Wikipedia:Peer review/Lei tai/archive1

Lei tai
I'm running out of ideas and research material for this article. I plan on adding some more video game photos and information when I get back from Thanksgiving holiday. I won't be able to answer any comments until Friday or Saturday.

One problem I have is that I’ve referenced AT LEAST 45 different book, magazine and internet sources (and growing) to write the page. So my reference section is HUGE. It is taking up a large amount of space and I may have to split other sections of the page up into their own articles, like the “Famous lei tai fighters of the past” section. I would like to know if there is a way that I can archive my sources, but still have them accessible when someone clicks the citation link on the main article. (Ghostexorcist 10:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC))


 * I found this article hard to read beacuse of the "lightness" of the prose. Many areas end up just stating a fact and a source rather tham truly being written in prose despite being formatted as a paragragh.  All the things on bullet points should be within a paragragh with more details as to why the idea is notable.  I don't see a problem with the number of references many FA have huge reference sections.  I think you have lots of good information that needs to be written into a true encylclopedia article.  I am impressed with the reasearch you have done.-- Birgitte§β  ʈ  Talk  18:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * some of the areas that I found the most troubling: Anything with a buller point.  In 1928, the Nationalist government banned the old traditions of private duels and lei tai contests because too many people were dying. That is an entire paragraph.  Were more people dying in 1928 than and 1918?  Why?  Were people calling for this or were they angry about it?  Is it still banned?  What about other coutries?  Did they ban it too?  Change rules to make safer?  Did the fights stop or did they continue illegally?  There was a water lei tai held in Taiwan in 2004. This is also an entire paragraph.  Why do we care that about this event?  Were the rules the same as the 1999 competition?  Did anyone drown?  Are water lei tais popular now or are they contaversial?  There is hardly enough for me to ask leading questions. -- Birgitte§β  ʈ  Talk  16:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There is just not enough information to compile the material with bullet-points into paragraphs, especially the parts about the "famous Lei tai fighters of the past".


 * In regards to the sentence/paragraph about the lei tai's banning in 1928, I don't have enough material to answer 99% of your queries. I have relied greatly on English sources and only a few of these actually refer to the fact that the lei tai was banned in that year. It just says the government banned it because too many people were dying.


 * The reason I added the sentence about the water lei tai in 2004 was to show that there were more than just one held. That’s why it is important. I know there have been several held between ’99 and ’04 (and probably afterwards) but I saw these in passing on unreliable foreign websites and haven’t been able to find the same material anywhere else. Plus, if someone drowned, I highly doubt the event would continue.(Ghostexorcist 01:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC))


 * Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, AZ t 19:10, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Balloonman

 * Introduction needs to be expanded.
 * Need to get rid of all the ??? sections.
 * Agree with Bridgette above... hard to read because it is primarily a list of facts. And I'm a martial artist!Balloonman 09:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I think you might want to format your computer to read Chinese font. I put a sign on the front of the article that states if you don't have the codex for Chinese, you might see ??? or boxes of some nature. (Ghostexorcist 00:20, 25 November 2006 (UTC))
 * Ah that makes sense... that might be what all the ??? I saw were...Balloonman 00:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Changes
I have made some changes per manual of style and your own requests. I'm still not done yet. I will expand the opening paragraph when I have the time. Thanks for the comments! (Ghostexorcist 01:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC))