Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Luka Dončić/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 archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 00:35, 5 August 2018 [1].

Luka Dončić

Nominator(s): Runningibis (talk) 16:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about professional basketball player Luka Dončić, the third overall pick at the 2018 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks. A native of Slovenia, he became one of the most promising international prospects of his generation with Real Madrid Baloncesto, winning the most valuable player awards in both the EuroLeague and Liga ACB. This article was recently promoted to GA-Class and covers the subject in great depth, with several high-quality images. Runningibis (talk) 16:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

Captions that aren't complete sentences shouldn't end in periods

File:Lukadoncic.jpg is lower in quality - suggest removing. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:34, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- All issues with images have been cleared. Runningibis (talk) 16:12, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Given that the nominator has only three total edits to the article and can't really be considered the primary contributor, I'm not convinced that this FAC should be allowed to remain open. I'm especially concerned in this case because the subject is a basketball player about to begin his NBA career, meaning that the article will require regular updating. Without a major contributor around to keep the page in good condition, the risk of the article falling in quality in the future is high. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:07, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I also think there are some problems with this article. For instance, the question of whether it is stable or not is important since he will make his NBA debut soon. Overall the prose quality is good but not excellent, probably GA quality but not quite FA standard. It might need a bit of a copyedit. For instance, some of the tournaments in the Youth career section probably need some explanation. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 21:30, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Coord note -- Yes, just from a procedural perspective I think we need to close this; I'm going to archive rather than just remove/delete as there have been some useful comments on content. Pls discuss on the talk page with the main editors any possible future nomination. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:34, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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) 00:35, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.