Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/H II region

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[edit] H II region

Cassini-Huygens? A mere passing fad :) H II regions are some of the most famous astronomical objects and we're lucky to have many beautiful Hubble Space Telescope images of them. I've been working on expanding the article on them from a couple of paragraphs to something more detailed. It's at a stage now where I think it's worthy of consideration for featured article status. Worldtraveller 16:56, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Im not really qualified to verify the actual content of this article, but assuming it is correct, the article is well written and is very visually pleasing. CGorman 23:01, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support--ZayZayEM 01:31, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support-- I'm just an amateur at astronomy but as far as I know this is accurate as well as comprehensive and visually pleasing. Great! :) Haukurth 22:27, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support but it needs more external links methinks. Also I wonder why we're using cropped Hubble pictures rather than the pictures in their full majestic glory (the black boxes are kind of ugly. It seems well written though so support. -SocratesJedi | Talk 06:42, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Added a couple more external links. The images are not cropped - the black boxes (I agree, they are not particularly attractive) result from the way the HST wide field and planetary camera (WFPC) was designed - it has three large (wide field) CCD chips, and one smaller, higher resolution chip, resulting in that image shape. Full explanation at WFPC2. Worldtraveller 12:45, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support. A slightly longer lead section wouldn't do any harm, though. Jeronimo 07:41, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Made the lead section a bit longer. Worldtraveller 12:45, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Well written, good images. Jordi·✆ 11:54, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Well written, well referenced, including citing points to specific sources. This is what a FA should be. Don't stop improving it if you have more you can do, but this helps set the bar. For ex you could cite more of the facts in the article and better would be to give page numbers to make it easier for later reviewer to check them. But still, great work. - Taxman 16:41, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

• Object. because I dont like stars to be in front page. I suggest: To use unanimity minus one as decision rule. To keep the article in front page for 2 days if nominated otherwise keep it away from the featured article candidate list for 4 months. Minimum voters I suggest to be 12 in a 5 days period. Iasson 12:30, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Not liking stars is not, I am afraid, an actionable objection (I think it's an objectionable action though :)) and so is invalid. If you want to suggest new mechanisms for deciding on featured articles, you'd probably be better off posting them to the talk page. Worldtraveller 15:18, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Please do not use illicit substances before commenting at FAC. What you have left in your message has no internal consistency. It is also not properly written English, but that is not a crime in and of itself. It does make it harder to decide what you were trying to mean though. In any case, being a FA is not the same as being on the Main page. An article can be a featured article and be marked to not make it to the main page. - Taxman 18:44, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Please see the RfC on this user for documentation of this voting behavior. Sorry, folks. hfool/Roast me 01:21, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Very well-written. There's a few redlink in the "Observations" section (electron transition) that seem like they should point somewhere, but nothing major. --Carnildo 23:33, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I removed a couple of the red links which were less than useful. Worldtraveller 10:22, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Well I do like stars—and of course it doesn't matter if you like the content anyway as long as it is presented well :) The article seems well organized and referenced. The pictures are well placed with appropriate captions to give them needed context. The links are in the right places for those curious about those tangents. --Sketchee 09:52, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I would like the article to say somewhere how "H II" is pronounced ("H two"?) Paul August ☎ 05:15, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

You're correct, it's "H two", and I've added a note on pronunciation to the intro. It never occurred to me when writing the article that it's not obvious how to pronounce it! Worldtraveller 10:22, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)