Memory Alpha:Featured article nominations

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Nominations without objections

M'Ress

I think this article soundly covers M'Ress. - Archduk3 06:04, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

• Support: Though I will confess I know very little about the animated series, this article seems to cover the character well, combining information from multiple episodes in an informative way. The length of the article could be contested though I don't see this as a problem as the article is well-written and includes more sources than Telek R'Mor, for example, which only has references from one or two episodes yet is featured. There are also good background and apocrypha sections and relevant images throughout. -- TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 06:25, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

Comment: if the following were made a bit more understandable, I'd probably be happy to support this: "M'Ress became concerned the change in the planet's behavior from providing fun and amusement to hostility." --Defiant 10:53, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

• Support: informative, moderately well-written and good pics. --Defiant 18:32, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

Comment: Re: "moderately well-written": I ran into wording issues in the opening lines. (Voice/tense changes in the middle of a sentence.) I also found other awkward phrasings. I don't know how important prose style is for a FA, and I'm not voting on an article with that type of stickler-ish criterion. I'm sure it's a worthy article; it's received a lot of support already. I must "recuse" myself. ;) — Cepstrum ^(talk) 16:50, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

• Support I don't know much about TAS either, but I learned some from reading this article. --31dot 20:14, February 3, 2011 (UTC)
• Support - a well-rounded article.–Cleanse ^{( talk | contribs )} 11:28, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Anyone else? It would be a shame for this one to fail simply because it needed one more vote. -- TrekFan ^{Open a channel} 17:55, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

• Support - for sulfur. - Archduk3 09:54, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Scorpion

I'd like to nominate this article, having thoroughly researched the episode's making. I was quite impressed by the summary, too, when I read it today. --Defiant 15:59, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. First, I think that there's something screwy with the Acts - Voyager episodes have five acts and a teaser, if I'm not mistaken. More significantly, I have some quibbles about the wording in the background section. While comprehensive, I think it's a bit wordy and repetitive in places. Things like stating "The holographic Leonardo da Vinci was added to the story at the request of Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew" and then quoting her three (!!!) times to that effect. Just because she said it three times, doesn't make it necessary to copy here. Heck, since it's just a simple statement, the quotes didn't really illuminate anything. I removed that example (and a few others), but I think some of what remains could be tightened up. Some of the notes could be more easily stated by paraphrasing several quotes from the same person, then having all the citations at the end. Please don't take this as knocking your (as always) excellent research, but rather as something that would make the article even better for readers.–Cleanse ^{( talk | contribs )} 09:04, February 16, 2011 (UTC)