Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Matthew Axelson/archive1

Matthew Axelson

 * Nominator(s): Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 19:30, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

This article is about a well researched, notable Navy SEAL that I feel, meets the mentioned requirements for this assessment. Delta fiver (talk) (UTC) 19:30, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, but I am going to have to oppose this nomination. Kind regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 20:17, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * There is a very large block quotation. I'm not sure why this has any use.
 * Several sources have doubtful reliability, for example and.
 * The article does not cover the subject in depth. There are only a few sentences on his death, the event for which he is best known. The article is also only 769 words long. Whilst certainly longer than a stub or maybe even start class, I would generally consider this too short for FA-class.
 * There's a random Navy Cross on the article.


 * Oppose per above. Also the article gets basic facts wrong. I don't believe that the Navy Cross is not the highest US Navy decoration, it's the second highest since the Medal of Honor has a Navy variant. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:51, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose and WP:SNOW close nomination instantly as the article would be considered C-class as most. There are obvious issues to someone not even versed in the subject or anything military-related: that insanely, insanely, insanely-long quote; incomplete citations (newspaper articles only have years instead of full dates and have no authors credited); questionable sources; and no representation from other existing sources like another author's book biography on him, indicating a non-comprehensive article. 👨x🐱 (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Coord note -- I'm not sure how the article achieved B-Class given the concerns noted above, at its current length one might try GAN after all the issues are sorted. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:05, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 22:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)