Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Melbourne Storm/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 archived by Sarastro1 via FACBot (talk) 09:53, 14 August 2017 [1].

Melbourne Storm

Nominator(s): Anderch (talk) 02:02, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about... Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club, it's history. It previous has been rated a Good article but it is comparable to other Featured articles in particular the "Sydney Roosters". I have been a contributor over the years to this page and have tried to keep it stable and fortmatted correctly. I think it is time it was nominated.Anderch (talk) 02:02, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, suggest withdrawal -- Thanks for your nomination but just a brief scan of the article shows serious deficiencies in referencing; around half the paragraphs are uncited, which is not satisfactory for even a GA-level article, let alone an FA. Given the amount of effort that I think would be necessary to bring the referencing up to scratch, I think the best thing to do is withdraw this nom, work on the sourcing, and then take to Peer Review, after which you can make another attempt at FAC. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:23, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closing comment: Echoing Ian above. I would recommend getting some more input for this before renominating, and maybe look at the FAC mentoring scheme. In any case, please wait for at least the minimum two-week waiting period. Sarastro1 (talk) 09:52, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close.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. Sarastro1 (talk) 09:53, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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