Talk:Snickelways of York

Snickelways of York was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 10, 2024	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Reasons for GA failure[edit]

First: The article is simply not comprehensive enough. Can we find some history on these things? Why did they evolve like that? What role have they played in the city's growth and development. The term may be new but what it refers to isn't.

Second: Lack of key citations, despite brevity of article. "... and has even been used in official council documents". Something like this, especially when the article admits the term is a neologism, absolutely must be cited. Ditto with "...a technique which Jones explicitly acknowledged as inspired by the Pictorial Guides of Alfred Wainwright." If he said it somewhere, we need a note.

Third: Footnotes insufficient and not in the proper format.

It seems like there's a lot more to be done (I'd consider this article start-class at best at the moment), but certainly once these are addressed it can be renominated. Daniel Case 07:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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References require improvement using one of the {{Cite}} templates
Requires expansion of history
Is there a suitable infobox?

Keith D 22:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 22:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 06:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC)