Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nauru

Nauru[edit]

article is well-written --User:Latitude0116 22:57, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have researched and written most of the text for this article with some translation for the featured German version by User:GilliamJF, and was going to nominate it soon, but someone beat me too it, since I'll probably be the person addressing problems, I also nominate this article.--Peta 00:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Support From the Peer Review that recently ended, following I notice haven't been addressed yet...

fill red links
Large paragraphs of text are unsourced
the image in the districts section currently breaks that section's formatting pretty significantly on some resolutions
World's smallest island nation - citation needed.
Only nation without capital, smallest independent republic - citation needed.

Fix those, and you have my support. Judgesurreal777 23:48, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(1) There is a single red link (and the amount of red links is irrelevant to the FAC process), (2) I have moved images around so this should not be a problem, if it is I'd appreciate some advice on how to fix it. (3) Fixed (4) There is no requirement for every paragraph to have a reference, I have gone to some length to verfiy all the potentially disputable facts of the article - which is harder than you'd expect given Naurus lack of web presence. The two paragraphs without an inline citation are largely drawn from PD material which is acknowledged at the end of the article.--Peta 00:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - Great job, just need references in these sections, otherwise how do we know they are true? - Judgesurreal777 01:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Nauruans descended from Polynesian and Micronesian seafarers who believed in a female deity, Eijebong, and a spirit land, an island called Buitani. Two of the 12 original tribal groups became extinct in the 20th century. Angam Day, held on 26 October celebrates the recovery of the Nauran population after the two world wars, both of which reduced the indigenious population to fewer than 1500. The displacement of the indigenous culture by colonial and contemporary, western influences is palpable. Little of the old customs have been preserved, although some forms of traditional music and arts and crafts, and some traditional methods of fishing are still practised."

"The national sport of Nauru is Australian rules football; there is an elite national league with seven team—all games are played at the island's only stadium, Linkbelt Oval. Other sports popular in Nauru include softball, cricket, golf, sailing and soccer. Nauru participates in the Commonwealth and Summer Olympic Games, where it has been successful in weightlifting—Marcus Stephen has been a prominent medallist; he was elected to parliament in 2003."

A traditional activity is catching noddy birds when they return from foraging at sea. At sunset, men stand on the beach ready to throw their lasso at the incoming birds. The Nauruan lasso is supple rope with a weight at the end. When a bird approaches, the lasso is thrown up, hits and or drapes itself over the bird, and then falls to the ground. The captured noddies are cooked and eaten.

"The inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) has identified Nauru as one of 15 "non-cooperative" countries in its fight against money laundering. Under pressure from FATF, Nauru introduced anti-avoidance legislation in 2003, following which foreign hot money flowed out of the country. In October 2005, this legislation—and its effective enforcement—led the FATF to lift the non-cooperative designation."

itially inhabited by Micronesian and Polynesian peoples, Nauru was annexed by Germany in the late 19th century, and became a mandate territory administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom following World War I. The island was occupied by Japan during World War II, and after the war entered into trusteeship again. Nauru achieved independence in 1968.

"Narau is a phosphate rock island, and its primary economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island. With the exhaustion of phosphate reserves, its environment severely degraded by mining, and the Trust established to manage the islands wealth significantly reduced in value, the government of Nauru has resorted to unusual measures to obtain income. In the 1990s, Nauru briefly became a tax haven and since 2001 has accepted aid from the Australian government; in exchange for this aid, Nauru houses an 'offshore' detention centre that holds and processes asylum seekers trying to enter Australia."

You're kidding, right? Ther article is well referenced. What you are asking for is ridiculous and entirely unnecessary.--Peta 02:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Fine, see if you will get FA status with unreferenced statements like "the primary economic activity on the island has been the export of phosphate"

Let us not argue, just get 6 or 7 references, and you'll be done! I just found this article that I thought might be helpful, [1] Judgesurreal777 02:32, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Good article, well written. Perhaps a few more inline references might satisfy the previous reviewer. But I'd have thought that the smallest island nation and no capital statements did not require explicit references, since they can be verified on Google without too much trouble. Tony 03:37, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- A prefeclty undisputed intro with supporting cites later in the text has changed to this--Peta 04:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A perfectly uncited into now has my support Support Judgesurreal777 04:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support (and, for the record, I would have argued for sources for the "smallest island nation" and "no capital" claims; I checked the source given for the latter and was about to object on the grounds that it didn't mention the no-capital thing, but then I found it). Exploding Boy 05:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Like it! I put some literature links on the talk page of Nauru it might help to get everything referenced or give even new points!--Stone 09:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The history section in Gowdy JM, McDaniel CN will give the german time and the phosphate mining beginning 1907. (details on the nauru talk page).

The Ellis book, which I have access to, shows that they set up the mine in 1906 and shipped made the first shipments from the country in 1907, which is what it says in the article.--Peta 10:18, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article says 1905 granted right to mine and From 1907 untill Germany ... app. 630000 t ... were mined. But this looks consistant with the book. When people claim more refs than you have one more to give!--Stone 10:27, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Great article, very interesting to read. I have been closely following this country since I was a kid and this surely describes Nauru very well. --Enano275 01:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A nice article. Good to read. Inline reference problems seem to have been solved. --Dwaipayan (talk) 05:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Image concern
Image:Nauru map.jpg lacks a source and is in danger of deletion.

~~Jkelly 23:44, 12 May 2006 (UTC)~~[reply]
- - Source has been added, DO NOT DELETE :) Judgesurreal777 00:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - I have updated the license with information at source. The image is no longer a concern. Good luck with the article. Jkelly 00:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment wheres the source for "The national sport of Nauru is Australian rules football" Cvene64 10:48, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- That seems to have come from a translation of a german article, "national sport" isn't generally an offical designation, so while I can't find anything that suggests that someone claims it is the national sport - it shouldn't matter. But I have changed the article to say it is very popular there.--Peta 11:17, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]