Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Biman Bangladesh Airlines

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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 01:38, 29 September 2007.

[edit] Biman Bangladesh Airlines

(self-nom) This is the national airline of Bangladesh and I have dedicated considerable time over the past 6 months to take it from a stub to GA status and now believe it meets the FA criteria. It has had an A-Class review and, more recently, a peer review which was much more fruitful with invaluable help from User:Aditya Kabir and the League of Copyeditors. Hoping any final niggly bits can be ironed out during the FAC. → AA (talk) — 08:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Support The article has gone through tremendous review while going for GA. It was later reviewed by quite a number of editors, and most issues discussed were resolved. Finally an extensive peer review led to the addressing of most possible issues. The bright sides of the article include - (1) elaborate wikification per MoS; (2) extensive coverage of the subject from multiple angles; (3) meticulous neutrality; (4) reliable and verifiable references sources cited for almost every little bit on information; (5) and wonderful organization. Very stable, and prose flows appreciably too. Aditya(talk • contribs) 12:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Fantastic work on the article! Here are some comments on what I've read so far:
  • Since no page on "Troll Air" exists, can we have a short phrase describing where the carrier is from?
Y Done
  • However, with the rise of private domestic carriers in Bangladesh, Biman's domestic passenger count in 2005–06 was just over 162,000, a 35% drop over the previous ten years. Doesn't quite follow. The count in one year should be a 35% drop compared specifically to another year, not ten years. Each of those ten years had different passenger numbers I presume?
Does it make any more sense now (copyedit is not my strong point)? → AA (talk) — 13:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • The previous Managing Director, M. A. Momen, was appointed the CEO as well as MD in the new organisation. Could you possibly find his full name somewhere?
Y Done

Recurring dreams 12:27, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Just a final couple:
  • Although Boeing proposed to arrange finances to buy the aircraft seeking a guarantee from the Bangladesh government; After bureaucratic delays and a perceived lack of commitment from the government, Boeing lost interest and the plans were cancelled.[91] Needs fixing.
How about now? → AA (talk) — 13:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • This was the first incident of bird flu in Bangladesh. Ideally should be sourced.
Y Done
  • The restaurant was opened by the Bangladesh national cricket team and earned its owner, an expatriate Bangladeshi from the United Kingdom, a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The former Prime Minister? (I think the source itself makes this error)
Y Done. I guess she was Prime Minister at the time but not anymore.
  • The strike, lasting 9 hours, stranded more than 1,000 passengers at Zia International Airport, which was maintained by Biman.[112] Is that sentence saying that Biman maintains the Airport? If so does it still do, in which case it would be "is" rather than "was".
Y Done

Cheers. Recurring dreams 12:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for the feedback. I've addressed the "easy" ones. → AA (talk) — 13:18, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok, it's Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. I got it later down the article. Have corrected the link.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.