The article was kept 12:48, 23 April 2008.
This article is in very poor shape for a featured article, probably due to changing standards of featured article criteria. My specific concerns are-
I personally believe that getting this to FA would be difficult, though I think an interested editor would be able to give the article a little love, and turn it into a nice GA. J Milburn ( talk) 17:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC) reply
I agree with this assesment. I've tried cleaning it up a bit and adding some more inline citations, but I think it needs a lot more work to meet today's FA or GA criteria. Here are some additional suggestions:
Citations Needed
Expansion
Other
Hope this helps, Dspark76 ( talk) 11:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC) -- I've taken care of a couple of these myself (indicated by strikethrough). - Dspark76 ( talk) 00:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC) reply
NPOV: In searching for references, I've noticed several sources describe Samantha's trip to the USSR as a public relations stunt or critizing the event as Soviet propaganda. The History.com video says president Reagan had similar critism. I think the article could be improved by adding some of this commentary. I've started this process with a reference from The Philadelphia Inquirer, but a few more sources might help.
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Good improvements, DSpark. I still think further referencing is going to be a needed for this to look good as an FA. I am also not liking the shorter paragraphs (there is at least one paragraph that is a single short sentence) and the way images are drifting into the references section. I've also fixed a few things myself- remember that references should be formatted as [fact][punctuation][ref1][ref2], no spaces. J Milburn ( talk) 09:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC) reply