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Syd Shores
I believe Syd Shores is an informative and well-written article about legendary-in-the-industry yet unsung-among-fans comic book pioneer who went into obscurity since, until the last decade or so, comics historians were rare; indeed, despite all my sources, I could not a specific birth date for Shores, but just a year. This article also exemplifies a mix of both print and online sources. -- Tenebrae 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose and Peer Review. The article has few references, no inline citation, some inline links (which are just yucky), stubby sections, lists, and just generally needs a Peer Review. Staxringold talkcontribs 18:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, it has 11 references, both print and online &mdash; is that really considered "few"? &mdash; and only one list (singular). I do agree a Peer Review would be great. -- Tenebrae 18:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 11 is pretty low for a featured article, and without inline citation to show multiple uses then absolutely. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Oppose Article has only one footnote in the name of internal referencing. The article's lead is very short. Writing is generally poor with too much boldface and italized text. The list is poorly formatted (actually it shouldn't exist at all). Too much attention given to his quotes. Many more issues. I suggest a Peer Review first. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This is all good to know. For the record, just so we're on the same page, the short lead follows Manual of Style (biographies) and WikiProject_Comics/exemplars. That latter source also advises that a bulleted bibliography actually is expected to exist. If this particular list needs work, that's a whole 'nother thing, obviously! :-) Thanks for the input. -- Tenebrae 20:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)