Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Failed log/2022
John Neal (writer)
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I noticed that John Neal has a lot of featured articles associated with him, but not a featured topic. So I thought that he or his writings could be a new featured topic. Lizardcreator (talk) 04:22, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- Director comment - What exactly is the topic here? Can you at least make what you are nominating with a topic template? Otherwise I'll just close this nomination now. GamerPro64 06:20, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- OK, I reformatted it with the proper template. Lizardcreator (talk) 04:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose: I think this still needs some work before it could be ready to form a FT. FT/GT criterion 1b requires a topic to have a "well-defined topical scope", and I'm not sure I see one here. Beyond the biography, the two lists, and the periodical, is the scope "all creative works written by John Neal"? If so, it looks like we're missing eight other novels, six short stories, two plays, etc., not to mention some notable speeches. Further, criterion 1c notes that it would really be best for the articles to be linked by a category, a navbox template, or both; in this case, we have neither. The most similar precedent I can see is Wikipedia:Featured topics/Maya Angelou, which has the biography, a FL of works, a FL of honors, and a FA about her most notable collection of works (the autobiographies), which is itself another subtopic. Following that example, maybe this should include Neal's biography, the two FLs of works and articles, and his most notable works, which, according to the lead section of the biography, are Rachel Dyer, "Otter-Bag, the Oneida Chief", "David Whicher", The Yankee, and "Rights of Women" (1843). Interested to hear thoughts from other editors! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 21:43, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose per above, this topic is incomplete and lacking a scope. --K. Peake 09:54, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
- Just noticed the nominator hasnt edited in nearly a month so I dont believe they plan on addressing the issues. So this is Closed with consensus not to promote - GamerPro64 19:56, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
In the U.S. state of Tennessee, Interstate 40 (I-40) travels 455 miles (732 km) from west to east, passing through each of the state's Grand Divisions and physiographic provinces, and serving its three largest cities of Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. It is the longest interstate highway in the state, and contains five auxiliary routes. The Tennessee stretch is also the longest of the eight states through which the highway traverses. The stretch of I-40 between Memphis and Nashville is known as "Music Highway", passing through a region instrumental in the development of American popular music, and the route was also the subject of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe.
- Contributor(s): Bneu2013
This is a series of interrelated articles connected to the stretch of Interstate 40 in Tennessee, arguably the most important highway in the state. I have brought all of them to GA status, and hope to bring additional related articles to GA status in the near future. --Bneu2013 (talk) 13:06, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: Maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't this proposal also need Interstate 140 (Tennessee) and Interstate 240 (Tennessee)? -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 21:11, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose—for two reasons. First, this is an incomplete topic that is missing two articles, as organized. More importantly, I lean against such narrow topics. There is a lot more to I-40 than just its Tennessee segment, and I would prefer to handle it as a GT/FT on a national level. I really wouldn't support a topic on a state level unless it was all of Tennessee's Interstates. Even if my second preference didn't gain wider support, the issue of two missing I-x40 highways in the Volunteer State, neither of which is GA or better, is fatal to this nomination at this time. Imzadi 1979 → 23:30, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose per above, also if this is ever re-nominated with more article included, you should not be using refs in the infobox and lead for information that is sourced in the body already --K. Peake 14:37, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose per BR and Imzadi. It's just not complete; the topic's main article is also in need of copyediting, particularly in the Route description. SounderBruce 06:43, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose I don't necessarily have a problem with statewise topics for highways, but this topic excludes two articles that are clearly necessary for it to be complete. AryKun (talk) 08:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
- Closed with consensus not to promote - GamerPro64 05:17, 27 March 2022 (UTC)