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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/May 2004

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This is an archive of discussions about articles that were promoted to featured status. This archive covers articles discussed in May 2004. Warning: discussions are incompletely organized in reverse chronological order.

May 2004

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The Beatles

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Self-nomination, but I haven't made any major contribs to the article, just copyedited once or twice. The article's prose is brilliant, and it's non-controversial (unless we're somewhere in the Bible Belt in the 60s). Johnleemk 11:30, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. A good article about an important musical phenomenon -- Cabalamat 17:22, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. A lovingly crafted article. Occasional minor grammatical errors should not bar this from feature status. Denni 19:52, 2004 May 22 (UTC)
  • Neutral. I think this really needs to be broken up into sections. Kingturtle 20:03, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. It is a good article but it triggers a Page size warning (making it 16 U.S. pages long at 12 point font) - not everybody wants such detail. Some sections could be summarized to a few to several good-sized paragraphs with detail moved to daughter artilces such as Beatles discography, The Beatles' influence, the many Beatle album articles and also a timeline (which doesn't seem to exist yet). Perhaps an easier way to do that would be to create a History of The Beatles article and leave a 5-10KB summary of the history (just the most important stuff) at The Beatles. Some sections like 'After the breakup' seem to be a bit disjointed with many single-sentence paragraphs that read more like a timeline than prose (lots of sentences and paragraphs start with "On" or "In" - oftentimes right after each other). --mav 06:19, 23 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done. At least, I split it off. History now is about one or two pages, with the rest offloaded at History of the Beatles. Johnleemk 08:16, 23 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
      • Looks better, but the length was only part of the problem. There still are many sentences starting with "On" and "In" and most, if not all, of the sentences at The Beatles are directly copied to History of the Beatles - that's going to be a bit annoying to people who read both the summary and the detailed history article. To fix that, the current history section could be condensed with exact dates stripped, longer sentences shortened, and smaller paragraphs merged. Some sectioning is also in order. I would do all that myself right now but I'm sure somebody else is editing that article I also need to go to bed. --mav
  • Support. Very nice. James F. (talk) 19:05, 23 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for the most part. "The Beatles were the most influential music group of the rock era." -That's not NPOV. User:MKultra
  • Oppose. Too much POV and proclaiming the Beatles as the greatest thing to ever happen to the world. Not enough mention of controversies and the common opinion that they were overrated by the white media to overshadow the many black acts that were charting at the time. Reads more like a fan page, and no mention of the common knowledge that they cheated their way to stardom by paying teens to go into record stores and request their albums, forcing record stores to order more Beatles albums in making them #1 because of shipment numbers. Street walker 08:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sure.Good point.It's actually a world conspiracy.They payed a billion teenagers to buy their albums.You're good , you know.Maybe this would interest you The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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Brilliant prose, good content. Is there anything else to say? Johnleemk 08:28, 20 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Pufferfish

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Excellent overview of the biological and sociological aspects of this rather fun fish. :) jengod 21:31, May 19, 2004 (UTC)

Marshall, Texas

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This article has come a long, long way from its Rambot beginnings. Would that most of our major cities had something this detailed and well-written. - Hephaestos|§ 03:15, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

British East India Company

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Self nomination. I was involved in expanding the History section considerably. I have tried to add everything that is credibly known about the company's long and influential history. Many users have also done some great copy-editing. Hope the article has shaped up well. If you have any objections/suggestions for additions, please go ahead/let me know about them. - Chancemill 07:06, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)

