Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Slave Community/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 delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 8:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC).

The Slave Community

 * Notified: Dmoon1, WikiProject Books, WikiProject History, WikiProject United States History, WikiProject African diaspora, 2023-04-14

Review section
I am nominating this featured article for review because of the overreliance on the book as a source, creating WP:OR and WP:PRIMARY concerns. There are six sources listed in "Further reading" that are not used in the article, while the "Methodology and sources" section is almost entirely sourced to the book. There is also a long "Criticism" section, which should be reworked into a "Reception" section to avoid WP:POV concerns. Z1720 (talk) 23:35, 25 May 2024 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth I have no experience regarding FA/FAR processes, however about the "primary" aspect, per WP:PLOTCITE and MOS:PLOT, isn't that what you're supposed to do with the contents of books? E.g. "The plot summary for a work, on a page about that work, does not need to be sourced with in-line citations, as it is generally assumed that the work itself is the primary source for the plot summary." Are the rules for this different for FAs, and the contents of the book itself need to be cited to secondary sources - because if so then the MOS directly says otherwise. The other concerns are valid but seem more fixable. PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, I don't think fixing the Criticism section is hard, because that section already incorporates both positive and critical responses. Simply rename the section (or add more positive reception if it exists: it might not). PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:34, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Citing the book is fine when summarising what's in it, but for anything more sophisticated or analytical -- like, for example, a section on its methodology and use of sources -- we need secondary sources. Usually, the book itself should only really be cited in the "Summary" or "Content" section: reviews or responses should be the main or only voice in the rest. UndercoverClassicist T·C 06:40, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Move to FARC No edits to address my concerns. While plot sections can cite the book, too much of the other information is also cited to the book which makes this article too reliant on the topic of the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:52, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

FARC section

 * Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and original research. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:40, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Nikkimaria (talk) 18:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delist issues unaddressed. Hog Farm Talk 15:09, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delist issues remain. Z1720 (talk) 15:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.