Wikipedia:Featured article review/Battle of Alesia/archive1

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

The article was removed 18:33, 4 March 2007.

[edit] Battle of Alesia

[edit] Review commentary

Messages left at Sj, MilHist, and France. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:38, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Reason for nomination: Not a single citation in the whole article. This would not be acceptable under current FA guidelines - PocklingtonDan 15:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Lacks inline citations. Inconsistently formated references section. The lead is problematic; the second sentence dives into a contention, and the lead clarifys twice, in parentheses, that Gaul is roughly modern France. + Ceoil 23:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. From a brief skim, it doesn't seem too bad, but needs someone willing (and able) to go through and reference. Trebor 17:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. References are given, only not inline. I think with someone taking the effort (and having the ability) to link the given references to the relevant text positions, I think the problem is solved. On this issue alone I think degrading the article is a bit too strict. Arnoutf 22:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FARC commentary

Suggested FA criteria concern is lack of citations (1c). Marskell 08:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Remove per 1c. LuciferMorgan 12:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep references are there, only inline referencing is lacking. Too minor a problem for removal Arnoutf 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Remove, a lack of inline referencing is a major problem - this wouldn't pass WP:FAC today. Trebor 15:47, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Remove per Lucifer. Its unfortunate, if someone had access to the sources the article could be brought to standard in a matter of hours. Ceoil 19:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Remove — this article passes 1a, but it needs page cites. All it will take is 1-2 hours of going through the sources; I'm sure the primary editor(s) could find the sources again. We're swamped, so we can only help on articles that have an editor base; once the original editor(s) come back and provide cites, then I'm sure it can be brought back to FAC with ease. — Deckiller 10:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
• Remove per lack of inline citations.--Yannismarou 19:59, 28 February 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.