Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Droeshout portrait/archive1

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 not promoted by Ian Rose (talk) 11:57, 16 July 2014 (diff).

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Droeshout portrait

Nominator(s): Tomer T (talk) 14:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

This article is about one of only two portraits definitively identifiable as a depiction of the William Shakespeare. The article is well-written, well-referenced and covers the topic well. It was nominated to GA status in 2012, which was a successful nomination. Tomer T (talk) 14:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Image review

• Captions that aren't complete sentences shouldn't end in periods
• File:William_Shakespeare_1609.jpg: source link is dead
• File:Droeshout-shakespeare-detail.jpg needs a source and a US PD tag

Also, while this was not the focus of my review, I noted that there was some material that appeared to be unsourced in the article, and that the citations are inconsistently formatted - I would suggest resolving these issues before someone reviews sources. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:37, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

• Question - Has the main contributor been notified? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:05, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
  • Of course. Tomer T (talk) 17:44, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
    • Alright, thanks. Just for the record, he's agreed with the nomination. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment from Hamiltonstone

• Per Nikki above, there are significant passages that are unsourced. hamiltonstone (talk) 02:57, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment: There has been no attempt in three weeks to deal with the sources issues raised above, and no edits at all on the article since April. Thus, no preparation before the nomination, and no action after it. The circumstances of the nomination are odd, with neither the nominator nor the main contributor apparently interested in its progress. I'd be happy to review it, but only if there is an indication that the nomination is being taken seriously, and that someone will respond to any issues arising from the review. Brianboulton (talk) 16:10, 8 July 2014 (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• Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close.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) 11:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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