Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alcohol in the Bible/archive2

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 not promoted by SandyGeorgia 16:57, 20 June 2009 [1].

Alcohol in the Bible[edit]

Nominator(s): Arlen22 (talk) 15:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because it has an excellent layout, and is about an important topic. Arlen22 (talk) 15:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose based on the fact there are several maintenance tags, indicating the article isn't up to scratch. And just glancing at it briefly indicates this is true - lots of manual of style breaches, lists where there should be prose, huge chunks of unreferenced prose yet single facts in lists with more than half a dozen, and sentences such as "The inhabitants of ancient Palestine also drank beer and wines made from fruits other than grapes, and some references to these appear in the scriptures, too", "Wine was commonly drunk at most meals and was a staple of life in ancient Palestine", "Both the climate and land of Palestine, where most of both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures takes place, were well-suited to growing grapes, and the wine that the vineyards produced was a valued commodity in ancient times, both for local consumption and for its value in trade" are all problematic and need work. A lot of work. It's an interesting topic certainly, but nowhere near ready for FA standards. I'm a little surprised it is a GA, and would suggest you take to be peer reviewed instead. Good luck. Majorly talk 15:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Has the primary contributor been notified of this FAC? Dabomb87 (talk) 15:49, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review I will put it up for peer review. Do I leave this on and let someone else archive it or what? Arlen22 (talk) 15:57, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll archive it now: please see WP:FAC/ar and leave the fac tag in place until the bot goes through. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:47, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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