Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates/Featured log/October 2017

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

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History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Rise of Macedon

Ancient Macedonians

I am nominating Macedonia (ancient kingdom) as a Good Topic. The main article Macedonia (ancient kingdom) is now a Featured article, whereas History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Ancient Macedonians, and Rise of Macedon are all Good articles. To the best of my knowledge all the images used in these articles are either public domain or otherwise licensed appropriately. I believe the articles also meet the basic criteria for a Good Topic at the very least. There are several other articles about Ancient Macedonia and Macedonians, although the articles listed above are more central to the theme of the state and kingdom. I would entertain the idea of including Ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian army, Antigonid Macedonian army, Argead dynasty, Antipatrid dynasty, and Antigonid dynasty perhaps at a later date, after any one of these should succeed in passing as Good article nominees. Any articles dealing specifically with Alexander the Great can be excluded from the topic, seeing how they are tied to only one monarch, whereas my topic is more about the kingdom itself. --Pericles of Athens^Talk 17:08, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

• Support Jclemens (talk) 22:35, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
• Support'. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 09:22, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
• 100% of the people in the world that are aware of Ancient Macedonia are aware of Alexander the Great. He should be included here, and honestly, a FL list of Macedon(ian) kings should be created too. 188.27.55.114 (talk) 19:37, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

I don't think it would be wise to include Alexander the Great, because he belongs in a hypothetical Featured List of Macedonian kings, as you have already mentioned. Including Alexander the Great opens up a can of worms for people to argue that my Good Topic nomination needs other pivotal Macedonian monarchs as well, such as Alexander's father Philip II of Macedon. Mind you, this isn't a Good Topic about Macedonian kings; it's a Good Topic about the kingdom itself, its institutions, its people, and its general history. Also, I want to say thank you to User:Jclemens and User:Iazyges their your support. I am somewhat perturbed, however, by the fact that this review page has not seen any activity since September, and not much input since I initiated the nomination in August. --Pericles of Athens^Talk 08:05, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

• Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. Sorry for taking too long to get this processed. - GamerPro64 18:51, 25 October 2017 (UTC)