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John Neal (writer)

6 articles

Seventy-Six
The Yankee

I noticed that John Neal has a lot of featured articles associated with him, but not a featured topic. So I thought that he or his writings could be a new featured topic. Lizardcreator (talk) 04:22, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Director comment - What exactly is the topic here? Can you at least make what you are nominating with a topic template? Otherwise I'll just close this nomination now. GamerPro64 06:20, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I reformatted it with the proper template. Lizardcreator (talk) 04:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: I think this still needs some work before it could be ready to form a FT. FT/GT criterion 1b requires a topic to have a "well-defined topical scope", and I'm not sure I see one here. Beyond the biography, the two lists, and the periodical, is the scope "all creative works written by John Neal"? If so, it looks like we're missing eight other novels, six short stories, two plays, etc., not to mention some notable speeches. Further, criterion 1c notes that it would really be best for the articles to be linked by a category, a navbox template, or both; in this case, we have neither. The most similar precedent I can see is Wikipedia:Featured topics/Maya Angelou, which has the biography, a FL of works, a FL of honors, and a FA about her most notable collection of works (the autobiographies), which is itself another subtopic. Following that example, maybe this should include Neal's biography, the two FLs of works and articles, and his most notable works, which, according to the lead section of the biography, are Rachel Dyer, "Otter-Bag, the Oneida Chief", "David Whicher", The Yankee, and "Rights of Women" (1843). Interested to hear thoughts from other editors! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 21:43, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above, this topic is incomplete and lacking a scope. --K. Peake 09:54, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just noticed the nominator hasnt edited in nearly a month so I dont believe they plan on addressing the issues. So this is Closed with consensus not to promote - GamerPro64 19:56, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]