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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 not promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 23:04, 25 October 2008 [1].

Sarah Geronimo[edit]

Nominator(s): Geniusdream (talk)


I'm nominating this article for featured article because the article about Sarah Geronimo was very comprehensive and informative. The details were validated, and furthermore the whole article was not only helpful but also fun, because of the way it was presented, it seems that the reader will be very interested. Geniusdream (talk) 09:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose: Aside from there being absolutely no references, the layout is extremely off. Rather than being a summary of the entire article as per WP:LEAD, the lead section seems to be the majority of Geronimo's biography, but the "Biography" section is barely a few sentences long. I haven't read the article in full, but if the very first sentence is a clue, the prose may be poor throughout: "Sarah Geronimo, born as Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo on July 25, 1988". Header formatting is incorrect ("Concerts & Tours" should be "Concerts and tours"), some of the images are missing copyright tags and/or rationales, there are far too many lists, and, again, no references. I'm sorry, but this needs quite a bit of work. I suggest withdrawing for now. María (habla conmigo) 13:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Quick-fail—Sorry, it's significantly underprepared, and our reviewers are stretched advising the "nearly-theres" how to get their work over the line. Please withdraw, find others to assist, and resubmit in a few weeks' time. Just a few pointers: Don't like "famous" at the opening (POV and unnecessary, anyway); audit for comma use—I see unnecessary interruptions to the flow, although too few commas can be just as bad. There are typo glitchs (space before 2003?). Have you read the MoS thoroughly, and MOSNUM? "of 2003", for example, is wrong. Tony (talk) 14:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Sorry. but this article just isn't there yet. It will need a great deal of work, both on the prose and with inline-citations, before it is ready for FA. Elucidate (parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 18:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Virtually every image in the article is a copyright violation. This nominator is a serial offender in this respect - see his/her talk page. A final warning was issued a week ago and has been ignored. The issue isn't that the article is underprepared, rather that it has been prepared with complete disregard for all the tenets of Wikipedia. This should not be on this page. Even to register an oppose lends it undeserved legitimacy.Brianboulton (talk) 20:27, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Seems to be a good-faith nom from a fan of the article's subject but who has no idea of what Featured articles really are or how Wikipedia's community review processes work. I suggest to close this FAC and mentor the nominator. --seav (talk) 03:05, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment True. The moment this article was nominated, I notified the nominator to withdraw it but no responses so far. --Efe (talk) 05:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - unsourced, cleanup banners, one sentence lead. And that's just the beginning. Ealdgyth - Talk 11:20, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per seav. Don't worry, though--all great works start out with a rough draft. :-) Cosmic Latte (talk) 08:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think there are enough opposes; I don't think we want to dissuade the editor from further participation in FAC by drowning him in opposes. I think the message that the article is not ready already got through. :)
  • Note The nominator is currently blocked for copyright violations relating to this and other articles Brianboulton (talk) 09:36, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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