Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mazda MX-5

Mazda MX-5

This article appears to meet all of the criteria for a FA:

1. It is well written and comprehensive. It covers the history of the car from inception to the current day. It is factually accurate with references and citations where appropriate. It is NPOV, being almost entirely factual. It is very stable, having been so for several months since some major improvements by user user: mafmafmaf.

2. It is MOS compliant, with a short lead section, hierarchical headings and an excellent table of contents.

3. It uses a number of appropriate images to illustrate the topic with which it deals.

4. It is of an appropriate length for an article that covers a topic that extends over a period of 17 years. It is of comparable length to other featured articles on similar topics such as Mini.

I nominate the article for FA status. D-bot 05:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Refer to peer review. I fixed your few inline citations (footnotes follow punctuation) and moved the fac template to the talk page. The lead is inadequate (see WP:LEAD), the article is mostly uncited, the prose is informal and needs polishing ("Shift forward to 1981."). There is a lot of helpful info at the bottom of WP:WIAFA that can help you prepare this article for FAC. Sandy 15:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have improved the lead section and replaced some of the colloquial language to take into account these comments. I will address the referencing issues when I have the time.D-bot 00:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object - The lead section is incredibly long and references are insufficient. One footnote is a raw URI — please format these, preferably with {{cite web}}. "Mazda promotional literature." is not an acceptable reference, as it does not contain enough information to allow the reader to find the source and verify. Pagra shtak 18:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]