Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sealand/archive1

Sealand

Article is no longer a featured article.

Review commentary

There's a glaringly high amount of citations needed in this article, and in general it's a mess. SushiGeek 00:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Also Sealand is a country, not a micronation, and that should be corrected throughout the article. Insulting is intolerable. Watercool 09:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

If you truly believe that, it would be in the best interest of the rest of Wikipedia if you refrained from editting micro"nation" articles. —Nightstallion (?) 09:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I think it isn't a FA, at least at its current point. However, due to recent events I think it should be given a month or so to improve, as it needs to be updated. Computerjoe's talk 11:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I concur. If it's still as bad in two weeks, de-FA it. —Nightstallion (?) 09:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The prose needs a good audit. Here are examples.

• "post-war it was not until 1956 that the last full-time personnel were taken off HM Fort Roughs and marking of its position as a shipping hazard was left to Trinity House." It just a bit awkward/unrefined.
• "an interesting case study of how various principles of international law"—spot the redundant word.
• "UK" appears and is subsequently spelt out.
• "the court possessed no jurisdiction"—is there a less high-fallutin' word than "possessed"?
• "In 1978, while Bates was away, the "Prime Minister" of Sealand, Alexander G. Achenbach, and several German and Dutch citizens, staged a forcible takeover of Roughs Tower, holding Bates' son Michael captive, before releasing him several days later in the Netherlands." Too many commas—stop-start effect; re-organise.
• "thereupon"? Go simple and plain, please. Tony 02:31, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, a topic like this needs inline citations. Honestly I think this article should be removed as a FA. Cedars 17:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

FARC commentary

Main featured article criteria concern is citations (2c). Marskell 18:43, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk messages left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Unrecognized countries, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries. Sandy 22:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

thus far. Tony 23:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Strong remove. A topic like this needs inline citations. In general, this article is not up to featured article standards. Cedars 06:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Remove as per Cedars; also fails 2a. Tony 13:04, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Remove: a critical lack of referencing (and a link farm). Sandy 19:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)