Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tourism in West Bengal/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 by GrahamColm 06:01, 1 August 2012.

Tourism in West Bengal

 * Nominator(s): Tamra vidhir (২০১২) 11:27, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because it meets all the featured article criteria. It is well-written in a professional standard; and neglects no major facts. A thorough and representative survey was conducted which is reflected in the article itself. Claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate. It is neutral and stable. It also follows all the style guidelines. Lastly, as mentioned, it stays focused on the main topic, that is West Bengal's tourism, without going into unnecessary detail and also uses summary style. Thank you. Tamra vidhir (২০১২) 11:27, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Speedy remove. Nowhere near FA criteria. The article does not have proper layout (sea beaches, hill stations under "heritage"?). Parts of the article have poor prose, and some sections are just full of list, and no prose. What has the whole list of authors and poets to do with tourism? Or, for that matter, the film personalities or the bands? If you think there is some relation between these and tourism, you have to explain that in the prose. Some sections are without any citations. Mere copying from other articles and adding some images do not make a featured article. It is a premature nomination. Editors can continue to improve the article and nominate later. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:21, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Oppose, suggest withdrawal - good for you for tackling this article, but I don't feel it's currently ready for FAC. You might consider trying WP:GAN or WP:PR first. Specifically:
 * Tone and neutrality problems, for example in the unattributed use of phrases like "Kolkata (then known as Calcutta) enjoyed the privilege of being the capital of British India and witnessed a spate of frenzied construction of buildings, largely influenced by the conscious intermingling"
 * Manual of Style issues, including overlinking, hyphen/dash problems, capitalization in headings, etc
 * General copy-editing needed
 * Some images missing US copyright info
 * Many unreferenced sections
 * Inconsistent citation formatting, some citations missing necessary information. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)


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