User talk:Coin945/IDF's withdrawal from Sinai and Gaza (1956-1957)

Deletion of Article

Article is a translation of a featured article on the Hebrew Wikipedia. Therefore is cannot be be discounted as an essay as it has been deemed of the highest quality amongst the articles on the Hebrew Wikipedia. Translation across to English, altohugh requiring heavy copy-editing, should not reduce this status.--Coin945 (talk) 09:16, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like an essay to me! Lengthy verbatim quotes, opinions unsupported by any evidence (e.g. "there was mood of despondency among the Israeli public"), and so on. And what about the lack of references? andy (talk) 09:32, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- The lack of references is due to the fact that this article is in the process of being translated. Now that the raw text has been translated, it is now possible for the individual references to be brought over, along with the images and footnotes. All seemingly unsupported opinions will (hopefully) be rectified once the supporting references are brought over into this page. As for the lenthy quotes, hmm... maybe the Hebrew Wikipedia has a more lenient set of requirements for a featured article. I will try to do some of the tasks i have listed, although i think a hand from Wikipedia:WikiProject History and Wikipedia:WikiProject Israel.--Coin945 (talk) 10:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- - Maybe we can take a "wait and see" attitude with this article? I recognize that this is a FA on the he-wp and it is in need of heavy copyediting and referencing to be kept here at the en-wp. I suggest deprodding it and waiting a week or so until the CE can be completed. What do you all think? Basket of Puppies 13:25, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- - - Well, a prod is really a warning that the article needs to be improved and it gives the author adequate time to do so. If it can't be sorted within a couple of days it really shouldn't be in mainspace, so my suggestion is to userfy it, which gives the author an indefinite length of time for fixes. andy (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- - - - No disagreement on the userfy. Might just be the best course of action. I am unsure of any policy about FAs on other language wikis, so I think it ought to be moved into userspace and improved then moved back to the mainspace. Basket of Puppies 17:59, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]