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1755 Lisbon earthquake

2(c): no in-line references at all.--Donar Reiskoffer (talk) 07:51, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Incorrect. It has inline references aplenty, as well as references. It does not have footnotes, and these are not the same things. Geogre (talk) 11:35, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Remove, unless citations added. I would agree it has plenty of references—in the "References" section. I would not, however, agree that it has sufficient in-line references. There are a very few page numbers, which can be found immediately after direct quotes. However, most of the paragraphs throughout most of the article have no reference citations at all. Unless these are added, the FA star should be removed. The article is well-written overall, and someone with access to the listed references could surely cite the facts accordingly and save it from that fate! MeegsC | Talk 14:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

So, um, how do we know how many citations are needed? I mean, if a paragraph has only one reference, do we know that it needed three? One per sentence? Is there a formula, or do we do something like, "Statements likely to be challenged?" That last would then seem to ask who has challenged the factuality, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it be necessary then to have Donarreiskoffer actually say that something is untrue? Wouldn't it wait for the talk page to have challenges? Otherwise, would the people nominating please list exactly the proper density of note per word so that all articles may be saved from the fire? Also, if page numbers are necessary, is it possible that there are no page numbers? I've used references before that didn't have them. If you know that there are page numbers, does that mean you have the references at hand? If you do not have them, what does that mean? Again, the magic formula would be nice. That way people could enter their articles into databases and produce stars. Utgard Loki (talk) 15:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Marvellous page. Nothing wrong with it at all. Giano (talk) 14:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• Questions: For the sort of citation that makes an FA, compare Edward Teller, just successfully reviewed.
  • It looks like the history of the quake itself is a synthesis of Brooks, Kendrick, and perhaps Chase; but if so, we should say so.
  • Is every detail in those sections easily found there?
  • If not, what are the exceptions?
  • What did you use Seco y Pinto for?
  • Where is Pembal's survey found (and the comparison with Chinese work)? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)