Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Turk/Archive 1

The Turk

This is a most interesting article that touches such luminaries as Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe in a plot that hoaxed the world! --Flex 14:01, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Object. Having actually read one of the referenced books, I can say that this article gives a decent overview, but could go into detail on several issues - it is not comprehensive, one of the main requirements for a featured article. For example, there are many descriptions of how a typical session with the Turk went; this needs to be here. Other objections include the strange ending in parentheses (also suggesting there is more to be said) and the match details, which seems unneccesary. The pictures section should also be removed, and the pictures properly included. Jeronimo 22:21, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Object. I'm afraid, just from memory, and not having read one of the referenced books, I recall there was a lot more to be said about the Turk. So I concur with Jeronimo. The Turk is certainly an interesting subject, and this is a good start, but it's not there yet. In addition to what Jeronimo said, a picci of the final board, or a board just before the final moves, in the Napoleon game would help too, jguk 00:54, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)