Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Self-surgery/1

Self-surgery[edit]

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Result: Withdrawing nom. This is a pretty clear-cut case, so I'm delisting it myself rather than wasting people's time with unnecessary discussion. delldot talk 00:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I listed several problems with the article on the talk page about a week ago. The main one, in my mind, is the lack of breadth of coverage; the article is mainly a list of times when someone has performed self-surgery. It completely lacks coverage of social, psychological, or cultural issues. The lead hints at psychological disorders but the article does not cover them. Also, the lead is two sentences long, and there are a few other style problems I mentioned on the talk page. delldot talk 10:29, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This was listed in April 2006, when the criteria were less well-developed, and is a long way short of GA quality. I strongly recommend you withdraw this GAR nomination, and simply delist the article yourself, following the delisting guidelines: you have already left talk page comments, and there has been no response. Geometry guy 14:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with G-guy's assessment. The article is nowhere close to GA standards. It is lacking in breadth and references. Additionally, there are numerous MoS issues and the lead is too short. Majoreditor (talk) 19:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I thought it was kind of a no-brainer, but I didn't want to do it myself with zero discussion. But I don't want to waste people's time here, so I'll go ahead and delist as you say. delldot talk 00:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]