Wookieepedia:Featured article nominations/Ecclessis Figg


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Ecclessis Figg

 * Nominated by: Lord Hydronium 01:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Nomination comments: No actual appearances, but a very neat character.

(5 Inqs/0 Users/5 Total)
Support
 * 1) -  Cavalier One [[Image:FarStar Logo.jpg|20px]]( Squadron channel ) 12:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Clean, very nice. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 19:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Green Tentacle (Talk) 18:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Cull Tremayne 12:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) So bring us some Figgy pudding, so bring us some Figgy pudding, so bring us some Figgy pudding and bring it right here. :-P  Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 16:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) I think the BtS could be expanded a tad. I'd like to see you outline the authors and sources that contributed a large amount toward his backstory, etc. Additionally, and this isn't an actual objection because I don't overly mind, but does the present BtS really count as self-sourcing? Finally, I'm going to point to rule 13 and request a lead quote; even if they might not be the best quotes ever, there are some applicable. Personally I'd go with that one for the lead. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 13:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) *Added to the BTS.
 * 3) *I'd say it's self sourcing. I couldn't really point to every story he's not in, but it's self-evident he isn't in any.
 * 4) *I'm not a fan of adding quotes for the sake of quotes. The one you linked to doesn't add anything substantive, is pretty dull besides, and isn't really applicable to the character as a whole, just one small part of his life; I think adding it would really just be cramming it in for its own sake, not an improvement to the article. If you want to insist, I'll bump up the "City in the clouds" one to the lead, but it's not really broadly applicable either. - Lord Hydronium 19:36, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) From the desk of Atarumaster88
 * 6) * "Figg set his eyes again on Bespin" A time frame on this, if available, would be good. Even a ballpark idea.
 * 7) **Added.
 * 8) * "Figg was benevolent and a man of his word." A bit POVish.
 * 9) **Changed "benevolent" to "charitable"; I think both are pretty objective descriptions, but "charitable" seems to have slightly less hagiographic connotations. Don't know if "man of his word" is part of your objection, but I think it's a pretty objective statement too.
 * 10) * "With a string of successes to his credit, Figg styled himself the "Master Trader of the Outer Javin"" This sentence doesn't fit very well here. Can you make it flow better with the other info in the P&T?
 * 11) **Moved it to a more appropriate location. - Lord Hydronium 08:52, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 12) *All small errors; fascinating article and clean too. Have a Super Terrific Friendly Un-frustrating day. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 22:39, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Comments
 * No real appearances + very few explicitly IU mentions = no quotes. - Lord Hydronium 01:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you wanted, you could grab one or two of Ars Fivvle's lines from Bespin: Action Tidings, Part 2. jSarek 01:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I saw those, but I didn't think any of them really worked. - Lord Hydronium 02:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I added a couple of quotes I was able to dig up. The Sabacc one isn't that great, but the Ugnaught one is OK, I think. SavageBob 09:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It would be nice to see some dates mentioned in the biography. The only date we get is a birth year in the infobox, but even this information isn't repeated in the body of the article. Even if the dates are only approximate, it would help readers place Figg's life in the greater Star Wars timeline. SavageBob 09:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Added a little something. The only date we really know is the approximate century he lived in. - Lord Hydronium 09:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool; thanks! SavageBob 09:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)