Tony Sidaway wrote: "I *demand* that we have a guaranteed daily place on the main page, to be reserved solely for articles chosen for their great writing."
We have that. It's called the daily featured article.
-Mark
On 10/8/05, Mark Pellegrini mapellegrini@comcast.net wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote: "I *demand* that we have a guaranteed daily place on the main page, to be reserved solely for articles chosen for their great writing."
We have that. It's called the daily featured article.
No. An article can make FA even if the writing is pretty rubbish, and good writing doesn't guarantee FA status. From a recent featured article:
"Although 64 kB of RAM was very expensive, Tramiel knew that DRAMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAMprices were falling, and that it would eventually drop to an acceptable level before going into full production."
Writing can be stunning, but encyclopedias should put being informative first. If you think FA's are not well-written then, spend more time on FAC giving constructive criticism that makes the author improve the writing, or better yet {{sofixit}}.
--Mgm
On 10/8/05, fallout@lexx.eu.org fallout@lexx.eu.org wrote:
No. An article can make FA even if the writing is pretty rubbish,
But it shouldn't.
good writing doesn't guarantee FA status. From a recent featured article:
{{sofixit}}.
Ausir
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good writing doesn't guarantee FA status. From a recent featured article:
{{sofixit}}.
Yes, please go to peer review and maybe FAC and help point out problems in articles. Even one person can help a lot and stop a FAC from succeeding in most cases as FACs generally do not get a lot of support "votes".
Thanks, Ryan
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