Talk:Lugged steel frame construction/GA1

GA Sweeps

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed.

• The main section of this article, Method of construction, has the text squeezed between left- and right-aligned images.

• From the lead: "For most of the history of the bicycle, steel has been the material of choice for high-quality bicycle frames (though its dominance has waned in the last two decades)." The last two decades from when? Phrasing like that is certain to age.

• There are two sections – Types of lug and Finding lugged steel frames today – that are entirely unreferenced.

• Many claims are made without sourcing, for instance: "In most lugged steel frames, the lugs have a simple pointed shape. The lug's gentle curves maximise the strength of the join, while minimising the possibility of stress risers, which would otherwise make the frame prone to cracking at the end of the lug." Where does that information come from? "Particularly fine lug-work is highly prized by some bicycle collectors." Who says so?

• Is it "investment cast" or "investment-cast"?

• I am concerned about the list of sources for lugged steel frames in Finding lugged steel frames today. Wikipedia is not a directory.

• The External links section needs to be pruned. Please take a look at WP:EL, and keep only those links that add further information to the subject of the article. A list of professional frame builders, for instance, is linkspam, and does not qualify. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 19:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are being addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 19:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

As these issues have not been addressed, this article has been delisted and the article history updated to reflect that fact. If you disagree with this decision it may be challenged through WP:GAR. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)