Talk:Saharistan War

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Thank you for reading the Saharistan War Wiki article. Comments and constructive criticism are welcomed. -- Halberdgardia, 9/7, 6:36 CST

Thanks to Tannenmille for nominating my article as a Featured Article Candidate. SUPPORT: I hereby add my own vote in favor of becoming a Featured Article.

Saharistan War FAC Vote (3/1/2)

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Support

1. Self-vote Halberdgardia | Talk 23:37, 7 September 2005 (GMT)
2. SWC-vote Tannenmille 11:27, 13 September 2005 (GMT)
3. Vote Willink 11:19, 20 October 2005 (EST)

Oppose

1. This may have been a very interesting war, and it certainly is a nice article, but I do not see what makes it so particularly worthy of being featured. This page is 43 kilobytes long. Under current article size guidelines, articles that exceed 32KB are considered to be too long because of technical limits of seldom-used old browsers and slow Internet connections along with some stylistic considerations. --|Knoot|KNOOtalk 08:51, 2 November 2005 (GMT)

Neutral

1. Why is the character infobox used? It incorrectly puts the article in Category: Characters. If that was fixed I'd definitely vote for it, as it's a great article. Ceorana|Φ 00:03, 21 October 2005 (GMT)
2. I don't know much about the actual war, but the article seems to be long clumps of text, with few links and little else to make it visually appealling. If it can become less like a history essay, I'd support it.Gruen2alk 09:04, 2 November 2005 (GMT)

Comments/Questions

To answer Ceorana's question: it's because I'm not knowledgeable enough with editing Wikis to make a generic Infobox for it. If you could help me out with this, I would greatly appreciate it. What did you think of the article? Halberdgardia | Talk 17:14, 1 November 2005 (CST)

To address Gruenberg's comment: if you think about it, aren't most encyclopedic entries "long clumps of text" and rather history-essay-like? I apologize for the relative lack of images, but you have to understand: no definitive pre-war map of Saharistan was ever created, and I have no idea what al Zaraqwi or Myers look like. I suppose I could add some images of, say, Baghdad and the oil fields burning, if that would spice it up a little. If someone could please enlighten me on how to create a generic Infobox to replace the Character Infobox currently in place, I'll change that and create new ones for a few more pictures. Halberdgardia | Talk 13:03, 12 November 2005 (CST)

To address Knotoss' concern: so, just to clarify, your opposition to the article is solely based on the length, not any problems with the content of the article itself? What would you suggest I do to shorten it? I was thinking that perhaps I could move the post-war events, such as the reconstruction and the later "Liberation of Saharistan," to separate articles, and make them "Related Links" to this article. Would that improve the article's standing? Halberdgardia | Talk 13:07, 12 November 2005 (CST)