Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sumo/archive1

Sumo[edit]

I think the article - hopefully the first of several martial arts related - meets all the criteria. Generally these type of articles are under populated for no good reason. It passed GA status some time back and in fact is the only one above B class in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial Arts. There are two other candidates for GA status there but one step at a time.Peter Rehse 05:26, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This isn't a bad article at all, but it's practically unreferenced, diacriticals and punctuation style are inconsistent, organization is questionable, and as long as it is, it seems incomplete. There's very little about the rules -- what's there is scattered throughout the text -- and nothing at all about the various kimarite, even the more common ones. For all that I don't think it's unsalvagable, and I would enthusiastically change my opinion if these concerns were addressed. TCC (talk) (contribs) 06:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - For the above reasons, but also quality of writing... in particular the headings are rather un-encyclopedic in quality. For example, instead of "Winning a bout" (which sounds like a How To guide) you should make the heading on the rules of the game. "Life as a sumo wrestler" sounds like it comes out of a children's book on forign cultures, not out of an encyclopedia. In addition, I'd definitely like to see more about the rules, and particularly the strategies of the game. Are there leagues? Is the game played in other countries? Where is it popular, and how popular is it? As far as I understand Sumo wrestling, there's lots more to be written, and it needs to be written for this to be featured. Fieari 20:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]