to knock on WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS' door), just saying. I didn't know paraphrasing was this difficult for people to read, to be honest. The person who copy-edited this didn't. I've begun fixing it up anyway.Thanks for your comments. Oh and another thing, yes I do feel that "Cameron Kirsten ordeal" is an appropriate title; that storyline consisted of many tumultuous events and to list them all would be too much. But I'd be open to changing it, do you have suggestions, Caringtype1?Arre 01:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I guess using several lengthy quotes would be worse. But I think less chopped up quotes would really help the flow of the article. Maybe your right about the title "Cameron Kristen ordeal", doing more research about the topic, I see the storyline took many different routes that would be hard to sum up in another heading. Also in that section it says "When Sharon return to Genoa City...", needs an 's' after return. Also the story lines sections frequently mentions "Newman" as a company, whereas elsewhere, it is referred to as "Newman Enterprises". It "Newman" what it's called on the show? If so, the first time it is mentioned should include "...Newman Enterprises, commonly called Newman", or something. That's all the comments I have for right now.Caringtype1 (talk) 02:11, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you. -- CassiantoTalk 04:58, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a while. I would just like to say, I've been trying to see if I could remove some of the quotes. But it's extremely hard, considering without quotations these words seem odd and awkward. I've fixed other issues too. But, I haven't done anything to the quotes in "Reception" because there has to be a lot of quotes in that section.Arre 11:45, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is usual to have a lot of quotes in a "Reception" section. As long as the amount of critical comments are equal in terms of positive and negative, I don't foresee too much of a problem here. My concerns were over pointless quotes from the other sections; as a rule of thumb, a quote should only occur if it adds something of value to that particular sentence. If it doesn't, then I would avoid. -- CassiantoTalk 16:23, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed up all issues such as unnecessary quotes, consistency in American style commas following date beginners and also references which have been repeated. Arre 01:35, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Laser brain[edit]

Oppose due to sourcing and plagiarism issues. I do not think the plagiarism is intentional—it looks like a case of the editors not understanding how to properly quote, paraphrase, and summarize sources. Quotations have been used improperly, and I found instances of close paraphrasing or outright copying of text outside of quotations. Of the first four refs I checked, each has issues. This sample indicates that the whole article needs to be audited for plagiarism.

  • "Despite her crimes and faults, Global Regina describes Sharon as a central heroine who has endured many challenges to get to where she is." This is the first sentence I read at random and it suffers from problems:
  • The opening modifying phrase is misplaced. It's currently modifying "Global Regina", which I'm assuming isn't the thing that has crimes and faults.
  • Global Regina redirects to a TV channel article.. what is it really?
  • The sentence itself is too closely paraphrased to the source text.
  • Ref 101: You selectively quoted phrases from the source, but simply changing "masks" to "might mask" in your own writing does not sufficiently paraphrase. You are thus plagiarizing.
  • Ref 102: I don't understand why you have quoted "seem to think". Are you quoting the source text to avoid having to paraphrase? Quotations should be used only when the source text is profoundly written or when you wish include a quotation by an authority rather than paraphrasing or summarizing.
  • Ref 74b: Same problem as ref 101. You've selectively quoted the source, but included source text elsewhere in the sentence without quotation. That's plagiarism.

It looks like the entire approach to sourcing and quoting needs examination. --Laser brain (talk) 13:41, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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American exceptionalism[edit]

Nominator(s): Kgarson (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because...of current events Kgarson (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose This was nominated by a newly registered user who has three edits at the time of my entry. They are unlikely to be familiar with the Featured Article Criteria, as demonstrated by the reason for nominating. The primary reason for submitting an article for this process should be because the nominator believes it meets the criteria. Paul MacDermott (talk) 23:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Important article but probably not yet even GA quality, let alone FA quality. Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:44, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disagree with the comments above, having actually read the article, I believe that it can meet the requirements for FAC.
    • Nominator: please resolve the {{citation required}} tags Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Not to mention a bunch of the current sources needs to be replaced, as their reliability is extremely doubtful just one random example I recommend withdraw and go to the regular review process Secret account 05:34, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I think this was a drive-by nomination. The nominator has made no further edits since 1 August, and the three they made all relate to this nomination. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:10, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Circumstellar habitable zone[edit]

