Paper edit
Tell me, is this ready to be featured? If not, Why? Bob5554545 18:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- You should start by reading Wikipedia:What is a featured article?. Some issues that need to be addressed after a quick glance: 1) no references (and obviously no inline citations) 2) large lists make a good part of the article ('Applications', 'Types'). Those should be transformed into paras or moved to subarticles. 3) 'History' section usually goes first 4) see also is too long, incorporate links into main body and remove the duplicates from see also until preferably the entire section can be emptied. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 23:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think Piotrus has hit most of the points; emphasizing/adding more suggestions:
- Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.
- Replace Image:Mooreburster.jpg
- Please provide WP:CITE information for references/footnotes. See also WP:CITE/ES; templates like {{Cite web}} and {{Cite book}} may be useful here.
- This article needs footnotes, preferably in the cite.php format recommended by WP:WIAFA. Simply, enclose inline citations, with WP:CITE or WP:CITE/ES information, with <ref>THE FOOTNOTE</ref>. At the bottom of the article, in a section named “References” or “Footnotes”, add <div class="references-small"><references/></div>.
- The article has a few or too many inline external links, which hamper the readibility of the article. Please convert them to footnotes, preferably in the cite.php format recommended by WP:WIAFA.
- Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, years, decades, and centuries without full dates generally should not be linked. For example, January 2006 should not be linked, instead change it to January 2006. Also, please note WP:BTW and WP:CONTEXT, which state that years with full dates should be linked. For example, February 28, 2006, should be come February 28, 2006.
- This article may be a bit list-weighty; in other words, some of the lists should be converted to prose (paragraph form).
- Please alphabetize the categories and interlanguage links.
- Thanks, AndyZ t 23:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- I changed some grammar and spelling issues in the History of Papermaking section. There may be more in the article, though.