Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Thierry Henry

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

The article was promoted 04:32, 7 December 2007.

Thierry Henry[edit]

previous FAC

Nom restarted (Old nom) Raul654 (talk) 20:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate and support Chensiyuan (talk) 00:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support more so since last nom. Manderiko (talk) 00:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I was happy with it last week, it has only improved since. –MDCollins (talk) 00:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I supported this article in the original FAC and in my opinion it satisfies all the criteria. Dave101→talk 09:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the article more than passes all the FA criteria. (Apparently I'm obliged to state that I was a significant contributor to this article; however, what work I once did on this article has since been improved beyond its original form, so that's not really necessary.) GilbertoSilvaFan 16:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose currently. Whereas IPA may also contain "Daniel", the lead seems to be a bit long, particularly the second paragraph could be revised. ~~Infobox should contain more recent info than that of 17 October.~~ --Brand спойт 21:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I think the infobox is fully up to date. The domestic appearances certainly are, but the last person who updated the international caps (which is the 17 October date) didn't change the date. Peanut4 (talk) 00:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since Peanut4 has talked about the infobox, could you be a little more specific re: length of lead. Which part of wp:lead in particular is contravened, thanks. Chensiyuan (talk) 00:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

99% support. Generally IMO the first paragraph might be enlarged a bit and the first sentence shortened (as it's partly repeated in the early years section). Glad to see the article among FAs though. --Brand спойт 16:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, do feel free to change the parts in question as you see fit -- you're most suited to do that. Chensiyuan 13:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why this was restarted but my concerns were attended in the last nom so I still support this article being featured. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A game of two halves. Generally it's excellent, but there are some phrases that that sound downright bizarre if you read the thing out loud and there is too much elegant variation. I was sick as a parrot when I read the "As it were...a disappointment in the team silverware department" sentence. His injury doesn't need to be "unprecedented", it could just be something that hadn't happened before. Does scoring his hundredth need to be "a feat unparalleled", or could it just be a first? Records could be broken rather than "surpassed", "largely marred" has one word too many, "unexpected turn of events" several too many, "given the number 14 jersey as he was at Arsenal" could be rephrased it may suggest Thierry plays at the Neu Camp in an Arsenal shirt ("wore number 14 as he had at Arsenal"?), &c. I'll have a go, but I'm not much of a stylist. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do, you're most welcome. Chensiyuan 02:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great to see you've made those changes yourself, thanks! Chensiyuan (talk) 14:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.