Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bulk vending/archive1

Bulk vending
This article is just awesome. 24.54.208.177 03:33, 14 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose for now. Too Many Images. The section in the center with nothing but images is ... not very encyclopedic. Text, please! --FOo 05:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Too many images. Putting off for those who have narrow band connections. Use the &lt;gallery&gt; tag sparingly =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:52, 14 September 2005 (UTC) 1) ToC granulated: too many headings. 2) Are bulk vending machines only available in the US? 3) Inline formatting of references is incorrectly done. Take a look at some recently Featured articles for how this has been done.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  19:00, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Object. The image Image:6way.jpg is claimed as "fair use", but since it's quite easy for a Wikipedian to create a free-license image to replace it, there's no reason to use it. --Carnildo 07:02, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * All right, those images have been removed. 205.217.105.2 12:51, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Get rid of the watermarked images. Like Carnildo said, just take some pictures of vending machines. - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The lead is too short, there are too many lists, the article reads like a promotion for the upsides of bulk vending and it contains the section "Miscellaneous tips", which is a very obvious usage guide. / Peter Isotalo 06:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppossum. After the second sentence of the main body it becomes entirely US-centric. The article has a very informal, fannish style. I get the impression that the writer is enthusiastic, probably quite knowledgeable in the field, which are not always positive attributes when writing for an encyclopedia. A good encyclopedia writer should be a skilled researcher and a talented writer, not a specialist. He should be able to take the words of several specialists and turn them into encyclopaedic-quality writing; this page reads like unprocessed crude oil rather than high-quality petrol. In particular, it has led in this case to lots of bald assertions and formulations along the lines of "the consensus seems to be" and "it is generally regarded", because the writer - being a specialist - has not sourced and cited things which he believes to be self-evident. The 'Business opportunities' section seems libellous. The numerous instances of current prices will be a nightmare to keep up-to-date. Certainly, the wealth of detail is interesting, and I envisage this being forwarded around people's email inboxes for the photograph of a machine's internals alone, but it's not of encyclopaedic standard. Given the fact that it reads like the work of one man, I doubt it will ever be of encyclopaedic standard. Certainly not featured article standard. The picture of a laundromat doesn't seem to have a bulk vending machine in it; and the caption mentions 'quarters', what are they? -Ashley Pomeroy 23:35, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
 * If you hang out on the Yahoo vending boards long enough, you'll understand the reasons for putting "it is generally regarded," "the consensus seems to be," etc. These guys can't agree on anything, and they usually don't like to be quoted, either. As on Wikipedia, though, the rough consensus tends to get it right eventually. 205.217.105.2 19:09, 23 September 2005 (UTC)