Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/List of birds of Oklahoma/archive1

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

The list was removed by Pres N 19:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of birds of Oklahoma

Featured list removal candidates/List of birds of Oklahoma/archive1

Notified: Dsmdgold, WikiProject Birds, WikiProject Oklahoma

Promoted in 2005, this list shows its age. "This list of birds of Oklahoma includes.." gives you an idea of the problems to come.

The whole article is supported by three references provided at the end of the list, with no inline citations at all.
The lead explains what information is going to be presented in the list, but doesn't actually summarise that information.
This article would be better served with tables under the headings and additional information added about each species.

Unfortunately, no lists have been promoted to FL status in the last couple of years that I can point to as an example of how to model this article, but I personally feel that it is clear that this is a long way from our current FL criteria. Harrias ^talk 09:22, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Harrias: several of these old lists are deficient by current standards with vague and inadequate referencing and poor introductions. I hesitate to suggest my own List of birds of Thailand as a model, but it's better than the article at issue. I'd defeature if it's not fixed (I won't do it) Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:16, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Closing as delist - between the discussion here and at List of birds of Belize over the past four weeks, it seems clear that these lists are not up to snuff and aren't being fixed. --Pres N 19:37, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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