Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of popes/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was removed by User:Gonzo fan2007 03:43, 21 October 2008 [1].

List of popes[edit]

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This is one of the oldest FLs and as the process has improved, this one has stayed the same. My biggest issue is sourcing. There are no citations at all and no online sources and several sections with no sources such as "Ages of popes" (btw, could that be merged into the main table?) and "Religious Orders" (again, could this somehow be merged with the main table? A new column isn't necessary, it could just be added to the notes). I know books are usually much more reliable, but for a topic like this there's got to be at least one reliable source out there with a list. Also the lead could use polishing. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:50, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Fails multiple WP:WIAFL criteria. This list may have been FL material under the older criteria, but it is not now. The layout of the WP:LS does not comply with the WP:MOS, with the lead image to the left in the middle of the LS, it is visually distracting and unappealing. Popes are some of the most historically documented, and written about people in the entire world, so I fail to understand why not one single inline citation is in the entire list, and there are only 3 sources given at all (and two of them are not in English!) This is really unacceptable for the English Wikipedia. Additionally, the "Ages of popes" as a separate section, isn't part of the list. I agree that these could be merged into the main list. The same goes with the "Oldest" and "Youngest" sections. The sections on Religious orders and numbering should be moved into the prose of the lead section, instead of in sections of their own. It is a combination article/list the way it is. I would also suggest using a TOC limiter to shorten the giant whitespace under the lead. It also has something funky going on with borders, they are showing up only in parts of the page, and broken in others. Ariel♥Gold 09:32, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove per nom. Durova^Charge! 20:05, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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