Wikipedia:Featured article review/Government of Maryland/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article review. Please do not modify it. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page or at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was removed by User:Joelr31 14:40, 5 December 2008.

Review commentary

 * ''Notified: Tom, Jacob1207, WikiProject Maryland. WikiProject United States, WikiProject United States Government, WikiProject United States regions, WikiProject U.S. states. Cirt (talk) 18:08, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Primarily 1 (c), 2(a), 3. This fair use image, Image:Great Seal of Maryland reverse.png, is being used with a claim of fair use on no less than seventeen articles, with fair use rationales given for two of them. Was promoted to FA back in 2004. Cirt (talk) 17:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Prose is also sketchy - asking readers to "note" something isn't the best form for an encyclopedia. Significant overlinking is also present, particularly at the beginning. 204.193.204.17 (talk) 22:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Problems (mostly because I have an intimate understanding of Maryland's government for various reasons) - Lead is far too short. Organization is wrong. No history or background section first. The Executive Branch is more than the Gov and Lieutenant. We are missing the Comptroller and the Attorney General (et al) in this section (yes, they are part of the Executive Branch, so it should be so) for starters. Lets not forget about the Cabinet. Too much put on Judiciary vs Legislative. There is a lot more to add about the Legislature. There is a lot missing. Nothing about the cities listed. County sections are too short. Nothing is said about Annapolis being the capital and explaining how the capital use to be St. Mary' City. Etc etc etc. This is far from comprehensive. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:43, 26 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Lack of inline references is a big issue. Does not meet current FA standards. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 14:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Image Image:Map of maryland counties.jpg has no source or author. DrKiernan (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

FARC commentary

 * Suggested FA criteria concerns are referencing (1c), LEAD (2a), and images (3). Marskell (talk) 14:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Remove. Above issues have not been addressed. Cirt (talk) 15:02, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Remove There was some work done on the day of nomination which helped the article, but nothing since. DrKiernan (talk) 17:20, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
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