Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ernest Shackleton/archive1

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The article was kept by DrKay via FACBot (talk) 9:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC) [1].

Ernest Shackleton

Notified: Lazulilasher, ~~Brianboulton~~ (deceased), WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Antarctica, WikiProject United Kingdom, WikiProject British Overseas Territories, WikiProject Ireland, 2023-11-11

Review section

I am nominating this featured article for review because of several concerns. I notified this article because Shackleton's 150th birthday is Feb 15 and was thinking of nominating this for TFA. However, I noticed many unreferenced passages in the article and a "Further reading" section with sources that might be incorporated into the article. During the ensuing discussion, Victoriaearle and SandyGeorgia mentioned that there was COI disruption in the article several years ago, and they are unsure if the current version still has some of that COI influence. I am bringing this here to see if editors are willing to fix up the article and get it ready for TFA. Z1720 (talk) 16:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This article is currently tentatively scheduled for TFA on 15 February. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:53, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move to FARC No significant edits in several weeks to address concerns. Z1720 (talk) 22:21, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section

Sourcing. We need to move this along before the 15th February. DrKay (talk) 21:39, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I chanced across this FA a few days ago and started making a few improvements (mainly source fixes and a bit of copyediting) before I even realised it was up for FARC and TFA nom. I wasn't involved in any previous reviews and not aware of any COI. I am concerned that ref.137 is defunct: "Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry of 14 Milnethorpe-road, Eastbourne, knight". probatesearchservice.gov. UK Government. 1922. Retrieved 8 August 2019. Other than that, it's looking good to me, and pending a bit more checking and copyediting on my part, I would be happy to keep this article's featured status and sincerely hope it makes it to main page on 15th Feb. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 10:41, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rodney Baggins: There are still some unreferenced passages in the article. Would you be willing to get them cited or determine that they should be removed? Z1720 (talk) 23:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see what I can do, but there's a noticeable lack of any other editors showing interest in this. Wouldn't it require more than just one editor (me) wanting to keep it, for it not to be delisted? Rodney Baggins (talk) 22:43, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: This is my take on things right now:

It seems sensible to absorb the "Further reading" list into the "General bibliography" as most of the books are used as sources, and having a very short further reading section just looks a bit scrappy,
The entire Crew section is unsourced. I can probably remedy this using the existing sources (Lansing's book has a full list of the Endurance crew on first page) and rework it accordingly.
The lead states that "he died heavily in debt" and there is further mention of the debts he left behind at end of Public hero section. Without any sources to verify, this contentious material should be removed, and I suspect that might be the aforementioned COI disruption.
The sentence about his will/debt/estate at end of Final expedition and death section should also be removed as it's unsourced and the given probatesearchservice.gov source has rotted (as I already mentioned above in green).
There are one or two unsourced quotations in the body, which I can try checking or just remove. I don't have access to most of the books cited so it's difficult for me to check all the referencing, but some I can inspect via Google Books if preview facility is enabled.
The Awards and decorations list at the end is also unsourced. Is that a problem? Rodney Baggins (talk) 18:19, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rodney Baggins: All awards and decorations should be cited or removed. Z1720 (talk) 01:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: I'm sufficiently happy with this now. Please can you check it's OK to pass FA review and still on track for TFA on 15th? I'm hoping I've done enough to get the article out of FARC territory. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 19:32, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TFA coordinators This review needs to be cleared before TFA on Thursday. Rodney Baggins (talk) 08:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In order to comply with what policy or guideline? The changes look fine to me and it remains on track to be the TFA for the 15th, bar anyone providing new information as to why it shouldn't. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:32, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild: I was just concerned that the article says "Currently undergoing review of its featured status." at the top, which might not look great for a TFA. I've been working my butt off trying to get this FARC cleared in time, but User:Z1720 seems to have gone off radar, so I appealed to you just in case. Regards, Rodney Baggins (talk) 09:28, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm closing this as a keep after 1 month with no delists and Rodney Baggins and Gog the Mild both commenting that the article has improved since nomination. DrKay (talk) 09:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This removal candidate has been kept, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. DrKay (talk) 09:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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