Talk:Iron Mike

Iron Mike was one of the Art and architecture good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 27, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
June 23, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
October 31, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Fort Benning

A quick note to explain why Fort Benning is not included in detail here. A Google search for "Fort Benning"+"Iron Mike" brings up 858 hits, most of which are not even about the statue. A search for "Fort Benning"+"Follow Me" comes up with 16,700 hits, and is where I was able to find the most information on the actual statue. So clearly it's not called "Iron Mike" by most. Kafziel 17:17, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA nom ... passed

Although the length of this article would very likely keep it from being a FA, I've nominated it for GA as it has broad coverage, references, and photos. It contains just about every bit of sourced information I can find on the subject. Kafziel 16:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Brief but good. I would like to have some more info on the etymology/history of the name Iron Mike. Also, if possible, some book references would be useful to complement the article. Lincher 14:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Iron Mike/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force, all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA. I have determined that this article needs some upkeep to maintain its status:

According to the link checker tool, there are several dead links that need to be replaced.
The lead does not summarize the entire article as required by WP:LEAD. In fact, the lead material does not appear in the body. It needs to be moved to the body, sourced, and a new lead written incorporating and addressing the entire article
There's a serious issue of coverage; as it stands, what the article is missing is more info about the etymology of the name and the history behind the monuments--currently, it reads as more a list than an article. The lead information is a start, but as mentioned needs to be sourced and expanded.
File:QuanticoMike.gif needs info about how it qualifies as a PD-MARINE image; a similar issue is found in File:BelleauMike.jpg, File:Ironmike2.jpg, and File:BraggMike.gif, which lack source and author info.

I am putting the article on hold pending the above improvements. Please leave any status updates in this space. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 17:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As no improvements have commenced in the time allotted, I am delisting the article. You may renominate at WP:GAN at any time, but it would be a good idea to address the above issues first. If you have any questions or comments, I don't watchlist these old reviews, so take it up at my talk page instead. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 15:00, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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