Moving this back up to without objections. :) jengod 00:53, May 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Excellent; well-written and very thorough looks at the Company's ups and downs, its influences and key players. I would, however, hope for another picture or two, perhaps illustrating some of their work, good and bad (famine, etc.). --LordSuryaofShropshire 16:31, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
    • I too feel that the article would be so much more complete with a few balancing images. unfortunately, I am unable to find any more relevant images in the public domain. Any help in this will be greatly appreciated. Chancemill 14:00, Apr 30, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support, with minor reservations. The article's content is excellent, but I think it could use some copyediting. I made one pass over it, but it still has a strong tendency towards run-on sentences and overuse and misuse of commas. A pitcure of a trading post or of a sailing ship would be nice next to the intro paragraph. --Andrew 15:29, Apr 30, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Object for now- it needs some work. I've left some questions on the talk page. Markalexander100 03:18, 5 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The East India Company played a MAJOR role in some 150 years of India's history and this article is pretty good. -- Kishore
  • Support. Sundar 06:04, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
    • Have received a lot of good suggestions for refining this article in the past few days. I am working on these changes right now. Will indicate it here, when I am done. Chancemill 13:43, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Markalexander100's questions addressed. Great progress made in copyediting. 172 19:55, 19 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • I guess, the article is pretty much okay now. Mark's questions have been pretty much addressed. Thanks all for great content addition and copy-editing. Chancemill 15:41, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I think it's kind of marvelous. jengod 01:08, May 21, 2004 (UTC)

Dmitri Shostakovich

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Self-nomination. Fresh eyes and constructive criticism would be almost as welcome as support. ;) Markalexander100 02:50, 13 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Eureka Stockade

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I think this is a valuable and well-written Australian history article. I nom'd this a long time ago, and it was shot down for reasons I can't quite recall. :) Another user just went through it with a "scalpel and a chainsaw" and it also now has pictures. jengod 20:49, May 10, 2004 (UTC)

  • I am that "other user", and I support this nomination. Not only was the article a compelling story to begin with, but it tells of a seminal event in Australia's history. Denni 02:49, 2004 May 11 (UTC)
  • support. great article. maybe the image of ballarat could be trimmed a little, though, it's too wide with respect to its height, so it doesn't look like much. clarkk 08:09, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • swapped pix, better now i think :) jengod 22:50, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Ambivalenthysteria 14:12, 15 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another sentence in the lead section would top this article off. --mav
  • Done. And a fine sentence too, I must say! Denni 05:24, 2004 May 18 (UTC)

Olympic Flame

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Self nomination (although I'm not the only editor). I know the article could use another picture (I would like on of the fire burning in the stadium), but all the pictures I could find are copyrighted. Jeronimo 20:14, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

VW Type 2

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This is a semi-self nomination. I first played with this article soon after discovering the joys of Wikipedia since it was written by someone whose primary language was other than English. Went away for awhile, came back...voila! Lots of facts, figures and photos that weren't there before although the English reverted somewhat. I've hopefully fixed that problem. If anyone wishes to polish this farther, please be my guest. Someone put a lot of time and research into this. - Lucky 6.9 17:00, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

The lead section needs to be expanded. --mav 23:40, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Geology of the Bryce Canyon area

