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

The article was not promoted 06:03, 17 February 2007.

The Lion King[edit]

Self-nomination. I believe this article, after many failed nominations, is ready to make featured article status. Please let me know if there are any errors, and I will correct them as soon as possible. Also, feel free to help! Here is the most recent failed nomination. PlatformerMastah 02:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, not ready yet:

References need some work. Why aren't there dates or primary authors? Is something cited to the IMDB trivia section really reliable, when that stuff is user-submitted?
The "Reaction" section needs expansion, at least to include views of those who didn't like it. One way to judge is to see roughly what proportion of positive to negative reviews it got, and provide quotations in the same ratio.
It needs a proofread and copyedit; there are basic mistakes including full dates not wikilinked, missing hyphens, use of words in WP:WTA (for example, "claim"), stubby paragraphs, and so on.

Still some way off featured quality. Trebor 14:31, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will get working on the references, and I will try to fix the mistakes. Thanks for your comments. PlatformerMastah 19:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed some of the problems you addressed, but I'm not sure how to get the author names in the references. They are there, but they won't show up on the page itself. Also, I will begin to fix the minor issues with the way the article is written. PlatformerMastah 20:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Look at WP:CITET - none of your references are done correctly, and you added the author name to the ref name, not the cite template. You've also used the wrong template on some (cite web vs. cite news) and left off publication dates on news sources. You only need named refs for repeat refs - putting the author name in the ref name won't make it come out in the cite template. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:44, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my apologies. I'll fix that right away. PlatformerMastah 22:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the references are fixed, but still, I'm a bit new to working on references, so if anyone else can help me out with this, please let me know. PlatformerMastah 01:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, If you want to keep the wording in the section "Subliminal message" you need a better reference. If it is true that "several of the films' animators assure" then there shouldn't be a problem finding something better then a fansite. Keep up the good work. Pax:Vobiscum 13:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the wording a bit. If it needs to be further altered, let me know. PlatformerMastah 21:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article is looking fine as of now. Are there any more comments on how to improve? PlatformerMastah 03:03, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - There are still some cites to IMDB trivia, which should probably be replaced with better sources. Also, I'm not sure of the reliability of (fansites?) lionking.org or disney.wretch.cc. Nice work in general though. Wickethewok 21:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the Toy Story IMDb trivia page with another source. The other IMDb sources cited are not trivia pages, so, to my knowledge, they aren't user-submitted. I'll check the reliability of the sites you mentioned as well. PlatformerMastah 06:13, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose excessive fair use media, in particular Image:Lionkingopeningscene.JPG and Image:SimbaNala NewCub.jpg, which are only used as decoration and illustrate the same scene! Image:ScarinHercules2.jpg, Image:Lionkg2.jpg and Image:Kimbasimba.JPG don't have any information on ho owns the copyright or fair use rationales. --Peta 06:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those two images are not from the same scene, but are rather to illustrate the similarities of the beginning and the ending. I added fair use rationales and licensing information to the images you listed. PlatformerMastah 21:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I feel that the article is fairly solid. If you're going to cite a site for TLK trivia then http://lionking.org is the most reliable out there. Blue Phoenix 21:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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