Wikipedia:Featured article review/archive/May 2024

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Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail

Notified: Gyrobo, WikiProject Cycling, WikiProject Trains, WikiProject Hiking trails, WikiProject Hudson Valley, 2023-11-20

I am nominating this featured article for review because the article has not been updated with post-2012 information. No response when I posted on the talk page, and the article has not been edited since 2021. Z1720 (talk) 01:07, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• I find the pre-trail history to be quite lacking. We have all of 2 sentences for a rail line that operated for 111 years. The primary topic here is the trail, but it would not be a comprehensive article in my opinion without at least a little history of the corridor before it became a trail. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 01:19, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

  I'm not involved with the article at all prior to this, and only saw the review when it came up on WP Hudson Valley, and I concur with Trainsandotherthings. While I did just do a quick search and found coverage that can be used to update the article past 2012, since the repairs were done following a grant and planned work (as of 2023) is going to connect it to various other trails on the Hudson River through property related to the Wallkill prison, it really needs pre-trail history to be comprehensive. Reconrabbit 01:56, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

  For the history of the trail before it was a trail, I'm not sure what exactly we're looking for here. I feel like anything more than a cursory view of the railroad would be more appropriate for Wallkill Valley Railroad, since this article is supposed to be a comprehensive and complete look at the trail and not the railroad.

  There is information in the article about the prisons that predated the trail, if we're talking about stuff that exists outside of the railroad. It's been a while since I wrote the article but I remember pouring through all the remaining local newspapers that still existed from that era in the Haviland Heidgerd Historical Collection as well as Listen to the Whistle to get what I could about the pre-trail era.

  If the goal of a featured article is to be as comprehensive as possible with extant sources then yeah there's a little that can be added about the last few years but I'm not sure any additional sources exist for the pre-trail history around this specific part of the railroad. Gyrobo (talk) 15:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

  Wanted to post again to set expectations and give an update, I'm planning to spend some time updating the article over the weekend with more recent references. Gyrobo (talk) 21:24, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

  Providence and Worcester Railroad gives a paragraph to the preceding Blackstone Canal, for instance. The former rail line is intrinsically linked with the rail trail as they both occupied the same right of way, so I would expect more than 2 sentences of background to meet the featured article criteria, specifically 1b which says comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context (emphasis added). Trainsandotherthings (talk) 21:03, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

  That makes sense. I've added some more about the railroad that I think might give the appropriate context for the rest of the article, and broke up the history section into subsections to make things a little more understandable. I'll take a pass through it tomorrow to finesse the content a little better, and I want to see if there are enough sources to buttress the more recent history a bit. But I think it's looking a lot better. Gyrobo (talk) 02:48, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

  Hey I was wondering how long this article review period can last? I've been trying to make improvements to this article but am pretty swamped with work and life, am hoping to take another pass through this weekend and see if there are any more recent references I can include. I think the biggest issues around historical context should be resolved though, I added a more full section on that, and a few more things on the prisons. Just wanted to give an update for transparency. Gyrobo (talk) 01:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

• The review period can be continued for a while as long as work is ongoing; let us know when you think everything's been addressed / more feedback is needed. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:04, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

  Awesome, thanks. I will update here when I believe all feedback has been addressed. Gyrobo (talk) 00:24, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

  I've looked at your improvements so far and you're doing a good job. I expect to support retaining this article once you're all done. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

  Awesome, thanks. Will update here when I feel like everything's been addressed, but if anyone had any feedback now I'd be happy to look into it. Gyrobo (talk) 14:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

• Gyrobo, where are things at now? Are you still working on this? Nikkimaria (talk) 04:03, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, it's in a much better place and I'm hoping for some feedback to see what else needs to be tweaked or expanded. Gyrobo (talk) 17:42, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

I am leaning retain at this point, the article is much improved from its previous state. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 18:02, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

• Keep I went through the article, and there's no sourcing or other concerns. I also added alt text to the images. My concerns have been resolved. Z1720 (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

• Closing note: This removal candidate has been kept, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:15, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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Galaxy

Notified: WikiProject Science, WikiProject Astronomy, Drbogdan, Abductive, SkyFlubbler, XOR'easter 2021-02-22

