Wikipedia:Featured article review/Scouting/archive3


 * 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 delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:31, 27 May 2023 (UTC).

Scouting

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Review section
This 2097 2007 FA has not been maintained to FA status. In addition to the mention on talk of the need to reflect recent and high-quality sources, there is This is only a sampling of issues, incomplete. Extensive work is needed to bring this article to current standards. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  13:10, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * listiness throughout including in the lead
 * uncited text
 * haphazard image layout including MOS:SANDWICHing
 * WP:MEDRS breaches
 * External link farm including inappropriate links
 * Dated text (sample: WAGGGS had 144 Member Organizations in 2007 )
 * Uncited notes listed as citations: (By a happy co-incidence, these hats were already called "Boss of the Plains" hats—or "B-P hats" for short)
 * Dubious sourcing, a few samples:
 * Forster, Reverend Dr. Michael. "The Origins of the Scouting Movement" (DOC). Netpages. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
 * "The Siege of Mafeking". British Battles.com. Retrieved July 11, 2006.
 * "The Mafeking Cadets". Scouting Milestones. btinternet.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2007.
 * Wow, standards are going to really drop over the next seventy-five years... AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:05, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ??? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  18:18, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Look at the year in the first sentence. Z1720 (talk) 23:55, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ... everyone knows I can't type a single sentence without a typo! Thanks for the clues, Z and Airship ... Sandy Georgia (Talk)  02:12, 28 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Move to FARC no edits to address concerns (t &#183; c)  buidhe  02:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Move to FARC, no improvement. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  12:28, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Move to FARC - substantial work needed to address the above concerns. Hog Farm Talk 15:38, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

FARC section

 * Issues raised in the review section include sourcing, currency, and style. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:20, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Nikkimaria (talk) 03:31, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delist - sourcing and datedness issues unresolved. Hog Farm Talk 13:14, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delist, a complete rewrite to quality sources would be needed to save this article, and there has been negligible editing since the FAR start. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  17:37, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delist would need a significant overhaul/rewrite to qualify as FA. No indication of this has materialized. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  01:15, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delist concerns remain in this article, especially with uncited text. Z1720 (talk) 02:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.