Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fay Ripley/archive1

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 not promoted by SandyGeorgia 12:55, 10 April 2010 [1].

Fay Ripley

Nominator(s): Bradley0110 (talk) 09:46, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article candidates/Fay Ripley/archive1

I'm nominating this article for featured status because I believe it meets all of the criteria. It was promoted to GA status last October, was peer reviewed and copyedited by Brianboulton in January, and has received a copyedit from HJ Mitchell of WP:GOCE. There is currently one dead link in the article, which is used once as attribution for a direct quote. The convenience link may not resurface online but can be verified in the hard copy issue of City Life. Bradley0110 (talk) 09:46, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The absence of any images in the article is an issue. Images can be brought in by WP:OTRS or by convincing flickr users to let their photos by a suitable license. I tried the latter a lot of things, most times it works.
Replace the dead link with hard copy details like page no, edition etc.
Disambig checked. No problem.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Some images on Flickr aren't really suitable for identifying the subject and the ones that are are owned by charities, which I don't think would release them under a CC licence. HJ Mitchell has offered to try to persuade a release though. I'll add the additional issue and page details for the City Life ref as soon as I can access them, though it's still a verifiable source in the meantime. Bradley0110 (talk) 09:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Images can be cropped or ask for lower resolution photos. Just try contacting the author via Flickr. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:15, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I managed to find 2 that would be suitable for use on WP and sent messages to both authors via Flickr in the hope that they'll release them. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - Thanks, HJ Bradley0110 (talk) 14:52, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments. I would consider removing where she was born and educated out of the lead, that her parents separated, that she took time off to have a second child etc. These are not why she's notable. The lead should mostly confine itself to what she's known for. SlimVirgin ^{TALK contribs} 21:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know whether you've left her dob out deliberately, but in case not it's here. SlimVirgin ^{TALK contribs} 21:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DOB added, thanks. I don't mind being reverted if it was a deliberate omission. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SV, I've removed the info about her parents and her education from the lead, but have left the other info in. The lead is not just to establish the notability of the subject, but to provide a broad overview of the whole article; I don't know of any featured articles that omit a person's birth place from the lead, so I've retained that. The birth of her second child is an important thing to have in the lead, as it directly affected her career. As for the birth date, Hello magazine cannot be considered a reliable source in this case, since her birth was registered with the General Register Office between January and March 1966. This is why I added the explanatory note in the refs section and the "See GRO source" note to the wikitext. Bradley0110 (talk) 09:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment "After her scenes as a prostitute were cut from Frankenstein (1994), Ripley won her first major film role playing Karen Hughes in Mute Witness (1995)." I get confused by this sentence. How are they connected and how can you win a role? --Esuzu (talk • contribs) 16:29, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a little flair in the language (and auditions are competitions for actors after all!). Would you prefer "got" or "had" instead of "won"? Bradley0110 (talk) 16:56, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Gained" could be a sensible compromise. I'm afraid nobody on Flickr has got back to me about a photo yet. :( HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Gained" sounds good! Bradley0110 (talk) 20:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Much better! --Esuzu (talk • contribs) 15:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Three weeks with no Support; perhaps bring this back in about ten days? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:53, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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