Nominator(s): Wer900 • talk 20:02, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been comprehensively and completely rewritten, and the rewrite itself has been modified to a significant extent, since the last time it was assessed. I feel that after having rewriting the article it is far stronger than the C-class work that it was assessed to be before. The article has seen little major change day-to-day since the period immediately after the rewrite, and uses the latest literature in order to produce a high-quality, authoritative work. For those reasons, I feel that "Circumstellar habitable zone" should be a featured article. Wer900 • talk 20:02, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Jamesx12345[edit]

This was on my list of articles to look at, so I feel I can make some (hopefully useful) comments.
  • The first sentence is perhaps a bit too technical. In no way demeaning the intellect of some readers, the word "commensurate" is a bit long for a first sentence. Perhaps there is a simpler way of saying that it is where liquid water is found?
    • done. Replaced with "sufficient", even though that doesn't get across the whole concept (a gas giant in the CHZ will not have liquid water at its core, but exotic ices). Wer900 • talk 00:56, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same with "inferred"
    • done. Replaced with "[t]he bounds of the CHZ are calculated"
  • "Most are more massive than the Earth" make explicit the differences in composition?
  • "the CHZ concept has been broadly challenged as a primary criterion for life." Nuff said. I defy you to find an 11-year-old doing a class project on aliens that will explain that sentence to you.
    • Removed "broadly", hopefully that should help (and make clear that the scientific consensus is very much in favor of the CHZ being the most likely location for life, or at least intelligent life). Wer900 • talk 00:56, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "the basic conditions for water-dependent life may be found even in interstellar space" I was under the impression that there are flecks of comet and suchlike but nothing really conducive to life. It's the interstellar space I don't get - that would probably have to be referenced

Good opening - it is nicely written, but perhaps a bit denser than it needs to be. Looking at FAs like Big Bang and Sun, they tend to assume nothing, but there are some more advanced concepts as well. Jamesx12345 (talk) 21:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • History looks fine. Could mention be made of earlier hypotheses regarding extraterrestrial life? It has been a question for at least a few hundred years, so perhaps its lack of consideration is worth a mention.
  • "various planetary scientists" looks like a weasel word. (If "various" is given in the reference perhaps that could be made clearer?)
    • done. Replaced with "several".
  • "put ηe at 0.48" 48% is a bit less intimidating (in brackets maybe?)
    • I already mentioned ηe as being the fraction of stars with Earth-like planets, so I think that that usage is fine. Wer900 • talk 01:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Extrasolar extrapolation" I think people will either understand the maths or not - the inverse square law is pretty elementary, so you could just say "quarter luminosity, half the distance," with a link somewhere to the inverse-square law. I'm not sure if that needs a ref as it could be WP:OR. (Not that I contest it!)
    • The relevance of the inverse-square law and the complications to its use are already mentioned, and as you said, it's pretty elementary, so I don't think that such a level of explanation is necessary. Wer900 • talk 01:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "numerous roadblocks to a perfect extrasolar extrapolation of the circumstellar habitable zone concept" a bit verbose again - sorry.
    • done. I reduced the verbosity a bit, and gave each word more meaning. Wer900 • talk 01:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Further comments[edit]
  • "However, stellar evolution is at play with red dwarf system habitability as well, reducing the wild fluctuations in luminosity so planets are more likely to have life." I can't say I am entirely clear what this sentence means - it seems to be that the first and second sentences in this paragraph contradict each other, and then the final one clarifies the point. I think the use of "is at play" is causing the confusion - if replaced with a direct statement saying that red dwarves stabilise as they age, it would help with comprehension.
  • "could render water unable to form a liquid" - could you be more specific and say it would sublime? (Or come very close)
    • It could go in both the solid and the gas directions based on which direction the temperature and pressure fluctuate, so I think that added specificity is unnecessary. Wer900 • talk 18:58, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "55 Cancri f was discovered within 55 Cancri A's circumstellar habitable zone" - this could be embellished to "55 Cancri f was discovered within the circumstellar habitable zone of its host star 55 Cancri A" for those not familiar with naming conventions.
  • "While conditions on this massive and dense planet are not conducive to the formation of water or for that matter biological life as we know it, the potential exists for a system of moons to be orbiting the planet and thus transiting through this zone and being conducive for biological development." This would most likely need to be sourced.
    • done. Found a source, reworded it to not beg the question, "Do we know if there is a moon?" Wer900 • talk 03:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The planet is currently listed as unconfirmed by the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia." I'm not clear about this reference - I can't find any suggestion of a planet g in the database.
    • done. I fixed the link, it now points to the right planet and shows it as unconfirmed. Wer900 • talk 03:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "preclude the planet from being habitable" does this merit further explanation? Sounds interesting.
    • done. Nothing too interesting, just it was kicked outside the HZ. This article is not the place
  • "Many argue" - another weasel word (although it may be correct to use it here)
    • The usage of "many argue" is correct, as it is the general consensus that CHZs are the most likely locations for the emergence of life. Wer900 • talk 03:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The last section is not as strong as the rest of the article. Aside from the obvious tag, it seems to be based too largely on a single source, and under-referenced in general. As an aside, no mention is made here (except in the image caption) of carbon chauvinism or the potential for alternative biochemistries.
    • Both topics are covered in the greatest detail that I know of. Nobody really knows exactly how alternative biochemistry will work. In any event, I removed the last section as OR synthesis. Wer900 • talk 03:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jamesx12345 (talk) 19:12, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image review[edit]

