Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Radiohead stage collapse/archive1

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The article was archived by Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 9 November 2019 [1].

Radiohead stage collapse

Nominator(s): Popcornduff (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2012 stage collapse that killed one person and injured three more before a Radiohead concert in Toronto. Popcornduff (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Mike Christie

I've read through a couple of times and can't find much to say about the prose, though there are a couple of minor points below. However, the rhythm is a little staccato. Mostly I think this is the short paragraphs, particularly in the lead and first section. Simply combining paragraphs would help, but anything in the way of connective tissue to help carry the reader from factual statement to factual statement with a sense of flow would be good.

The minor points:

At 2pm, Radiohead’s business manager Ade Bullock noticed that scaffolding on the stage appeared to be drooping, and took a photograph, but thought: "What do I know about engineering?" This feels like viewpoint flicker to me. Omniscient third person viewpoint writing, in fiction, uses phrasing like this, but that's not a very encyclopedic tone. Can we make it something like "..., but recalled afterwards that he had dismissed his concerns with the thought: 'What do I know..."? That's too clumsy, but I hope the point is clear. And I don't suppose Ade Bullock's photograph of the drooping scaffolding is available for fair use, is it?
the chance to leave without judgment: perhaps a bit too compressed. Does "judgment" by itself always connote a negative opinion?
Why did Elton John get involved? I don't see any prior reference to anything that relates to him.
What is a "pickup truss"?
The roof design had been used since the late 80s or early 90s, and had been approved by engineer George Snowden. Snowden had been disciplined by the Professional Engineers of Ontario for his role in the fatal collapse of a scaffold on the Ambassador Bridge. The sequence isn't clear here -- Snowden was the original engineer who approved the design back around 1990? Or was working with Cugliari on the new design? And when was the Ambassador Bridge collapse -- decades ago? The linked article doesn't mention it as far as I can see.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

Suggest adding alt text. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:54, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria:, @Mike Christie: - I'm going to pull this FA nom. I had sworn off FA and GA nominating and reviewing for my own reasons and I'm not sure what compelled me to nominate this article. However, your feedback will not be wasted - I'll use it to improve the article. Thanks so much. Popcornduff (talk) 17:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome; hope it was useful. Pinging Ian Rose or Laser brain to action the withdrawal. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:41, 9 November 2019 (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. --Laser brain (talk) 17:54, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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