Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2008 invasion of Anjouan/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 not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 01:43, 4 October 2008.

2008 invasion of Anjouan

 * Nominator(s): TheFE ARgod  (Ч)

I hope it fulfills the criteria and becomes "my" first FA TheFE ARgod  (Ч) 13:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments
 * Your references are a mess. Lots of plain links with no publisher or last access date. And most of the rest don't have last access dates even when they have publishers. Every website needs at the least a publisher and a last access date. If the author is known (which it probably will be for some of these news articles) the author should be given also.
 * Lots?? I don't see one plain link... -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 11:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Regardless, a lot are missing accessdates. I'll try to clean up the refs for you. the editorofthewiki (talk/contribs/editor review) 00:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, help is indeed needed-- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 12:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Please spell out lesser known abbreviations in the references (such as IRIN or AFP)
 * The following deadlinked:
 * http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnlBDE3zgOEtfeXmIdpRdmy7w7KA
 * http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIDHue-OW--JgOozyxviitwH5gWQD8VKASM80
 * http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAJjZc09PjkS5NYfhfux4gJ--RLA
 * http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIfI1TWrctBHGB6Uqy0w2lgxSyAg
 * Otherwise sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:17, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment. Could you change the scale used for the coordinate template so it shows exactly the location of the invasion? I'm also leaning towards removing it as I think it is pretty useless in this article. Eklipse (talk) 14:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * there was not a single location-- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 11:31, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * At least make it to show the Comores instead of the whole of Africa and the Indian ocean. Eklipse (talk) 14:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * gosh, it shows the only island of Anjouan to me..-- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 15:29, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * "Presidential elections in Anjouan were scheduled for June 15 and June 29, 2008." - unsourced.
 * the well-sourced article about those elections is already linked. -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 11:37, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I am not sure how the use of brackets are on Wikipedia outside Wikilinks. I may suggest removing them.
 * What? The only brackets I can see are used correctly as part of quotes. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  00:05, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've never used brackets like that, so I wasn't sure - but I still have other matters. Mitch 32(UP) 00:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Last thing, solve some red links, awful lot.
 * done -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 12:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Good luck. Mitch 32(UP) 23:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

oppose - Image:Anjouan invasion.jpg fails WP:NFCC#8, and FA criteria 3 Fasach Nua (talk) 12:01, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I really don't think that's the case. No-one has questioned that when the article was for A-class discussion, and even a photo was requested. You really want to block the article because of one photo and on a disputed basis? -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 12:44, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The promotion to FA status of any article that fails to meet the Featured article criteria should be blocked Fasach Nua (talk) 12:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * My first argument stands. Other thoughts? -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 15:29, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree w FN. It fails WP:NFCC8 (readers could understand the article perfectly well without this photo) and more importantly NFCC2 - this is a recent AP photo that everyone else has to pay to use. This is a non-transformative use of the work and is likely copyright infringement as well as a policy violation. Calliopejen1 (talk) 07:12, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed it. There's no dispute now so I hope FN changes his decision-- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 12:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Oppose - It's good to see an Africa-related topic here at FAC, though there are some issues to address before I can support: --Aude (talk) 06:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Overall, the article needs copyedits.
 * In the lead section, "Mohamed Bacar managed to escape to Mayotte by March 26", saying "by March 26" is awkward since this was only the next day after the invasion.
 * Change "could not extradited" -> "could not be extradiated"
 * "A French analyst said" - who? which French analyst? why is this person's opinion significant here?
 * References need to be placed after punctuation. There is one misplaced in the "Tensions rise" section.
 * "France, the former colonial power, has also assisted the operation by airlifting AU troops to the area" - by saying "has also", it sounds like the assistance is still going on and they are still bringing troops in. Though, from the context, I think this needs to be worded in the past tense. Please clarify.
 * "On March 3 2008, a fuel ship" - a comma is missing in the date. Same problem with "On the morning of March 24 2008", and "Bacar's asylum request was rejected on May 15 2008."
 * Reference 49 is not formatted properly.
 * all done.-- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 13:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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