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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was removed by Giants2008 21:15, 15 December 2009 [1].

List of Canadian provinces and territories by area[edit]

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Honestly, I don't think this list meet any of the FL-criteria. It has no significant text, so criterion 1 has nothing to be based on. It lacks a lead (and starts with "this is a list of..."), failing criterion 2. Okay, it is not comprehensive, lacking any explanatory text (criterion 3). It is not sortable (criterion 4) and it lacks alt-texts (criterion 5b). I will admit it is stable. The main concern is that it has one reference (not cited in-line), and makes several pretty bombastic claims (the world's largest, second-largest and fourth-largest country) without reference, and mentions how water is counted (without any sourcing). Arsenikk (talk) 20:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delist - clearly doesn't meet the FL criteria—Chris!c/t 22:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • My !vote still stands because the lead is still a bit short.—Chris!c/t 04:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - while the list is aesthetically attractive, it certainly no longer meets the current, more stringent FL criteria. It was, after all, passed in 2006. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 15:06, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The lead is still not nearly FL standard; it should be longer. Perhaps a small amount of information on how the Canadian provinces and territories came to be? The article relies on only two sources. The notes above the tables should be converted to footnotes. The colored row in the tables is purely decorative and doesn't add anything; suggest removal of color. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 01:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I added references, made the tables sortable, and added alternate text to the pie chart. I don't know how to do it for the map, I'll have to check. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 01:03, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Eubulides (talk · contribs) is the expert on alt text; I'll contact him. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:19, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm afraid the alt text still needs work; please see the "alt text" button at the upper right of this review page. The flags all should be delinked as per WP:ALT #Purely decorative images. You can do this by replacing, for example, "[[Image:Flag of Nunavut.svg|30px]] [[Nunavut]]" with "{{flag|Nunavut}}". The diagram and map need alt text that explains the gist of what the diagram and map convey to the sighted reader; please see WP:ALT#Diagrams and WP:ALT#Maps for guidelines. Eubulides (talk) 18:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist (as nominator), this is nowhere near FL standards. The lead is far to short, and should contain information such as total size and a larger discussion about the topic. Further down in the article, there are other unreferenced claims, such as "Freshwater area consists of lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. It excludes territorial waters claimed by Canada in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. Canada has no significant inland areas of salt water." This has three sentences of that all need to be verified by a reliable source. Reference 2 is incorrectly formatted, as it contains no publisher information. Arsenikk (talk) 10:49, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist per those above. Not a 2009 FL. Wizardman 18:30, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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