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Self nom. I've been working on this article and on expanding Bryce Canyon National Park for the last week. I can't think of any major thing that the article still needs, so I'm posting it here to see if others can give me some ideas on what still needs to be done. I've already exhausted two fairly complete treatments of the subject and can't find much more on the Internet. --mav 09:51, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Having read the two articles I certainly feel like I've read a complete, interesting account but I don't the topic area well so can't definitively say that the topic is done. If I had to nitpick I would say it has a larger proportion of red links than most featured articles which is something we try to avoid. So it's a "yes, feature, but interested in more comments" from me. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 13:02, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - stubs are needed for those red links. I will work on that after my final next week. --mav 19:12, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody beat me to making a stub for Colorado Plateau so I expanded it into a good-sized article. I'll work on Grand Staircase, Cretacous Seaway, uncomformity, and Clarence Dutton over the next several days. --mav
Support - I have been in Bryce Canyon in 1997. I stood there at Inspiration Point in awe of the hoodoos, those marvels of Nature. Now you have explained them to me. A job, well done JoJan 20:15, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! :) --mav
(not a vote) This is a nice article, but I have some things that I'd like to see addressed before I support this. First, I find the article hard to fully understand for a non-native-English speaking non-geologist (like myself). I suppose it is very difficult if not impossible to improve this; at least most terms are already properly linked. Second, not all images have captions - it would make them clearer. Third, I'd like some photo's added, preferebly a close up of some hoodoos (I'd upload my own pictures if I had a scanner), or else one of the pictures from the Bryce Canyon National Park article. Finally, what I miss in the text is a reason why these extraordinary formations only happened here (well, also in Cedar Breaks NM) and not elsewhere? If you could explain that, that would be great. Jeronimo 21:26, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Jeronimo, they're not all that uncommon. Drumheller, Alberta has a small but attractive collection, and there is an extensive field of them, several kilometres long, along the Milk River in southern Alberta's Writing on Stone Provincial Park. They're commonly found in badland areas where sandstone underlays harder rock. Denni 05:29, 2004 May 18 (UTC)
Good points, I'll try to work on some of those in the next few days. However, you should understand that this is a daughter article of Bryce Canyon National Park (which has a long geology section) and therefore is a bit more technical than a top level article would be. Sadly there is no way to have captions without having div hacks unless the thumb tag is used. But those images are at their full size already. --mav
Captions added. Working on a panorama image of Bryce Amphitheater. --mav
I've been irritated by that caption limitation on other articles. Is it possible to work around it by making a false "thumbnail" which is in fact the same size? Agreed that is reasonable for this daughter to be more technical. I think it is ok to even say "this is a more technical article; see XXX for a broader overview". We do this at Ramsey's theorem, for example. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 07:56, 11 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't want to create the expectation that clicking the image will yeild a larger version of that image, so I just hacked some captions using divs. The lead section already takes care of the non-technical readers (who will have probably already read the longer summary at Bryce Canyon National Park first). So I don't see a need to have ugly warnings at the top of the page. --mav
I appreciate the desire to avoid ugliness and I am very nearly ready to support this article, but there is something about the lead section that is not quite right for me. Specifically, the second sentence does not parse easily. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 08:53, 13 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Yikes! The div-hacks make the entire article a mess in my browser (Mozilla FireFox/Red Hat). Thanks for trying, but I'd rather have the article without the image captions then. Jeronimo 09:43, 12 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Removed. We really need a wiki way to add captions without creating thumbnails. ---mav
Erik fixed my ugly hack. Captions are back. --mav
I added two images to the article: One is a panorama of part of the "canyon" and the other is a close-up of some Hoodoos. Sadly most of my Bryce Canyon photos (and all my Zion National Park photos!) were lost due to a corrupt memory card. I still plan to fill out some more stubs and research why this place is so unique. --mav
Support. Ancheta Wis 09:23, 19 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Speech synthesis

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Self-nomination. This is the first article I worked on for Wikipedia, and I think it has become a fairly complete and accessible overview of the history and technology of speech synthesis. The only area that needs work I think is the history section glosses over most of the recent history of speech synthesis, but in all honesty, the history of speech synthesis is pretty boring: someone comes up with a new technique that improves intelligibility or naturalness and computers have gotten more powerful, and therefore TTS systems have gotten better and better. That's really about it. There is a picture, and there are lots of external links that have samples of the speech synthesis, so the multimedia factor I think is high, especially for such a technical topic. Nohat 16:47, 2004 May 9 (UTC)

Belgium

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This article is extremely well written. It is a shining example for similar articles. The content is comprehensive and dealt with in depth.JoJan 19:48, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Beautiful - just like a traditional encyclopedia (but wiki-better!), comprehensive, precise and articulate. I enjoyed reading that, and I now know quite a bit more about Belgium. I have just one more comment to make - Tintin is all very well, but what about Poirot? :o) Zoney 20:12, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, near perfect as far as I can judge. I regret though that some Flemish authors are unmentioned, like the still very popular Willem Elsschot. Andries 21:06, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. --Andrew 02:51, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - though like others, I wish some of my favourite Belgian authors were mentioned. (Maeterlinck? Verhaeren? Rodenbach?) The Culture of Belgium article could also stand expansion. ~~ Smerdis of Tlön 03:40, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have some reservations about the history section - particularly, at this point, the stuff on the Belgian Congo, which seems rather whitewashy. Some other material was also questionable, although I've changed some of it. I suggest some more people have a look at that stuff before the article is featured. john 09:15, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Moved to list of articles with unresolved objections. Could anyone have a look at John's reservation? There's consensus otherwise, so it'd be a shame to see this nomination fade into disarray. Fredrik 13:33, 16 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. -- Kaihsu 16:56, 2004 May 7 (UTC)
  • Support. As a Belgian-American (well, partly), I especially approve. Moncrief 20:27, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Though I'd like to see Jeff Geraerdts mentioned along with Poirot, not sure if Willem Elsschot was Flemish - MGM 22:42, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
    • Jef Geeraerts (1930 - ) and Willem Elsschot (1882-1960), pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder, are both Flemish writers. In my opinion someone should write an in depth article about both writers. They deserve better than a stub. Poirot, by the way, is a fictitious Belgian character, created by the famous English writer Agatha Christie - JoJan 08:43, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Vowel

