Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2003 Budweiser Shootout/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Laser brain via FACBot (talk) 16 September 2019 [1].

2003 Budweiser Shootout[edit]

Nominator(s): MWright96 (talk) 18:07, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2003 Budweiser Shootout exhibition stock car race, which was the first edition of the event to be held at night. It was won by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. after he started from the rear of the grid. I created this article in February and it has featured at DYK and recently passed a GA nomination. After a series of edits to tighten the prose and to make clarifications to the causal reader, I believe this article worthy of being awarded the bronze star. MWright96 (talk) 18:07, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

comments from Lee Vilenski[edit]

Full disclosure, I did the GA review for this article. I think it's not too far off passing, but I'll add a few of the finer points at a second look:

- Source reviews gives some anomalies that will need a look before it should pass, such as:
  - NASCAR as a work - some of these have Time Warner as the publisher, and others don't. Needs to be consistent. Potentially, I'd prefer it down as the website (Nascar.com), with the publisher, but that's personal taste I think
    - Changed the publisher to "NASCAR". MWright96 (talk) 19:45, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - ESPN Sports isn't an author, even if credited for the article.
    - Removed. MWright96 (talk) 19:45, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Are the citations in the infobox needed? Do they fail WP:INFOBOXCITE?
    - I would not say having citations in the infobox in this instance fails the guideline that is mentioned above as one instance where it is needed is the final Nielsen rating, which is not mentioned in the prose and cannot see the usage without including any details of the final viewing figures. MWright96 (talk) 19:45, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More to come.Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:24, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:03, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator notes[edit]

We're coming up on the one-month mark without much review. This will be archived soon if it does not receive substantially more attention in the coming days. --Laser brain (talk) 13:14, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment - This has been open for a solid month without any declaration of support for promotion, and doesn't seem to be heading in the right direction at present. Therefore, I will be archiving it shortly and it may be re-nominated after the customary two-week waiting period. In the mean time, please action feedback as appropriate. --Laser brain (talk) 14:40, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. --Laser brain (talk) 14:40, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.