Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hong Kong/archive3


 * 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 not promoted by Karanacs 13:16, 31 August 2010.

Hong Kong

 * Nominator(s): Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 14:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because it meets all the WP:FACR. We also fixed all the issues discovered in the last failed nomination and the article completed a copy-edit process to fix any potential wording flaws. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 14:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment—the link to Nanhai leads to a dab page, and the external links to http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/tdcnews/en/1X00NG1N/1/HKTDC-News-Speeches/Export-Supply-Chain-Management-Helps-To-Maintain-Hong-Kong-S-Competitiveness-Says-TDC-Chairman.htm, http://www.info.gov.hk/info/hkin/fdh.pdf, http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/brandhk/en/pdf/This_is_HK.pdf, http://www.topuniversities.com/schools/data/school_profile/default/universityhongkong are dead. Ucucha 17:17, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed all deadlink Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 17:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose per criterion three:
 * File:Hong Kong SAR Regional Emblem.svg and File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg - Incorrectly licensed derivative works. PRC or an agent thereof is presumably the author of the flag and emblem.  Wikipedians do not hold the copyrights and thus cannot release them into the public domain.  What is the copyright status of these images?
 * Removed personal claim to these two images. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 04:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd hardly say that it was ineligible for copyright. If that was a modern corporate logo first used in the 2000s, I don't think anyone would suggest it was public domain. These may be public domain due to age or for some other reason, but we can't just assume they are. J Milburn (talk) 10:51, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * File:Hong Kong Location.svg - What is the source of the map?
 * User:Joowwww draw the map himself from a public domain map during the GA review back in November 2009, there's a brief discussion in his talk page. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 03:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * File:Kellet Island and Victoria City.jpg - Needs a verifiable source per WP:IUP.
 * This image looks 50+ years old... Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 00:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * We need to establish that it is, with a verifiable source that shows it was published >50 years ago. Ucucha 00:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can verify it, since the uploader was banned sometime ago, so I removed the image from the article. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 03:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * File:R38943437222 View of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon from Tai Mo Shan Road.JPG - Is C J B Scholten just the uploader, or the author as well?
 * File:2 International Financial Centre.jpg - Needs a verifiable source.
 * Replaced with File:2ifc at twilight.jpg Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 03:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * File:HKUST Campus.JPG.jpg - Needs a verifiable source.
 * File:Pauliyas Hongkong.jpg - Says it is from www.skyscrapercity.com. Where can we confirm it was "Licensed by cmoonflyer"?
 * Image of buildings should be ok under freedom of panorama. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 00:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * What is the evidence that the person who took the image (and who therefore holds the copyright) released it into the public domain. Ucucha 00:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * See MOS:CAPTION for when and when not to use periods. Эlcobbola  talk 18:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All image & caption issues fixed. Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 06:13, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Oppose based largely on sourcing concerns This list is by no means exhaustive, but I feel it clearly shows this article is not ready for FA status. More concerns can be provided if/when these are addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "the agreement was never ratified due to a dispute between high ranking officials in both governments" - source?
 * "Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 79.8 years for males and 86.1 years for females as of 2009, among the highest in the world" - has a citation needed tag
 * "Notable remaining historical assets" - what makes these particular "assets" notable?
 * "particularly areas where standard bus lines cannot reach or do not reach as frequently, quickly, or directly." - source?
 * "Hong Kong is famous for its junks traversing the harbour, and small kai-to ferries that serve remote coastal settlements." - source?
 * "The Census and Statistics Department has reported that the number of people identifying themselves as "white" fell from 46,584 in the 2001 census to 36,384 in the 2006 by-census, a decline of 22 percent" - citation needed tag
 * Don't use bare URLs in references
 * Please be consistent in citation formatting, and in the formatting for Further reading. For example, refs 40 and 41 (NY Times) both lead to the same article, but are formatted completely differently
 * Ref 39 (FormAsia) returns 404 not found
 * Fixed all deadlinks using info provided by checklink, added source to the suggest area, converted book citations to isbn links, and placed additional sources throughout the entire article... Ta-Va-Tar (discuss–what?) 17:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.