Wikipedia:Featured article candidates

This page works similar to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion, only the other way around: If a page is listed here for a week with no objections, it is added to the Brilliant prose list. If there are objections, they have to be worked out, until a nearly unanimous consensus is reached.

If you nominate a page to which you have contributed all or a large majority of content, then it must be seconded by at least one more person in order to be accepted. Some people may object to self-nominations on principle.

Current nominations

• Superconductivity -- Alex.tan 14:06 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • Lots of information but not brilliant writing, very heavy going (to me anyway). -- 212 09:37 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• Victor Lustig - An interesting story, well told. -- Gaurav 19:27 20 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • I'm afraid I object. It's copied almost in toto -- with some wikified modifications -- from the public domain document linked at the end of the page. I'm not saying it's not good -- it is quite good -- but I don't know if it really should be highlighted as "brilliant prose". I can be convinced otherwise, of course. -- ESP 07:04 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • I'm not trying to make the most convincing argument here, but Computer numbering formats, by the same author, is already in there. That it wasn't written specifically for Wikipedia shouldn't be a factor against its inclusion in a list of the best written articles on Wikipedia. -- Jim Regan 03:59 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• Lollapalooza - Great article. --mav

• Lawrence v. Texas - in particular I like the way it treats the opinions of the dissenting judges calmly and fairly. Martin 19:21 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)
  • Good work, but I think it could use a little more info about the reactions to the case, both within and outside the gay movement. --Eloquence 02:32 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)

• Provinces of Thailand and the associated provincial subpages - a magnificent effort that synthesizes a body of information that one would be unlikely to find in most encyclopedias; and this is mainly the work of a single individual; very impressive IMO. Bill 15:24 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)
  • Love the work, but shouldn't we wait until all the articles are there? This is no objection. --Eloquence 02:32 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)

• Damascus steel and pattern welding -- lovely. -- The Anome 13:07 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • Second both. Not just nice articles, but also nicely hammered out. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 15:30 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• White Rose - i found it very well written and it gives information about an important topic: not all germans where nazis... Muriel Gottrop 14:43 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• Beach cricket - A nice little article about one of the joys of summer. Lisiate 06:59, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
  • Having read the article, I know I've played the game, but have never heard the name of it before. Is it a Australian name? Perhaps some geographical context, mentioning of the beach cricket world championship, etc could be thrown in? Pete 09:39, 15 Aug 2003 (UTC)

• Richard Wagner - thorough and (AFAICT) accurate article on a prominent classical composer, no brilliant prose listing of any classical music topics, demonstrates NPOV handling of a highly sensitive issue. --Robert Merkel 08:41, 6 Aug 2003 (UTC)
  • Object. Still needs much more on anti-Semitism, particularly concerning theories regarding anti-Semitic motives in Wagner's operas, also on the use of Wagner's music by Hitler (maybe in a separate atricle, but it needs to be there) and scholarly views on Wagner's actual influence on Hitler. Bibliography is hardly comprehensive.—Eloquence 07:32, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)

• Command-Query Separation - A beautifully clear explanation of a technical topic. -- Bill 15:35, 8 Aug 2003 (UTC)
  • Object. Does not conform to MoS, provides little history of the concept (quotes from source material with original definition would be nice), does not really explain difference between query and program state change, does not contain practical examples or case studies, contained spelling error (now fixed), no bibliography -- no brilliant prose.—Eloquence 07:32, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)

• Illegal prime - Paddu 21:05, 9 Aug 2003 (UTC)

• Basic taste - Short but sweet. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick (on August 21)

Self-nominations (need to be seconded)

• Chariot racing - of course I am biased, but I am proud of this anyway :) Adam Bishop 03:33 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • I'll second. Great work! -- Jim Regan 04:02 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Recently added to brilliant prose

• Schizophrenia - this article has been polished to a shine as expert editors have at last arrived (full disclosure: I've made a couple of very minor edits to this article, but the credit for this article belongs to the many other major contributors)-- The Anome 07:44 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • I'll second this. It's getting there. =-) Alex.tan 18:39 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• Crushing by elephant - Very readable article, all the more amazing for its assembly by a number of different contributors (or, possibly, rotating IP addresses). -- ESP 07:08 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • Gruesome! But still a great article. --mav 07:19 21 Jul 2003 (UTC)

• Bathing machine -- Never knew this existed before (you silly Britons!). Nice read! --mav
  • Seconded. --Eloquence 23:06 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
  • In agreement. --Polaris999 08:04 19 Jul 2003 (UTC

• Aztalan State Park: I put in an article on an area park which is a midwest Native American town going back over a millennium, making it pretty unique. Included some minor bits that were the result of my own firsthand observation. And if I only had a digital camera.... -- John Owens 23:14 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)
  • Looks fine to me. I haven't checked the facts, though. --Eloquence 23:31 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)
  • As a non-contributor to the article, I second the nomination. A well-written, informative article. Pete 10:31 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)

• Same-sex marriage and linked pages - seems fairly complete and accurate to me. --Eloquence 22:56 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)

• homosexuality likewise

• MKULTRA - excellent example for how a public domain text can grow into a decent article. Controversial subject, yet the article sticks to the facts. --Eloquence 23:02 24 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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