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Tent pegging

I came across this article when doing research on cavalry traditions, and I was really impressed by it. It was an absorbing read, and afterwards, I felt I thoroughly understood a sport that I had never even heard of before, and I wanted to go out and try it immediately! I am nominating the article for five main reasons:

  1. Highly rated by Wikipedians: Rated an A-Class article and appeared as a Main Page Did you know feature.
  2. Exposed to wide scrutiny: Passed through two separate peer review processes (general peer review and military history peer review), and made all suggested improvements.
  3. Thoroughly referenced: Impressive use of primary and secondary sources, from up-to-the-moment web pages to 200-year-old newpaper articles.
  4. Compelling and disciplined prose: Engagingly written and concise, covering the subject thoroughly without over-writing or excessive run-on verbiage. It resists the common error of "prose bloat" and uses a minimum of words to convey a maximum of information.
  5. The definitive resource: Unquestionably the most thorough and authoritative resource on the web about the sport, and (as far as I've been able to see) the most thorough and authoritative resource anywhere.

This is not a subject I know much about, but I think this is a great example of a "tiny, perfect" article, that covers the subject thoroughly, authoritatively, and interestingly.

UltimaThule 15:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LEAD does not say it must be two paragraphs, it says "one to four", depending on the article. Rlevse 17:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Generally FAs have two paragraph leads, its just a suggestion and the current lead is much too short anyway. The lead is meant to summarize the entire article. — Wackymacs 17:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, but it does not say "must be two paragraphs".Rlevse 18:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Comprehensive enough (what else can you say?), referenced with extreme prejudice, and clearly well-reviewed. WP:LEAD is just a guideline. Deltabeignet 17:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Object. WP:Lead is a guideline, but the lead must be much more than than three sentences in length, which is the current length of this article's lead section. However, in addition to that, the prose is choppy and should be unified into longer paragraphs. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 18:01, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • support I wouldn't call the article short; it's concise. Here, brevity really is the soul of wit. Also, I wouldn't call the prose choppy, but terse--in a good way. Reimelt 04:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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