Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Lipantitlán

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 promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 17:21, 27 November 2008 [1].

Battle of Lipantitlán

Nominator(s): Karanacs

previous FAC (02:25, 12 October 2008)

This article is about the third battle of the Texas Revolution, and one that wasn't supposed to be fought. The soldiers essentially ignored central command (a recurring theme in this war) and launched their own attack on a small Mexican "fort". I had to withdraw the last FAC due to real-life priorities and have since re-written much of the article. Both User:juliancolton and User:Jappalang provided a pre-FAC unofficial peer review. Karanacs (talk) 20:28, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per my previous review and copyedit of the article. Good work. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 22:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A well-written article about a battle that although small gave the Texians a strategic spot and contributed to the eventual driving out of the Mexicans from Texas. Events that lead up to the battle, during it, and after it are described, giving a comprehensive account. The only pity is an absence of photos of the battle site, but that is no obstruction for FA and can be easily changed (some kind soul pass by there and upload a free picture please). Jappalang (talk) 22:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

Image concerns resolved. Awadewit (talk) 01:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:GoliadRefugioSanPatricio Texas2.JPG - We need to include a reliable source for your map (we Wikipedians aren't professional cartographers, you know!). If you didn't copy it out of a book, but just made it with a online tool or something, we need to at least include mention of that online tool. Awadewit (talk) 06:52, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Awadewit, I didn't know to do that. The information has now been added. Karanacs (talk) 01:10, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very nice little article, and very interesting. Nice map, as well! Skinny87 (talk) 21:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Links check out, sources look OK Brianboulton (talk) 17:59, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This seems pretty vital. I can't see (but maybe missed) any sourcing of either of the two names of this battle. Fundamental, I'd suggest. --Dweller (talk) 15:59, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- This online source referenced in the article talks about the "Lipantitlán Expedition". Is that the same thing? --Dweller (talk) 16:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Spotted excess linking of "Texas Revolution". --Dweller (talk) 16:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dweller. I have cited the names in the lead, and I have removed the extra linkage to Texas Revolution in the battle section (that leaves 1 instance of linking in the lead, 1 in the background section, 1 in the infobox, and 1 in the template). Karanacs (talk) 16:08, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support
I opposed this article on the first go-round, because it appeared to be a small skirmish that didn't affect much. Whatever you did to change it, now it still seems to be a small skirmish, but the implications of it are much more impressive.
Is it me, or is the verb agreement off in this sentence? After reaching Matamoros, Rodriguez sent a letter to the town leaders, warning them that the Mexican army would return and encouraging them to repudiate the rebellion.
I think you should use this article as an example of the context issues in the FAC discussions about small articles. You might be sick of that, but this was an interesting article and I enjoyed reading it. --Moni3 (talk) 18:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I reworded that sentence. Not sure if it's better than before, but shouldn't be worse After reaching Matamoros, Rodriguez sent a letter to the town leaders. The letter warned that the Mexican army would return and encouraged the people of San Patricio to repudiate the rebellion. Karanacs (talk) 16:08, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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