Talk:Fenix TX/GA1

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GA Reassessment

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As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force, all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA.) I am boldly delisting this article due to the serious issues outlined below:

• Non-free content (6a): File:Fenix TX 1999.jpg and File:Fenix TX 2001.jpg have poor fair use rationales. They aren't adequately supported by critical commentary and text in the article, and given their contents (the band members) could be replaced adequately with a free image (of the band at a concert, etc.)
• Referencing (2a–c): The following dubious statements need sources, or better sources:
  • The entire section "#Early years" (I doubt it covered all the material in the section, but the sole ref is dead and needs to be replaced.)
  • "In March 2001, James Love was announced as the replacement guitarist. Simultaneously, the band revealed the name of their follow-up record, Lechuza."
  • "Eventually, the continuously growing rift between Salazar and the other two founding members caused Love to leave Fenix TX shortly after the release of the album. Dennis Hill of the Southern Californian pop punk band Lefty temporarily filled his place, while a permanent replacement was found in Pivit's Chris Lewis (unrelated to bassist Adam Lewis), during a tour with P.O.D. in October 2001. However, he never legally became a member, which ultimately allowed DeLaPaz and Adam Lewis to overrule Salazar in a decision to break up the band. This occurred in the middle of the writing process for what would have become Fenix TX's third album. On September 19, 2002, the disbandment of Fenix TX was officially announced, despite Salazar's wishes to continue the band."
  • Almost all of "#Denver Harbor and Sing the Body Electric".
  • "In February 2006, the band played another three shows with No Use for a Name before heading out on a two-week tour with Unwritten Law in the beginning of March. A European tour supported by Pensive — including England, Scotland, France, and Italy — was scheduled to take place in May 2006. However, due to Salazar developing polyps on his vocal folds, the tour was cancelled."
  • "On August 14, 2009 (the five year anniversary of the first Fenix*Tx reunion) it was announced via Fenix Tx's Myspace that the original RiverFenix line-up was reuniting to begin working on new music in September 2009 for release sometime in 2010."
  • Most of the final subsection
  • Note that this is a bare selective list, not even checking most citations (which are often erroneous.)
• NPOV (4): This is heavily slanted in a "pro-band" view, and most claims ("X was poorly regarded", "Y was well-recieved" are cited to single reviews by entirely unauthoritative sources.)

Given the serious issues riddling this article through and through, I am delisting without all hold. The article can be renominated at WP:GAN at any time, but it needs serious work to stand up to current GA standards. Direct any questions or comments to my talk page (as I won't be watching this place.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 17:25, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.