Template:Did you know nominations/List of Billy Graham's crusades
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The result was: rejected by Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:34, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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List of Billy Graham's crusades edit
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- ... that Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people in 185 countries?
- Reviewed: Coat of arms of Senegal
Created by Leszek Jańczuk (talk). Self nominated at 03:34, 27 March 2014 (UTC).
I am puzzled by the passage of this hook with the clear error of a lowercase abbreviated "rev."—which is also in the article—and note that the image, neutrality, and close paraphrasing have not been mentioned in the review. (I think the image is very hard to make out.) However, looking at the article, I think it is not ready for DYK. The text needs a copyedit—the opening sentence of the article is a fragment, which is a bad sign, and misspellings are rife, including months (e.g., "Mai" rather than "May"). There are a number of extraordinary claims in the opening paragraph that need citations. The list of 417 crusades is virtually unsourced, which appears to be original research, and thus problematic for Wikipedia and DYK in particular. The dates are mostly missing in the list, too, which is a problem, as is the inconsistent spelling and sometime abbreviation. This simply isn't ready for a main page link in its current condition. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:54, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
- "Mai" corrected, "Rev." deleted. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 18:09, 8 April 2014 (UTC) Image changed. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 23:05, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
- Glad to see "Mai" corrected, though it was a minor part of a large whole; "rev." was fixed in the hook but not in the article. This needs a great deal of work to the text and sourced completion for the table, not tiny cosmetic touches to the latter. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:34, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
As noted in my first comment on April 8, the article needs a great deal of work in order to qualify for a DYK appearance on the main page. The only changes made in the three weeks since have been cosmetic; I see no attempt to address the major problems highlighted. Closing as unsuccessful. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:30, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
