Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Irataba/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 archived by Graham Beards via FACBot (talk) 19:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC) [1].

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Irataba

Nominator(s): ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 15 April 2015 (UTC) . User:Rationalobserver is the primary author and co nom but has since been regrettably blocked for 6 months. User:Maunus has contributed but is currently on a break.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:13, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

This article is about Irataba, one of the last independent Mohave head chiefs. Renowned for his size and presence among European Americans, he did much to bridge the divide between whites and native Indians in the mid 19th century. While visiting Washington DC and other major cities in 1864 he was given a silver-headed cane from Abraham Lincoln and was bestowed with all sorts of gifts for his important role in American history, yet lived his later years in relative disgrace among his tribe. Despite this, following his death in 1874 the Mohaves burned their entire village rather than the customary chief's hut as a mark of great respect and honor.

This has had an extraordinarily detailed peer review by many different people. It needed quite a lot of work. I saw potential at an earlier stage and helped prepare this, the subject I found very interesting indeed as I hope you do. I ransacked most of my resources and believe it is a very comprehensive account of a man who doesn't have a great deal of biographical information available. Following the input of the reviewers and the extensive efforts of Rationalobserver and other editors in improving what was already a good article I feel this is now ready. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:13, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Note I am restarting this FAC. The article has changed too much during this nomination for a clear consensus to be reached. The previous discussion can be found here, but this will no longer be taken into account. Graham Beards (talk) 17:57, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

@Graham Beards: I'm going to withdraw this then if it's OK. I've emailed you too if you could reply, thanks. I was happy with the earlier nominated version myself as were others but Maunus has made some positive changes and still seems to have some specialist books now to further expand it. It's not a good idea running the FAC while it is still being expanded. Once he is done, hopefully sooner rather than later I will ensure that it is copyedited and then renom in the summer sometime probably. Thankyou to everybody who reviewed and supported it anyway, we'll get there soon enough, hope you understand.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:49, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been withdrawn, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Graham Beards (talk) 19:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

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