Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Harold Clifton

Harold Clifton
The Wikipedia page about Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton is concise and complete, covers all important things, and as such is a good example for a dictionary page. Therefore I humbly think that it would be appropriate Featured Article.

Wim van Dorst 21:26, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)


 * Object: 1) References. 2) The biggest part of the article is a timeline. 3) Why has this character become one of the most loved, humorous comics heroes? 4) How has this character influenced other literature and comics? 5) The only image is a caricature portrait; with all of the publications, I'd think that an image of one of the book covers would be appropriate as well. 6) Has this character appeared anywhere else (for example, on a postage stamp)? slambo 21:46, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

5). I considered indeed putting up book covers, but I think they are copyrighted, and thus cannot be used for publication. Can they? Wim van Dorst 22:06, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)
 * Isn't it clear that this is an article about a comic book character? So the picture isn't a caricature: it is Harold Clifton. 1) and 6) There is very limited literature about Clifton. Believe me: I searched. Or do you mean that the given references are not good? 2) Yes, but is that wrong? Would you want an in-depth analysis about a comic book character? 4) He didn't: Clifton is rather stand-alone in comic books.


 * Yes, it is clear that it is a comic book character; surely, this isn't the only image of him? What resources were used to collect the data that is in the article?  List the references that you used to gather the data in a format like is described on cite your sources.  I believe we can have an in-depth analysis of a comic book character; compare the article content with that of Spider-Man, Robin (Batman) (himself a supporting character for Batman), Daffy Duck, X-men, Iron Man or even  Dick Tracy.  I don't think a character can be one of the most loved, humorous comics heroes without influencing other artists or authors. Before you ask, I have been through this process with two of my own articles Passenger car (failed nomination, I'm still gathering data to address the objections that were raised), and John Bull (locomotive) (reached featured status). slambo 22:38, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)


 * I won't ask: you make a clear and useful point. I'll work on it Wim van Dorst 22:50, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)


 * The pictures you've added really help. I've updated the code for the pictures so that they display at a smaller size and don't crowd the text into a narrow column. slambo 02:43, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)


 * Object: I had never heard of this character, I know little more from reading this page. Giano 22:20, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wim van Dorst 22:50, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)
 * From the point of not knowing anything about it (reasonable start for a FA), you are fully right. I see that now too: the article is completely written from the 'I know a little about it, and need some background'. I'll elaborate the explanation text with in-depth analysis. Obviously, Slambo's comments falls into same place. Thanks both.


 * Object. As already pointed out, it has no references, one of the basic featured article criteria. As a courtesy to other editor's time, please do not nominate an article that does not meet the basic criteria. - Taxman 23:51, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

Comment answering above objections Wim van Dorst 00:42, 2005 Feb 18 (UTC)
 * The information has now been rescheduled and elaborated, as to present a clear picture of who the Clifton character is. I present it as answering to the first group of comments 'additional explanation needed.
 * Pictures have been added of two major contributors. I'm still hesitant to include actual book covers, as that kind of information is copyrighted. Is this enough?
 * References: there is no paper book or article about Clifton, so the major references, apart from the comic books themselves, will be reference websites. I'll add some more in the near future.
 * Wim, I accept you are really trying to improve this page, but it has a very very long way to go, perhaps it would be a good idea to have a look at some other already featured articles on similar subjects, then either withdraw it or place it on peer review while you work on it. Giano 16:15, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I would have to second that. Refer to PR. - Taxman 16:09, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)