Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jefferson Davis/archive1

Jefferson Davis
Nominate-I nominate this article because I feel that it is well-written enough to become a featured article.216.7.248.254 19:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support and I support the nomination of the article!--216.7.254.254 14:36, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment', 216.7.254.254 and Timorrison are the same editor. -Will Beback 19:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - completely unreferenced. Soup Blazer 14:37, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Object - needs inline citations and references. (As Soup Blazer - edit conflict.) &mdash;Wh o  uk (talk) 14:38, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

--216.7.254.254 14:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. Lacks references as required by FA criteria 2c. --Allen3 talk 14:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * IT HAS REFERENCES!. Why can't anyone see them?--216.7.254.254 14:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * These Aren't references?
 * The Papers of Jefferson Davis at Rice University
 * Biography of Jefferson Davis
 * Biography and Pictures
 * Extensive Biography from public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
 * Jefferson Davis' final resting place
 * Extensive Biography from public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
 * Jefferson Davis' final resting place
 * Those are "External links". The sources that were used to write and verify the information in the article need to be collected in a section called "References". See the featured article criteria.  It may help to used cite web. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * References explains the differences between references and similar but different sections like external links.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Object - refer to WP:PR - This is a good start, but, as pointed out above, it needs a "References" section. I am a little surprised that no paper references are given for such a significant historical figure (there must be published biographies, for example).  The lead section is a rather short two paragraphs and could be expanded, and there are quite a few paragraphs of only one or two sentences that need to be expanded or consolidated.  Is there nothing that can be said about his legacy? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You may get additional helpful feedback from WP:PR. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Object: has no references. External links are not references.  If they were, the section should be titled "References"; but changing the title won't help, because these are not references.  For example, the article says "Until late in the war, he resisted efforts to appoint a general-in-chief".  Where can I click to see the external source which verifies this?  I searched the listed biographies and found nothing about this.  For information on what's required in terms of references, please see:
 * What is a featured article?, criterion 2(c)
 * Verifiability
 * Citing sources
 * Theodore Roosevelt for an example.
 * — Johan the Ghost seance 15:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Object this article needs work, 216.7.254.254 please see WP:CITE, thanks 172.165.98.163 03:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)