Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Syd Shores/archive1

Syd Shores edit

I believe Syd Shores is an informative and well-written article about legendary-in-the-industry yet unsung-among-fans comic book pioneer who went into obscurity since, until the last decade or so, comics historians were rare; indeed, despite all my sources, I could not a specific birth date for Shores, but just a year. This article also exemplifies a mix of both print and online sources. -- Tenebrae 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose and Peer Review. The article has few references, no inline citation, some inline links (which are just yucky), stubby sections, lists, and just generally needs a Peer Review. Staxringold _talk^contribs 18:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it has 11 references, both print and online — is that really considered "few"? — and only one list (singular). I do agree a Peer Review would be great. -- Tenebrae 18:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

11 is pretty low for a featured article, and without inline citation to show multiple uses then absolutely. Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose Article has only one footnote in the name of internal referencing. ~~The article's lead is very short.~~ Writing is generally poor with too much boldface and italized text. ~~The list is poorly formatted (actually it shouldn't exist at all).~~ Too much attention given to his quotes. Many more issues. I suggest a Peer Review first. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is all good to know. For the record, just so we're on the same page, the short lead follows Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) and Wikipedia:WikiProject_Comics/exemplars#Comics_creators. That latter source also advises that a bulleted bibliography actually is expected to exist. If this particular list needs work, that's a whole 'nother thing, obviously! :-) Thanks for the input. -- Tenebrae 20:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]