Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/December 2003

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Contents 1 Revised Standard Version 2 Newark, New Jersey 3 Phonograph cylinder 4 First Battle of the Stronghold 5 L. Paul Bremer 6 Hubble Space Telescope 7 Trigonometric function 8 Shakers 9 Battle of Aljubarrota 10 Thou 11 Oxyrhynchus 12 Irish theatre 13 Ackermann function 14 Synapse 15 Gram Parsons 16 Charles Ives 17 Peer review 18 Action potential 19 Titanium 20 Baroque 21 Original sin 22 Not the Nine O'Clock News 23 Superman 24 Batman 25 RISC 26 Pumping lemma 27 Zionism 28 Western movie 29 Villain 30 Fancy cancel 31 Franks

[edit] Revised Standard Version

Created FAC from original nomination here.

• Revised Standard Version - This was my favorite article to write! I feel like this article is complete and free of errors and very readable. I might be biased... -- hoshie
  • Second--thorough and easily navigated. Jwrosenzweig 15:31, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Newark, New Jersey

Created FAC from original nomination here.

• Newark, New Jersey - specifically the history. Much more in depth than what Britannica or the City of Newark itself offers. User:Dinopup 9:08 EDT

Added by Dinopup on 22:56, 6 December 2003

[edit] Phonograph cylinder

Created FAC from original nomination here.

• Phonograph cylinder - If you don't like it, I'd like suggestions for improving it. Infrogmation 17:14, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
  • Great article, especially -- as I see it -- the implicit parallel between the demise of the phonograph cylinder and the audio/videotape. Professor Higgins might be mentioned. --KF 12:58, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
    • "If you nominate a page to which you have contributed all or a large majority of content, then it must be seconded by at least one more person in order to be accepted." (see above) Well then, where's the problem? --KF 15:26, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Added by Filiocht on 16:32, 8 December 2003

[edit] First Battle of the Stronghold

• First Battle of the Stronghold - Self nominated by Gentgeen 14:54, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded by BCorr ¤ Брайен 17:01, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Objected to by mav 01:10, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Objection addressed by Gentgeen 11:55, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
      • Objection withdrawn by mav.
  • Added by Gentgeen, 30 Dec 2003

[edit] L. Paul Bremer

• L. Paul Bremer - well written. - Hemanshu 11:16, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope - Well written, good (public domain) pictures, history of the mission as well as its future, everything you could ask for in an encyclopedia article. --zandperl 02:45, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
• Franks. Looks pretty complete to me. Sarge Baldy 02:19, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Trigonometric function

• Trigonometric function - Everything a mathematical entry should be. moink 04:24, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Second. Muriel Victoria 17:49, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Shakers

• Shakers - well-written. thorough. Kingturtle 05:03, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • I would support this - but some patching is required to repair the hole created by the recent move of material, from which Ann Lee was created. Mkmcconn 16:27, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • I added back in a shorter section on Mother Ann -- hopefully this addresses the issue... -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 16:48, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Thank you.

[edit] Battle of Aljubarrota

• Battle of Aljubarrota - as complete as a battle page can get. I think. Muriel Victoria 17:44, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded. -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 17:01, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Thirded -- Tuf-Kat 04:02, Dec 22, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Thou

• Thou - as complete as I know to make it, and I think it's fairly interesting for an article on grammar. Smerdis of Tlön 16:20, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded. As near perfect an article on a pronoun as you could reasonably expect. Bmills 16:33, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Concur. Dandrake 07:16, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)
    • added from the original entry at FAC by Filiocht on 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC) [1]

[edit] Oxyrhynchus

• Oxyrhynchus - Revised Standard Version - Phonograph cylinder all added by Bmills 16:44, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Irish theatre

• Irish theatre - I think this is better than Irish poetry, which is already on Wikipedia:brilliant prose. Bmills 10:30, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded; to be honest, I was inclined to forget that Sheridan was Irish. Smerdis of Tlön 21:46, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

• Irish theatre - second in a series (after Irish poetry) that is building up to be a major ornament to Wikipedia. seglea 23:27, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Ackermann function

• Ackermann function - I contributed a large amount to this article, and am even translating it over to es.wikipedia. I mention the use as a benchmark for compilers, and added a table of values. -- Pakaran 20:24, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Second. If I could follow this, it can't be bad. Bmills 10:19, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Synapse

• Synapse Guaranteed to be unputdownable, or your money back. 168... 21:29, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Synapse I don't fully understand. -- Pakaran 01:30, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • I've been very busy in the past few days, and am sorry. I read over that one, and I now second it :) -- Pakaran 03:15, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Gram Parsons

• Gram Parsons - Bmills 16:32, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Ives

• Charles Ives - composer - Muriel Victoria 11:43, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Seconded. A really good introduction to Ives' life and work. Bmills 11:50, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 13:02, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

• Peer review. Self-nominated by 168..., seconded by ChrisG 00:59, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 10:10, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Action potential

• Action potential. Self-nominated by 168..., seconded by Pakaran 01:30, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 10:10, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Titanium

Recertified by Wikipedia:Featured article review/Titanium on 2 January 2006

• Titanium - self nomination. This is a reference article showing everything I want all the chemical element articles to be. If this isn't "brilliant prose" yet I would be very interested to know what else can be done to improve it (and then apply that to the whole WikiProject). --mav 07:47, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Second. --snoyes 16:22, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 15:24, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Baroque

• Baroque - educational. links nicely to other articles. Kingturtle 00:58, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Original sin

• Original sin - nicely done. lots of contributors over time. Kingturtle 11:36, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Second. Muriel Victoria 17:49, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Not the Nine O'Clock News

• Not the Nine O'Clock News - Balanced, flows nicely, doesn't really need much more crucial info too badly, that I can tell. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo-stick 11:14, Sep 7, 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 15:01, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Superman

• Superman and Batman - a whole bunch of users have given exhaustive (yet entertaining) detail about these comic book characters. (I commend Kchishol1970 especially for his contributions.) --Modemac 23:24, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Both seconded :ChrisG 00:56, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 15:01, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Batman

• Superman and Batman - a whole bunch of users have given exhaustive (yet entertaining) detail about these comic book characters. (I commend Kchishol1970 especially for his contributions.) --Modemac 23:24, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Both seconded :ChrisG 00:56, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 15:01, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] RISC

• RISC - Very informative and easy to understand. -- Taku 18:14, Nov 8, 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 14:51, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Pumping lemma

• Pumping lemma - the article seems complete. -- Taku 06:23, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 14:51, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Zionism

• Zionism - Adam, Zero, and Danny, et al. have done a great job of putting together a lot of different takes on a complex subject without the "critics say" crutches that so many of our articles rely on. Somebody new to the topic could come out with lots of useful information. DanKeshet
  • Seconded. Learnt a lot reading that article. Seemed very balanced : ChrisG 01:04, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Second that, especially the bit about non-use of "some say" weaseling. Dandrake 01:29, Dec 9, 2003 (UTC)
    • added by Bmills 14:51, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Western movie

• Western movie - insightful and comprehensive jengod 06:42, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 14:51, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Villain

• Villain - an excelent read, complete article (with quote too) Muriel Victoria 10:26, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • added by Bmills 14:51, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Fancy cancel

• Fancy cancels - Daniel C. Boyer 15:07, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Added by Bmills 14:40, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Franks

(Nomination reproduced from here)

Franks. Looks pretty complete to me. Sarge Baldy 02:19, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)