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Smerdis of Tlön nominated this article below as a series (including various related articles like table of vowels, list of vowels, and the pages on individual vowels they link to). The nomination was opposed on the basis that article series are not valid nominations for featured articles, but there seemed to be agreement that the article was sufficient on its own, so I am re-nominating it by itself. Full disclosure: I (re-)wrote a good deal of this article. Most of the other points of opposition have been addressed, and the article now includes a picture. Nohat 22:44, 2004 May 8 (UTC)

Acetaminophen

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Self-nomination. Well written, good structure, gives history, including some topical stuff about the scare a while back, and deals with toxicity. A couple pictures, too. Ksheka 22:24, May 8, 2004 (UTC)

  • Support. RedWolf 05:29, May 9, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support!
    JFW | T@lk 09:59, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • support Alex.tan 18:43, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - very interesting! Arwel 00:36, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Objection withdrawn. I now support. Oppose for now -- Some 70% of the history section deals with the cyanide tampering, which is minor incident in the history of a major pharmaceutical. Questions I feel should be answered: who discovered its pharmaceutical properties, what firms initially mass-produced it under what trade names when, etc.Shimmin 17:16, 13 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Some history added. I can't find the names of the first trade names, but I think everything else is covered. Please reconsider. Ksheka 12:35, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
    • I added quite a bit to the history section, and some external links and a reference. I think I covered all these issues. Please reconsider. Ksheka 12:58, May 14, 2004 (UTC)

War elephant

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Self nomination. I like it and i hope you too, because i think it would look beautiful on the Main Page. Lacks a picture, though. Muriel 09:36, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Pictures supplied. It would be nice to have some information on other military uses of elephants (particularly explaining the picture of an elephant used as a beast of burden in World War I). --Andrew 18:07, May 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Kaihsu 21:39, 2004 May 8 (UTC)\
  • Support, neat article about an interesting topic. Lisiate 20:46, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Looks very neat. Revth 09:07, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Quirky yet informative article. MGM 14:50, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

London Underground

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A comprehensive, interesting and well-written article, in my opinion. Stewart Adcock 22:51, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Kashrut

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Very comprehensive. An interesting read, and I found just the piece of information I was looking for. Could have had a few pictures, though. arj 20:38, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support, but I think pictures would be good too. How about a picture of some kosher food item in which the magic symbol is visible? (Better than my first idea, which was an animal being slaughtered in the kosher way) --Andrew 21:24, May 7, 2004 (UTC) (picture supplied; a better picture might help --Andrew 20:03, May 9, 2004 (UTC))
  • Support. A rabbi friend of mine tried explaining this to me. This article actually did a better job in some cases. One minor quibble, easily corrected: This same rabbi explained the rationale behind not mixing meat with milk, which I don't recall seeing here. He said that it was improper to cook an animal in the same nutrient that its mother once gave it. So much for my wife's chicken-fried steak and country gravy being kosher. :^) - Lucky 6.9 00:09, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Just did some copyedit.
    JFW | T@lk 10:08, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. jengod 20:32, May 10, 2004 (UTC)

Jim Thorpe

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Self nomination. I nominated this article earlier, but this was objected by Kingturtle (for POV reasons). I attempted to solve the problem, but did not receive any feedback from Kingturtle regarding my attempt, hence the re-submission. Jeronimo 11:44 4 May 2004 (UTC)

