Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Timeline of first orbital launches by country/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 User:Gonzo fan2007 05:19, 27 September 2008.

Timeline of first orbital launches by country
Unfortunately edit creep has taken its toll, with the list not satisfying the Featured List criteria anymore, that is in particular most of the assertions have no references whatsoever. The reference section has a few links without inline citation, but even those links refer only to Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Brazil, not mentioning all the other countries on the list. Other concern, but I guess those are more subjective, are that only few background informations are provided, and the layout could certainly be better. Голубое сало/Blue Salo (talk) 05:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Notified WP:SPACE, WP:SPACEFLIGHT, and User:Rmhermen  « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @   23:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Main issues: 1. Prose, 2. Lead, 3. Comprehensiveness, needs direct in-line citations for verifiability, bottom sections needs clean-up or removal, lead can be be cleaned-up.  « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @   23:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment — I think the biggest problem with the page is the massive section about other projects. They are hard to reference and most of them clearly don't belong on the page. I also agree that more references are needed for the top part as well. I would like to salvage the article's status so I hope we can work this out. – Zntrip 21:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Remove the "not included" and "planned" sections lack references almost completely. Also, the reference section has refs that are not linked into the text. I suggest using them somehow. Nergaal (talk) 06:20, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Remove Far too much text is unreferenced, and the existing references are unformatted. Gary King ( talk ) 16:01, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.