  • Please look at grammar in image captions
    • done. I fixed the grammar where necessary. Wer900 • talk 18:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Habitable_zone_-_HZ.png: source image has been deleted as incompatible with Commons' licensing
    • done. Replaced with another image compatible with our licensing; the image indicated was deleted as text and another image later convey the same information; plus, it doesn't look good to have a non-professional, technical image at the beginning of the article. Wer900 • talk 18:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Estimated_extent_of_the_Solar_Systems_habitable_zone.png: what is the source for the information conveyed by this diagram?
    • done. Sources for both conservative and extended CHZ indicated. Wer900 • talk 18:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:UpsilonAndromedae_D_moons.jpg: not sure about this - it's claimed as own work, but compare for example the current front-page image here.
    • done. A bit of poking around shows that the image predates the Basel Peace Office by over a year, so they took it from us rather than the other way around. I could see nothing indicating it is not own work. Wer900 • talk 18:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Phot-15b-09-fullres.jpg: source link is dead. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:52, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • AFAIK, that image is not even used in the article. Wer900 • talk 18:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recent changes[edit]

  • Most recent changes to the page are minor, but I think that the ultraviolet habitable zone needs further explanation. I am concerned that an "ultraviolet habitable zone" is a bit arbitrary, given that it depends on the atmosphere of the planet and the type of organism considered. Jamesx12345 (talk) 20:18, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The liquid water CHZ is also "arbitrary" in the same way, but based on general climate models for different masses of planets it *can* be predicted. the UVCHZ is the same. Anyway, I will clarify that section, as the UVCHZ is just the region where a forming planet can escape photoevaporation of itself or its atmosphere while it is forming and after. Wer900 • talk 17:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Casliber comments[edit]

