Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lostprophets

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[edit] Lostprophets

All articles drawn from have now been fully referenced. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.25.247.75 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 5 November 2005.

Old nomination subpages shouldn't be written over; you have to transfer them to an archive page using the "Move" function available to logged in users. The previous nomination page is here. Also, please sign your comments using four tildes (~~~~). Extraordinary Machine 17:21, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

• Object. It's good that the magazine article references are now there, but the images still don't have any source or copyright information, and there seem to be quite a few one or two-line paragraphs that could be merged into larger ones. Additionally, sentences such as "such credibility sapping magazines as J-17 and Cosmo Girl" and "lostprophets sold-out the cavernous Cardiff International Arena, a once unimaginable feat that served as concrete proof of just how big the band had become" should be reworded, as they are a little POV. Extraordinary Machine 17:44, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
• Object. The two things that can be done to improve this article (and I mentioned some of them in Peer Review and all of them in the last FAC nomination) are:

1. Add a source for who credits them with popularizing studded belts, low-slung jeans, etc. If they really are "largely credited with popularising [these] items" it shouldn't be difficult to find at least one source. You can phrase it in such a way as "Rolling Stone credits..."
2. Add the Infobox_band template.

Cedars 09:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

• Object per Extraordinary Machine. Also, please get rid of wikilinks in the section headings (especially ones that don't link anywhere). See WP:CITE for improving the referencing. I don't agree that you should add Template:Infobox band. It is unstable and, in my opinion, not helpful. It is absolutely not a requirement of Wikipedia:WikiProject Music to have it. Jkelly 01:58, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

• The template is used by a number of featured articles on bands including The Beatles, Iron Maiden and Nirvana. It offers a good summary of information and is helpful to those who visit the page to find a piece of information such as whether the band is still active, who its members are or what the band's genre or label is. It also encourages the editors to place a picture of the band near the top of the article and this article needs that. Cedars 10:47, 6 November 2005 (UTC)