Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Prester John/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 archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 09:17, 6 April 2015 (UTC).

Prester John

 * Nominator(s): and -The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength  16:43, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

This article is about a legendary Christian patriarch and king popular in European chronicles and tradition from the 12th through the 17th century. The article looks good and perfect for FA..-The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 16:41, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Comments by Cambalachero
Image review: File:Prester John.jpg should use the information template, and change the license to PD-100. The author of File:PriesterJohannes.jpg is Hartmann Schedel, not the uploader, and should also be changed to PD-100. File:WangKhan.JPG should also change to PD-100. File:Prester John map.jpg should also fix the incorrect mention to the uploader as author, and change to PD-100. --Cambalachero (talk) 01:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. -The Herald the joy of the LORD my strength 04:41, 1 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose: This nomination is premature. The article survived a GA review in 2009, but has not been formally reviewed since. The nominator, The Herald, who  has made no significant contributions, rushed the nomination in spite of the principal contributor's expressed view: "I'm not sure the article is quite ready for an FA push".  Apart from anything else, the article is full  of uncited statements, including a number of  whole paragraphs – the legacy section looks particularly weak.  It is a well established  principle that articles should not be nominated here until all the preparatory work has been done, and I propose speedy withdrawal until there is clear evidence that the article is ready, against the FAC criteria. Brianboulton (talk) 17:34, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 09:17, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.