Reading through - queries below Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:43, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • In June, 2011, two additional habitable zone candidates around Gliese 667 through Bayesian Re-analysis of radial velocity signals—Super-Earths Gliese 667 Cd and Gliese 667 Ce. - this sentence has no verb - also can it be appended onto one of the preceding paras?
    • done. I didn't really do anything to this sentence itself, just deleted it and replaced with a more appropriate mention of the recent discoveries around Gliese 667 C. Wer900 • talk 20:36, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Such a concept was the idea behind Stephen H. Dole's 1964 study. - sentence sorta just sits there and isn't clear it refers to the following sentence. A semicolon between might be a good link between the two.
  • At present, you have the last para of the History section and then a criticism section covering similar or same material - these would be best combined - in either location. Also title criticism is somewhat generic, as it is more like proposing alternative avenues to explore.
    • I think it is fine as it is placed, as the history of the criticism and the generalization of the habitable zone. Anyway, the sentence is more of a segue into generalization, and the last paragraph deals with that, not necessarily criticism. Wer900 • talk 20:36, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Okay, I'll pay that - I've reread it and am not as fussed and can see a rationale for leaving it be. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:05, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, little to complain about - will take another look and have a think. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:05, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Tentative support on comprehensiveness and prose (I was thinking that the alternative theories needed expanding but there are other articles that are more appropriate to do that) - sources not spot-checked and will keep an eye in case other reviewers find issues. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for your support, Casliber! Wer900 • talk 04:20, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will say support as well on the grounds that this article has very little scope for improvement and copes well with recent findings. Jamesx12345 (talk) 00:01, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sasata comments[edit]

