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 * 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 GrahamColm 21:31, 14 September 2012.

Pony Express

 * Nominator(s): →gab  24 dot  grab← 16:57, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because...it seems to meet the all-around criteria, and it would be nice to have it as the Today's Featured Article in six weeks, on October 26, 2012, the 151st anniversary of the decommissioning on the Pony Express (we missed the sesquicentennial anniversary last year). I personally fixed the handful of minor Toolbox issues earlier today. →gab  24 dot  grab← 16:57, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Oppose, suggest Withdrawal - While I appreciate your enthusiasm for the article, it is quite a ways from featured quality. There is a significant lack of referencing throughout the article, which is the largest issue. Other, more minor, issues include a lack of reference detail (publishers and access dates for web references, pages for books, etc), MOS issues such as text sandwiched between images, and image issues such as a gallery with a rather indiscriminate and repetitive set of images. At this time, the article would take a significant amount of work, which I believe would be best complete outside of the pressures of FAC. Due to this, I would suggest withdrawing the article. Dana boomer (talk) 20:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)


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