Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Clown/archive1

Clown
This article is a really good one. I learned a lot about clowns. I think it is a very comprehensive article. dq 19:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment. No inline citations, but lots and lots of "Suggested reading" and the bottom half of the article is random lists.  Jkelly 21:04, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Object:


 * Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.


 * The article will need references. See WP:CITE and WP:V for more information.


 * Please provide WP:CITE information for references/footnotes. See also WP:CITE/ES; templates like and  may be useful here.


 * Please reorder/rename the last few sections to follow guidelines at WP:GTL. (specifically "Quotes")


 * Per WP:MOS, headings generally do not start with the word "The". For example,  ==The Biography==  would be changed to  ==Biography== .


 * Per WP:MOS, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading  ==Magellan's journey== , use  ==Journey== .


 * Per WP:MOS, the first letters of words in heading should not be capitalized unless: 1) it is a proper noun or 2) it is the first word of the heading.


 * Per WP:WIAFA, Images should have concise captions.


 * Images with fair use tags need fair use rationales - please see WP:FUC.


 * Per WP:WIAFA, this article's table of contents (ToC) maybe too long- consider shrinking it down by merging short sections or using a proper system of daughter pages as per WP:SS.


 * This article is a bit list-weighty; in other words, some of the lists should be converted to prose (paragraph form).


 * Please alphabetize the categories and interlanguage links.
 * Thanks, AndyZ t 23:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose. No references and move all those lists to List of clowns or something similar. Pepsidrinka 00:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Tobyk777 21:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)