Oppose for now. Interesting material, but the text needs to be swept for MoS compliance, typos, and more wikilinks would be helpful to the average reader. Please consider the following suggestions, questions, and comments for possible article improvement: (p.s. per the FAC instructions, avoid using templates "(such as {{done}}, {{not done}} ... as they slow down the page load time and lead to errors in the FAC archives" Sasata (talk) 05:41, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • please audit the article for duplicate wikilinks; there's a handy tool to help
  • consider changing various "noun" + ing constructions (search for "being")
  • ""Liquid Water Belt" which described" which=>that (audit throughout; which generally follows a comma)
  • "first introduced the term" underlined probably unnecessary
  • "The theory of habitable zones was further developed in 1964 by Stephen H. Dole in his book Habitable Planets for Man, in which he covered the circumstellar habitable zone itself as well as various other determinants of planetary habitability, eventually estimating the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way to be about 600 million." I'd suggest breaking this sentence in two. Why "eventually"? Does this mean he came to the conclusion by the end of the book, or later, after the publication of the book?
  • "At the same time …" Really? Or would "Around the same time" be more appropriate?
  • "In 1993, astronomer James Kasting" why is the profession of this blue-linked fellow given (his article calls him a geoscientist, BTW), but not that of the (twice!) red-linked Stephen H. Dole?
  • pipe link heavier elements?
  • "More recently, several planetary scientists have criticized" Should reword "recently" per WP:RELTIME
  • link ammonia; link methane on 1st occurrence
  • "would not cause a boiling away of liquid water." -> perhaps switch to active voice, like "would not cause liquid water to boil away."
  • "A 2013 study by Ravi Kumar Kopparapu put ηe at 0.48" ηe is not explained until later in the article
  • "95-180 billion" use endash for number ranges
  • "In 2011, Seth Borenstein in 2011 concluded" fix
  • "based on observations from the Kepler mission" the link should probably go to ‪Kepler (spacecraft)‬ rather than Johannes Kepler (I see it's linked correctly later in the article)
  • "concluding that about "1.4 to 2.7 percent" of all sun-like stars" why does the percentage range have to be in quotes? Later in the same sentence, "expected to have earthlike planets "within the habitable zones of their stars"," why does this have to be quoted? Could it be replaced with simply "within the CHZ"?
  • the final sentence of the 1st paragraph of "Solar System estimates" needs a citation
  • "and global warming inducing atmospheres" hyphen between warming-inducing? Also, link global warming, glaciation, albedo, cloud albedo (maybe fit a link to Ice-albedo feedback somewhere too?), relative humidity
  • "This estimate has often been cited by subsequent publications." source?
  • "combining high obliquity and orbital eccentricity" link to axial tilt and orbital eccentricity (I see the latter is linked twice later, but should be linked at 1st occurrence)
  • "Applies to planet with" -> planets
  • consider linking luminosity at the 2nd occurrence (would be far away from the 1st link in the lead)
  • 'Various complicating factors, though, including the individual characteristics of stars themselves, mean that extrasolar extrapolation of the CHZ concept is more complex." source?
  • "Some scientists argue that the concept of a circumstellar habitable zone is actually limited to stars"
  • link binary system; does the existence of a binary systems always extend the CHZ when compared to a single-star planetary system?
  • "Michael Hart proposed that only main-sequence stars of spectral class K0 or brighter could possess habitable zones, an idea which has been extended in modern times" that last clause makes me wonder when Hart proposed his theory
  • link red-dwarf habitable zone, tidal heating, climate model, space weather, magnetosphere, stellar evolution, helium, metabolism
  • "Given that this new equilibrium lasts for about 1 Gyr," rather than have the unknowing reader sent to Byr, how about including parenthetically (1 billion years)
  • "The origin of water on Earth is still unknown, possible sources include" think a semicolon works better than a comma here
  • "put a habitable moon so close to astar that" -> a star?
  • "Later study revealed temperatures analogous to Venus ruling out any potential for liquid water." comma after Venus?
  • consider putting a {{nowrap}} template around 70 Virginis b, 16 Cygni Bb and other similar names to avoid unsightly line breaks
  • "Gliese 876 b, discovered in 1998, and Gliese 876 c, discovered in 2001, are both gas giants discovered in the habitable zone" too many "discovered"
  • "around Gliese 876. although" fix punctuation
  • link gas giant
  • check ending punctuation in figure captions per WP:Caption
  • "existence has recently been put into doubt" when is recently? "The planet is currently listed as unconfirmed" as of when?
  • "and colleagues" is a friendlier version of "et al." that is probably more appropriate in the article text for a general encyclopaedic audience
  • "the Earth Similarity Index (ESI)" don't need to define acronyms that aren't used later in the text
  • "located 49 ly from Earth" here the abbreviated form of light years is used (and linked again), but it's spelled out in previous and later instances
  • "The discovery of two planets orbiting in the habitable zone of Kepler-62, by the Kepler team was announced on April 19, 2013." something's wrong with the grammar/flow here
  • "Many argue that an orbit" sounds weaselly
  • the Drake equation is linked, but perhaps Drake should be linked as well; link search for extraterrestrial intelligence
  • this article refers to "Wow! reply", but our article on the subject calls it Wow! signal
  • "The concept of a habitable zone is criticized by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in their book Evolving the Alien" please give year of publication of this book for context
  • per WP:SEEALSO, several of the "See also" links should be removed, as they are already linked in the article
  • please consider use a flexible, browser-dependent column width setting for the references (like colwidth=30em); it's currently hard-coded to be 4 columns, which looks rather thin on my monitor setting (and for many others, I suspect)
  • the references need to be tweaked for consistent presentation; please audit the following:
  • display of author names (see "James Kasting" vs. "Strughold, Hubertus" vs. "Hart, M. H."); note that sometimes author names are abbreviated, even though their full names are available from the cited source
  • journal article titles should be consistently either title case or sentence case; be careful to ensure that if sentence case is used, to capitalize terms that require it (like "Kepler M-dwarfs")
  • page range format: compare "1602–6" vs. "1279–1297"
  • why two "et al."s in ref #82?
  • need to be consistent in how many author names are given before et al.; compare ref #85 vs. ref#112 vs. ref#126
  • ref #123 consists of only a Russian-language title … how about an author, indication of language, accessdate, publisher, etc.?
  • page numbers for ref#128?
  • that's a long set of External links … please trim the list per WP:External links
    • In this edit I removed quite a few - I would be reluctant to trim too may more. Jamesx12345 (talk) 11:46, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I guess the thing to consider s whether they add information significantly over and above what is in the article, and whether they have been used as references at all - the answer for each should be "yes" and "no" respectively. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:34, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Response[edit]

I apologize for the mistakes I made wholeheartedly. Some of the mistakes were inserted subsequent to the rewrite by well-meaning authors who did not clean up after themselves, and as the FAC nominator it is my job to clean up after those changes. However, I stand by statements that appear to be weaselly. The ambiguity is deliberate; unlike in the case of anthropogenic global warming, it is not possible to cite any study that qualifies these terms further. The only thing that is evident immediately is that many scientists believe life as we know it can emerge on worlds with Europa with the ingredients for life coming from elsewhere, with a few scientists believing in the existence of radically different biochemistry with different life requirements. I will fix the other mistakes that you identified with regards to the MOS. Wer900 • talk 20:02, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed many of the errors in the article with AWB, including doubled wikilinks. However, I think that it is important to retain links to important subjects at the end, just to centralize them after a reading of the article. Wer900 • talk 03:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Nergaal[edit]

