Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Super Bowl XXXIV/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 14:39, 30 March 2008.

Super Bowl XXXIV
Withdraw - Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  14:29, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Self-nomination I'm nominating this article for featured article because it clearly meets all criteria. It is well written, broad in the topic, nicely cited/referenced. It was recently promoted a GA, and after expanding the article, adding for references, and more citations, I believe it's ready for FA. Thanks, - Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  22:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments


 * See also section needs to go before the notes section.
 * All links checked out fine with the tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 22:44, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok - finished with everything mentioned above. I replaced the references, and added publisher information to the missing ones. - Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  22:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose
 * Incorrect dashes. Scores use –, not -.
 * Poorly chosen references: Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams: Super Bowl XXXIV and The History of the Tennessee Titans are juvenile non-fiction books (20-odd pages long).
 * Needs more references: starting lineup does not have a source; not all officials listed are covered by the NYT source; no sources for statistics or game summary
 * "Overview" could probably be fleshed out into a general "Aftermath" section. Super Bowl XXXIV was largely responsible for bringing Kurt Warner and the Rams to the public eye. Warner's performance essentially made his career.
 * Super Bowl XL has an entire section on "Broadcasting". Would such a section also be appropriate for this article?
 * Some of the recent Super Bowl articles also have sections entitled "Gambling". This may be appropriate for this article, as well.
 * Are the contents of "Commercials" all covered by ref #28?
 * I advise you to follow the format of Super Bowl XLI. From a quick glance, this article seems to be fairly comprehensive, so you should follow its model when reworking this article.
 * Inconsistent referencing:
 * First ref's author is "Michael Sandler". His last, not his first, name should be used in subsequent referencing.
 * You use "page", "pg." and "p.". Stick with one.
 * With multiple page numbers, use "pp.", "pages" or "pgs.".
 * What's the difference between ref #1 and ref #8? Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 00:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, I don't see how this article even passed the GA criteria. The GA evaluator should have picked up on the fact that a juvenile book was used as a reference for the entire article. See . Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 00:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Clearly not a GA yet, I have delisted it. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 00:45, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong Oppose per multiple criteria, particularly 1a. Also per above; failed to satisfy GA criteria and followed through to fail the relevant FA criteria. To the nominator: please have the article peer-reviewed prior to bringing it as a FAC in the future. Ncmvocalist (talk) 07:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not an actionable oppose; it fails to demonstrate where the article fails WP:WIAFA and what can be done to fix it. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 14:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well ordinarily I would've added more in reply to that...but this article has been withdrawn. Probably be better to just move all this to the talk page and delete this nom? Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:40, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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