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Good articleNidan has been listed as one of the Philosophy and religion good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
November 21, 2011Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 29, 2011.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that one 19th-century writer condemned the partial demolition of the old church dedicated to St Nidan in Anglesey, Wales, saying that its replacement (pictured) was "a painfully impressive example of architectural bad taste"?

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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 13:47, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lead
  • "He is the patron saint of two churches in Anglesey and of one in Aberdeenshire, Scotland;" Perhaps you could mention in the lead the churches he is patron saint of seems as there are only three?
History
  • "He founded a church in what is now known as Llanidan, also on Anglesey, near to the Menai Straits. According to tradition, this was established in 616." "A church" needs to link to Old St Nidans church really so the reader is drawn to tp that particular church initially, even if wikiliked further down.

Article looks fine, having done some work on Welsh saints myself I know how the dates are often muddled with some sources saying they died many years before others say they founded something or went somewhere, such early history can be pretty uncertain but I think you've managed to compile something reasonable on this. No images of him available?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:55, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your prompt review and kind words. No images that I've found anywhere, alas. I'm always amused when I see the talk pages of articles about medieval saints that say "Photograph needed"... BencherliteTalk 14:16, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes indeed, the likelihood of them turning up for a photoshoot...

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
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  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
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    C. No original research:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
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  4. Is it neutral?
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  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
  7. Overall:
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Meets requirements.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:22, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]