Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Mark Latham

Mark Latham

Article is no longer a featured article

Article passed with 50% oppose votes in 2004, there have been vast changes since in his life since then, alhtough the article has kept up, if it were to go through FAC now it would fail for its tabloid style of writing, its lack of verifiability and lack of consistent referencing style.--nixie 14:53, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• The objections were resolved at the time. The record of the debate, which was over a short period of time with not many contributers, shows the objections being crossed out. However, the article has had just under 500 edits since 5 September 2004. Latham released his diaries in 2005 resulting in significant new material being added. There is almost no material remaining from the version approved in September 2004 judging by the edit comparison. It is appropriate that the article be reviewed against criteria for featured articles, to confirm whether or not the standards are met.--A Y Arktos 22:45, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Althought there are good aspects to this article, it could be much more engaging, and would probably require a lot of work if a FAC now. How on earth did it get through the first time? It would be good to remove it and encourage the contributors to put it through the process again. Tony 06:55, 4 January 2006 (UTC)