Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Walkabout (Lost)/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 User:GrahamColm 10:01, 11 March 2014 (UTC).

Walkabout (Lost)

 * Nominator(s): Newyorkadam (talk) 19:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm nominating this article as a Featured Article because I believe it meets the Featured Article criteria. This is my first FA nomination ever :D (and yes, the image is fair use :-) Newyorkadam (talk) 19:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

Oppose given the vast literature available on Lost, this article fails WP:FA? criteria 1c, "well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature." Further, I believe a Themes section is necessary, which involves a scholarly analysis of the various elements of the episode. Thus it also fails 1b.—indopug (talk) 02:29, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've spent a ton of time researching this specific episode and can't find much more. Information on the show in general belong on the Lost article. I used every source on this article I could find. As Lost gained popularity, it received a lot more attention in the media and that's why later episodes have moar information. -Newyorkadam (talk) 05:53, 9 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * "a ton of time researching"? You've made a dozen edits to the article, all in the past week. The article is basically what passed GAN three years ago, but for additions such as "...Kate climbed the tree herself. She loved doing it and did it again and again." As for your last sentence, that would be true for any show, but still hard-working editors have managed to create high-quality articles of episodes from the first seasons of South Park ("Cartman Gets an Anal Probe") and The X-Files ("Squeeze") among others.—indopug (talk) 09:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This is a WikiCup nomination. The following nominators are WikiCup participants: Newyorkadam. To the nominator: if you do not intend to submit this article at the WikiCup, feel free to remove this notice. UcuchaBot (talk) 00:01, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Oppose I'm afraid I have to agree with indopug. I appreciate your enthusiasm -- I would love for all Lost episodes to make it to at least GA eventually (I've brought a few there myself). However, this is one of Lost's most iconic episodes, and a brief search on Google Books does reveal many potential resources that are not yet incorporated into the article. I'm sure there's more that can be pulled from the bonus features and interviews, as well. I recommend this be withdrawn considering the considerable work that is needed for it to attain FA status. Thanks,  Ruby  2010/  2013  16:24, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Graham Colm (talk) 18:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
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