Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Albany, New York/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 17:31, 25 May 2007.

Albany, New York
The capital of New York, this article is about as good as an article as it can get. FA suitable. Borjon22 16:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, this needs a peer review, and maybe good article status should be attained before it comes back here. You have not made an edit to the article unless you have done so anonymously. It is, therefore, difficult to comment on its completeness or readiness as a featured article. My concerns:
 * The state of the references. There's been a lot of bickering about the use of Cite web, but it might be needed here. Having said that, there simply are not enough references and inline cites.
 * Several sections are too listy and the stuff needs to be converted to prose, and a better job of summarizing.
 * An article should be created for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA. -- Phoenix2  (talk, review) 17:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Object — (edit conflict) References need to be formatted properly ( will help), and non-free images need article-specific fair use rationale. Why is there a red link in the See also section? Portions seem rather listy. List of mayors of Albany, New York (note the lowercase m) is not a suitable main article for the government of Albany.  Pagra shtak  17:40, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Object - Insufficient referencing, inconsistent referencing... heck! Sometimes you don't even use footnotes, but inline links without giving the detail! Clean this up, and then I'll look at the article in more depth. Fieari 18:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 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.