Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/European Commission


 * 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 02:18, 9 September 2007.

European Commission
This article has been GA for a while now and I believe it should be of FA quality after changes in response to points raised by the GA reviewer. If there are any problems with this I am here to fix them ASAP. -  J Logan t: 08:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Buckshot06 Should that line in the 'powers and functions' paragraph read: 'executive power in the EU has been DEVOLVED TO(?) to the Commission by the Council and may be withdrawn? Confered seems to imply a relationship the opposition of which exists. Buckshot06 14:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think devolved it a good word. The exact words of the treaty are that "The Council confers on the Commission". It is kind of like the UK PM drawing power from the Queen, the latter holds it and confers it upon the former, but may withdraw it. I'll see if I can clarify that a bit though.- J Logan t: 14:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Conditional Support Support: After reading through the article closely, I feel it covers all relevant areas of the Commission to an appropriate extent. I found a few minor errors in the prose, which I corrected myself, but in general the text flows well and is understandable. However, I did find a few areas where the text was composed of short sentences which could be linked together - the lack of flow in these areas was noticeably different from the rest of the article. If these could be smoothed out a bit, then I would be happy that the whole article was of good quality. Rossenglish 20:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * My objections have now been sorted out, I support the FAC. Rossenglish 10:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Support, looks great to me. — Nightstallion 22:52, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment These fixes needed:
 * Em dahses should be unspaced.
 * " - the first time a member" - en dash needed
 * PDF sources need to be labelled. Epbr123 08:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. - J Logan t: 08:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Minor object. I'd like to see: 1) list of Directorates and an organizational chart 2) some strange items in see also either removed or incorporated into text (what's the relevance of Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development or EFTA Surveillance Authority to the article?) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 02:59, 4 September 2007 (UTC)q
 * I've cleared up the see also, the EFTA SUrveillance Authority is a similar body for EFTA. On the first one, I would if I could find a chart to base one on. It is very complex and I couldn't possibly build one from scratch. I'll keep looking but I can't find one for the Commission. - J Logan t: 07:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Support, i'd call the whole of it quite informative and well structured. RCS 07:15, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
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