Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Al-Ameen College of Law/archive1

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 GrahamColm 13:49, 15 December 2012 [1].

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Al-Ameen College of Law

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Nominator(s): Mydreamsparrow (talk) 08:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because the article is providing almost all details about the college. It contains a large number of references also. Most of the references are news paper website quoted. It contains the photos which can give exact picture of the college. The article have such a good number of readers also. Though it looks small, it contains almost all the details of Al-Ameen College of Law in its proper manner. Mydreamsparrow (talk) 08:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose: The article is a complete mess. I just read the lead and quickly glanced over the rest of the article. Lead has a number of MoS issues such as punctuation, grammar, redundancy, use of peacock terms, not to mention the poor quality of prose. Finally, you need to follow proper referencing. Also, the article seems, in many parts, a product of copy-paste process from the websites. Try reading some of the featured articles, or if I were you, I would start reading some of the good articles first and aim for GAN rather than FAC. Good luck. - DSachan (talk) 10:34, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose Agreed the article has many issues. I'll point out some of the larger ones, and I agree that, with such substantial gaps in coverage, you'd be better off starting this article at Good article nominations after addressing them.
  • weasel words are rampant. The article needs to be written in a neutral tone, and it currently reads more like an advertisement for the university. Examples: "it is today one of the finest institutions providing its students with modern educational facilities while retaining traditional values to mold young, talented Lawyers/Advocates who can compete in the vast field of law."
  • The "History" section says almost nothing about the actual history of the university. What major events impacted the students? What major changes has it undergone, and how has its enrollment changed since its founding? It's not uncommon for entire articles just to be written on the history of colleges and universities, see for example History of Baltimore City College, which is a Featured Article.
  • In that section, though, the article does gloss over six smaller schools within this one. It would need a major expansion to discuss the academic programs the school offers. Such helpful information like the degrees and programs and how the college's curriculum is regarded in the academic world.
  • The "Facilities" section is too small. For schools, there's often a long section about the campus and its notable buildings, where this only lists a few.
  • It's also absolutely essential that you include more information about the students. What kinds of notable alumni are there? What is student life like on campus? The article notes a cricket team, what other kinds of sports are there? The current piece only scratches the surface and would need huge expansion.
• I'd advise you and anyone else who'd like to improve the article to visit some of the pages of colleges that are already featured articles, such as Ohio Wesleyan University and University of California, Riverside. Even for a small, and relatively recently established university like this one, I'm afraid you've got quite a bit more that would need to be added to get this article to Featured status. —Ed!^(talk) 12:12, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Delegate's closing comment - This nomination is premature and the article does not yet satisfy the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria. While not wishing to discourage engagement in our FA process, I am archiving this nomination to allow the nominators the substantial amount of time needed to bring their contribution up to standard. I suggest a Good Article nomination to begin with, but before this please check for redundancy (e.g. "the year") spelling errors (e.g. "Googke") manual of style contraventions, and formatting issues (e.g " society in India.[3]."). Graham Colm (talk) 13:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

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