Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/October 2003 to April 2004

This is an archive of discussions about articles that were promoted to featured status. This archive covers articles from October 2003 to April 2004. Warning: discussions are incompletely organized in reverse chronological order.

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2004

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November 2003

Bible code

• Bible code -- Nominated by: Kpjas 08:28, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC).
  • Added by: Iseeaboar 03:09, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Objection (but not yet removed) by: COGDEN 19:50, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC). This is a cute article, but it's not well-documented with citations, and the prose doesn't flow well.

Irish Poetry

• Irish Poetry - Concise (for the field it's covering) clear and informative imho. I believe work is still in progress. Vanderesch 13:02, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded. Quite interesting material. -- Smerdis of Tlön 04:43, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Added by: snoyes 23:57, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Io (moon)

• Io (moon) - Wow! I learned so much reading this! Kingturtle 22:55, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • I'll definitely second this. -- Minesweeper 23:29, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Added by: snoyes 23:57, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Alliterative verse

• Alliterative verse - This one was a lot of fun to write, and figuring out how to explain the drottkvætt stanza in a semi-intelligible fashion was something of a task -- Smerdis of Tlön 15:46, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • Second: great job on a tough topic. Jwrosenzweig 15:31, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Second: I really like this article, for style, for ease of understanding a complex topic and for completeness. Very well done. OlofE 01:18, 15 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Added by: snoyes 23:57, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Marcus Antonius

• Marcus Antonius - Ok, i just dont resist: i rewrote the biography and i think is very nice, but what do i know? You tell me... And Adoption in Rome too (if i'm going to humiliate myself here, might as well do with style). Muriel Gottrop 12:20, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • supported kt2 22:32, 11 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • ditto - Smerdis of Tlön 15:09, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Added by: snoyes 23:57, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Zuiderzee Works

• Zuiderzee Works - quite detailed. ( 19:58, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Added by: Muriel Victoria 13:57, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Sino-Soviet Split

• Sino-Soviet Split - detailed and well organized account of the conflict. kt2 01:59, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Added by: Muriel Victoria 13:57, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Provinces of Thailand

• Provinces of Thailand and the associated provincial subpages - a magnificent effort that synthesizes a body of information that one would be unlikely to find in most encyclopedias; and this is mainly the work of a single individual; very impressive IMO. Bill 15:24 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)
  • Love the work, but shouldn't we wait until all the articles are there? This is no objection. --Eloquence 02:32 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)
    • How comes I did not notice this nomination before? I am nearly through with them, just seven left. And this nomination will motivate me to finish them soon now. andy 13:02, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)
      • Added by —Eloquence 08:26, Nov 28, 2003 (UTC) after completion.

October 2003

Garry Kasparov

• Garry Kasparov -- fun for anyone. comprehensive up the wazoo. Kingturtle 05:50, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • Headlines and a TOC, please.—Eloquence 06:55, Oct 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • I have addressed this objection. I support adding this article whether the headings I added are kept or not. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 13:26, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Lots of info, but not "brilliant prose." moink 23:03, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
      • This has already been added, if you want to remove it, provide some more explanation, remove it from Wikipedia:Brilliant prose and add it to #Recently removed articles, and reason for removal on this page.—Eloquence 23:11, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)
      • Comments along these lines have been made before... Maybe we could have a Wikipedia:Great articles page which could replace the BP page to de-emphasize the "prose" and re-emphasize that we write encyclopedia articles? If this is done, we should wait til after the refresh on administrative grounds. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 10:40, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
        • I (unsuccessfully) tried to get some feedback for a possible page rename on the wikien-l mailing list last Friday
        • I would agree with that. It seems people nominate things for this page based on content, not on whether or not it's well written. And of course, it makes sense to recognize good content, but it's disheartening to see some of these listed as "brilliant prose" when they're pretty humdrum. moink 23:05, 24 Dec 2003 (UTC)