  • "an support liquid water at the surface" I would also add: and therefore is the location with the highest probability of encountering habitats where life is sustainable (in essence that is the main point of the CMZ term)
  • "To many" what? Scientists? Astronomers? Average folks?
  • "has been estimated to be anywhere from 500 million[4] to over 150 billion." in the Milky Way? Observable Universe?
  • "numerous planets have now been discovered in the CHZ" this is a bit skewed. when was the first planet discovered in this zone? (first confirmed planet was only about 15 years ago)
  • "to greatly outnumber planets": terrestrial planets or also super-Jupiters?
  • "In subsequent decades" does this refer to the first reference in the 50s?
  • the intro image is terrible. if you try to click and zoom on it you cannot read anything
  • the intro doesn't address clearly the location of the zone for a single star or a binary, or ternary one
  • I think the "Goldilocks zone" term can be mentioned in the intro since it might be more common to some non-experts
  • for some reason I think that the third paragraph is a bit overly represented (it discusses the stuff in a small section at the end and the last paragraph in the first section). I want to say that this could be trimmed slightly and moved to the correct sections (for example the radioactive decay is not discussed in the actual article)
  • I think the determination section could receive a better representation in the intro; for example to a casual reader it would be useful to explain that the CMZ in the SS has earth close to the center, and extends until close to Venus, and may extend past Mars and Ceres.
  • "While the entire orbits of the Moon" isn't the Moon completely within the chz?
  • submitted papers???? wtf? this is a FAC, so a peer-approved paper is a minimum requirement; these guys might be right but until reviewers give ok they can't even be mentioned in a note of a FA.
  • intro could also say that a star 4 times of luminous as the Sun would have the CMZ located at twice the distance (or 4 times less luminous, half the distance)
  • stellar evolution: how soon will the Earth fall out of the habitable zone?
  • "15 millibars" what is the pressure on Mars? what planet in the SS has such a low ground pressure?
  • "could render water unable to form a liquid" huh? this sounds like BS or an over-simplification. liquid water can exist at any pressure given a certain temperature. what constrains does the statement include?
  • "the Hill radius of the planet so that they are not pulled out of orbit of their host planet" not sure how this works. you mean a satellite of the moon would not be habitable?
  • "cannot have habitable moons" i would stay away from such clear-cut statements, and replace them with "are highly unlikely to have habitable moons"
  • " to astar" space
  • "the fraction of stars with planets in the CHZ" does this refer to main-sequence stars only? or all stars? including binary systems?
  • "about "1.4 to 2.7 percent" of" is this the latest number? and how many planets does this mean for the MW?
  • " planets were discovered. " add year; "ne of the first discoveries was 70 Virginis b," add year again
  • " to themselves possess " rephrase
I implemented most of these recommendations and those of Sasata, but I think the submitted articles are okay, especially considering that they are written by reputable scientists with long histories of publication in planetary astrophysics, and that the criteria they specify are not used in any other place by the article. Wer900 • talk 19:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • fix the "Gas giant planets in the habitable zone" link
  • "KOI-1686.01" should also be discussed
  • " the first super-Earth" put in the parenthesis how much bigger than earth is this
  • mention the Gliese 667 C system, and finish the super-earth section with a statement along the lines that the number of reports of such planets is rabidly growing in the last several years (i.e. so to leave the reader the impression that the section may look very different in a couple of months)
  • please put a mini-definition of a waterhole in parenthesis (region region in the radio spectrum not absorbed by atmospheric water)

