Wikipedia:Featured article review/Norman Borlaug/archive1

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The article was removed by YellowAssessmentMonkey 00:40, 11 September 2009 [1].

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Norman Borlaug

Review commentary

• Featured article candidates/Norman Borlaug

• Featured article review/Norman Borlaug/archive1

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A 2005 promotion, there are the usual 1c (not enough inline citations) issues. Parts of the article don't flow well (especially the "Honors and recognition" section, which has a lot of proseline). I suspect that a few of the external links listed could be used as a source. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Images need alt text as per WP:ALT. Eubulides (talk) 05:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

File:Borlaug Mexico locations.png: missing source. File:BorlaugHarrar1943.jpg, File:BorlaugUSEmbassy.jpg, File:Borlaug July172007.jpg: sources are dead links DrKiernan (talk) 10:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Although there's only one book-length biography on Borlaug (a self-published one that I wouldn't consider scholarly) I'll try to pull some sources together and fix this article up. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 03:03, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Here are a couple of recent sources I suggest looking at:

• Ortiz R, Mowbray D, Dowswell C, Rajaram S (2007). "Dedication: Norman E. Borlaug. The humanitarian plant scientist who changed the world" (PDF). Plant Breeding Reviews. 28: 1–37. doi:10.1002/9780470168028.ch1. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
• Stokstad E (2009). "The famine fighter's last battle". Science. 324 (5928): 710–2. doi:10.1126/science.324_710a.

No doubt there are others. Eubulides (talk) 04:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'll start working on this article after I finish up with George F. Kennan. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 14:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

FARC commentary

Suggested FA criteria concern are citations, prose, alt text. Also note the recent change to WP:WIAFA (1c) requiring "high-quality" sources. FAQ? YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 00:39, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

• Comment I'm not inclined to !vote delist when it's evident that someone will work on this. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

• I still hope to work on this. I just finished my department presentation at work, so I should wrap George F. Kennan up this weekend and begin working on this article next week. I'll post my next update then. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 19:20, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I've taken this into account YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 05:40, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

• Delist - at this time, the article has far too many unsourced sections and statements, especially for a BLP article. While I note above that others are working to address this, as of this moment, it does not meet FAC. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 03:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
• Delist, per FA criteria concerns. Cirt (talk) 06:08, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
• Delist. It's a pity, because this article deserves to be and could be so much better, but citation work needs to be done on a large scale. JKBrooks85 (talk) 02:53, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
• Comment I'm willing to give Nish a week or two more before changing my stance. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately, since it doesn't look like any work has started here, I'm going to have to !vote delist. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:57, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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