President of Ireland

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Nice, comprehensive article. I made only one very minor edit so this isn't really a self nomination. LUDRAMAN | T 03:11, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

  • Object - Add some pictures, perhaps of an Irish president or two; a shot of Áras an Uachtaráin, perhaps... maybe even a brief historical note about the exercise of one or two of the Presidential powers.... I will remove my objection, however, once some pics lighten up the article, which is indeed nicely done.--LordSuryaofShropshire 15:40, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)
  • (Support) Agree with LordSuryaofShropshire. Needs photos! Other than that, looks superb. Zoney 17:03, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
    • The photos of the individual presidents are on the individual presidents' pages (makes sense?). A shot of the Áras wouldn't be a bad idea, however. Anyone fancy a trip to Dublin with their camera? :-) LUDRAMAN | T 19:50, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
      • Neutral: I am neutral now with the addition of the one picture at top. I won't take initiative to move this to the 'without objection' section since I don't know if Zoney is with or against at this point. --LordSuryaofShropshire 17:05, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
        • I'm with - I won't object! Zoney 11:19, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Not an objection, but I think single quotation marks need to be changed to double quotation marks. Also, the sentence "Since the 1990s under President Robinson, but in particular since the Good Friday Agreement the current president, Mary McAleese, who is herself the first President of Ireland from Northern Ireland, regularly visits the six counties" strikes me as unclear. Is it that, since the 1990's under President Robinson, Mary McAleese visits the six counties? - That is what seems to be implied; perhaps the sentence could be corrected up by someone who is confident of its meaning. -- Emsworth 01:01, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
  • Heartily support. I have learnt a lot from reading this. -- Kaihsu 13:42, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
  • As one of the early workers on this page (and someone who left wikipedia for quite a while) I have to graduklate people on their work on it. I have made two minor tweaks, but think it is a good article that hopefully will help people know more about a largely unknown office. FearÉIREANN 16:50, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (I've made a single minor edit on the page, if that counts against nowadays) James F. (talk) 15:11, 9 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Submarine

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An interesting article, and thorough; good pictures. The history includes even some of the more obscure precursors. Not a self-nomination, although I might try to improve it. --Andrew 22:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC)

  • I agree. Support with expanded reference to the Nautilus and the role of Admiral Hyman Rickover in its creation, especially since its fiftieth anniversary was just this past January. There was an interesting article about Nautilus in last year's Farmer's Almanac. I no longer have the magazine, though. Anyone else? - Lucky 6.9 00:23, 4 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggest using subheadings in history section, and suggest series on submarine articles. Support - MGM 09:46, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
  • A picture showing the scale of modern submarines would be good...you can't tell size from the photo (even better would be silhouettes showing the relative scales of modern and older subs, with a scale bar and maybe a tiny human figure for reference). Is that too much to ask? (At least note the scale, i.e. the length of the sub, on the photo caption.) —Steven G. Johnson 05:16, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I had to rewrite the paragraph on hull shapes (it didn't even mention the word "teardrop"!). I also fixed formatting at the end, and added an extremely good picture which (as someone had requested above) should allow you to judge scale. →Raul654 15:50, May 9, 2004 (UTC)

Crash test dummy

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Self-nomination (make me feel like a real dummy). Worked hard on this one, a cheap pick-up in the stubs bin and look where it went! I also got to read Mary Roach's absolutely delightful book. Comments/criticisms welcome.Denni 07:16, 2004 May 3 (UTC)

