Wikipedia:Featured article review/Order of St. Patrick

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[edit] Order of St. Patrick

Messages left at Lord Emsworth, Ireland and Nurismatics. Sandy (Talk) 15:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Now that a bunch of my FAR nominations have been reviewed, here is another one in need of in-line citations. Also, it has at least one deprecated image tag. Judgesurreal777 22:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Needs inline cites. LuciferMorgan 23:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment might be salvageable. The main problem seems to be that some of the references aren't what we now regard as reliable. I'll have a look at it if nobody picks it up (which judging from past FARs in this area is fairly likely). Yomangani^talk 18:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
  • This would be the third "Order of ..." article to come through here, I believe. It's great if at least some of Emsworth's articles get saved. Jay32183 22:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment As with the Orders of the Garter and the Bath, I'll try to help cite this, but I'm very busy at the moment. --Dr pda 16:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Managed to find some time :) I've cited most of the article, and put {{fact}} tags in where I didn't have a reference. I've added some images (and removed the one with the deprecated tag, which was low resolution anyway). I haven't removed the references I didn't use (which were basically all of the existing ones) in case they're useful for the missing citations. The history section needs expanding though; I don't have time to compress 200-odd pages of Galloway's book into a few paragraphs. (I note in passing that both the other Order of... articles have now been kept, hopefully we can make it three from three) Dr pda 02:22, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll try and work on the few missing citations this week (do I sense the Thistle heading this way?). Yomangani^talk 10:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Yomangani has made some decent work on these Order related FARs, so can we please not wear him out? If they come thick and fast, he might not be able to give them the attention they deserve. LuciferMorgan 22:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate the sentiment, but Dr Pda has done most of the work on the Order articles so far and the nomination rate has already slowed down, so it isn't a problem for me at least. I'm having trouble finding supporting references for some of the claims in this particular article which is why work is somewhat slow. Yomangani^talk 22:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll try to get back to the library this weekend and have another look at Galloway's book to see if I can get the last couple of citations. It also has a colour version of the painting of the foundation installation banquet (I tried to take a photo last time, but it didn't work because of the glossy page). Re the issue of supporters, the reason I put a fact tag on it was because I didn't see this privilege mentioned in the original statutes. The reference which has been added for this doesn't explicitly mention the Order of St Patrick. Also as I understand it the stall plates of the Orders are usually brass with an enamelled coat of arms (see Image:Stall plates of Knights of the Thistle.jpg), so they would be colourful. I note in passing that Wikipedia:WikiProject Orders, Decorations, and Medals now exists. Dr pda 12:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

• Status? This is almost at two weeks: should we move it down to keep on track, or is it close to a keep? Sandy (Talk) 18:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• We are trying to track down one last citation, after which it needs a copyedit at least. Yomangani^talk 18:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)