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

The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 3:48, 25 September 2021 (UTC) [1].

Florida Atlantic University[edit]

Notified: User talk:KnightLago, all listed wikiprojects, notice from March 2021

Review section[edit]

I am nominating this featured article for review because per Hog Farm's talk page notice, there is substantial unsourced and outdated comment. I would also like to flag that there seems to be an abundance of information on student clubs and their procedures, which raises undue weight issues and also far too much of the information takes university website materials at face value Bumbubookworm (talk) 19:58, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Things I notice:
    • WP:Recentism in lead.
    • Uncited paragraphs in history section.
    • Image sandwiching.
    • Circular redirects, e.g. Florida Atlantic University College for Design and Social Inquiry
    • Outdated admissions data in academics section.
    • Primary sourcing for racial diversity ranking, which is controversial enough info it definitely needs secondary sourcing.
    • The university's two-story trading room simulator, located in the College of Business, provides hands-on financial education using 25 dual-monitor computers and can accommodate 50 people at one time. A second lab provides full audio/visual connectivity and 25 additional workstations. Promotional language.
    • Undue emphasis on Washington Monthly ranking and poor discussion of reputation beyond just rankings.
    • Failed verification of ref 82 in the "Port St. Lucie–Treasure Coast Campus" section (I'm guessing there are probably many others).
    • "All full-time freshmen are required to reside in university housing" isn't something that needs to be quoted since it's basic facts (see MOS:QUOTE).
    • Greek Life Housing task force with a 2010 ref almost surely needs updating.
    • Degrees and alumni count is uncited, as are several entries for specific alumni.
    • Lots of reference inconsistency (e.g. using "fau.edu" in some places).
    • No organization and administration section.
Overall, this will need a lot of cleanup to avoid delisting, both in terms of specific things and in terms of broader reworking to remove primary sourcing, promotionalism, etc. I concur with the nominator and with Hog Farm's points on the talk page. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section[edit]

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing, coverage, and organization. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:30, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Overreliance on primary sources, no significant edits since July. Z1720 (talk) 02:08, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - Significant issues, no engagement. Hog Farm Talk 19:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Sourcing is not up to FA standards (t · c) buidhe 03:23, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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