Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lan Xang/archive1

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

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 03:29, 3 May 2016 [1].

Lan Xang

Nominator(s): StampyElephant (talk) 14:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about a kingdom in Southeast Asia which is important to the histories of Thailand and Laos StampyElephant (talk) 14:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Lingzhi

In notes but not in references (either forgotten, or typo): Askew (2007), Evans (2002), Stuart-Fox (2008).
In references, but not in notes: Evans, Grant; Osborne, Milton (2003). Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done corrected two typos and the omission of Stuart-Fox 2008 Historical Dictionary of LaosStampyElephant (talk) 16:21, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Laser brain

At a casual glance, there appear to be several issues indicating this was not properly prepared for FAC. I see unsourced passages, citations that are not correctly formatted (for example, there should not be any spaces between terminal punctuation and the citation), and the lead is inadequate. --Laser brain (talk) 21:04, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies-thought this was the means to get specific advice for improvement on the article. How should the nomination be undone?StampyElephant (talk) 23:53, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stampy, the usual way to get formal advice on improving an article without going through an assessment as such is Peer Review. As far as "undoing" the nomination, if you can confirm that you're happy to withdraw it, I will archive it in my capacity as one of the FAC coordinators. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to withdraw at this point- and will be back later...Thanks StampyElephant (talk) 23:12, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Okay tks -- you can renominate after a minimum of two weeks has passed (but I'd suggest waiting until you collect some comments and make improvements at Peer Review if that takes longer). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:28, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been withdrawn, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 03:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.