Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Balsham/archive1

Nomination A succinct, well-rounded article about the sleepy village in which I once lived. Yellowspacehopper 16:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object and refer to WP:PR - very short (one paragraph with 5 sentences for lead, three with a total of 10 sentences for history, a bit more on local services, and then trivia) and so surely not comprehensive; no references; only one image and no map; and in need of copyediting. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object for the following reasons:
1. ~~Article has no references.~~ References need to be brought up to the levels shown at Wikipedia:Citing sources. The templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles can help with the formating but are not required.
2. Wording needs to be reworked as per Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words to clean up sentences such as: The entire village was said to be massacred apart from one man named Jack Balsham who hid in the church tower or Balsham is sometimes said to be the highest point in Cambridgeshire. The history section also needs more details such as the century when initial settlement began on the site and the years when major events such as viking raids killing the majority of the population occurred.
3. There is no information on the local government such as current office holders or organization. In addition, information on any major economic contributors and major attractions is missing (unless the two public houses are the major attractions and local economy, in which case this needs to be explicitly stated). Other types of information commonly included in city articles includes local sports teams, cultural events and venues, demographics information beyond the current population, and climate information.
4. Geographical information should be moved out of the lead and expanded. The article should also include a map showing where in the UK the town is located.

This article may also benefit from spending some time on peer review. --Allen3 ^talk 18:11, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- References added, and an attempt made to clean up sentences identified above. A map will hopefully follow shortly. Yellowspacehopper 15:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Map uploaded. Will probably be moved and resized for a new Geography section. Yellowspacehopper 18:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object fails 1, 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) & 5 of WP:WIAFA. Mikkerpikker ... 20:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object per above. Staxringold 01:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]