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) 7:25, 1 May 2021 (UTC) [1].

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Sviatoslav I[edit]

Notified: Briangotts, Ghirlandajo, Beit Or, WP Biography, WP Military history, WP Russia, WP Ukraine, WP Belarus, WP Bulgaria, WP Romania, WP Middle Ages, WP Norse history, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Greece, 2021-02-25

Review section[edit]

This 2006 promotion really goes to show how much FAC standards have changed. In November 2006, the FAC had a whopping 16 supports. Now, it's not even that close to the criteria. There's large swaths of uncited text, some of what appear to be the references are really just uncited notes, and unclear citations such as "Primary Chronicle _____." Additionally, since the FA promotion, the layout of the article has declined. There are now multiple collapsed navboxes hidden in section, and at least on my system, MOS:SANDWICH is everywhere. Hog Farm _Talk 23:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The references are a complete mess, inconsistent reference style, heavily relying on primary sources, uncited notes. Seeing that the Russian WP article is GA with multiple uncited sections I don't see how this article can be restored to FA standards in the foreseeable future. I am going to go with delist on this one.--Catlemur (talk) 21:52, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Move to FARC - the referencing is seriously lacking, and there's been very little engagement. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:00, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Move to FARC only minor or reverted edits since notice was placed on talk page, no engagement to fix uncited text. Z1720 (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Move to FARC - Significant sourcing issues, and the only edits since notice are minor edits and reverting based on the Kiev/Kyev naming controversy. Hog Farm _Talk 16:02, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FARC section[edit]

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and organization. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:04, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delist - Sizable sourcing issues, nothing happening here. Hog Farm _Talk 15:44, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delist - no efforts are being made to address serious gaps in referencing. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delist per above (t · c) buidhe 07:09, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delist per my previous statement.--Catlemur (talk) 12:50, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delist far too many sourcing issues. Link20XX (talk) 23:56, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the ((featured article review)) template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:25, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.