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Edgar Allan Poe

This article has been subject to a peer review and a previous failed FAC. The article has been improved since the last FAC, and is deserving of another consideration for featured status. Harro5 04:46, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

  • Am I missing something, the peer review request was just put up on May 23--nixie 06:27, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose . Non-comprehensive, poor formating and referencing. Emily Dickinson is closer to FA-status than this is. Neutrality talk 06:46, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
  • Object : This is very interesting but has a poor layout, the links within the text would appear better as footnotes and too many very short paragraphs. Giano | talk 08:50, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Object . I agree with the above. The lead section should be longer, and the current layout and structure does not do the article's content justice. A good example for this is the Legacy and Lore section, which has too many small paragraphs and thus feels disjointed and hard to follow. Phils 15:59, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose . Poor layout, not especially a comprehensive article either Jtkiefer 05:11, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Fitz Hugh Ludlow

An edited GFDL release of a biography written by one of the two Ludlow experts who are currently on-the-case. It's got a bit of everything: Hasheesh eating, the underground railroad, the Mormon exodus, an awful love triangle, the bohemian literary community of New York and the incipient literary community of San Francisco (including a young Mark Twain).-Moorlock 00:52, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Opppose . I think there are POV issues in this article. For example the second paragraph. Evil Monkey∴Hello 04:54, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Phishing

This artical has been used twice as a source for articals written about Phishing in general. I believe that because of this, this artical has what it takes to become a featured artical. --ZeWrestler 18:50, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Refer to Peer Review - This article could be FA worthy, but it doesn't read very well right now. I see several run-on sentences (such as the first sentence of the lead section), and the grammar isn't quite clear in other places. Rather than a text copy of a sample scam email, better would be a screenshot of an email client with a scam email displayed (to show that they usually will include html code that loads real-looking graphics). Only two references and those to online news sources? There is a lot more information on the internet about phishing, like all of the information released by the United States Federal Trade Commission . slambo 19:19, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
  • Peer review . Agree with Slambo's excellent feedback. Harro5 00:10, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

Object for reasons described above Giano | talk 08:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Bob McEwen

Self nom. A profile of the former six-term Ohio congressman who is running in the special election to replace Rob Portman. Yes, I know it needs a photo (there's some here if someone would like to add them), but it is detailed, has references, external links, see alsos, etc. PedanticallySpeaking 18:11, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

  • Strong oppose --very POV. In the first sentence, e.g., there was "who denounced government spending, unless it was to be in his district". Accurate as it may be, it's pretty clearly making a judgement about his fitness. Further down, the same assertion is made. It also says that (paraphrase) "his attention to foreign matters led to his receiving a zero from the Consumer Federation of America". Should we really be attributing causes this way? This article is problematic. Refer to PR. Meelar (talk) 21:48, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Object . If you want to see a quality NPOV article, try to model this on the Barack Obama FA. Harro5 23:56, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak object . Length is good. Just needs some NPOV'ing and a picture, if possible. -- M e r o v i n g i a n (t) (c) 15:49, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • Regretably, I must oppose . Here are my reasons:
    1. Having previously directed Representative William Harsha's re-election campaigns to Congress in 1976 and 1978, McEwen ran for Harsha's seat when he retired in 1980 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in what The Washington Post called "a fail-safe Republican district."
    2. The lead section is interesting, however I believe that the quotation from Tom Deimer should be going into the main body of the article — as it stands now having this in the lead section seems to be inferring that Wikipedia's position on this policitian concurs with Mr Deimer, which is clearly not the case because of our NPOV policy. My suggestion would be to put this into "Congressional career" and to, again, properly reference that quote to give us more specific information so we can verify the quote and check the context of that quote.
    3. The Chillicothe Gazette would salute him for his work on funding for U.S. Route 35, a limited access highway linking Chillicothe to Dayton
    4. Perhaps it would be better to rephrase "McEwen was not a man to mince words." Perhaps this is true, however I feel that this is a little POV to say so... however, others may disagree so this is a minor point. The fact that you backed this up is excellent, however, but nonetheless I would urge a rewrite of the paragraph. Take this point as you will.
    5. Martin Gottlieb of the Dayton Daily News thought McEwen's performances showed why he had remained in the background previously... (etc)
    6. who the Dayton Daily News said "is an unknown small businessman who hasn't thought things through"
    7. Martin Gottlieb of the Dayton Daily News said "McEwen was collateral damage" to Gingrich's crusade.
  • Will look into this further, must do other stuff now. Sorry! - Ta bu shi da yu 05:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Beastie Boys

I don't know who has principally written this article (not a self-nom), but I nominate it. It is a fine article that does the legendary group justice. And obviously my vote is Support . --Kitch 13:51, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Object . Yes, the article prose is good and flows well, but where are the references? slambo 14:49, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Object for now . Address Slambo's comments please. Also, you've left out the chart ranking for "Right Right Now Now". Harro5 00:01, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

The Scream

This article failed it's first FAC nomination. Since then, most of the objections have been addressed. The article is well written, and contains everything you can say about the topic. There are very few articles in the FA list on fine arts, this one would help. Deepak 21:26, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Support . Well written and interesting article. Good work with the photos too. Seems to have addressed most of the issues in the previous FAC well. Harro5 23:26, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Object . I'm concerned about this sentence, refering to the "inflatable" Scream:
  • Object , there are some things that I think need to be changed. First the run on of these sentences imply that the litography plate has been stolen

--nixie 05:22, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Object . Far more can be said in all areas of the article. --Oldak Quill 12:10, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Question Aren't all of those pictures violations of copyright? Munch died in 1944, so if we count 70 years from his death, copyright would end in 2014. And the picture of thieves taking the piccis is copyrighted to an anonymous photographer - so wouldn't copyright expire 70 years after it was taken, ie in 2074? The same goes for all the piccis on Edvard Munch, jguk 13:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
    • The US copyright law covering visual arts for life + 70 years only applies to works made after 1978, so the scream is definately life+50 years and is therefore PD, hence the inflatable scream and other tacky merchandise. As for the image of the theft, if AP bought it off the anon bystander AP probably own the copyright and this iamge should be listed as a copyvio. --nixie 23:27, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Object : I think this is a well-written article, but I agree with some of the objections above (such as nixie's need for slightly more coverage of Munch context). I may support if some good edits are made in that vein; in the meantime, I have gone ahead and refactored the reference material in Footnote3 fashion. --DanielNuyu 00:30, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Claus von Stauffenberg

Not a self nomination. I think it’s quite ready now to be a FAC. GeneralPatton 23:28, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Object for now. Small problems:
  1. The mention of the July 20 Plot in the lead is just that

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