Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Archived nominations
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This is a list of unsuccessful nominees for Featured Topic candidacy.
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[edit] Final Fantasy VII characters
All of the following articles are both related (in that they are articles on major Final Fantasy VII characters) as well as in good quality, as they consist of either featured or good articles.--TBCΦtalk? 17:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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| Final Fantasy VII characters | Aerith Gainsborough, Cloud Strife, Jenova, Sephiroth, Yuna |
- Comment, just a question: why are non-FFVII characters (Tidus, Squall, etc.) and a game (Mystic Quest) here in the nomination? Quick reality check is all. Axem Titanium 21:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Object as I think the FT, as nominated, doesn't have a clear enough scope. I think it has to be every character with an article. Tuf-Kat 22:49, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nuclear weapons
The nuclear weapons series is simply the best one I know of on Wikipedia. Category:Nuclear weapons has nearly a hundred articles and several subcategories, but there is also a clear and superb core, represented by the template User:Fastfission designed. The most important articles beyond the template are generally linked as main subarticles from sections, and many of them are quite substantial as well.
Nominate and support--ragesoss 19:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose
- At least three articles have no references whatsoever. Inline citations would be even better.
- Several display serious layout issues, notably Nuclear warfare.
- One is proteced, and one has a merger issue pending.
- Also obviously not peer reviewed (when doing so, make sure to mention your aim is not FA, though)
Circeus 20:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Conditional support. Get a least three references for each article. Once that's done you can change my vote to support.--HereToHelp 18:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Oppose per Circeus. Some of the articles completely lack reference. Other objections raised are also serious. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 08:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Warsaw Uprising
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Warsaw Uprising is one of our older FAs. It has an interesting and well done series of subarticles as shown in the above series template. I think it's a perfect series for discussion here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
- Support. Very nice series, well organized. --Fastfission 00:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
- Weak oppose for now. There is definitely enought quality material to make it a featured topic, but it has a feeling of a work in progress, due to numerous stub sections and lots of red links in the box on the main article and the important persons list. Much of the prose could use a close going-over for style, but that's a minor concern; overall the prose is good enough for featured topic status, even if some of the subarticles wouldn't make FA.--ragesoss 19:26, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Support. Why not? The "Featured topic" concept is relatively undeveloped anyway, so it is hard to say what criteria need to be fulfilled to qualify. Let's give this one a go. Balcer 15:31, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Support--SylwiaS | talk 22:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stargate
| Topics in Stargate | ||
| Story of Stargate | Stargate, Stargate SG-1 (episodes), Stargate Atlantis (episodes), Stargate Infinity (episodes), Literature, Comics |
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| Stargate Universe | Alien Races, Planets, Technology, Characters, The SGC, SG-1, SG Team, Atlantis, The Stargate, Ascension | |
| Factions in Stargate | Tau'ri, Jaffa Resistance, Tok'ra, Asgard, Ancients Goa'uld, Jaffa, System Lords, Replicators, Ori, Wraith, Lucian Alliance, The Trust, NID, IOA |
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The nomination procedure was very unclear. I am not sure if I did this right. If I didn't, my intent was to nominate this template of all Topics in Stargate for featured topic status. I think this would be good because all the articles in this template are very good and Stargate is a great and very interesting topic. The more diverse our featured topics, the more people from different backgrounds will come to wikipedia. Stargate currently is a very popular show, with no featured content on wikipedia, yet there is an entire wikiproject on it. Tobyk777 22:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Decade Volcanoes
| Main page(s) | Articles |
| Decade Volcanoes | Avachinsky-Koryaksky, Colima, Mount Etna, Galeras, Mauna Loa, Merapi, Nyiragongo, Mount Rainier, Sakurajima, Santamaria/Santiaguito, Santorini, Taal Volcano, Teide, Ulawun, Mount Unzen, Vesuvius |
The Decade Volcanoes are those which have been identified as the most worthy of intensive study, given their history of violent eruptions and proximity to large populations. I've worked on all these articles, making sure they have references and images, and have also made a WikiReader (see WP:WR) from this content, so thought I would give it a run past here. Worldtraveller 17:38, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- Looks great! I'll support if you can add references to Mount Etna, Teide and Mount Vesuvius. Also, the "related images" at Mauna Loa ought to be included in the body of the article (and some of them are of dubious value, I think). Tuf-Kat 22:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks! Have done as suggested with Mauna Loa, and will add references shortly to the relevant articles. Worldtraveller 19:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Unfortunately I find myself without the time at the moment to dig up references where required. I'll be able to address this point in a few weeks time - if I can leave this nomination here pending until then that would be great, but I can easily renominate when I have worked on the articles if the nomination is remove in the meantime. Worldtraveller 21:01, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks! Have done as suggested with Mauna Loa, and will add references shortly to the relevant articles. Worldtraveller 19:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with Tuf-Kat, but would add that the main article (Decade Volcanoes) could possibly do with some too. Secondly, should it not be Decade Volcano? Great work to all involved in these articles. violet/riga (t) 18:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, it certainly does need references, and I will add some asap. As for its title, I have no strong preference although I created the article at the plural form as it made more sense to me in the way I wrote the text. Worldtraveller 19:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- I know there's a general policy (or guideline?) that articles should be at their singular - it's probably in the naming conventions somewhere, but it's not anything I'd quibble about. violet/riga (t) 19:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yep, it certainly does need references, and I will add some asap. As for its title, I have no strong preference although I created the article at the plural form as it made more sense to me in the way I wrote the text. Worldtraveller 19:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- For the most part this looks good. There are some things off though. A huge one is that not all the articles link to each other. Perhaps a template would be good here. Also, some have multiple external links sections which should be merged. Other than that the content looks good, and this should become a featured topic.
