Wikipedia:Featured article review/AK-47/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 User:Joelr31 02:04, 16 June 2008 [1].

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AK-47

Review commentary

Notified: WikiProject Russia, WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Firearms, various other users.

The main problems here are 1b and 1c. I'll start with the former. This article is sourced by some 25 notes, with a few extra "further readings" below. Several sections (Illicit trade, Derivatives, Production outside of the Soviet Union/Russia, first paragraph of Variants, Ballistics) have no references at all, while others (Operating cycle, Design background, Design concept, Disassembly, Cultural influence) have only one or two references. In fact, the only section that would really pass for adequate, reference wise, would be Receiver development history.

1c (or a lack thereof) is mainly reflected in a few stubby sections (Ballistics, Legal status), as well as Design concept and Licensing, both of which I am sure could be expanded to be a great deal more comprehensive.

The subject of the article is not abstract; I am sure that through collaboration this article can rise again to meet current standards. I myself will be very willing to partake in the advancing of the quality of the article, in regards to the two criteria identified. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. The featured version shows us that while the prose has increased in size, organization is deteriorating and the list of references has shrunk by nearly 25%.

Here's a comparision:

Featured version: "During World War II, Germany was the first nation to develop weapons that embodied the characteristics of the modern assault rifle. The impetus for the adoption of the assault rifle as the primary individual infantry weapon was the knowledge that, in modern warfare, dismounted troops typically exchange small arms fire at ranges of fewer than 300 meters; in most firefights, combatants are within 100 meters of each other."

Current version: "During World War II, the Germans developed the assault rifle concept, based upon research that showed that most firefights happen at close range, within 300 meters."

Seems to me that a improvements need to be made. Teh Rote (talk) 17:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

• Good points above. Lose the silly little flag as well; it adds nothing and is specifically deprecated in WP:MILMOS#FLAGS. --John (talk) 01:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
• There's also the one-sentence paragraph "Legal Status". Eklipse (talk) 07:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

FARC commentary

Suggested FA criteria concerns are comprehensiveness (1b) and referencing (1c). Marskell (talk) 20:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

• Remove >6 unsourced paras; legal status needs to expand. Ultra! 15:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
• Remove. Inadequate Lead. Unformatted citations. Non-reliable sources. Look at "Cultural influence" section for a sample of citations needed. Seriously deficient. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

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