Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jama Masjid, Delhi/archive1


 * 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 archived by Graham Beards via FACBot (talk) 21:05, 2 June 2015.

Jama Masjid, Delhi

 * Nominator(s): RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 09:50, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

This article is about Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque which was built by Shah Jahan, the builder of Taj Mahal. RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 09:50, 1 June 2015 (UTC)


 * For "the largest mosque in India", and one with such a long history, the article's surprisingly short. Is this really all the information you could get on it? Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 10:04, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Comment - Welcome to FAC,. While you have a great start on this article, it looks quite deficient in terms of depth of information and quality of sources. A quick library search reveals numerous high-quality journal articles and news sources covering this mosque. Tourism books and web sites such as Delhi: 14 Historic Walks and Cultural India should be used lightly, if at all. I recommend this be withdrawn. -- Laser brain  (talk)  11:52, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose As others have said, this just doesn't have the depth of an FA (I have visited the building btw). The section on the architecture is very inadequate. Frankly I think it was a bit lucky to get GA.  A pity, as Islamic architecture is under-represented generally, and has no FAs at all, and this is a major building. I hope you will develop it further, but I'd suggest taking it to Peer Review first next time.  Of the 5 External links, only the one to a Flickr search worked when I tried!  Johnbod (talk) 13:40, 1 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose – Clearly fails criteria 1 (a), (b) and (c). Suggest the nominator to withdraw the candidate. &mdash; Vensatry (ping) 17:34, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Graham Beards (talk) 21:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
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