Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Japan/archive1

Japan
Strong supportI feel Japan should be a featured article. It has standard country layout, good references, relevent pictures. Plz support by voting at the nom page.WoodElf 08:24, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Object What was once a Good Article has been the subject of a very active edit war for well over a month. When the edit war stops, it will be close to Featured Article status but probably should go through Peer Review anyway. Fg2 09:50, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The article itself is of very high quality (edit war notwithstanding). Fg2 09:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually the edit war is i believe over. The page seems to have acquired its mature form, lots of info and no repitition. It would make a fine addition to the featured articles. WoodElf 12:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. Religion subsection is poorly written. Neutralitytalk 16:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Objectagree with above, plus there are at least two external jumps that need to be properly formatted into refs. Rlevse 21:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Object The first section on history has no citations for the first 3 paragraphs even though almost every sentence seems to need one. Two that especially stood out are:
 * "The oldest surviving pottery in the world may be found in Japan, although the dating is disputed."
 * and
 * "Many believe that the Ainu, an indigenous people found mostly on the northern island of Hokkaidō, are descended from the Jomon and thus represent descendants of the first inhabitants of Japan."
 * The second also uses weasel words. MarkBuckles 23:14, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Object. Way overlinked with dictionary items. Stubby parapraphs abound. "Island country" is awkward, since Japan comprises many islands. Tony 02:06, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This article is receiving 50+ edits a day with many reversions and hardly seems stable. It also doesn't seem well managed. I posted a question on the talk page a few days ago requesting clarification of wording and have received no response. MarkBuckles 02:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. Natural resources subsection hasn't been written yet, while their lack of natural resources has strong influences on their policies through 20th- 21st centuries. Besides, Their ability to produce enormous amont of anime, manga, coumputer games should be mentioned in culture section. __Okc 03:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. Lacks inline citations to identify the source of statements and quotations, particularly in the History section, for example:
 * History: "Archaeological research indicates that the earliest inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago migrated over land bridges from Northeast Asia about 30,000 years ago."
 * History: "Other evidence also suggests that there may have been some migration by sea from Southeast Asia during a period of general migration toward the Pacific Ocean."
 * History: "Japan first appeared in written history in 57 AD with the following mention in Book of Later Han: "Across the ocean from Luoyang are the people of Wa (in Chinese, "Wo" or "dwarf state").Formed from more than one hundred tribes, they come and pay tribute frequently.""
 * Military: "Military budget of Japan is less than one percent of its GDP, thus very less; however its military budget is estimated to be the sixth largest in the world at around $48 billion per year."
 * Fishery: "Japan ranked second in the world behind China in tonnage of fish caught—11.9 million tons in 1989, down slightly from 11.1 million tons in 1980."
 * Religion: "84% of Japanese people profess to believe both Shinto (the indigenous religion of Japan) and Buddhism."
 * Religion: "A minority profess to Christianity (0.7%) and other religions (4.7%) like shamanism, Islam, and Hinduism."
 * Education: "... 96% of high school graduates attend a university, junior college, trade school, or other post-secondary institution."
 * Also some sections of the article appear to be incomplete, for example, Major Cities and Fishery, the latter of which has no up-to-date information. Jazriel 12:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Object Multiple citations are being deleted and only one citation being used to mislead the article in a certain direction. The Yayoi section in particular. If you actually read the Yayoi article the 2 main theories are Korea/China as the source of origin. The Japan article keeps deleting references about Korea and state China as the origin via Korean peninsula. --4.23.83.100 10:13, 10 August 2006 (UTC)