Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/George Orwell/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 Dabomb87 21:27, 24 September 2009 [1].

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George Orwell

Nominator(s): Jakeb (talk) 13:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Featured article candidates/George Orwell/archive1

Enjoyable and informative to read. Meets criteria. Jakeb (talk) 13:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose: An enjoyable read it may be, but it doesn't fulfill the FA criteria. Not only is a majority of the article unsourced, but the references are inconsistently (and confusingly!) formatted, which, while it may seem minor, is very frustrating to both academics and laypersons alike. I haven't read the article in great depth, but I'm confused as to why the "Personal life" section is separated from the "Biography"; there seems to be a risk of redundancy and duplication here. The timeline goes from Orwell's later life/death/influence on writing, only to regress unnecessarily to his childhood. In short, this article needs quite a bit of work. I suggest withdrawing the nomination until the article has been brought to Good Article standards first, then take it through a lengthy Peer Review, before jumping straight to FAC. María (habla conmigo) 15:04, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose, per above. Nominator is not a contributor and there is no evidence on the talkpage that the main contributors have been consulted about the nomination. The article does not seem to have had any formal review. Brianboulton (talk) 15:22, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose as per Yllosubmarine and Brianboulton above. Also, the images lack alt text as per WP:ALT. Eubulides (talk) 19:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

• Note I have withdrawn this, as the article is not ready and the nominator is not a significant contributor. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:26, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

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