Wikipedia:Featured article review/ANAK Society/archive1

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

The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 5:28, 20 November 2021 (UTC) [1].

ANAK Society

Notified: User talk:MaxVeers, User talk:Disavian (no other users with > 2% edits), WP Georgia Tech, WP Secret Societies, diff for talk page notification

Review section

This article is mostly cited to primary sources such as the university itself, or the secret society itself, which leads to verifiability issues if the source for a secret society is itself. Several of these are simply internal archives/logs Bumbubookworm (talk) 19:01, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's so bad I'm wondering if it's even notable. I don't see any sources that would count towards WP:NORG. (t · c) buidhe 19:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm amazed this article ever cleared FAC. The sourcing is quite terrible. Vanamonde (Talk) 01:03, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Besides providing good evidence of Why We Love Ealdgyth (whose source reviews of every FAC were started the month after this promotion), this is a good candidate for Speedy delist, bypassing the two-week wait to Move to FARC; it is highly unlikely it can or will be repaired at FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:07, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Accelerated process - The old Jewish Encyclopedia source is probably the only source independent of the subject or Georgia Tech - from a first glance, McMath looks independent, but he was actually the ANAK faculty advisor at one point according to his article, so he's not independent here. I think this needs a whole new FAC, even if improved within FAR. I don't think I've ever seen such a high rate of non-independent sources in a FA. Hog Farm _Talk 16:08, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the Jewish Encyclopedia source does not mention the society and states that its entry is about "a pre-Canaanite tribe", the Anakim. (t · c) buidhe 06:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section largely concern sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:27, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delist not salvageable w/o deletion or at minimum complete rewrite (t · c) buidhe 04:42, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delist - per above, all of the sources are apparently either 1) not about the subject or 2) connected to the subject. Even if improved, this needs a new FAC. Might be a case to invoke the Wikipedia:Featured article review/Shoe polish/archive2 precedent. Hog Farm _Talk 07:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Speedly delist, and give Ealdgyth an award for starting serious source reviewing the month after this nomination. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:44, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delist, serious sourcing issues. Vanamonde (Talk) 23:29, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:28, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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