- Thanks very much for the comment. The articles are linked by all being in Category:Decade Volcanoes, and I have to say I think that a template would be a bit redundant with that, though I would not object to adding one if you feel that it would benefit the series. I'll have a look for the multiple links sections and sort that one. Worldtraveller 21:01, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
- Links to merapi needs to be disambiguated. Also, all templates should be made identical, especially if these are to be linked through a template. SeeWikipedia:WikiProject Mountains#Templates. Circeus 20:53, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- It'd be kind of nice to know what International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry is. At least some kind of stub article talking about a bit of it. Seems kind of strange to have it right off in the main article.
[edit] Music of the Lesser Antilles
Old nomination at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Music of the Lesser Antilles (archive). I think this topic is pretty good overall, despite the obscurity of some of the components.
Of these, music of the Lesser Antilles, Music of Barbados, Music of Dominica and Music of Antigua and Barbuda are Good Articles. Lesser Antilles is a current FAC, and Saint Lucia and the Virgin Islands are current GAN. Tuf-Kat 15:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. I would have given it my support if it weren't for the Music of Anguilla article, which looks stubby. If it is improved to a reasonable extent, you will have my support. I don't know about comprehensiveness, but if the article deserves to exist (i.e. is notable), there should be more info present. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've just fleshed out music of Anguilla the best I can. If there is any other verifiable information out there, I can't find evidence of it. Tuf-Kat 05:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
- I would give a weak support now. But we have a different problem at hand. Very few people know of the Featured Topic page. If there aren't four supports, the topic won't be promoted. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 11:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I'm the only one who's done any promoting here, and I haven't required four supports. (I won't pass this one without at least two more though, with no objects) Four supports will be difficult at this stage. I think this will get more attention as time goes on. Nobody will be interested until there's a significant list, and we won't have that without some time, especially since making a topic feature-worthy is so difficult. Still, over time, we will have a list of welldone topics and that will attract more contributors (who will probably raise the official standards, as well as the standards of what we consider consensus). WP:FL took awhile to take off, IIRC, and so did WP:FP. WP:FAC only didn't because it was just a list of "brilliant prose" in the beginning, and there was no process. Tuf-Kat 08:55, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. It's pretty close, but Music of Anguilla and Music of Grenada seem stubby, and St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are pretty short. Additionally, Trinidad and Tobago doesn't have that many sources. The overall topic is pretty good, still. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2012 Summer Olympic bids
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London 2012 Olympic bid, Madrid 2012 Olympic bid, Moscow 2012 Olympic bid, New York 2012 Olympic bid, Paris 2012 Olympic bid |
The "2012 Summer Olympic bids" topic has the following qualities:
- A central "overview" article (2012 Summer Olympic bids)
- Great interconnection between the articles
- A good, informative template ({{2012 Olympic bid}})
- Good articles
- Fairly good consistency between the articles
It also has a few points that might stop it being featured:
- No references on any of the articles
- Madrid 2012 Olympic bid and Moscow 2012 Olympic bid are not particularly in-depth
Despite these negative points I think it makes for a very good topic. violet/riga (t) 13:16, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Object at least until it has references, jguk 13:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- That's a fair point, and something I hope to attend to in the near future. violet/riga (t) 14:05, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- oh, and also, the Moscow and Madrid articles are only stubs, jguk 14:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
