Wikipedia:Featured article review/Bruno Maddox/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 delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 5:57, 30 January 2021 (UTC) [1].

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Bruno Maddox

Notified: BillDeanCarter, WikiProject District of Columbia, WikiProject Journalism, Arts and Entertainment, Talk page notification

Review section

This is a BLP promoted in 2007 that has been abandoned since 2008, shortly before the FA nominator was blocked. The few edits since then have been minor clean up edits, meaning that the article is severely out of date, with sentences such as "As of 2009, however, no manuscript has been forthcoming." or "As of 2007 there is no further evidence that Maddox completed the script." There are 12 years missing from this person's life.

Then, I am concerned about the quality of the sourcing; a lot of the sources are extremely close to the subject, such as the subject's own writings, interviews or the subject's direct employers. Others mention him in passing and others do not mention him at all. Is it possible to have a balanced Featured Article when so little significant and independent coverage of the subject is available? RetiredDuke (talk) 18:33, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Also, should I notify an user that was blocked more than a decade ago? RetiredDuke (talk) 18:39, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

• I would say no, not likely. I think this is a good candidate for accelerated process. (t · c) buidhe 16:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

• Move to FAR no edits made to the article. (t · c) buidhe 03:50, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
• Move to FARC, candidate for acceleration. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:53, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
• Move to FARC and support accelerated. Very out of date and independence issues with some sources. Hog Farm _Talk 15:45, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include currency and sourcing. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

• Delist Out of date and far below current FA standards. Deltawk (talk) 04:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delist - Horribly out of date and nowhere near the criteria. Unless someone jumps in to start working, I think this is a one-week FARC candidate. Hog Farm _Talk 05:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delist, possible one-week candidate. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:37, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delist – agree with all of the above. – zmbro _(talk) 21:07, 23 January 2021 (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) 15:57, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

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