Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ethan Hawke/archive2


 * 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 promoted by SandyGeorgia 23:51, 31 October 2009.

Ethan Hawke

 * Nominator(s): -- ThinkBlue   (Hit   BLUE)  16:49, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this article for featured article status as I believe this article meets the criteria. The article was previously submitted to FAC once before. I believe I have addressed the concerns from the previous nomination, and I look forward to any new feedback that arises out of this process. -- ThinkBlue   (Hit   BLUE)  16:49, 22 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Images and sources reviewed in previous FAC; please advise if they have changed. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 17:11, 24 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - On prose.
 * Subsequently in 1995, he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise and its sequel Before Sunset (2004). - subsequently is a very exclusive adverb... not correct here
 * In November 2007, Hawke directed his first play, the two-act Things We Want. - not sure I like "two-act"
 * Hawke was born in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole (née Green) and James Steven Hawke, a high-ranking executive at Conseco. - ambiguity
 * Otherwise, looks great!  ceran  thor 19:02, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Support: I supported this recently at its earlier FAC, after numerous issues which I raised had been addressed. The article is essentially the same now as when that FAC was archived. As to Ceranthor's comments above, I have fixed the first two (and for clarity have added the author's name to the play). Can Ceranthor explain the ambiguity he sees in the "Hawke was born..." sentence? I'm afraid it escapes me. Brianboulton (talk) 12:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * My comment there was quite ambiguous itself, actually. Was his mother a housewife? Since the article mention the father's occupation, ThinkBlue should mention also Hawke's mother's job.  ceran  thor 12:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * From what I've read, at the time of his birth, she was a college student. That's all I found. When she divorced from her second husband, she took a "string of jobs in education, the nonprofit sector and Internet publishing". -- ThinkBlue   (Hit   BLUE)  00:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, fair enough.  ceran  thor 00:21, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Support - The issues I raised at the previous FAC have been resolved. Awadewit (talk) 19:54, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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