Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Bristol
Bristol
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The result was: not scheduled by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:01, 23 January 2016 (UTC) 
Bristol is a city, unitary authority and county in South West England with an estimated population of 442,500 in 2015. It is England's sixth and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southern England after London. People from the city are known as Bristolians. Iron Age hill forts and Roman villas were built in the area around the confluence of the Rivers Frome and Avon, and it became known as Brycgstow (Old English "the place at the bridge") around the beginning of the 11th century. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities after London (with York and Norwich) in tax receipts. Bristol was eclipsed by the rapid rise of Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham during the Industrial Revolution. Its prosperity linked with the sea since its earliest days, Bristol was the base for the early voyages of exploration to the New World. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock. Bristol's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries, and the city-centre docks have been redeveloped as centres of heritage and culture. It is one of the UK's most popular tourist destinations. The Sunday Times named Bristol the best city to live in Britain in 2014, and it won the EU's European Green Capital Award in 2015. (Full article...)
Coordinator's note: I appreciate that much work has gone into this article. However, the issues raised by John, and in my own rather superficial investigations, lead me to think that despite the article's recent promotion, to run it now as TFA would be premature. Apart from the points raised above, I have other issues. For example, "The Diocese of Bristol was founded in 1542..." – this is true, but does not refer to the current diocese, a much later re-creation with different geographical boundaries from the original. This important detail is not apparent from the article. That same sentence continues "with the former Abbey of St. Augustine (founded by Robert Fitzharding in 1140) becoming Bristol Cathedral", which is an awkward misuse of the "with" preposition. The next sentence reads: "Bristol also became a city and county that year"; it didn't just "become" these things – perhaps it was "awarded the status of" – and "that year" is ambiguous. At another point I read: "Bristol's educational system was boosted in 1909 by the formation of the University of Bristol". This is misleading; apart from the fact that Bristol does not have an "educational system", universities in the UK are national, centrally-funded institutions which serve far beyond local needs. Until the article has undergone a significant revision, resolving these and other points, I do not think it should run as TFA. There is, after all, no date deadline that we are trying to meet. It can run more safely later. Brianboulton (talk) 14:43, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
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- This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.
The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 7, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 00:19, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
Bristol is a city, unitary authority and county in South West England with an estimated population of 442,500 in 2015. It is England's sixth and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, and the most populous city in Southern England after London. Iron Age hill forts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the Rivers Frome and Avon, and around the beginning of the 11th century the settlement was known as Brycgstow (Old English "the place at the bridge"). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was in Gloucestershire until 1373, when it became a county. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities after London (with York and Norwich) in tax receipts. Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497 John Cabot, a Venetian, became the first European since the Vikings to land in North America. In 1499 William Weston, a Bristol merchant, was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America. Bristol's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries, and the city-centre docks have been redeveloped as centres of heritage and culture. In 2014 The Sunday Times named it as the best city in Britain in which to live, and Bristol also won the EU's European Green Capital Award in 2015. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Last city - Kent, Ohio on 27 December 2015. Last UK town/village Birchington-on-Sea on 29 August 2015.
- Main editors: Rodw, Jezhotwells, Steinsky
- Promoted: 31 December 2015
- Reasons for nomination: Since the previous nomination, which was archived (largely on prose grounds), the article has been copyedited by User:Corinne on behalf of the GOCE and has received edits or comments (which have been acted on) by Checkingfax, John, Dank, Baffle gab1978, Espresso Addict, Brianboulton and others.
- Support as nominator. — Rod talk 18:43, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support. Sure, why not. sst✈(conjugate) 05:17, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support. Danrok (talk) 10:56, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support. yes please. big city - broad interest. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:20, 17 February 2016 (UTC)