  • Stiff was excellent. -Litefantastic 11:30, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like a lot of work went into this. Support MGM 14:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Object. I agree with Markalexander100 (his comment on the article's talk page) that the headings are a bit exuberant. Also, wikilinks are used in a strange way - for example, the adjective fundamental is linked (well, was, I removed that) whereas Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is not. These minor issues should be easy to address. The article looks fairly comprehensive otherwise, so kudos for your work. Fredrik 15:03, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Headings de-exhubericated, additional internal/external links provided where relevant, and an additional copyedit to smooth/clarify carried out. Thank you for the useful comments. As of this point (3 weeks after request), I still have no response to copyright queries re. lead pic. I therefore reassert fair use (see image talk page for further information). Denni 22:11, 2004 May 3 (UTC)
      • Two more comments. First: "In 1971, the first Hybrid I was introduced by ARL" - we are introduced to the Hybrid, and the next two sections discuss the Hybrid III family. It appears that the Hybrids have set the standard, but there is no particular explanation for this. The introduction of the Hybrids should state how important they are and why. Second, the conclusion of the article is a bit too exuberant (again) and assertive. I suggest changing the "will happen" wording into "will probably happen". With those changed, I will support this article. Fredrik 09:43, 5 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support now. Fredrik 22:18, 5 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Object, for the moment; the writing is awkward. Sentences tend to be long and cumbersome. This could be cleaed up with some careful copyediting - I did a little, but I tend to have the same problem. Otherwise, well-researched and interesting. --Andrew 15:06, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
    • While I have no objection to wording changes, I do choose each word and phrase I use with care. I believe it is necessary to communicate precisely what I mean. So one, for instance, I find one change in the "cadaver testing" section unacceptable, where the original compromise has been replaced with confuse. IMHO, the original is more accurate. Researchers were not "confused" by multiple injuries, but they were for very good reasons unable to separate the effects of prior injuries to those of current ones. I stand by my thesaurus.
      • It's possible to be just as precise and use shorter sentences. But yours is a personal style; while it's different from mine, it's fine (now that the few really awkward constructions are fixed). Good article; I'm happy to Support. --Andrew 15:49, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
    • Having said that, my "Nice Job, Editor" award goes to those people who work on my articles, and I can't tell it's been done, or marvel at my turns of phrse which, when I check them out, are actually someone else's. So, Andrew, I say "Nice Job, Editor." Denni 15:28, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
    • I found the writing pleasant to read. Fredrik 15:16, 5 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Weather lore

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Self-nomination. Years of skywatching expertise, a stack of my own photos, and the magic of a coffee-fuelled all-nighter (it's been years since I did that) turned out an article I will hope help people plan their day. Comments/criticisms welcome. Denni 07:16, 2004 May 3 (UTC)

  • Object - no lead section and odd format. --mav 08:27, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • Am refactoring to create head. As far as format goes, given the nature of item-discussion writing, it of necessity cannot follow a typical article format. There must be a clear separation between each item-discussion unit, and the only thing I can think of is to reduce the amount of white space. However, this presents a problem in ensuring the graphics remain near the unit they are intended to illustrate. Suggestions welcome. Denni 22:42, 2004 May 3 (UTC)
      • Looks better - objection withdrawn. --mav
  • Object for now. It is interesting and well-written and it has lots of interesting photographs, but it's overwikified (only wikify stuff that's important to the article) and it could use different sections than it has right now. Let me know once it's changed and I'll reconsider - Change to support, find changes (especially opening section) sufficient. MGM 14:24, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
    • There will be some minor section modifications. As it stands, the article has a head, a discussion about what constitutes weather and where it occurs, and true and false weather lore. (Thank you, eloquence.) I've also removed some wikification. Denni 01:01, 2004 May 4 (UTC)
  • Support. Beautiful pictures, fascinating content. --Andrew 02:34, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support, for the same reasons as Andrew. ALargeElk 15:58, 5 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - a lovely piece of art! And interesting too! Zoney 01:26, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The pictures are near perfect. Smerdis of Tlön 03:41, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - An excellent article JoJan 15:13, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • support. Different, interesting and Great. Great pics. Pedro 01:28, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

European Union (discussion ends 8 May to allow feature – if passed – on Main Page on 9 May)

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(Although I don't like the precedent it sets, if this does pass, I will feature it on May 9. →Raul654 19:16, May 5, 2004 (UTC))

10 New members on may 1st. This might be an excellent time to expand this article when it's more current then ever. [nominated by 217.211.239.31 a few hours ago, fabiform | talk 06:07, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)]

