Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Weymouth/archive1

Weymouth
I have nominated this article because I believe that it fulfills the criteria needed for Featured Article status. There may be a need for some minor exact wording changes, but other than that, the article covers everything one would need to know about Weymouth. The statements are stable and well sourced, and there are useful links to other websites.

There seems to be a consensus amongst a few people on the talk page that this article is well written. The article contains many links to subsequent articles and hundreds of articles link to it, so the article is clearly quite important.

The article recently became a Good Article, yet after this award, continued to be improved with more sources, links and detail. Rossenglish 14:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose Good article? Certainly. Featured Article? I don't think so- at least, not at this point. Some unsourced POV statements; for example, from the lead: "As it is situated on the South Coast, the borough of Weymouth and Portland has a reputation of being one of the sunniest places in Britain, rivalling other south coast resorts such as Eastbourne for the title." Really? According to whom? Far too many one- and two-sentence paragraphs, and a few too many parenthetical phrases. Barely anything exists in the section devoted to culture and sport- there's only one sentence that doesn't refer to a single soccer/football team. No mention of who the elected officials of Weymouth are. One great aspect of the article (among others) that I should mention, though, is the wealth of excellent photos that truly illustrate the town. -- Kicking222 15:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Kicking222, the article is getting there but stubby sections and missing information is prevalent, + the prose problems. Maybe a peer review would be better at this point? You can also check out this guide to cities/towns written by WikiProject UK geography. - Tutmosis  21:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support now after a a series of major improvements to the article by the nominator. - Tutmosis  15:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Kicking222, your comments have been duly noted and the article is now subject to minor changes as requested. Please feel free to reword and/or change the article yourselves. =)Rossenglish 18:15, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


 * 'Weymouth Harbour' seems stubby and I personally don't see how it merits its own section. Can it be merged with 'Tourism and other industries'? - Tutmosis  01:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Also there is already a wonderful infobox, it can replace the current article-exclusive table. - Tutmosis  01:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Excellent suggestion Tutmosis =) The harbour section has now moved! However, I would like someone else's help on changing the current article-exclusive table, I'm not that good at scripts like that! Rossenglish 10:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Alternatively there is Infobox England place. Pick which one you prefer, and mention it at Talk:Weymouth.  I am sure several of us would be glad to help.  --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 11:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I put in the infobox above mentioned by Hrothulf. Can someone check out that all the information I put in is right? - Tutmosis  16:43, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I know Weymouth fairly well, I lived there for a few years, so I will check your info Tutmosis ;) Rossenglish 18:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * After a series of comments by several helpful Wikipedians, the article has improved quite substantially, however there must be room for improvement still, so additional improvements and suggestions would be very helpful =) Rossenglish 21:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)