Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates

Removing featured lists in Wikipedia

This page is for the review and improvement of featured lists that may no longer meet the featured list criteria. FLs should be kept at current standards, regardless of when they were promoted. Any objections raised in the review must be actionable.

The FLC director, Giants2008, or his delegates, PresN and Hey man im josh, determine the exact timing of the process for each nomination. Nominations will last at least 14 days, and longer where changes are ongoing and it seems useful to continue the process. For a nomination to be kept, consensus must be reached that it still meets the criteria. Consensus is built among reviewers and nominators; the delegates determine whether there is consensus. A nomination will be removed from the list, archived and added to Former featured lists if, in the judgment of the director who considers a nomination and its reviews:

actionable objections have not been resolved; or
consensus to delist has been reached; or
insufficient information has been provided by reviewers to judge whether the criteria have been met.

Nominations may be closed earlier than the allotted two weeks if, in the judgment of the FLRC delegate, the list in the nomination:

has a clear consensus to merge or redirect to another article or list. This consensus may be shown in Articles for deletion, a discussion on the article's talk page, a discussion on the relevant WikiProject(s), or other community venues that present a tangible consensus to merge or redirect the article; or
contains a clear copyright violation and removal of the copyrighted material would severely degrade the quality of the list.

Do not nominate lists that have recently been promoted (such complaints should have been brought up during the candidacy period as featured list candidates) or lists that have recently survived a removal attempt – such nominations are likely to be removed summarily.

A bot will update the list talk page after the list has been kept or the nomination has been archived; the delay in bot processing can range from minutes to several days, and the {{FLRC}} template should remain on the talk page until the bot updates {{ArticleHistory}}. If a nomination is delisted, editors should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating at Featured list candidates.

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Nomination procedure

Place {{subst:FLRC}} on the talk page of the nominated list.
From the FLRC template, click on the red "initiate the nomination" link. You will see pre-loaded information; leave that text. If you are unsure how to complete a nomination, please post to the FLRC talk page for assistance.
Below the preloaded title, write your reason for nominating the list, sign with ~~~~ and save the page. Please note which of the featured list criteria that the list fails to meet.
Place {{Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/name of nominated article/archiveNumber}} at the top of the list of nominees on this page by first copying the above, clicking "edit" on the top of the page, and then pasting, making sure to add the name of the nominated article.
Notify relevant parties by adding {{subst:FLRCMessage|ArticleName|archive=# of archive page}} (for example, {{subst:FLRCMessage|List of Presidents of the United States|archive=1}}) to relevant talk pages (insert article name). Relevant parties include main contributors to the article (identifiable through article stats script), the editor who originally nominated the article for Featured List status (identifiable through the Featured List Candidate link in the Article Milestones), and any relevant WikiProjects (identifiable through the talk page banners, but there may be other Projects that should be notified). Leave a message at the top of the FLRC indicating whom you have notified and that notifications have been completed.

Nominations for removal

30 Rock season 4

Notified: ThinkBlue, Staxringold, Courcelles, WikiProject Television

I am nominating this for featured list removal because not only does it not meet the current MOS:TVPRODUCTION standards (namely the omition of the Production and development sections), but season articles also not really considered FLs. See also the related FLRCs for seasons 1, 2 and 3. Please note that this is the final remaining 30 Rock season FL. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:35, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – While not stated anywhere definitively (see here), maybe this should wait to prevent too many active nominations by one person at one time? Otherwise, anyone who might object to these nominations might not get a fair chance to respond. I typically restrict myself to the FLC guidelines (two nominations, and only after one has significant support). RunningTiger123 (talk) 02:22, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

30 Rock season 3

Notified: Staxringold, WikiProject Television

I am nominating this for featured list removal because not only does it not meet the current MOS:TVPRODUCTION standards (namely the omition of the Production and development sections), but season articles also not really considered FLs. See also the related FLRCs for seasons 1 and 2. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 06:45, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Seasons are not lists so whatever the quality of this article is it cannot be a FL. Editors are free to renominate it on the article scale. Gonnym (talk) 07:47, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist per my comments at the season 2 FLRC. RunningTiger123 (talk) 01:06, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist per other comments here and on season 2. TheDoctorWho (talk) 02:05, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

30 Rock season 2

Notified: User:Jamie jca, WikiProject Television

I am nominating this for featured list removal because it no longer meet the present-day standards for TV season lists as laid out in MOS:TVPRODUCTION in the years since it was promoted (namely the missing of key sections like filming and writing, along with sourcing to IMDB). The original nominator hasn't been active since 2010. I'm also going to nominate the remaining 30 Rock season FLs one at a time. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:25, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist from a quick glance this could likely be a good candidate for GA with a little work for the issues noted above, but as myself and many have said before, season articles aren't lists. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:24, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. Seasons are not lists so whatever the quality of this article is it cannot be a FL. Editors are free to renominate it on the article scale. Gonnym (talk) 07:47, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist – the expected sections are all there and would be good after some polishing, but this type of page should be structured as an article first, not a list. RunningTiger123 (talk) 01:05, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Family Guy cast members

Notified: Pedro thy master

I am nominating this for featured list removal because I don't believe this article meets the criteria for Featured List status. Unsourced statements, trivia, and improper table formatting are a few of the issues which are most obvious. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:33, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Maryland hurricanes

Notified: Juliancolton, WikiProject tropical cyclones

I am nominating this for featured list removal because when it was nominated, the list only covered 1980 to present, only it was written in 2008. Newer storms are unsourced as a result. In addition, there was a recent discussion to move the list to encompass all Maryland hurricanes, instead of just 1950 to present, so therefore the list is incomplete, and will likely require a fair bit of effort to finish. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:24, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist if it is incomplete and unsourced then it should not be a featured list, simple. Easternsahara (talk) 01:59, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]