Review section

Nominating for FAR per [3] and [4]. The article is probably not updated, and most of the sources are from before 2010; feels like there are so a lot of topics out there about the properties of galaxies that arent added or covered at the article yet. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 12:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment I added a notice left by Hog Farm on the talk page in 2021, which was not responded to. Z1720 (talk) 17:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment I don't know if this will be an easy save, but I suspect it will be a straightforward one. The thing about science is that what's been really established stays established, so sources from 2007–2010 can still be fine. Things do get updated what with new telescopes and all, but I'm more worried about sources being mediocre (e.g., press releases) than I am about their being stale. I did a little tuning-up and will try to find the time to do more. It's the start of the semester, though, so no promises in that regard. XOR'easter (talk) 20:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

I agree with the source age being less concerning - I left that comment in 2021 but several FARs in this topic area since then have convinced that research moves fairly slowly in this topic matter. Hog Farm _Talk 17:32, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Comment This would still be a lot of work to do. I do have a lot of free time and might be able to help, but we still need to explore a lot of topics since the current article still lacks details in key areas (how galaxies evolved, what are their inner workarounds, specific features like arms, bars, haloes, interstellar medium, hierarchy from groups to clusters). I would deduce that if we want to push for newer sources, we can include a separate section for "Current areas of research" or something like that, and would include sources newer than 2010. But established science should not be totally removed from the article; if anything, things should be added way more due to the lack of detail in its current form. SkyFlubbler (talk) 07:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include currency and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• Delist. An image relating to the difference between observed and predicted rotation curves is tagged as needing references. DrKay (talk) 15:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

  Image replaced. XOR'easter (talk) 19:09, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

• Delist unreferenced passages remain. Z1720 (talk) 21:21, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

  Everything explicitly tagged as needing a citation has been addressed now. XOR'easter (talk) 17:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

• @XOR'easter: I have added additional cn tags for uncited text, which will need to be addressed. I have also struck my delist above because work is ongoing in the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

  OK. Those all look manageable. I took care of a few by re-using existing references and digging items out of linked articles. I don't think the others will be harder; I'm just ... tired. XOR'easter (talk) 01:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

  All sorted now, thanks to Johnjbarton. XOR'easter (talk) 16:06, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

• Keep: I find the criteria for this FAR are too vague and emotional, with wording such as "probably not" and "feels like". More specific global issues need to be provided that can be formally addressed before resorting to a delist. Praemonitus (talk) 20:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  I agree. It is not yet established that the top-level article Galaxy needs to have more detail than it currently does about, e.g., Galaxy formation and evolution, or any other topic where a whole sub-article could exist/already does exist. XOR'easter (talk) 19:12, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

• There seems to be some work taking place so I think holding off decisive action for the moment is prudent - alot has happened in 10 years, especially with JWST so not sure to what extent old theories have been updated and what new consensus is. If I get a chance will have more of a read. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:39, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
• I feel like the article will look much better if all the citations are not in the lead just like other FAs. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 08:09, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

  Delist. If Hogfarm is satisfied, I'm striking my vote, unless lead issues are also resolved for consistency on other FA articles. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 02:02, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

  Other FAs do have citations in the lead. See Speed of light, Mars, Planet, Pi, Charles Darwin, etc. XOR'easter (talk) 04:06, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

  String it. Its all up to Hogfarm and someone else now. Thank you working at the article. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 04:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

  Keep. I think the article looks good now. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 11:57, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  I've taken care of that last cn tag you added. I did change that paragraph because the information was not fully updated with JWST stuff. Sgubaldo (talk) 12:56, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

• Would it be useful if I gave this a non-expert review with an eye towards getting this in a state where it can be closed as kept? Hog Farm _Talk 17:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

  That sounds like a good idea. XOR'easter (talk) 18:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

  I'm busy tonight and this coming weekend so I can't guarantee when I'll be able to get to this (also have to finish up my own content project at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Plum Point Bend) but I'll try to have a review posted within the next week. Hog Farm _Talk 19:11, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks. It might be a good idea to drop a reminder note at the WikiProject Astronomy talk page when you do (I'll try to do that if I'm online then). XOR'easter (talk) 21:05, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, starting a review here:

