Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Birmingham/archive2
- The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 00:59, 17 November 2018 [1].
Birmingham edit
This article is about Birmingham, the United Kingdom's second largest city. It has been at good article status for a while and appears to meet all of the criteria. A peer reviewer stated only one issue, which is now fixed. IWI (chat) 18:16, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
- Provisional oppose at this stage without even skim-reading it. An article with a six-paragraph lead, a mixture of {{citation}} and {{cite book}}, an unaddressed {{refimprove}} tag and a broken reference is an article that's not ready for FAC. ‑ Iridescent 18:33, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Coord note -- As well as the points Iridescent makes, I note that there are several uncited statements/paragraphs under Religion and Culture, to name two sections. All statements need to be sourced at FA-level (at GA-level too for that matter, but especially at FA). I'll therefore be archiving this shortly and ask that the points above be addressed outside the FAC process. The gap between GA and FA is quite significant, and I'd recommend re-submitting for Peer Review after making improvements; alternatively you'd be eligible to try the FAC mentoring scheme. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:58, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 00:59, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.