Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal 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 removed by The Rambling Man 10:08, 6 November 2009.

List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes

 * Notified: WikiProject Anime and manga, WikiProject Comedy, Juhachi

I am nominating this for featured list removal because it contains newly merged material from another article whose prose and content have not yet been checked for prose or its references verified. Demotion from featured list status will allow for new improvements to the list so that the content can be brought up to current standards, which have likely increased since promotion in 2007. Arsonal (talk) 06:44, 20 October 2009 (UTC) Delist: These are just the issues I see on first glance. I'm sure there's a lot more to be done. Good raise  07:21, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The lead is too short.
 * There seems to be no reference for any of the airdates.
 * Several of the newly covered episodes are missing plot summaries.
 * Comment I must say, I strongly object to this nomination, the reasons given for failing are mostly the addition of content from another article that was merged. I feel the nomination Is heavily flawed because 1) The merge of sub-par prose was made by the nominator, who clearly knew it was below par. This is one reason the list was originally maintained seperately in order to not damage the FL article. 2)The nomination was made less then 15minutes after the start ofthe merge. I have difficulty accepting this is a acceptable amount of time betweeen merge and nomination, as no time has been allowed for Improvements to the article before nomination. Essentially, the nominator has made the nomination based on his own edits, not notified people to give them a reasonable amount of time to try and fix the article before nomination (say a week) then left this important information out. I have difficulty in taking this in Good faith as it's clear it could have been handled much better. Dandy Sephy (talk) 08:43, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * (This comment should not be read as an endorsement of the nominator's actions. I simply preferre to stick to discussing article content rather than editor behavior.) Pages should not be maintained seperately simply for the merrit of one of them remaining an FL. If there is consensus that the content of two lists should be covered in the same page, then, until they do, they both fail criterion 3b, which can in itself be reason enough for an FLRC. Good raise  09:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't very clear. At the time, there was debate over the actual status of thenew episodes, and the original split was meant to be a temporary one. I Agree a merge is appropriate, just that there were better ways to do it.Dandy Sephy (talk) 11:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delist Keeping them separate just to maintain FL status is not ideal. We are holding back the proper development of the list even after the new version has aired. We can put it back up for FLC later. BlazerKnight (talk) 08:59, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delist Despite my objection to the way this has been handled, it seems unlikely the article will be fixed in time. Dandy Sephy (talk) 11:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment well hold on! Nominations run for at least 14 days and if someone is prepared to do the work, even longer if need be.  We don't need to rush around removing featured status if we can actively improve the list back to the standard required... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Closing note: This FLRC has been closed as delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close.
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.