• Supermassive black holes are mentioned in two different paragraphs in the lead in a largely duplicated manner
• Since the lead is suppose to only hit the most important points, is the size of the Milky Way black hole really relevant material for the lead?
• " This includes the Milky Way, whose core region is called the Galactic Center" - I don't think italicizing Galactic Center here is compliant with MOS:ITALICS
• "based on the assumption that galaxies follow Sérsic's law" - link Sérsic's law?
• "Only about 5% of the galaxies surveyed are truly isolated." - since this is a specific statistics, shouldn't it have a source?
• ""Circular and Fixed Elliptical Apertures: The Petrosian and Isophotal Photometry"." - reference formatting issues, should include the publisher as well
• " "William Rosse". parsonstown.info. March 24, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2024." - this looks like somebodys' personal website; what makes it a high-quality reliable source?
• ""Discoveries - Highlights | Tracing the Growth of Galaxies". February 6, 2017." - citation information should include publisher
• "SkyServer: Algorithms"." - should contain the publisher and other citation information as well
• ""Signatures of the Earliest Galaxies". Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2015." - also needs the publisher included in the citation
• " "ATLASGAL Survey of Milky Way Completed". Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2016." - ditto as above
• " Rieke, George Henry (2012). Measuring the universe: a multiwavelength perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-0-521-76229-8." - any hope for a more specific page range?

I think that's it for my review. Issues are mostly with reference formatting and the lead. Hog Farm _Talk 02:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Took care of bullet points 3 (removed italics), 4 (linked Sérsic's law), 10 (added ESA as publisher) and 11 (added ESO as publisher). Sgubaldo (talk) 20:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I condensed the lede to mention supermassive black holes only once. XOR'easter (talk) 05:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Fixed the "Circular and Fixed Elliptical Apertures: The Petrosian and Isophotal Photometry" reference issues (bullet point 6). Sgubaldo (talk) 12:29, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Fixed the issues with "Discoveries - Highlights | Tracing the Growth of Galaxies". February 6, 2017." (bullet point 8). Sgubaldo (talk) 12:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Fixed issues with "SkyServer: Algorithms" (bullet point 9). Sgubaldo (talk) 15:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

I redid the line about Rosse with better sources. XOR'easter (talk) 15:56, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

The Rieke book is one of those cases where the cited source spends many chapters backing up the statement we give very briefly, so I added the page number for the book's own brief synopsis in its preface. A couple potential sources for the topic of isolated galaxies: [5][6]. XOR'easter (talk) 19:28, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

"For comparison, the Milky Way has a diameter of at least 26,800 parsecs (87,400 ly) and is separated from the Andromeda Galaxy (with diameter of about 152,000 ly), its nearest large neighbor, by 780,000 parsecs (2.5 million ly.)" - this specific information is only found in the lead (where it is not sourced). I would recommend removing or adding/sourcing in the body of the article. Besides that, I think the article has been improved enough for a keep. Hog Farm _Talk 17:17, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Sourced distance to Andromeda. Diameters are already sourced in the isophotal diameter section. I've clarified in a note that the diameter refers to the D₂₅ standard, removed the Andromeda one from the lead and cited the Milky Way one. Sgubaldo (talk) 19:42, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

• Closing note: This removal candidate has been kept, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:49, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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Delisted

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Borobudur

Notified: Mass Message Send notifications, talk page notice noticed 2023-11-01

Review section

The FAC nominator for this 2007 promotion has been gone since 2008, and the article has not been maintained to FA standards. Concern listed on 2023-11-01 include uncited text; inconsistent citation style; Wikipedia articles listed as sources; further reading and external links need pruning or to be worked in to the article; and incomplete citations. Much of the content is cited to dated sources and the article may be outdated. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:34, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

The article seems in decent shape to me. Where are "Wikipedia articles listed as citations"? The dates of the cited sources seems broadly ok to me; there isn't a vast amount published in English, given the importance of the monument. We don't have many editors in this area, so I wouldn't hold your breath for "a top-to-bottom rewrite". Johnbod (talk) 19:20, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

The Wikipedia source was removed after my talk notice, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:48, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

If anyone is available to start working through the uncited text, MOS:SANDWICHing, inconsistent citation style, inflation adjustments needed on dollar amounts and other such, then the prose issues can be tackled. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:53, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

The Internet Archive has two of the (six) source books, so I can start. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:53, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Just a progress report and preliminary assessment. It might be arrogant for me to attempt this topic without knowledge of it, but we seem to be making progress.

