Talk:Administration of federal assistance in the United States
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Administration of federal assistance in the United States was a good article candidate, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. Once the objections listed below are addressed, the article can be renominated. You may also seek a review of the decision if you feel there was a mistake.
Date of review: 2007-03-02 |
I've done alot of research to produce this article, but it could use alot more info. - Mtmelendez 00:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merger with Federal grant
The Federal assistance article covers federal grants and other areas, whereas the Federal grant article is relatively limited and small to be left as a separate article. -Mtmelendez 13:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I think it's a good article. Regarding the merge, I got to this page because I was searching for an obvious internal link to information on scientific grants, such as those from the National Institute of Mental Health. If there is a merge, a distinction between the various types of federal grants (such as scientific grants to researcher vs. assistance grants to individuals, etc.) would be helpful. john williams 16:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't think it should be merged - federal grants can apply to other countries. If you merge this article, then another will be started as a global government grant topic.
Yes, but the problem is that Federal grant is only US related. I now agree that they shouldn't be merged, but the federal grant article should be diversified to include other grants in other countries. - Mtmelendez 17:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GA Failure
Unfortunately I've failed this as a WP:GA for reasons I can't see being easy to fix within a week. It is though well written and well referenced. I hope to see this at Good article candidates again soon.
- Criteria 1b - per WP:LEAD the lead is too short and does not adequately summarise the article.
- 2a - references - there are large sections that are unreferenced, particularly the Pass-through entities and sub-recipients and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance sections.
- 3a - comprehensive - this is what first caught my attention. The article does not mention anything about either the history of federal assistance, it's constitutional basis or the congressional powers involved.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is far too listy as a section. I'm not sure it's necessary to spell out the code letters of different types of grants.
- Needs a copy edit, headings like Financial type assistance and some of the wording should be reworked.
