Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Real Madrid C.F./archive9


 * 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 SandyGeorgia 23:59, 3 March 2009.

Real Madrid C.F.

 * Nominator(s):  Hadrianos1990  

I am nominating this for featured article because I think it's one of the best articles on wikipedia. Hadrianos1990 08:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Comments I scanned it and found a few minor things. Don't really know enough about the club to check ifit covers everything. Prose and images seem fine though. BUC (talk) 09:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * "The name "Ye-yé" came from the "Yeah, yeah, yeah" chorus in the Beatles' song "She Loves You" after four members of the team posed for Diario Marca dressed in Beatles wigs. The Ye-yé generation was also European Cup runner-up in 1962 and 1964." needs a ref.
 * "Real Madrid ended Manchester United's eight-year reign as the biggest earners in world football." not sure about the wording here, reign seemed an odd word to use since it's not an offical title.
 * A lot of refs not dated. #41, #46, #47, #53 (in fact that has nothing at all), #55-59 and #65. There could be more.
 * 72 is just a URL
 * 1) Why is the section with References titled "Footnotes"?
 * "Though Perez's policy resulted in increased financial success based on the exploitation of the club's high marketing potential around the world, especially in Asia, it came under increasing criticism for being focused too much on marketing the Real Madrid brand and not enough on the performances of the team." needs a ref.

Comments -
 * Most of your references are to the club's site, which is going to be a problem since that may introduce bias.
 * What is RSSS standing for in the references?
 * Current ref 53 "Man City..." is lacking a publisher and last access date.
 * What makes http://www.madrid-tourist-guide.com/en/football/real-madrid-fc.html a reliable source?
 * What makes http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/ a reliable source?
 * http://www.lfp.es/competiciones/2008-09/primera/equipo.asp?equ=rma deadlinks
 * Current ref 72 is just a bare url. Needs link title formatted, publisher, and last access date ta the very least. Also, what makes this a reliable source?
 * Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose, 1c. You simply can't have anything but basic facts sourced to the club's web site (stuff simple enough to be in the infobox). Please withdraw and source the article to reliable, third-party sources. -- Laser brain  (talk)  03:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Strong oppose - Forty-one of eighty-three references are to the official site. Not only is that number high, but the history section is sourced almost exclusively to them. It would be one thing if they were only citing statistics, but they aren't. The possibility for bias is just too high. There are also still prose issues (ex. "Real Madrid lead the first edition until the last match, a loss to Athletic Bilbao meant they finished runners-up to Barcelona." Another: "The ye-ye generation was also European Cup runner-up in 1962 and 1964.")  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 05:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Switched to strong oppose per lack of response to comments. It's been six days since feedback began streaming in, and only a bare link has been fixed (and its reliability has been questioned). At a time when FAC is this busy, I see no reason to keep this article here.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 23:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
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