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

The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:33, 19 November 2022 (UTC) [1].

Borat[edit]

Notified: Lenin and McCarthy, DemonDays64, RealFakeKim, EdChem, Wehwalt, WP Romania, WP Comedy, WP Film, talk page notice 2022-02-18

Review section[edit]

Talk page concerns have not been met since I posted them in February. Transcluded from talk: This FA is incredibly dated and does not fulfil the FA criteria anymore.

  • There are many unsourced statements, sentences and entire paragraphs.
  • Many section are underdeveloped with some containing a few small sentences and a few with a single paragraph.
  • A quick search on WP:TWL gives hundreds of results on Borat when sorting by peer-reviewed. Google scholar and google books contain no shortage of info either. The current sources are from pre-2010. Although this doesn't compromise the quality of the article (as film content doesn't change) it definitely signals that the article was only seriously edited during these years.
  • The article feels too list-y and misuses commas frequently; prose work is needed.
  • Many instances of "anti-Americanism" in the body could be linked, but is only linked in the see also section.
  • WP:OVERLINK is violated multiple times throughout the article.
  • Some info and sourcing could be expanded from the respective main articles of some sections, such as the Soundtrack section, although it's not enough.
  • Some ref URLs are dead.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wretchskull (talk • contribs) 11:37, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please note per Help:Notifications, pings only work if they are added with a signature. DrKay (talk) 14:34, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Wretchskull: Thanks for bringing this to FAR. Can you also notify the Wikiprojects attached to this article? Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 17:56, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done, and thank you for reminding me that I even posted these concerns. Wretchskull (talk) 18:39, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move to FARC Wretchskull's comments haven't been addressed. Sourcing and writing needs overhaul as pointed out above. (t · c) buidhe 17:27, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move to FARC The edit history does not indicate major changes in order to address concerns. Z1720 (talk) 02:28, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section[edit]

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing, currency and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - While I've never seen this film, it appears to be the sort of movie where scholarly coverage should be included, but there's none here. I'm also concerned about the reliability of some of the web sources used. Hog Farm Talk 15:36, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist: Not much progress has been made to address the sourcing concerns, as scholarly sources and more recent sources (published after the sequel was released) seem to be missing. Z1720 (talk) 02:42, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist: Sad to see this one go, but none of the concerns have been met. Wretchskull (talk) 09:11, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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