Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nikola Tesla/archive2

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 review. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 20:17, 9 January 2007.

[edit] Nikola Tesla

The article meets all the criteria and has met them for some time. It is well written, comprehensive, and well sourced. The last FA-nom (from 2005) can be found here. It was also nominated in 2004.--Еstavisti 16:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Object. Mostly, it looks very good. I just have a serious problem with the listiness of "Recognition and honors", which could easily be combined into a few paragraphs describing various things that have been awarded to him or named after him. There's no reason for the separation. —Cuiviénen 16:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: Can the external link references be fully cited? I would recommend using citeweb or a similar templates. - Tutmosis 18:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
• Object Refs are neither properly nor consistently formatted. Several external jumps, [1], need converted into proper refs. Lead needs work. A properly written lead should summarize the article and need few, if any, refs--certainly not seven. Such refs can usually be worked into the article.Rlevse 20:15, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
• Object:
  1. The image Image:TeslaLaboratory.jpg has no copyright information.
  2. The image Image:Teslabust.jpg is claimed as a fair-use image, but there's nothing special about it that requires it to be in the article. It should be removed.
  3. The image Image:BrochureWardenclyffe .PNG is probably in the public domain. This needs to be checked out.

  --Carnildo 07:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• Object. 'Recognition and honors' section needs cleaning up. 'External links' section has WAY too many links. 'Further material' section should be re-named 'Further reading' and needs cleaning up. 'Personality' section is almost all unreferenced. 'Death and afterwards' section should be re-named 'Death and legacy' - red links need sorting out. Otherwise looks good. — Wackymacs 14:08, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I have cleaned up and merged the 'Recognition and honors' into the now named 'Death and legacy' and removed alot of the external links. I think the 'Further material' section should be called that as it documentry films in so is not just reading.--Ehouk1 17:45, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

• Object The intro to the article has long contained POV boasting: "In the United States, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture.[3] After his demonstration of wireless communication in 1893 and after being the victor in the "War of Currents", he was widely respected as America's greatest electrical engineer.[4]" These are cited respectively to "Tesla Memorial Society of New York Website. Tesla Memorial Society of New York. Retrieved on 2007-01-02." and '"Nikola Tesla", Serbian Unity Congress. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.' which cannot be regarded as independent or reliable sources. Editors have long refused to remove or modify these boasts. These phrases should be replaced by evaluations from neutral and reliable sources.Eddy Kurentz 19:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I have boldly removed the POV from the lead. — Wackymacs 19:02, 5 January 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 review. No further edits should be made to this page.