Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of Central Asia/archive1

History of Central Asia
Partial self-nom. This was split out of the Central Asia article after that page was COTW several months ago and the history section grew too long. Recently I have been working to get the article to FA status. The page has been through peer review and all the concerns raised there have been addressed. I consider this page especially valuable, as there do not seem to be any other websites that cover this topic very well. - SimonP June 28, 2005 16:03 (UTC)


 * Support I'd like to see a lead image, but then what can you use besides a map?  Otherwise, well written.  slambo June 29, 2005 16:56 (UTC)
 * Support. Whig 30 June 2005 04:35 (UTC)
 * Support, I agree on the lead needing an image too.--nixie 30 June 2005 08:43 (UTC)
 * Oppose at the moment. The contents are good and the article body is well-written, however the introduction is definitely too long. --Deryck C. 2005-06-30 15:33:28 (UTC)
 * Could you explain why the lead is too long? According to lead three paragraphs is mandatory for an article of this size, and I don't see the four relatively short paragraphs being too long. A number of other FAs have leads of equal, or longer, length (e.g. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Windows XP, and Papal Tiara). A lead is meant to serve as a brief summary, and if necessary a standalone article. The current intro is just over 300 words, not a huge length for a summary of such a massive topic. - SimonP June 30, 2005 16:59 (UTC)
 * The 4 paragraphs made up 21 entire lines that filled up the entire screen. At my first sight I thought that's the end of the article. I don't know by what criteria could you consider them as "short paragraphs". Deryck C. 2005-07-01 01:23:35 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The image Image:PrzewalskiHorse.jpg is under the Creative Commons cc-by-nd-nc license, which is an unacceptable license for Wikipedia.  (Note that I'll be out of town until Tuesday, and probably won't be able to access Wikipedia until then) --Carnildo 1 July 2005 04:01 (UTC)
 * That is too bad, it was a decent image. Fortunetaly we had a GFDL picture of the same subject and I have thus replaced Image:PrzewalskiHorse.jpg with Image:Przewalskipaarden.jpg. - SimonP July 1, 2005 12:17 (UTC)
 * Minor object. Lead size is ok - just merge into 3 paras. I am was very disapointed by the lack of inlinks in the article - terms like Soviet union, China, Mongolia, Europe, agriculture, trade route and many others were not linked at all. I have linked many of them in lead, but rest of the article needs a go through. Also, if I can spot language problems (...other parts of Central Asia are a part of...) then this means this article needs help. Those are minor objects, however, and after they are adressed I would be happy to support. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 1 July 2005 16:12 (UTC)
 * You're right the article did need another round of copyediting. I've gone through it again and tweaked the wording and added more links. - SimonP July 2, 2005 15:03 (UTC)
 * Support: I believe the opposition on the lead being too long is a really week objection. The paragraphs are mostly 3-4 sentenes which is usually not considered a paragraph by most English teachers. More inlinks would be nice as would a lead image. A map or a picture of a Central Asian ethnic group would work. Falphin 1 July 2005 18:14 (UTC)
 * Support 172 3 July 2005 06:22 (UTC)