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

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 12:25, 23 February 2023 (UTC).

50th Anniversary of the Republic Sculptures

 * Nominator(s): Gazozlu (talk) 20:10, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it is a finished and complete list. It gives a good impression of the scope of these 20 sculptures and a quick overview of what happened to the ones that are no longer around. Gazozlu (talk) 20:10, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Drive-by comment

 * Move the refs to their own column. The rows where there are no notes look weird with the refs floating in the middle of a massive cell -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:38, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Took care of that issue. Also another option is to introduce another column with the material of the sculpture, (i.e. Concrete, bronze). Do you think that would be a good addition ... or too much? Gazozlu (talk) 11:09, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Also a drive-by from me: avoid using allcaps in sources (such as "TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜNDE BEDEN VE "GÜZEL İSTANBUL" OLAYI"). ~Styyx Talk ? 21:12, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Took care of this issue. I have also added a materials column now. Gazozlu (talk) 22:58, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

More comments

 * The caption of the image in the lead does not need a full stop. Also, it is usual to place the lead image right at the top, not after the first paragraph of test
 * Merge tiny second paragraph with the one after
 * "The result of the project were" => "The result of the project was" (result is a singular word)
 * "Güzel İstanbul, by Gürdal Duyar, was found....." - this is an absolute monster of a sentence which takes up almost the whole paragraph. Can you break it up?
 * "Yağmur by Ferit Özşen suffered nature's wrath" - this is poetic wording not suitable for an encyclopedia. Just say "Yağmur by Ferit Özşen was damaged by [whatever damaged it]"
 * "Attacked and damaged for years and eventually removed in 2016." - not a sentence so doesn't need a full stop
 * "about its appropriteness" => "about its appropriateness"
 * "Removed in 1987 when the road parallel to the beach was widened." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Stolen the same day[3] or a week after[16] it was inaugurated." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "In front of the Hilton Hotel in Harbiye." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Lost in 1979 during the construction of a preferential road." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "the last being front of the Yellow Kiosk" => "the last being in front of the Yellow Kiosk"
 * "Removed in 1985 during organisations of the Fındıklı Park." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Lost in 1980." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Stolen by scrap dealers[3] or was otherwise removed in 1986." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Removed from Gülhane Park in 1984 by the Parks and Gardens Directorate." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Removed during renovation of the park." - doesn't need a full stop
 * "Hüseyin Anka Özkans Yankı was worked on for 6 hours" => "Hüseyin Anka Özkans' Yankı was worked on for six hours"
 * "Within the scope of the restorations the sculptures to be restored till the end of 2012" - that was ten years ago, but the wording talks about it in terms of a future plan. Did this definitely happen?
 * That's what I got -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:52, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments. I have implemented your points. Gazozlu (talk) 15:55, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support - apologies for totally forgetting to revisit this one...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Comments

 * It would be helpful to expand on why the sculptures were so controversial and who objected. Was is mainly religious people? This is of course if relevant sources exist.
 * The only one that is known to be removed by pressure from conservative people is Güzel Istanbul. The other ones that were removed were mostly not particularly controversial reasons such as lack of maintenance, vandalism, being stolen for scrap metal and being removed to make way for infrastructure etc. There's one or two others that were reportedly removed at the whim of a governor or mayor that allegedly didn't like the sculpture but there is not enough information about the reason to be able to say it was controversial. The details are per sculpture in the notes to the extent that information is available.--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "Güzel İstanbul, by Gürdal Duyar, was found to be "indecent"" Who decided it was indecent?
 * Specified.✅--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "Birlik by Mehmet Uyanık was the victim of a municipal compressor gun in 1986." The fact that it was deliberately destroyed is important, not how it was destroyed.
 * Clarified this, also the municipal pressure compressor gun (probably a pressure washer) detail is included because it has been noted in the sources that talk about it.✅--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "construction of a preferential road". What is a preferential road?
 * A preferential road is a road that has a preference for who can use it such as for example a bus lane.--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "preferential" should be explained in the text, or better still removed as irrelevant. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:35, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Good point, I removed it.✅--Gazozlu (talk) 20:06, 31 January 2023 (UTC)


 * "Hüseyin Anka Özkans' Yankı was worked on for 6 hours under the consultancy of Üzlifat Özgümü and at the end was reportedly restored to its original state." This is too much detail. I suggest "Hüseyin Anka Özkans' Yankı was reportedly restored to its original state."
 * Detail removed.✅--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * In the notes, it would be helpful to state that a sculpture is still in its original location for those which are.
 * Added in the notes.✅--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Dudley Miles (talk) 12:07, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments I have implemented your feedback.--Gazozlu (talk) 13:29, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Looks fine now apart from one further comment above. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:35, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I implemented your suggestion on the further comment.--Gazozlu (talk) 20:06, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

This has been hanging around for a while; source review passed, no problems found in review, promoting. -- Pres N  01:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


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