Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fidel Castro/archive1

Fidel Castro

 * Nominator(s): Hcoder3104☭ (💬) 13:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Castro is a major figure of the 20th century, and the article meets all criteria. Hcoder3104☭ (💬) 13:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Procedural oppose - Have you contacted  who brought the article to GA and is still active about this?  As the instructions at the top of WP:FAC say "Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article before nominating it." Hog Farm Talk 13:28, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hog Farm Talk 14:44, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose — I agree with everything said above. Also, at 119,342 characters (18,515 words), the article is extremely long, even above what WP:SIZERULE suggests. It currently fails WP:FA?, which says, "[Article] stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style." – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:38, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I do not mean to pile on this, but I agree with the above comments. Since there does not appear to be any evidence that the nominator contacted the article's primary contributor, I think it would be best for this FAC to be closed. It could be a case where the nominator was just unaware of this prior to posting this nomination. Aoba47 (talk) 13:53, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. As the editor who brought this to GAN some time ago, I do not think that the article meets Featured Article criteria. As has already been mentioned here, the article is too long, and there has been some inevitable entropy since the article became a GA anyway. It will need a lot of work before it could be taken to FAC. Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:41, 4 April 2022 (UTC)