MarioWiki:Featured articles/N3/Lakitu

Lakitu

Support

1. Trainiax (talk) A main part of the Mario Kart series, and has a good page with decent pictures.

Oppose

1. Mario (talk) Not the best writing. There is past tense (easily corrected), constant referrals to "he", but has absurd statements, ("Lakitu's egg-throwing skills are temporarily amplified to match those of the Yoshis"; "Thanks to the prosperity and fame of the Mario Kart series, Lakitu often takes up similar roles in other spin-offs."). Missing information from Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Mario Pinball Land, minor information from Mario Tennis games, Mario Party series (minigame appearances) The Official stats and information section is incomplete, and there is an empty section. Overall, the article has a few blemishes I am than capable of correcting.
2. Randombob-omb4761 (talk) There is 2 rewrite templates on that page.
3. Vommack (talk) Considering the whole page has a rewrite? No. Your reason for supporting also leads me to believe you're basing this off the character instead of writing quality...

Comments

@Randombob-omb4761: Really? That's your oppose? Those templates were added AFTER the nomination took place. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 20:30, 28 June 2014 (EDT)

That doesn't really change the fact that there's a reason for there to be rewrites.--Vommack (talk) 14:30, 1 July 2014 (EDT)

It doesn't change anything, but the vote is useless. The article initially had no rewrite template. It then got nominated. I looked through the article and pointed out its flaws. Then somebody came and slapped two rewrite templates. THEN, people started complaining about that template being there. Basing your entire oppose vote on a little template that can be removed anytime, especially when it was added after my vote, is, frankly, lazy and not constructive. Considering how the process of removing oppose votes is fundamentally flawed, and as long as this process is there, the vote can be even harmful to the upkeep of the wiki It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 21:55, 2 July 2014 (EDT)

When I have time, I could rewrite this. I won't make fail a featuration of my favourite enemy! (Luckilly, I have over 1 month to do that ^_^) TSUNAMI

Well, I already did some work here, but I'm not sure when I'll continue. Other things are on my agenda lately so I can't devote as much time here as I like. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 00:30, 8 July 2014 (EDT)

So What Mario? It's my oppose! Not yours! ~~ Boo4761

Yeah but your oppose says literally nothing about what could be done to fix the article. All you did was point out the obvious. Yes, the article is in bad shape, but have you realize that perhaps that the rewrite template was added AFTER the article was nominated to be featured? The entire point of FA nominations like this is not only to feature the best written articles in the wiki, but also analyze mistakes and fix them so we could apply this to other articles that may seek aid. Saying, "there's a rewrite template" for something that can just as easily be removed without going into depth to the article's further problems is nonconstructive and discouraged, which is one of the reasons we add a time stamp parameter to rewrite templates. Ray Trace^(T|C) 15:36, 12 July 2014 (EDT)

Whoever made the oppose has no bearing on the validity of the oppose. This oppose is useless and nonconstructive. In other words, it has no influence on the outcome of the nomination. If you have nothing else to add than screaming that "it has two rewrite templates", then don't vote. Don't even put a "per all" either; it's just as useful as a vote. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 22:56, 15 July 2014 (EDT)