Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Whaling in the Faroe Islands/archive1
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- 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 16:58, 22 May 2007.
Great article that I enjoyed to read. Tomer T 09:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose. This is undercited, with some sections lacking any references at all. Also numerous MoS issues. Would need a lot of work to pass. Trebor 09:59, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. headings fail MOS issues. Too wordy. While I am glad you are trying to link articles you feel are worthy to FA or GA lists (and I agree with their importance), I am concerned about pass-by nominations as I note you haven't edited the article. GA may be a better starting point in these cases.cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 10:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose per above. Undercited. Minor prose issues (use of misplaced formality, such as "'in order' to", "whilst", and "prior to"; and stubby paras). Please add more citations and give it a brushup by comparing it to the suggestions at User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a. So far, though, it's a nice article; please take care of these issues. — Deckiller 19:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Object - Does not comply with the Manual of Style. Read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)—heading names do not comply, and subheadings are used too often. Some places need more references. For example, "All of the meat and blubber of the pilot whale is consumed. This fact is sometimes denied by animal rights organizations." This is admittedly a disputed fact, so it needs to be referenced. This example also uses American spelling, where the rest of the article seems to be British. Here are some example prose issues:
- "Around 950 Long-finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melaena) are killed annually, although mainly during the summer." - no need for "although".
- "...some speculate that the Faroese people will be without this source of food." - With a statement like this, I usually expect to see "by 2020" or some qualifier.
- "The expression "ein grind", can both mean..." - should be "mean both".
- I see two sentences in a row that start "Those who take part..."
- Strong oppose. It's clear from the previous objections that the article needs a lot of work. Tomer T, a drive-by nominator, has made a total of one edit to the article and is unlikely to address those objections. CloudNine 09:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 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.