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Russia

Self nomination. I've been working on this article for a while now, and I believe it is up to FA standard. The article has been overhauled in the last couple of months. The article is pretty stable. Comprehensive article without being excessively large. Well written. History section is well referenced [1].--Ilya1166 06:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. I haven't looked over it thoroughly, but my first impression is that it is excessively large. Loading the page on my crappy Thailand internet connection took forever, and it is about double (or maybe 1.5x) the length I would like to see. I much prefer the length of the Peru article (see below). Calliopejen1 07:52, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I thought it wasn't excessively large, considering that the Belgium article (a Featured Article) is 106 kilobytes just like this article.--Ilya1166 08:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Prose size is 66KB per Dr pda's pagesize script; pls see WP:SIZE and WP:SS. By the way, references are only 8KB. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I agree that the article is too long. However, on that note, I also believe that the number of citations should be much greater for an article of this length. Just scrolling through the article and stopping at random points, I could find statements needing citations. Here are some examples from each of its sections (keep in mind these are completely arbitrary and most of the article looks like it needs to be cited):
  • History: "Almost 90% of the invading forces died as a result of on-going battles with the Russian army, guerrillas and winter weather."
  • Geography: "Russia has thousands of rivers and inland bodies of water, providing it with one of the world's largest surface-water resources."
  • Politics: "It maintains diplomatic relations with 178 countries and has 140 embassies."
  • Economy: "The economic development of the country has been extremely uneven: the Moscow region contributes one-third of the country's GDP while having only a tenth of its population."
  • Armed Forces: "About 70% of the former Soviet Union's defense industries are located in the Russian Federation."
  • Demographics: "Free higher education is the main reason why more than 20% of Russians age 30–59 hold six-year degrees (this number is twice as high as that of the United States)"
  • Culture: "Russian architecture was influenced predominantly by the Byzantine architecture until the Fall of Constantinople."
Looking through the article, I would guess that to be fully referenced, it may need somewhere between 50 and 100 more in-text citations, or more. I do notice the works of literature also referenced (which isn't wrong), but keep in mind that I don't know which facts come from which book and what may be unsourced or not because of that. The references needed may be something to be discussed by other reviewers. Okiefromokla•talk 18:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Reduced some of the data and images and added a lot of references.--Ilya1166 04:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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