(Not done yet!)

• failing verification. Maybe written by editor with subject knowledge.

• for example, Raffles, who wrote an 1817 English text, is cited for saying something he did not write.

• missing page numbers. Citations to whole books.
• removed Gallery (wasn't there at FA promotion). Borobudur is a tourist attraction and people will stop by just to add their pics.
• inflation is done (didn't repeat "equivalent to" over and over in one section. Cyprus is unsupported.)
• MOS:SANDWICHs fixed.

Question. Is there any problem with me changing the citation style? This article used a list of refs (sometimes dereferenced with random strings like "4IUze"). I am slowly converting to sfns. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I think the change to sfns is an improvement. JimRenge (talk) 20:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, JimRenge. Today I am double checking sources I rejected. Found one alternate spelling so far. Most of the books are in the Internet Archive but money can't buy a copy of Imagine Buddha in Prambanan by Roy E. Jordaan. That one can be taken on faith based on a Google snippet and a HathiTrust page number. -SusanLesch (talk) 03:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Question. I have to pull away for maybe a couple months for (my) priority FARs. We've made headway, and moved perhaps half of the list refs to sfns, and to a new section for Works cited. Any obvious mistakes in those refs are fixed. JimRenge is doing good work here; I agree with his edit summaries. Can he or someone else step in for a while?

Not ideal timing for me to move away. The HarvRef errors script reveals many unresolved mistakes. User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors.js -SusanLesch (talk) 14:58, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

SusanLesch, I can continue the work on refs for a while. I intend to move refs to sfn, supplement page numbers, check text-source integrity and try to source uncited text. JimRenge (talk) 14:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much, JimRenge. -SusanLesch (talk) 00:16, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

• Could we get an update on status here? Nikkimaria (talk) 06:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

• I still think this will make it but am an election worker until March 7. -SusanLesch (talk) 19:12, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

• Any update now that we've passed that? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, yes, Nikkimaria. I cleaned up recent changes but made no headway. We lost JimRenge for now.

Unless Gunkarta can do it, I am afraid this article must to move to FARC. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:32, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Move to FARC per SusanLesch above. Hog Farm _Talk 13:08, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

FARC section

Sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:37, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

• Delist - some of the sourcing issues are still outstanding. Hog Farm _Talk 14:56, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
• Delist Some sourcing work happened on April 1, but sections are still uncited and the yellow banner is still present. Z1720 (talk) 18:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
• Comment JimRenge came back editing April 16. If he is willing to take on this project solo for the most part, then we should wait as long as he needs. (Regrets, JimRenge, I am two FAs behind.) -SusanLesch (talk) 21:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

• No significant edits since April and several uncited passages remain. Retaining my delist declaration. Z1720 (talk) 15:01, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

• Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:15, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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USS Wisconsin (BB-64)

Notified: The Epopt, TomStar81, Dual Freq, Bahamut0013, WP MILHIST, WP Ships, WP NRHP, WP Pennsylvania, WP Wisconsin, WP USA, noticed 2023-01-16

Review section

This is essentially the same situation as Wikipedia:Featured article review/USS Missouri (BB-63)/archive1 - the modern MILHIST standard is to include some dimensions/descriptions material that is largely absent here, and the article is over-reliant on DANFS and a veterans' association website, when there is fairly detailed literature on the Iowa-class ships. Needs some TLC - the Missouri FAR should be a fairly good example of similar problems and improvements. Hog Farm _Talk 21:33, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

• As with Missouri, this article is still in reasonably good condition: the information hasn't changed much, the citations are stable, and while there is an over reliance of DANFS by current standards the material covered by DANFS is also present in other publications. On the whole this shouldn't be too hard to uplift, just needs a little TLC. TomStar81 (Talk) 19:20, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

• Agree with comments above. The US Naval Institute has a number of publications on the Iowa-class which could be used to add information. I'd do it myself, but BBs aren't exactly my thing. I don't think it would take much work to get this upgraded.

