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[edit] GA Status

Congratulations to the editor of this article it's has been promoted to Good Article Gnangarra 13:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article removed from Wikipedia:Good articles

This article was formerly listed as a good article, but was removed from the listing because Footnote #3, which is supposed to support the story about the island being mistaken for a submarine and bombed links to an article that makes no mention whatsoever of that story. The story is unsupported and the footnote is irrelevant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.136.7 (talk • contribs)

That is simply not the case. The reference supports the fact. Worldtraveller 15:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Here's the entire text of the article linked in the footnote. Show me where it refers to the island being bombed... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.136.7 (talk • contribs)

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article217779.ece

The Island that Time Remembered Once, it was a cause célÿbre: a strategically important volcanic island in the Mediterranean that Britain, France, Spain and Sicily all claimed as their own. Then, in 1831, it sank beneath the sea. Now, inch by inch, Graham Island is rising to the surface again. And already the territorial squabbling has resumed by Rose George Published: 26 September 2001 It began with the boiling of waters, 22 miles from the island of fire. It was July 1861, and off the coast of southern Sicily – the fiery island of volcanoes – in the Sicilian Channel between Europe and Africa, strange things were happening. There was a terrible smell of sulphur in the air, and jets of hot water and cinders were spat from the ocean. Dead fish floated on the surface. Commander Charles Henry Swinburne, standing on the British naval frigate HMS Rapid, watched as for only the second time since 10BC, one of Sicily's lesser-known volcanoes rose up from the sea, setting off an international dispute between Britain and Italy that is still, theoretically, unresolved.

That's not the complete article. If you look just beyond what you've quoted, you'll see it says "Article Length: 1663 words (approx.)". Please do not just steam in and remove an article's GA tag, when the problem is simply that you have not read the whole reference. Best to raise issues on talk pages first. Also, sign comments, please, by typing four tildes like this: ~~~~. Worldtraveller 16:06, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

That is the complete text provided by that URL. If there is more to the article then it needs to be provided. The text as provided does not support the story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.180.136.7 (talk • contribs)

You can buy access to the rest of the text. If you're not willing to do that, it's your problem, not the article's. There is no requirement for references to be available online. Again, please sign comments on talk pages. Worldtraveller 16:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)