Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rock Springs massacre

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 candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 16:08, 30 July 2007.

This article started as one of my very first Wikipedia projects, almost a year ago. Since that time I have learned much about what constitutes quality around here. The current version of this article is the result of months of careful collaboration and discussion with numerous editors across different areas of Wikipedia. I put the majority of the "work" in on the writing but would be remiss if I tried to claim that others were not heavily involved with this article. Many, many comments have been addressed throughout the months and it has now come time to see if the article merits promotion to FA status. I feel that it is ready and if any objections are raised here they should be fairly easy to address. This article has no previous FACs and passed its only GA nomination in April 2007. (Self-nomination) IvoShandor 06:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comment: I should also note that the article has been through the League of Copyeditors twice and been copy edited additionally by non-league members who I queried on talk pages. IvoShandor 02:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Support. The article has been massively improved in the last few months. All of my past comments about the article have been addressed and I think the content, references etc all meet FA standards. LordHarris 12:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support its refreshing to see an article ready for promotion at time of nomination. I have one comment but its nothing that impede my support of this article, Image:A Proud Chinese American Father.jpg its an image of a chinese person and child in San Francisco date taken was upto 20 years after the event, while its a nice photograph it doesnt appear to have any connection with the article, is it necessary Gnangarra 13:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is probably a more relevant image I can find. I will see what I can do. Most of the images of immigrants available don't seem to fit the exact time period but I think I can find something possibly mine associated. Maybe. IvoShandor15:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Support I have run the article through spellcheck (no errors) and checked most of the references and they support the text cited. A difficult article to keep neutral, but this has been achieved throughout. Appears to be comprehensive, details the events, causes, reactions, resolutions, and I see no reason to not promote this. Really fine work.--MONGO 21:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I also did a checking on this article, and everything seems to be in line. There is a good number of photos to go along with the article. Now isn't this place part of the National Register of Historic Places? Maybe I just read it wrong, but shouldn't it then have an info box? Such as Columbine High School massacre and Virginia Tech massacre use, or this might just be something mundane? This won't change anything for me with my full support.--Kranar drogin 22:40, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The military camp used to be but is no longer extant. IvoShandor 01:06, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Everything looks good here, per my own reading and the other comments above.--Danaman5 15:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Great article, written well, very interesting, and per uses above. James Luftan 17:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T Luxurious.gaurav 07:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Huge support I had honestly never heard of this until I came across the article. Thought it was another American Civil War battle, but boy was I wrong. It captivatingly connects the events of the massacre to political reaction (or lack thereof) and even goes on to explain how it led to further violence. Absolutely brilliant. Pandacomics 17:44, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - helped out a little bit with suggestions on the talk page a few months ago. The article still looks as good as it did then, and there is probably not much more that can be done. I do think the website with the annoying music is a reliable source, but that isn't really relevant here. :-) Carcharoth 00:36, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.