Intothatdarkness 18:15, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

• Move to FARC per concerns outlined above, and that no one has stepped forward yet to address the concerns. No edits since March. Z1720 (talk) 03:53, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

  Move to FARC no edits since FAR began (t · c) buidhe 06:24, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

  Move to FARC, the needed TLC hasn't (yet) happened. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:43, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

  Sturmvogel 66 working as of 30 May. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:07, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

I've posted a message at WT:SHIPS to try to get some help here (I don't have the needed sources to fix this), but move to FARC for now, although I'm still hoping for work to occur here. Hog Farm _Talk 17:09, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

I have confirmed with the library that the two battleship book they have are not on Wisconsin, they are New Jersey and Missouri (and still in special collections or otherwise unavailable for check out at the moment - maybe COVID protocols are still in effect). That leaves the internet and what little I have here at the house, and between the the two of those position most of that is already in the article.

I've checked three libraries I can access near me, and while one of them has Sumrall's book on the Iowa class, it is in a noncirculating special collection, so not particularly accessible to me. Maybe @Sturmvogel 66 and Parsecboy: would be able to spare some time for this, based on their work with Missouri? A slow save is better than a speedy delist. Hog Farm _Talk 14:04, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

I'm planning on working on it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:57, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Sturmvogel 66 do you recommend Hold in FAR rather than Move to FARC? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

I haven't looked to see how bad it is, so I really can't say. I do know that it will probably be a couple of weeks before I can devote any significant amount of time to it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:37, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Sturm, are you still planning to have a look at this? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:45, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

I hope to start work on it later this week.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:07, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Sturmvogel 66 I see you did a lot of work on 30 May; where does this stand? More to do? Progress to FARC? Ready for extra eyes ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:11, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

There's lot's more to do as I've only dealt with the description, modifications, and the introduction into service thus far. Further progress is going to be sporadic as there's no equivalent of Stillwell's book on Missouri for Wisconsin so it will be tougher to find substitutes for DANFS.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:10, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

I helped at the USS Missouri rescue. As Sturmvogel 66 noted, this a less-famous of the Iowa class ships and so may be sparser on published secondary sources. So many of the arcane-but important details maybe only can come from places like DANFS and association websites. I'll also take a look for other sources. If they don't exist, I'd rather it lose FA status than delete large amounts of such material which rely on sources like DANFS. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 17:40, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

IMHO reliance on DANFS and veterans' association sources should not count against it when used for info on items that are specific to the Wisconsin (vs. on the Iowa class battleships in general) DANFS is about as expert and authoritative as a source can get and those "boring"/ enclyclopedic items are probably published only there. Unlike the more famous USS Missouri which had books published specifically on it. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 19:34, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:31, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

• Delist No major edits to add missing information since move to FARC, it might be time to let this go. Z1720 (talk) 23:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
  • @Z1720: - I believe the issue is now less missing information (Sturm has greatly improved the description and design section), but more so the excessive reliance on DANFS in the later sections of the article. I recently bought a used copy of O'Hara's The U.S. Navy Against the Axis: Surface Combat 1941-1945 off of Ebay, so I should be able to work up some of the WWII content once that arrives. Hog Farm _Talk 00:36, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
    • Striking my delist above, since HF has said that they are working on this. Z1720 (talk) 02:15, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
      • Well shoot - O'Hara arrived today, and they apparently consider the various activity Wisconsin was in to be outside of the scope of their work. Hog Farm _Talk 01:16, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
        • That’s the problem: the famous two are New Jersey and Missouri, which means there ain’t a lot on the other two. Piecing together the ship history is hard when DANFS is disqualified in this way other sources are not focused on Wisconsin per se. 2600:1011:B337:7059:D082:20EC:6616:A590 (talk) 17:26, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
• Could we get an update on status here? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:25, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Some improvement has occurred, and it is in better shape than when first nominated here. Some quick thoughts (I unfortunately have had to go to only minimally active to due IRL stuff):
    • "USS Wisconsin (BB 64)". Unofficial US Navy Site. Retrieved 26 November 2006." - I don't think navysite.de would be accepted as a source at FAC anymore
    • "Departing Valencia on 17 April, Wisconsin reached Norfolk on 27 May." - is not supported by the only source cited in that paragraph
  • I'll try to look further at this one and see if there's anything I can do once I get through reviewing Wikipedia:Featured article review/Minneapolis/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sex Pistols/archive2. Hog Farm _Talk 15:58, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
• Weak Keep The issues raised are grounds for review, however all things considered the article is stable and sourced. Could it be better sourced? Of course. Is it required of our articles to have the absolute best sources? Not per se, so I think we can keep the star here - for now. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:15, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

