Talk:Service flag
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Service flag 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: 2007-02-12 |
[edit] Good Article Nomination History
[edit] First Nomination
This article has been failed due to a complete lack of citations, which are generally required for GA status. Please do resubmit once some citations have been added. MLilburne 09:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Second Nomination
Here's the good article criteria for you Good Article editors: Kghusker 08:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1. Well written?: The article looks alright in terms of prose. The statement "A gold star (with a blue edge) represents a family member that died during service, without specifying cause of death -- it could be killed in action, or died due to unrelated causes." looks like it should be fixed, referring to a person as it doesn't sound right.
- 2. Factually accurate?: The information that is there has multiple sources and a good amount of inline citations so it passes on that account.
- 3. Broad in coverage?: This is the section I'm going to have to fail the article on. The article is only one section long with an intro. To be broad in coverage, the article needs to have more information about the topic. I would recommend expanding the article (with sources) further before nominating again. Possibly talk about similar types of flags used in other countries, other flags/ribbons used for the same purpose, update for current war, fabric/measurements (alright, I'm pushing it a bit), etc. Anything else you think can be added to the article, do it.
- 4. Neutral point of view?: The article appears to be neutral, make sure it stays that way.
- 5. Stability?: No problems here, shouldn't be any in the future.
- 6. Images?: Images are good, possibly see if you can get one of the flag flying in front of someone's home/business/VFW.
According to the above GA criteria, I have to fail this article, again, mainly for the broad in coverage. Keep researching for more sources and you may find more information to include. Good work so far, but keep expanding. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 07:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
