Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Georgetown University

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 07:15, 4 September 2007.

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Georgetown University

Nomination restarted (Old nom) Raul654 17:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

• Still support, though noticed a few things in the lead. I have a copy of the main page in my userspace - User:Aude/Mainpage with the lead section inserted as "Today's featured article" to show how it might appear. Doing this helped me find changes to make.

1. First, the sentence "The University employs reputable faculty members including former ambassadors and heads of state." doesn't look quite right, the way it's worded.
2. Second, the reference is not needed in the lead section, since that information is cited again later in the history section.
3. I also wonder if it was necessary to say "Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States.", as if people hadn't heard of Washington, D.C. or not know it's located in the U.S. Maybe it is needed, but I don't think so. Also, separate the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. link, so both the city and neighborhood are linked in the intro.

I have done some edits to the lead section to address these, and making it so the lead is two paragraphs instead of three. Feel free to copyedit or modify the lead further, as you think is needed. --Aude (talk) 18:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

• Pending identification of publishers in citations, which Patrick is working on. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:05, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

• No more concerns from me; Patrick is mostly done inserting publishers. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• Support as before. If there are specific claims that need citation to a source more reliable than campus publications, I'm happy to help search for those sources. Campus publications, however, are sufficient for non-controversial claims about the university they cover. Once again, even professional/academic level campus histories use campus papers as sources. A blanket prohibition of these sources on Wikipedia would be an absurd restriction. --JayHenry 00:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

• Support -- it's ready. Chensiyuan 01:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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.