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Result: No edits to the article or this page to address concerns. Z1720 (talk) 16:50, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A 2007 GA promotion that survived the original late-aughts GA Sweeps project. Sadly, like a lot of the older Georgia Tech-related GAs and FAs (see Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Traditions of the Georgia Institute of Technology/1, Wikipedia:Featured article review/Tech Tower/archive1, Wikipedia:Featured article review/ANAK Society/archive1, and a few others) this isn't at the modern quality content standards. There is unsourced text, out of date information such as 15 year old circulation figures, an excessive use of non-independent sourcing (a hallmark of the Georgia Tech articles from this era), weighting issue, and some source-text integrity concerns. There is more detail in the concerns I left on the talk page. Hog Farm Talk 03:43, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, it lacks prose quality on a quick first glance:
  • Lack of neutrality: The first issue also featured an article by legendary football coach John Heisman
  • Weasel wording: Several sources claim that the Technique is among a number of student organizations to be founded by the ANAK Society
  • Lack of conciseness: The Technique has been published weekly ever since, except for a brief period that the paper was published twice weekly. This period ran from January 14, 1948, to September 6, 1956.
Since solving all the issues (esp. sourcing and weighting concerns) would require a substantial rewrite, I think this should be delisted in the near future if no one volunteers. It is a wonderful world (talk) 12:29, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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