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The Epic in Miami
Self Nomination I spent many hours of typing and reasearch on this article about one of the most famous games in NFL history. I believe it is an exceptionally good entry. It contains complete information on both teams involved in the game, important stats, records that were set, and events that occured in the aftermath. All quotes are cited. Stats and other reaserch have been compiled by numerous websites including the NFL's own hall of fame site to ensure accuracy. Chainclaw 18:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. This article is clearly very well researched, but I think the level of detail is significantly higher than ideal for an encyclopedia article.  In addition:
 * The article could use a bit more from the media reaction to the game
 * The article would be greatly improved by the inclusion of some relevant images
 * It would be good if the links in the references section linked to the specific pages relevant to the topic on the article on those sites
 * --L33tminion (talk) 22:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't see how you can have too much detail unless it's irrelevant in some way. And yes the article would benifit from some pictures, but I'm not very familiar how to post images on wikipedia.  If somone else could put some on there, it would be greatly appreciated.  Besides, pictures are not a prerequisite for featured article.  As for your last point, well I used databasefootball.com and profootballreference.com to find regular and postseason stats for numerous individual players and the two teams by typing in their names on those sites.  I figured it would be long and pointless to give reference links to every single player I looked up, so I just listed the websites themselves.  I figured poeple can just type in the player names like I did if they wanted to verify my information.  Would it really be better to link to every player and team I used databasefootball and profootball referece for?  That would put about 20 or more links in the reference section all leading different parts of the same website.Chainclaw 19:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I withdraw my comment on the links. As far as detail goes, there is such a thing as too much trivia.  I might not be in the best position to evaluate this article because I'm not very knowledgeable about the topic.  I suggest you visit WikiProject NFL.  I also suggest submitting this article to peer review.  --L33tminion (talk) 21:49, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Object The lead is too short and doesn't summarize the article, there are no footnotes and lots of external jumps that need to be turned into footnotes.Rlevse 02:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Object - article seems incomplete and the referencing is horrible. --GoOdCoNtEnT 06:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * How is it incomplete? It lists the background of the teams involved in the game, the game itself, and the aftermath of the game.  What is missing?  Also could explain how the referencing is horrible?  It has 6 different sources, including the NFL's hall of fame website and the official websites of each team in the game.  Chainclaw 17:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Object The article needs to have inline citations and some more references. The lead section should also be expanded. Also, maybe a photo could be added? -- Underneath-it-All 18:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Three different poeple have now stated either the lead section or the entire article is incomplete.  I would appreciate it if they would explain what exactly is incomplete.  The lead section lists who was involved in the game, when it was, where it was, and why it was significant.  The entire article lists the background of the teams involved in the game, the game itself, records that were set, and the aftermath of the game.  What else is needed? - Chainclaw 18:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * See WP:LEAD. For an article of this size, the lead should be two to three paragraphs. Think of it as what the article would look like if it was condensed into two or three paragraphs. Oldelpaso 20:43, 9 August 2006 (UTC)