Wikipedia:Featured article review/archive/June 2015

Kept status

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The article was kept by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 2:03, 19 June 2015 (UTC) [1].

Gas tungsten arc welding

Notified: Spangineer, WP Metalworking, WP Engineering

URFA nom

This is a 2005 promotion that has maintenance tags, as described on talk in March 2015. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:49, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've taken care of the issues. --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 12:20, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Spangineer. This is looking much better. I have given it a quick copyedit and tweaked a couple of citations for formatting. A few minor issues:

I added one citation needed tag.
The first two paragraphs of the Shielding gas section are uncited at the moment.
There seem to be some sources in the References that are not cited. If you think they're worth retaining, they would probably be better located in a Further reading section.

Thanks for your work! Maralia (talk) 05:23, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Spangineer^ws (háblame) 00:04, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep without FARC - concerns look to have been addressed. I spent a bit of time checking over the new citations and don't see anything problematic. --Laser brain (talk) 12:58, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Maralia: thoughts? Nikkimaria (talk) 13:04, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep without FARC, with thanks to Spangineer for the cleanup. Maralia (talk) 13:39, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This removal candidate has been kept, 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) 22:03, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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 kept by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:10, 14 June 2015 (UTC) [2].

1928 Okeechobee hurricane

Notified: Jdorje, WP Puerto Rico, WP Caribbean, WP Tropical cyclones

URFA nom

Review section

This is a 2006 promotion with some deficiencies noted on talk last month; they should be easy to deal with, but haven't been. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:52, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't taken much time to review the article (it almost certainly does need to be brought back up to speed), but from the aforementioned talk page thread:

I'm confused by the very first sentence of the lead which states it "was the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the history of the United States, behind only the 1900 Galveston hurricane" because, later in the article, the (unsourced and possibly outdated) table titled 'Deadliest Atlantic hurricanes' lists Mitch as having surpassed both.

The US isn't the only nation bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Not sure how those two stats could be contradictory in any way. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:35, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Juliancolton, I'm having the same problem with this article I'm finding in many older storm articles; data is not cited in the lead, and it isn't always found in the body of the article. I can't find the 4,000 deaths in the body of the article; it would be good to cite data in the lead. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:16, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricanehink is working on it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:21, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is inconsistent formatting of author names in the citations. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:57, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC, to keep process on target, and Hurricane can indicate if he is able to fix the remaining issues as the FARC unfolds. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:23, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay. I was camping, and I'm back. I'll happily address any issues that come up. I'm currently working with @12george1: to fix it up. It's already substantially improved from what it was. I'll work on the referencing today. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:45, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Concerns raised in the review section include referencing and prose/MOS. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:34, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that recent edits between @12george1: and I have remedied the problems. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:32, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - My previous concerns all appear to have been addressed; looks great! Maralia (talk) 03:10, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - items mentioned look to be addressed. --Laser brain (talk) 15:47, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Closing note: This removal candidate has been kept, 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) 13:10, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed status

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) 3:11, 14 June 2015 (UTC) [3].

George Washington Dixon

Notified: no active main editor, WP Arts and entertainment, WP Athletics, WP Running, WP Boston, WP Journalism

URFA nom.

Review section

This is a 2006 promotion that has not been maintained to standard, as noted on talk in April 2015. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:45, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC, no progress. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:26, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section mostly concerned referencing. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:28, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Tagged for citation needed. Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Section headings, headings should not refer redundantly to the subject of the article ("Dixon in blackface", "Dixon the editor") or start with A, An, or The ("The Polyanthos"). DrKiernan (talk) 09:37, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delist - insufficient progress on key issues. --Laser brain (talk) 15:55, 9 June 2015 (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) 13:11, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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) 3:13, 14 June 2015 (UTC) [4].

Economy of the Iroquois

Notified: Bkwillwm, WP New York, WP Economics, WP Business, WP Indigenous peoples of NA

URFA nom

Review section

This is a 2006 promotion that has not been maintained to standard; it has outdated text and uncited text, as noted on talk since 2013, and again in April 2015. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:43, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist: It wouldn't pass FAC today. That said, I think that the outdated section is not horribly egregious and perhaps the article could simply be downgraded to a GA, as it appears to meet that criteria with only a couple minor tweaks (maybe once a couple sentences are chopped.) However, I'm afraid I lack adequate motivation to work on this article, so it will have to sink or swim without my efforts to salvage it. Montanabw ^(talk) 18:10, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

<standard FAR note> Montanabw, at FAR, we don't declare Keep or Delist on articles under review; that happens if they are not improved, and move to the FARC phase (at which time, you would have to return to declare). FAR allows time for improvement before decisions are made. Also, GA is a separate process; if articles are delisted at FAR, they are marked as unassessed. FAR cannot assign GA status; articles delisted at FAR have to undergo a separate GA, but I have never seen a case where a delisted FA also meets GA. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:28, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that's fair enough. I haven't been involved much with FAR. I hope someone else at WP:IPMA has time to work on it because it is an interesting article. But that said, I suspect that even if it got cleaned up, it isn't quite up to FA quality anyway, looking at sources, comprehensiveness and structure. It probably could go GA without too much work, though. Montanabw ^(talk) 19:48, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC, no progress. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:27, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include datedness and referencing. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:28, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Tagged for reliability, updating and needing page numbers. DrKiernan (talk) 09:29, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delist - no progress. --Laser brain (talk) 11:51, 10 June 2015 (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) 13:13, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:12, 14 June 2015 (UTC) [5].

Lothal

Notified: Rama's Arrow, WP Archaeology, WP India

URFA nom

Review section

This is a 2006 promotion which has not been maintained to standard; see talk page notice from 16 April. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:17, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Diff showing differences between the FA promotion version and the present version. -added by Ncmvocalist (talk) 09:12, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC, uncited text, overlinked, image layout issues, exernal jumps in text ... lots of work needed, and no one working on it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:47, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Concerns raised in the review section include referencing and MOS. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:50, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Tagged for citation needed, weasel words and dead links. Mixture of English variants, e.g. both kilometers and kilometres used (in adjacent sentences), both -ise and -ize used. DrKiernan (talk) 10:56, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delist - no substantive progress. --Laser brain (talk) 11:42, 10 June 2015 (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) 13:12, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:13, 14 June 2015 (UTC) [6].

History of Michigan State University

Notified: Pulley12, Jtmichcock, WP Universities, WP Michigan

URFA nom.

Review section

This is a 2006 promotion that has not been maintained to standards; see talk page notice from 16 April. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:18, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC, not a single edit since listing at FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:43, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Concerns raised in the review section include referencing and MOS. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Tagged for citation needed and dead links. DrKiernan (talk) 10:48, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delist - nothing happening here. --Laser brain (talk) 11:40, 10 June 2015 (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) 13:13, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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