Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Konnan/archive1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] Konnan
Though I have some doubts about the eligibility of this article, I have decided to nominate it in the hopes of gaining, at the least, some constructive criticism. The article in question is about an American professional wrestler of Cuban extraction who has achieved moderate fame in the USA and is somewhat more popular in Mexico. The prose seems solid and, I believe, is generally free of spelling and grammatical errors. His career is covered in detail, although, as with many contempotary biographical articles, the latter part of his life is discussed in more depth. The article has a neutral tone and cites numerous references containing a considerable amount of support information. The article is stable in that it is not frequently edited; articles about better known wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan are more frequently updated, but this makes it harder to control the quality and veracity of the article content. I would like to see this article featured as it would acknowledge the hard work of the WikiProject Professional wrestling, who have imposed uniform standards on virtually all prominent wrestling articles and have developed an extensive hierarchical category system, and would help to mitigate the contemptuous attitudes towards wrestling frequently expressed by the mainstream. Konnan has had an interesting life and a rich career that I think would make for an engaging featured article. McPhail 15:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- Comment/Object - Any article that is eligable to exist on wikipedia is also eligible to be featured, as long as it fufils the requirements listed in the links above. That said, this one fails, at the very least, the lead intro requirement. Guidelines on wikipedia suggest that the longer the article, the longer the intro should be. I haven't really looked at the rest of the article except to compare lengths, but if more in depth review is needed, I'll come back later. Fieari 23:17, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- Object. Requires footnotes. Also, has too many single-sentence paragraphs and subsections, the ToC is too lengthy for an article of this length, although the length and content are not an issue. This article has the level of content and depth of a Featured Article, but needs the proper finishing touches. If these changes are made, I will change my vote, but as things stand now, this still needs some cosmetic work. RyanGerbil10 06:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
- Object. Again, there are no inline citations, and the number of sections is way to great. Plus, if you're looking for constructive criticism, consider putting it up for Peer Review first before coming here. AndyZ 13:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
