Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Model minority/archive1

Model minority
Interesting article, concept about a social inequality issue. I think it deserves to be a featured article.

Quantum bird 18:50 July 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * Object It's not really comprehensive. It's almost exclusively about Asian Americans, with one sentence on Jewish Americans, nothing on other "model minorities" (such as Carribean Americans) and a total of two sentences on the rest of the world.  The "negatively viewed successes" should include the situation in Rwanda, where such distinctions played a role in the 1994 genocide.  If the article were called something like "Asian Americans as a model minority," or were significantly expanded, I'd be more likely to support. Dave (talk) 19:46, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. This should really be named Model minorities in the United States, as that is its current content. - SimonP 00:44, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object per above. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:58, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. I'm not sure the term is used much outside the United States. The lead section should say that it is a political term used in the U.S. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 19:04, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. As it was said before, this article have a very limited geographic scope, with no mention of Jewish-Americans, Carribean-Americans, and Arab-Americans. With no mention of same situations in other countries. CG 16:40, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Overwhelming US-centricism. --Oldak Quill 18:26, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: There still appears to be room for someone to do more research and bring more citations to the article.--Nectarflowed T 07:05, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Move elinks from text to reference section, link with Footnotes. Lot of tiny sections, most of which would qualify as the section-stub, even though article is not that short. Consider expanding sections or merging them, the latter would also help with the large ToC. As others note, 'Other Countries' section is too tiny, so the name should be changed to reflect the actual content. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 11:58, 2 August 2005 (UTC)