Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geiger–Marsden experiments/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 Hog Farm via FACBot (talk) 22 April 2023 [1].

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Geiger–Marsden experiments

Nominator(s): Kurzon (talk) 13:48, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

This article is about the Rutherford gold foil experiments. I think it's ready to get its gold star. Kurzon (talk) 13:48, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Oppose

• A quick look at the article unfortunately reveals a lot of uncited statements and the lead needs work per MOS:LEAD. Curly Turkey pretty much said this all already at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geiger–Marsden experiment/archive2 back in 2015, but taking this article first to good article status and/or peer review would be a good idea before bringing it here. Good luck with it! Mujinga (talk) 14:06, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

SC

• Oppose. Lead length is an issue, but the unsupported parts are more of a concern. - SchroCat (talk) 15:51, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Oppose from Unlimitedlead

A majority of the article is unsourced. That alone is enough to fail this nomination, methinks. Unlimitedlead (talk) 16:21, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@FAC coordinators: Why is this nomination labeled as "archive 1" if this is the third nomination for this article? Unlimitedlead (talk) 16:23, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@Unlimitedlead: - the article was at a different title (the singular "Geiger–Marsden experiment") for the prior two. Hog Farm _Talk 16:26, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close.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. Hog Farm _Talk 16:25, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

I feel like y'all are giving this article only a superficial glance. Kurzon (talk) 21:31, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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