Triangle

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This is a wonderful article. I learned far more than I expected existed about triangles, and the diagrams are simply perfect. I wouldn't be surprised by 'too technical' objections, however. - Plutor 14:46, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • This article does a good job with the mathematics alone, but there's IMO more to say. It does not say anything about the history of the mathematics involved. And aren't there other areas where triangles have a use - for example, do they have a meaning in art or architecture? Not really an objection, but there might be room for improvement here. Fredrik 15:26, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, the only thing that I still miss is some remarks about its importance in e.g. geodesy/land measurement and physics (e.g. vector calculation). Neutral. I would like to read a bit more about the history (mathematical progress) of the subject. I am not in favor of a long treatise on the history though. Can be fixed quickly, I think and hope. Object, because the article doesn't deal with the history of the subject at all. . Andries 20:31, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The only possible objection I ahve with this is that it may bore some people. -Litefantastic 00:32, 4 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should it be renamed to Triangle (geometry) ? - Bevo 19:48, 4 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • No. Although the word triangle has other meanings, all of them are derived from the geometric figure. Therefore, the geometric figure belongs at triangle and other meanings belong elsewhere. →Raul654 20:45, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Good article. →Raul654 20:45, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Very impressive. How about extending the article on the most perfect solid, the tetrahedron, as your next project? Denni 21:23, 2004 May 5 (UTC)

Sid McMath

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The writing was so good I almost thought it was a copyvio, but found nothing. A really interesting article on a fascinating figure who's relatively obscure. Meelar 16:21, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. Meelar 16:21, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Andrew 22:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC); excellent article. Might be nice if it could be sectioned without harm to the text, but it's fine as is.
  • Neutral. Subheds would help with readability. jengod 22:26, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
    • I've added them. This is really good writing. As a previous poster said, it flows together so well that it's hard to tell where to partition. Meelar 00:19, 4 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • against. Chauvinism. Unimportant person. Never eard of him before. Qualityful, but not interesting. I think. Pedro 01:25, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't really think that your complaint is substantive - just because you haven't heard of him (and neither had I, for the record) doesn't disqualify it from being a featured article. It's my opinion that anything that is encyclopedic should be eligible to be a featured article. →Raul654 01:47, May 8, 2004 (UTC)

Heavy metal umlaut

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I really enjoyed this one. Cow 00:05, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. My first thought was "what a silly article!" But no, it gives a reasonable discussion of a real trend. I'll still call it "quirky". But some quirky features is a good thing. --Andrew 02:50, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Kaihsu 08:21, 2004 May 7 (UTC)
  • Support. This is a well written article (also, I always wondered what the deal was with those umlauts.) Uranographer 09:00, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral. This was nominated back in March. What happened then? Markalexander100 10:08, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Didn't need to know any of this, but feel better for having learned about it. Quirky doesn't quite convey the effect. Good to have a lighter toned piece now and then ww 14:47, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Unique about wikipedia--Britannica would never have this article. :) jengod 19:56, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support completely. I like to see this sort of article nominated - a bit unusual, a bit pop cultural. Great job. Moncrief 20:26, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Süppört! I stumbled on this article early in my Wikipedia experience and was impressed at how detailed and well-researched an otherwise obscure subject can be. - Lucky 6.9 00:15, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Every encyclopedia should include the occasional article which, when stumbled upon, provokes a reader to exclaim "Gadzööks!" Denni 00:36, 2004 May 8 (UTC)
  • Support! It's actually a nice surprise to see this article nominated. After the first time I saw it I remembered about The Onion article and added it to the text. MikeCapone 04:00, May 8, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Such an interesting article - a good example of information which is well worth knowing but would never be in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Dmn
  • Hey! I nominated this once before, and no one took it seriously. Oh well, it's still a good article, and I enthusiastically support. Isomorphic 20:20, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Mordechai Vanunu

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  • A superb article about a very interesting and controversial man. Does an excellent job striking a balance between the very disparate views on his life and actions. Pictures are especially effective. I'd be incredibly surprised if this didn't go through on the nod. Wally 17:32, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Kaihsu 20:08, 2004 Apr 25 (UTC)
  • Support. --Andrew 22:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC)

Created FAC from original nomination here.

