Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Keys to the White House/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) 20 January 2021 [1].

The Keys to the White House

Nominator(s): Kurzon (talk) 15:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about a prediction system for US presidential elections. It has been peer-reviewed and no major problems were found. So I am now submitting it for FA consideration. Kurzon (talk) 15:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image review: File:VladimirKeilis-Borok.jpg I checked the source but it does not appear to be available under a free license (t · c) buidhe 17:52, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Buidhe: I asked UCLA for a free image of Keilis-Borok and they gave me it. I told them to contact the Commons OTRS to confirm the release, they haven't done it yet. Kurzon (talk) 17:58, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Right, either that needs to be confirmed or removed before the article is promoted. (t · c) buidhe 17:59, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Z1720

Hi Kurzon, I am very interested in American politics so I am familiar with this theory. After reviewing the article, I do not think it is ready for FAC yet. Some of my concerns are a very short lede, not enough sources to verify the information (as 12/20 of the sources are Lichtman, who is the creator of the theory), and an extremely short criticism section (that can be expanded as "Reception" to include positive reviews of the theory). I suggest that more sources are referenced and more information is added. I also suggest that this article is nominated for good article status before it is brought back to FAC. Good Article criteria is easier to achieve and considered a "step" towards Featured Article status. Please post below or on my talk page if you have any questions. Z1720 (talk) 18:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Coord note -- premature nom, per issues noted above. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:43, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close.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) 23:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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