Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Randall Flagg/Archive 1

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[edit] Randall Flagg

Self-nomination Very indepth article on King's "megavillain" which chronicles all his major and speculated appearences and his movie appearence.--CyberGhostface 02:09, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Object.
  1. Image:Randallflagg7.jpg has a Bookcover fair use tag, but it's art from within the book, not the cover itself. Also, the article is about a character, not the book itself. Needs a specific rationale.
  2. Image:FlaggTheStand.jpg ditto above.
  3. Image:Walterodimrevisedgunslinger.jpg ditto above.
  4. Image:Flaggdeathx.jpg ditto above.
  5. Image:EyesoftheDragonFlagg.jpg ditto above. The caption also needs to make explicit which of the two characters featured is Flagg.
  6. Image:FlaggMovieSheridan.jpg has a Screenshot fair use tag, but the article is about a character, not the film itself. Needs a specific rationale.
  7. Image:Andrelinoge.jpg ditto above. Also needs a more informative caption.
  8. Only five of the references are cited. Where are the others used? Also, cites are kind of sparse throughout the article.
  9. I'm not sure about the aliases section. Are they all really worth documenting?
  10. Why is the generic List of villains in the See also section?

GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 15:27, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Object. We're getting there, but this is not worthy of featured article status yet. As mentioned above, the references are still quite lacking. I have even placed a [citation needed] tag in the article that was never replaced with a proper citation. All quotes should be backed by a full citation (which includes the page number), and any controversial and/or questionable statements need citations as well. It would also help to have some works outside of King's cited in there (there have been some books about King which could be used). -- LGagnon 16:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Object Some things that need verification haven't used citation, such as LeLand Gaunt being assumed to be a possible incarnation of Flagg's. If a critic (s) has made this comment, feel free to cite them appropriately. And there's a sentence which goes "It is known for a fact" - since when? Some people will probably use this article for further reading on Flagg so they will not know "for a fact". Also, Randall Flagg actually does NOT originate from "The Stand" as usually presumed. He comes from an old poem King wrote in college, so please someone check this out. I'd also heavily disagree that this article is getting towards featured status - its currently nowhere near. All it does is chronicle what he does in each book - there's no quoted book critics on perceptions of the character, no King quotes from interviews, no mentions on what King wished to achieve with this character, no nothing. LuciferMorgan 22:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
...Yeah, it chronicles what he does in each book and his character arc. Thats the entire point of the article. How is some critic's opinion of him even needed? How is it essential to his character? Sheesh.--CyberGhostface 20:59, 22 July 2006 (UTC)