Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Barack Obama

Barack Obama
I think this article illustrates one of the best points of Wikipedia. There's no way Brittanica, or even probably Encarta, would have an article on Obama at this point in time. It's pretty well developed and been through peer-review. Self-nom. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:10, 2004 Aug 5 (UTC)
 * Neutral at this time. I think the main reason people outside of Illinois know of him is because of his speech at the Democrats' convention; but the article doesn't have much information on what he said or why his speech was so well received.  (I didn't watch it myself, and was wondering.)  Smerdis of Tlön 19:26, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I've split off the address into its own subheading and expanded it, along with including a quote and a link to the transcript. Better? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 19:54, 2004 Aug 5 (UTC)
 * Much. (I suppose it's too much to ask of a political speech that it be about anything in particular.)  Support.  Smerdis of Tlön 13:24, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Part of this problem is that I'm worried about being too POV in the section. Really, the best thing is to read/listen to the speech. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:30, 2004 Aug 6 (UTC)
 * I don't think his marriage and children are lead section material. The sentence should be integrated into the relevant time period of his life. --Jiang 01:54, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Merged. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:11, 2004 Aug 6 (UTC)
 * I'll support once Jiang's objections are fixed. Johnleemk | Talk 05:58, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. I'd like to know *when* they got married, though, but that's not a major problem. Johnleemk | Talk 14:39, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Ambi 01:23, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. It's fabulous that Wikipedia can be as thorough and as unbiased talking about current events as it is talking about ancient civilizations or subatomic particles.  Fishal 04:00, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. A good example of current events and Wiki being a leg up on dead tree encyclopedias. Andre 06:49, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Edited to include my signature, with apologies. Khanartist 23:04, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Please sign your votes. Johnleemk | Talk 12:04, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. --Alsocal 05:11, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Not an objection, but the article could perhaps mention something about Mr Keyes coming from Maryland to run in Illinois. I hear that the move caused some controversy, considering that he denounced some other candidate (I think Mrs Clinton) for doing the same. -- Emsworth 18:20, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Done. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:59, 2004 Aug 12 (UTC)