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[edit] Withdrawn by nominator FACs

I've asked User:Roger Davies, User:Elcobbola and User:Karanacs to help with withdrawn FACs. There are two different cases:

FAC withdrawn by nominator with Opposes, to be recorded in articlehistory
  1. Make sure there's a note on the FAC, linking to the request to withdraw from the nominator
  2. Remove transcluded fac page from WP:FAC
  3. Move the transcluded fac page to the top of the correct monthly archive file, with an edit summary saying withdrawn (for my future stats, distinguish from a fail). Moving it to the monthly archive file will trigger GimmeBot to do the rest.
  4. Make sure the {{fac}} template is still on the article talk page, so the bot won't stall.
  5. Remind the nominator not to remove the fac template, with a link to WP:FAC/ar.
Premature FAC withdrawn with no opposes, or no opposes of substance (this is why judgment of fac regulars is required. It's a judgment call as to whether the FAC should be recorded into articlehistory.) Complete sample
  1. Remove transcluded fac page from WP:FAC [1] Do NOT move to archive file, as it doesn't need to be botified.
  2. Open the FAC page and remove the FAC tools.
  3. Move the FAC page to the next open N, /archiveN , lowercase a.[2] GimmeBot looks for the next open N on its next archive, so it doesn't care if a previous number is used but not in history.
  4. Re-open the original FAC file,[3] to (a) remove the redirect, (b) prep it ready for next submission by (i) adding the tools and (ii) page header ===[[Article name]]=== and (c) link to previous FAC withdrawn (no uppercase p all uppercase FAC, this is for some other scripts)
  5. Go to the article talk page. (a) Remove the {{fac}} template from the article talk page, (b) leave a comment on the talk page in a new section noting that the fac was withdrawn, with a link to the archive file.
  6. If necessary, notify the nominator (sample message from Roger Davies below):

[edit] FAC withdrawn

I appreciate you're acting in good faith but it's best if featured articles are nominated by people who have worked closely on them. This way they can give reasoned replies to reviewers and be familiar with the sources to make any suggested improvements. Someone who hasn't worked on the article can't provide this input, so the FAC rumbles on until the opposes become so overwhelming that the article is failed, taking a lot of reviewers' time. While the xxxx article is reasonable, it is not FAC quality as is evidenced by the lukewarm reception, so I have archived it. I suggest you first work an article up through peer review and good article to prepare for WP:FAC.

[edit] One of mine

Just to add my twopennorth to elcobbola's comments, I appreciate you're acting in good faith but it really is best if featured articles are nominated by people who have worked closely on them. This way they can give reasoned replies to reviewers and be familiar with the sources to make any suggested improvements. Someone who hasn't worked on the article can't provide this input, so the FAC rumbles on until the opposes become so overwhelming that the article is failed, taking a lot of reviewers' time. To be honest, the prospect of this article becoming a featured article seems remote. We are desperately short of reviewers and it's a disheartening process for nominator and reviewer alike to see the "opposes" pile on. I have left messages with the four biggest contributors and asked them to comment/input on the FAC's talk page. In the meantime, I strongly recommend that you withdraw the article from the featured article process. This is quick and easy: you merely type "withdraw" on the article's FAC nomination page and sign.

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My RfA
Thank you very much for your support in my RfA which I really appreciate. It closed at 83/0/0. I was surprised by the unanimity and will do my best to live up to the new role. All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


The patio at the Partal Palace in the Alhambra, Andalucia.





Milhist Coordinator elections
Thank you very much for your support in the recent Military history Wikiproject elections. I went into it hoping just to keep my seat and was astonished to end up with the lead role. --ROGER DAVIES talk 16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


Haut-Koeningsbourg castle, Alsace.

[edit] Bibliography stuff

[edit] WWI

Ashworth, Tony; ''Trench Warfare 1914-1918'', Pan, London 2000
Blake, Robert (editor); ''The Private Papers of Douglas Haig 1914-1918'', London 1952
[[Cyril Falls|Falls, Cyril]]; ''Military Operations in France and Belgium 1917'' London: MacMillan, 1940
[[Martin Gilbert|Gilbert, Martin]]; ''First World War'', Paperback ed. London, 1995
[[John Keegan|Keegan, John]]; ''The First World War'', London: Pimlico, 1999
[[John Keegan|Keegan, John]]; ''The First World War'' New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999
[[Basil Liddell Hart|Liddell Hart, Basil]]; ''The Real War, 1914-1918''. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1930
Nicholls, Jonathon; ''Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917''. Pen & Sword, 1990
Offenstadt, Nicolas; ''Les fusillés de la Grande Guerre'', Éditions Odile Jacob, Paris, 1999
Oldham, Peter; ''The Hindenburg Line''. London: Leo Cooper, 1997
Pedroncini, G; ''Les mutineries de 1917'', Presse universitaires de France, Paris, 1967
Stokesbury, James L; ''A short history of World War I''. New York: Perennial, 1981
[[Hew Strachan|Strachan, Hew]]; ''The First World War''. London: Pocket Books 2006
[[Hew Strachan|Strachan, Hew]]; ''The First World War''. New York: Viking, 2003

[edit] Spanish Civil War

*[[Antony Beevor|Beevor, Anthony]]; ''The Battle for Spain'', 2006
*[[Fred Copeman|Copeman, Fred]]; ''Reason in Revolt'', 1948
*[[Cecil Eby|Eby, Cecil]]; ''Comrades and Commissars'', 2007
*[[Jason Gurney|Gurney, Jason]]; ''Crusade in Spain'', 1974
*[[Hugh Thomas|Thomas, Hugh]]; ''The Spanish Civil War'', (4th Rev. Ed.), 2001

[edit] SAD

[edit] Crusades