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GA Reassessment

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This is not a good article according to the criteria at Misplaced Pages:WIAGA.

• Is is not factually accurate and verifiable. Most of the citations are to print sources which are not available. One could take them in good faith, but given the controversial (see Talk:Ferret_legging) veracity of the subject it is inadequate. Furthermore, the entire premise of the article is that it is describing a "sport" when this is clearly not a sport. A sport is an activity based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity. This is a stunt.
• It does not contain pictures backing it up.

--Cornellier (talk) 15:51, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry but none of those are reasons to delist an article. If you don't think a source represents the article accurately then you can ask someone to verify it for you. If you can't access the source then you do need to accept it on good faith. Pictures are not required for a good srticle. In fact if no free ones exist then it is better to have none. AIRcorn (talk) 14:51, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

According to the Good_article_criteria a good article is "illustrated, if possible, by images" the topic Ferret legging is not illustrated by the images in the article. --Cornellier (talk) 22:48, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

If you can find a free picture of ferret legging then by all means go ahead and add it. Theleftorium 00:19, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Sources are not required to be online. The term sport is quite acceptable here as the competitive element makes stunt less suitable as a term. The article contains a picture. The article should retain its GA status. Warden (talk) 16:17, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I did not say sources are "required to be online". I said "most of the citations are to print sources ... given the controversial (see Talk:Ferret_legging) veracity of the subject it is inadequate". Re. "sport", You're saying it's a sport in the sense that chess or bridges are sports? Well then where is the governing set of rules or customs? The article asserts that there is (or was) a world champion and there is a world record. What governing body is declaring this? Regarding the picture, it does not illustrate "ferret legging". If you look up Horse racing you expect, and do see pictures of horse racing, not just horses. --Cornellier (talk) 23:03, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• Completely ridiculous reasons for de-listing this article. The sources can be found using NewsBank, Highbeam, etc. Theleftorium 16:29, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

The first five refs in the article are to "Fox, James G. (1998). Biology and Diseases of the Ferret (2 ed.). Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins." It is not found in NewsBank or Highbeam. I haven't checked the others yet. --Cornellier (talk) 23:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Have you considered checking a library? You know, one of those buildings full of books? Malleus Fatuorum 23:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Only the "The Cambridge Guide to Theatre" (in a different edition) is available. The other four books mentioned in the bibliography and used as references are not there. The various regional newspapers referenced are not there either. --Cornellier (talk) 00:32, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

That's quite possibly the most idiotic thing I've ever heard anyone say on Misplaced Pages. Theleftorium 00:13, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Cornellier does not understand GA criteria, and the nomination is meritless. I would not object to an administrator closing this. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:58, 27 December 2012 (UTC)