Wikipedia:Featured article review/Dundee/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article review. Please do not modify it. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page or at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was removed by Joelr31 02:45, 9 March 2009 [1].

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Dundee

Review commentary

Ydam, Adambisset, Friedfish, Citizensmith, WP:Cities, WP:Scotland, WP:UK Geography notified.

The article, as it stands, does not meet many of the criteria of Good Article status, let alone Featured Article status, and could do with improvement.

A major problem is in referencing. A number of claims throughout the article are unsourced. Some claims in the article have dubious neutrality. In addition, the lead is insufficiently concise. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 13:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The notifications have not been completed; please add {{subst:FARMessage/Dundee}} to each page listed above. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:22, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I took care of it. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:47, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm trying to improve the article as I go, but there's a lot to do. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 11:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I had another look at the article this morning, with a view to improve it more. It will take a long time (months) to bring it up to GA status, and there doesn't appear to be any appetite amongst previous contributors to improve it. I suggest it's removed as a featured article until it can again be put through FA nomination. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 11:04, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually hold that thought... I may be able to knock it into shape quicker than that. --Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 17:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

FARC commentary

Suggested FA criteria concerns are citations, lead, and NPOV.Joelito (talk) 19:03, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

• Delist 1c - also has accretions of advertising from driveybys who have added all manner of NN and undue info on random schools and radio stations, among others. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 02:13, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
• Remove per our resident expert, User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish! DrKiernan (talk) 12:12, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Some improvement, but not for the last ten days. Still tagged for citation or clarification in multiple places. DrKiernan (talk) 14:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

• I'll hold off for the moment, as Catfish may be working on it. DrKiernan (talk) 15:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

• Remove A lot of uncited and contested statements (including statements not verified by the source cited). Xasodfuih (talk) 13:34, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
• Remove - Referencing issues and unsourced material abounds. Cirt (talk) 16:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
• Hold for the moment I should be able to knock it into shape. Give me a week or so. --Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 17:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
• Delist Too many problems to deal with in the short term. I will continue to upgrade it and re-nominate it once it's up to scratch. --Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 16:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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