Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mercury Seven/archive1


 * 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 archived by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC).

Mercury Seven

 * Nominator(s):  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  23:57, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

This article is about the Mercury Seven, the first and most famous group of NASA astronauts. Hawkeye7  (discuss)  23:57, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Quick question to, and . This seems more like an article for GA or FA. Can this even be a FL, since it's not really a list?-- Lirim  |  Talk  21:38, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It's certainly borderline for me. I would see no reason why this shouldn't run as FAC, but then if FLC is preferred, about 1/3 of this is a list... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:41, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It feels like an article to me- the 7-item table, in addition to being paragraph-long chunks of prose, is not the central focus of the article (though it's an important part). That is, the "article-y" parts are not just framing for the "list-y" part, but are equally important sections (if not more). I'd prefer to see evidence of it being rejected by FAC before it goes through here. -- Pres N  03:11, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with above, this fantastic article is more of a FAC than FLC. Mattximus (talk) 23:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Thoughts on the above discussion?  Kees08  (Talk)   02:52, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * We have a problem. FAC is out of the question. GA may be possible, but will require another article at FAC. Not sure what I can do.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  04:17, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think we are working on promoting this by any particular time, so withdrawing this, going with a GA now, and a FAC when there is room seems reasonable enough for me.  Kees08  (Talk)   06:55, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Why is FAC "out of the question"? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Lists are not permitted at GA. It would have to go straight to FAC. There won't be any room until the later part of the year. The later classes will be very problematic at FAC.   Hawkeye7   (discuss)  21:58, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't follow. FAC is ideal here.  Are you under some kind of personal constraint? In any case, I think we have a clear consensus that isn't your bog-standard "list" so GAN would be just fine if (for whatever reason) FAC is "out of the question".  Is this a WikiCup thing? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:22, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No, we are just trying to improve the astronaut articles (WikiProject Spaceflight/Adopt an astronaut). FTC requires GA, FL or FA. I cannot nominate articles for FAC due to the one-at-a-time rule.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:23, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Have you asked for an exception? As long as you can keep up with any comments, I don't see a problem... The Rambling Man (talk) 05:25, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * (Edit conflict) Neither are doing Wikicup; the one-at-a-time rule just makes it take awhile for us to get the featured topics we are going for. Hawkeye, I think since we have the background of this being called a non-list here, no one would give us breeze at GA; if they do, we can just point to this discussion. So maybe withdraw this and nominate for GA? Relatively indifferent to how you proceed with the article, since I did not really work on improving it, it is all your call.  Kees08  (Talk)   05:30, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I really have no choice but to withdraw.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  05:39, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Can we close this?  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  20:04, 7 March 2019 (UTC)


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