I agree with TomStar and North8000 above that we probably aren't going to find anything much beyond DANFS and the veterans' source. I still don't think navysite.de would cut it, but there's only four refs to it so it shouldn't be overly hard to replace it. There's been enough loose additions since the original FAC that a source-text integrity source for odds and ends should probably be conducted, but I think that Sturmvogel has improved the construction and WWII material significantly so it'll just be a polishing going forward from here. Hog Farm _Talk 20:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

I haven't looked at this specifically in detail, but in my experience, Rohwer can usually be used to replace a fair bit of DANFS citations, or can especially when paired with general histories of different naval actions.

I find it curious that Garzke & Dulin's book hasn't been consulted at all. I haven't read it myself, but I have used their volume on Axis battleships, and I have their volume on British/Soviet/French/Dutch battleships, and both have detailed histories of the ships they cover. While it's dated, it is certainly better than DANFS. Frankly, this seems like a glaring 1c issue. Parsecboy (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Parsecboy: - I've reviewed Garzke & Dulin via Internet archive; they devote less than a page to the history of Wisconsin, generally in less detail than is already in the article. I still don't think navysite.de should be being used as a source, and the source-text integrity issue I noted on October 7 is still present but this is probably getting close to about as good as we can get this one. Hog Farm _Talk 19:36, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Hrm, that's disappointing - usually they go into great detail. Although in fairness, that book was published in 1976, so there's a fair bit of the ship's history that's not covered (and what there is largely consists of escorting carriers around the western Pacific, which isn't the most exciting thing to write about). I agree that navysite needs to be removed, and probably the material it supports, since it seems like no alternative source can be found. Parsecboy (talk) 10:55, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

The source-text integrity issue I noted above has been fixed using DANFS. I've also replaced three usages of navysite.de with a combination of the New York Times, Garzke & Dulin, and DANFS. The fourth use I couldn't find anything better than this Greenpeace report for, which I have doubts that that is high-quality RS for this topic so I removed the information. The article still copies DANFS heavily but I don't have the time or energy to address that right now and DANFS is public domain so we're fine on that front. Hog Farm _Talk 02:15, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Review by Z1720

In an effort to get this out of FAR, here's a review of the article from a non-expert. My initial impression is that the history section is very long, and there are very large sections. While I could go through it and start cutting information, I think many editors would find that disruptive instead of helpful. Is there anyone who is a subject-matter expert who can cut down this section, add headings so that each section is about 3-4 paragraphs, and ensure that none of the paragraphs are too long or too short? Z1720 (talk) 18:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't know that the history section is actually too long; overall length of the article is quite manageable and with a topic such as this the history section would be expected to take up most of the article. I don't have a strong opinion on section length. Hog Farm _Talk 00:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

• Weak keep - I don't think I would support this article in this condition for FAC promotion in 2024, but I'm not seeing anything to delist over. Pinging @Z1720, Parsecboy, North8000, and Sturmvogel 66: - this has been at FAR for nearly a year now, the most glaring issues have been addressed, and I think it's about time we either close this as kept or identify further issues to improvement, rather than just holding this in FAR purgatory indefinitely. Hog Farm _Talk 15:22, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Moving to delist per Sturmvogel, regrettably. Hog Farm _Talk 01:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Keep (pinged above) I think that the article is as good as it can be regarding sourcing which seems to be the main discussed area. Has lots of technical encyclopedic information that is unlikely to be covered by sources that meet tougher criteria being discussed. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 15:38, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Lemme give this a look in the next couple of days as my attention has been focused elsewhere these last few months.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Delist While revising the remaining WW2 sections, I'm finding text credited to DANFS that isn't there anymore. I suspect that the editors used the original text of DANFS from the 1960s and didn't update the article when the DANFS was heavily revised in this millenium. This calls into question all of the DANFS-cited material, which needs to be edited for tone, if nothing else. I'll finish what I've started, but I won't have any time to rework the later material until next year.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:43, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

• Delist Considering Sturmvogel's observations above, and the length of time this has been open, it might be best to let this be delisted for now and brought to FAC when it is ready. Z1720 (talk) 14:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
• Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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