Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Joe Cole/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 not promoted by User:GrahamColm 10:01, 11 October 2013 (UTC).

Joe Cole

 * Nominator(s): RRD13 (talk) 17:11, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because I feel it to be passing all the FA criteria.RRD13 (talk) 17:11, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Oppose. You're nominating an article that is currently rated at start class, and that you have only made three edits to, for FA status. This is a naive and premature nomination. I think you need to familiarise yourself with the FA criteria and pick up more experience at article writing before even considering nominating an article for FA status. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:01, 7 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Suggest withdrawal – The nominator hasn't edited the article much, and on top of that I see a short lead, some punctuation-related issues in the Biography section, and a few items that appear uncited. I don't think this meets the FA criteria yet. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 00:04, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - Not sure why. Maybe just natural but naïve enthusiasm, but this editor has been nominating various articles where he has made few edits and then just picking up on some of the comments highlighting some basic problems with articles rather than preparing articles using the known standards and requirements and then nominating. As above, think a bit of education needed here. Still he did manage to get West Ham United F.C. to GA status with a lowish number of edits :).--Egghead06 (talk) 04:59, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Oppose and suggest withdrawal, unless the nominator asks one of the top editors to be co-nom. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 05:05, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose, oh so much. Not even close. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:18, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Oppose and suggest withdrawal. As someone who watched Joe Cole play with the West Ham youth team I feel his Wiki article should be better for a player who was once one of England's young starlets and who has won several major trophies. It fails almost immediately with the lack of referencing and then degenerates into the match-day reporting style seen so often in footballers' articles. I don't feel inclined to provide any changes at the moment as I did with the West Ham United article as I feel it would be best for the nominator to pick this up and go with it if they wish to.--Egghead06 (talk) 18:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


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