Wikipedia:Featured article review/War of the Spanish Succession/archive1

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The article was removed by User:Marskell 15:36, 30 June 2008 [1].

War of the Spanish Succession edit

Review commentary edit

Notified Wikiproject Spain, Germany, Military History, and User:DrKiernan

This article, one of the last unreviewed Emsworth classics, desperately needs inline citations as it has very few. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Whoah. When you said "desperately needs inline citations", you weren't kidding. Although the prose of the article is generally excellent, the total lack of inline citations is a bit disturbing. I'd suggest contacting the primary contributors, to see if anything can be done about it. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 22:35, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately, the original author is long since retired. Kirill ^(prof) 13:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FARC commentary edit

Suggested FA criteria concern is referencing (1c). Marskell (talk) 16:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remove I believe that the article should no longer be FA-class, because the lack of citations has not been addressed since the review began, and thus I cannot support the article remaining an FA.EasyPeasy21 (talk) 14:30, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove. The total lack of inline citations is a serious problem. FA-Class should showcase our best work, meaning that it's verifiable. As of five minutes ago, Criteria 1c has not been satisfied. Cam (Chat) 03:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove Prose and focus, in particular unnecessary repetition of points, are also problems. In the lead, for example, we have "It was a major European conflict and included Queen Anne's War in North America." repeated in the next paragraph as "The war was fought not only in Europe, but also in North America, where the conflict became known to the English colonists as Queen Anne's War". DrKiernan (talk) 13:25, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove. 1c. Swathes of unreferenced matter. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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