Added by Raul654 on 00:24, 4 May 2004

Bullfighting

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Promoted 18:37, 8 May 2004

Happened upon this using Random page, and was suprised to find that it wasn't a featured article yet. Well written with good pictures. The subject is also one of those neat things that you always wanted to know more about beyond the generic bullfight. Also features criticism near the bottom. --Gregb 22:11, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

  • Support. Article is very well done. RADICALBENDER★ 15:59, 1 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • I expanded the section on the Portuguese bullfights and add my support for the article, although (for the record) i find the whole thing disgusting. Muriel 17:26, 1 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Not an objection.) The article mentions that bullfighters recieve ears and tails of the bull on certain occasions; perhaps it could mention who decides whether they should be awarded or not? Also, I believe (but am not sure) that one might recieve one ear, two ears or two ears and a tail - if this is accurate, then the article could mention it. -- Emsworth 22:09, May 1, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Well done article; comfortably neutral on a contentious topic. --Andrew 22:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. But is too centred on Spain. Makes people believe that is a Spanish tradition, we are already full of pre-thinking, Wikipedia should give (true)knowladge. Doesnt talk about South American Bullfighting. Doesnt talk about the Ancient minoans and celts. People is led to think that's Spanish. Altought a stupid tradition, it is culture. I support it because of the style of the article, not content. Pedro 01:23, 8 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Floppy disk

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A really well-written piece on floppy disks, starting right at the beginning. So what if they're being run out of town by the CDs and ZIP disks like magnetic tapes and punch cards were before them? -Litefantastic 01:42, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

  • Support. Great article. jengod 00:53, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)*Support. Well-written and informative. - MGM 07:43, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Excellent article! Well-written, good lead, well organised, nice balance between detail and ease of reading, nice pictures, and all the facts I can check are accurate. Securiger 04:34, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Support. I second the 'feel' of the submitter's entry -- like punch cards, this is an historically important technology artifact. What's more, the floppy, unlike punch cards there, I guess, has actually been a presence in very many people's everyday lives. --Wernher 02:08, 1 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Nicely written. Etaoin 19:42, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. --Andrew 22:20, May 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Nice job. Dpbsmith 22:39, 4 May 2004 (UTC

Wigwag

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This is a self-nominated article that I wrote about the old-fashioned railroad crossing signals that once dotted the Los Angeles area. Most are gone now. Thanks for your consideration! 0:18, 8 April 2004 (UTC) Lucky 6.9

  • Comment: IMO sectioning needed. LUDRAMAN | T 14:06, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Support: It is a well-written, succinct article with plenty of pictures that give visual context to a relatively (at least for me) obscure subject. I enjoyed it, and am in favor. --LordSuryaofShropshire 17:02, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
  • Would some better pictures help? I have blanket permission from the webmaster of "Dan's Wigwag Site" to use any photos along with proper credit. The first two were prints I took myself with a disposable 35mm that were later scanned to the wigwag site. There's a wealth of far better photos available than the ones currently posted, including several looks at the mechanism's inner workings. - Lucky 6.9 08:25, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Nice article, good pictures, and a rather novel subject. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:49, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Better pictures added; correction of some facts and figures. Anyone? - Lucky 6.9 04:53, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Looks nice. Interesting and in-depth article on a fairly obscure topic. Isomorphic 00:33, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Unusual yet interesting topic, nice pictures, complete history, appropriate headings and well written. It's the obscure topics people need to know about. Good luck! - MGM 22:20, Apr 24, 2004 (UTC)
    • Thanks, all. There was still some concern by admins regarding the use of the photos. I've replaced all but one with photos taken by Dan Furtado of "Dan's Wigwag Site," plus one of my own. The photo of the "peach basket" is uncopyrighted. Is this fair use? If not, I can add another photo or delete that one altogether if there are no further objections. - Lucky 6.9 22:24, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
    • All photos now fair use. Peach basket photo has been replaced with one of the inner workings of Mr. Furtado's own signal. - Lucky 6.9 21:51, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
    • Added.--Eloquence* 01:27, May 1, 2004 (UTC)

Political correctness

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This is a sentinel FAC nomination for political correctness, to compensate for Sam Spade's unilateral addition to the FA list on May 12, 2004. [1] Raul654 16:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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