Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nicol David/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 Dabomb87 23:29, 13 May 2009.

Nicol David

 * Nominator(s): Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  15:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because it had already undergone major imporovements since December last year. I have already added appropriate tables, sections, references, image and infoboxes to suit with the page style. Many of the featured article came from sports like football, golf & tennis — but there is simply nothing on squash. Please also do correct mistakes that I've made. Feedbacks are welcomed. Thanks. Arteyu ? Blame it on me !  15:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Strong oppose – Sorry, but I don't think this is close to meeting the featured article criteria. At a glance, I can tell that the article has a strong point of view in favor of David, needs a major re-write to improve the prose, and has no details on her 2006 or 2007 seasons. I strongly encourage you to withdraw the nomination and take this article to peer review, where other editors can offer further advice for fixing the article's problems.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 19:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Withdrawal suggested In addition to the points made above, the article does not "a thorough and representative survey of relevant literature on the topic", as required by FA criterion 1c. It extensively uses http://www.squashsite.org.uk/forexx/today.htm, which doesn't seem to be high-quality or even reliable. I also see Facebook used, a definite no-no. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:38, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with the withdrawal, but didn't agree with the saying that squashsite.org.uk isn't reliable. Squashsite.org is the alternate site for the current squashsite.co.uk and the site are sponsored by the world biggest squash bodies such as WSF, WISPA and PSA, how can you tell me that it is an unreliable site and seem not to be of high quality. If you still don't believe me, try to take a look at this http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/tournaments.htm and try to look at the Forexx Dutch Open 2007, it directly link you to squashsite.org.uk. I totally didn't agree with that. Anyway, thanks for changing this – to this — on the article, is it in the rules anyway ? Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  09:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've brought this article to WP:PR, but still there isn't any comments about the article, I really need to know my wrongdoings so that I can improve my contribution in the future, I also need some example of corrections made to the article, so that I can know where do I did wrong. Any kind of help is very much appreciated. Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  09:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You sent this to PR yesterday (12 May), and it will be attended to, but be patient; PR is a crowded place with a backlog awaiting attention. You might have to wait a few days, but the article won't be forgotten. All the problematic issues can be discussed there. Brianboulton (talk) 10:23, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey thanks for the info  Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  10:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This thing really make me confused, i thought you were using —, but you're not, under the "Do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It will be deleted." sentence, there are two – −, which one should I use? Can I straightly press it from my keyboard (beside 0 and =)? Or is there any shortcut to do it from my very own keyboard ? Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  10:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

As the only nominator, I officially withdraw this article nomination from FAC Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  12:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Pls, can someone make the process faster, I've waited for days for it to be closed, the article cannot be reviewed on WP:PR if the FAC isn't closed Arteyu ?  Blame it on me !  03:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
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