Wikipedia:Featured article review/My Belarusy/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 kept 16:33, 29 February 2008.

Review commentary

 * Main editor User:Zscout370 aware of review.

I am not sure this article is anywhere near the FA referencing criteria. It has very few references and they aren't even formatted. Nergaal (talk) 11:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Nergaal, are you doing notifications? DrKiernan (talk) 12:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The status of one of the images is unclear: Image:735832177106 0 BG.jpg. DrKiernan (talk) 12:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The image does have an author and source, but just need to be renamed. References will be reformatted ASAP. Keep in mind that the anthem has been adopted in 2002, so while more sources would have showed up, I don't see much talk about the anthem now. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 19:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I added about 3 sources now, and I am using for formatting the cites. Keep in mind this was written as an FA some time ago and probably done things then that would not be OK now. Just give me some time and I will do what I can to make it up to date. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 19:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Getting back to the image, the purported author, Nabil Al-Tikriti, shares the same surname as Saddam Hussein. Has one of his relations uploaded images of the Belorussian national anthem to wikipedia under a CC license? Something smells fishy with the image's tagging, and it needs to be resolved. DrKiernan (talk) 08:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind since it was an observer mission to Belarus, there was people from around the world in Belarus to watch the elections. I wouldn't be surprised if he from the Middle East observer group. I asked other Belarusian users to take photos of the lyrics or something else related to the anthem, no results yet. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Removed photo, still working on the format of the cites. About halfway done. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

FARC commentary

 * Suggested FA criteria concerns are referencing (1c), formatting (2), and images (3). Marskell (talk) 19:54, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The previous image was deleted from Wikipedia. A lead image isn't required for FAC status; when it was on the front page, the Belarusian flag was used. I formatted the references already and added 3 references during the FAR process. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 20:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I no longer have a problem with any of the three FA criteria concerns suggested above. DrKiernan (talk) 09:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as the main editor. I fixed all of the formating, except for one link to Wikisource. The image in question was removed from Wikipedia, but we have various images in the article for the sheet music. 5 references were added during the FARC process and more can be added when needed. I wish there was more about the anthem, but I haven't been able to find much. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Great work guys!
 * There's a couple of ref formatting issues. Number 5, to Wikisource, isn't done. (What's our stance on Wikisource? Can the original source be used instead?) Date formatting should be made consistent. I'm getting an error accessing the tenth source.
 * Also, could few more sentences be added to the lead? The themes, music, and political issues aren't really summarized. Marskell (talk) 19:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Nice job. For future work, be aware that quotes aren't italicized (WP:ITALICS), MOS:CAPS, and empty parameters in cite templates add unnecessary clunk to the article.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I tried to find the original source, but it has died. I know it was in the paper "Soviet Belorussia" in 2002 in June, when the contest finalists were announced. Will add to the lead now. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:07, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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