I really like the article otherwise. Nergaal (talk) 06:53, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly done, although I had added another image which was later removed. Wer900 • talk 21:54, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose! Umh yeah, after a month I come back to see that most of my comments I gave after spending a few hours reviewing the article have not been fixed. Nergaal (talk) 01:19, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Cryptic C62[edit]

  • "planetary-mass objects with sufficient atmospheric pressure can support liquid water at the surface." Shouldn't this say "at their surfaces"?
  • "To many scientists, studying objects in the CHZ appears to be the best way to estimate the scope of life in the universe and locate extraterrestrial life." Let's try to rewrite this without weaselling, eh? "Studying objects in the CHZ may be the best way to estimate the scope of life in the universe and locate extraterrestrial life."
  • Ref 20 "Rare earth" needs page numbers, either in the citation or using {{rp}}
  • Ref 130 "Evolving the Alien": see above
  • Why are there so many external links? Some of these look like they should be citations, which violates WP:EL: "Most external links should present different details from citations." I strongly suggest cutting this list down. The larger it is, the less useful it becomes.

Meep. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 18:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Done, except for page numbers and external links. I am still waiting for page numbers (I do not have those particular books), and as for external links the link list has already been reduced dramatically, and we have a particularly long article here. Another reviewer has stated his reluctance to trim more links. Wer900 • talk 23:21, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Hamiltonstone[edit]

  • The main section "Determination of the circumstellar habitable zone" begins with this: "Whether a body is in the circumstellar habitable zone of its host star is dependent on both the radius of the planet's orbit (for natural satellites, the host planet's orbit) and the mass of the body itself." Shouldn't this general introductory sentence specify three key variables rather than just these two? Isn't the third key variable the energy output of the star? hamiltonstone (talk) 13:05, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is a whole table of at times quite variable estimates regarding the solar habital zone, but there should be some discussion of these in the text. The table needs to be referred to by the text.
  • Having just explained that there is a range of estimate regarding the zone, and tabulated those, there's something wrong with the next sectin having this: "For example, while the Solar System has a circumstellar habitable zone centered at 1.34 AU from the Sun..." We don't really know this with such precision - it is one (perhaps leading) estimate. Suggest it be rewritten as "For example, if the Solar System..." etc hamiltonstone (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article suddenly moves up a level in its ideas at this point: "On the other end of the spectral scale, Michael Hart proposed that only main-sequence stars of spectral class K0 or brighter could possess habitable zones, an idea which has been extended in modern times with the concept of a tidal locking radius for red dwarfs. Within this radius, which is coincidental with the red-dwarf habitable zone, it has been suggested that the volcanism caused by tidal heating could cause a "tidal Venus" planet with high temperatures and no ability to support life". I'm afraid a lay person isn't going to follow the rapid evolution of the argument here. Needs an extra sentence or two and the logic needs explaining. First of all, it seemed to me that Hart's general idea expressed in the sentence (that the range of stars that can have CHZs can be narrowed) is superficially contradicted by the idea that a star so different from the sun as a red dwarf could have a hab zone. The two sentences at least should be disconnected. Then you need to explain why a tidal locking radius is relevant (or even what a tidal locking radius is. I don't immediately associate tidal locking with tidal heating, so i thought I had encountered a second non-sequitur in the para. Then, why is this radius concidental with the hab zone?? And why would it be a "tidal Venus"? Why not a "tidal Earth"? And if it cannot support life, as the sentence concludes, why is this even in an article about CHZs? As you can see, this para lost me! :-) hamiltonstone (talk) 13:19, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some of the explanatino appears to lie in a later section, so some of the issues could be addressed with a reordering.
  • "Moving a moon closer to a host planet to maintain its orbit would create tidal heating so intense as to eliminate any prospects of habitability". This makes it sound as though one is planning a massive engineering project. Try "A moon close enough to a host planet to avoid this problem, however, would experience tidal heating so intense as to eliminate any prospects of habitability".

Delegate comments -- after remaining open almost six weeks there appear to be too many unaddressed comments for consensus to be achieved any time soon, so I'll be archiving this shortly; pls review and/or action all comments before considering another nomination here, which in any case cannot take place before the usual two-week break per FAC instructions Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:34, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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