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Sant'Ambrogio della Massima

5x expanded by Nikkimaria (talk). Self nominated at 18:21, 19 February 2015 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Expanded, long enough, article well-cited, & QPQ check. The three hooks are sourced, but the proposed hook as well as most quotes in the article are not properly cited in the article. Furthermore, the quote in the proposed hook comes from the sources' authors, not a first-hand source (eg. a contemporary and/or someone involved with the convent). I don't know of the relevant WP policy, but it's generally in bad taste to use quotes in writing like that and quotes should usually include attribution in the prose (see Wikipedia:Quotations and MOS:QUOTE). The Salon article may be trying to sensationalize the subject. Furthermore, one of the DYK supplementary guidelines (D7) states: "There is a reasonable expectation that an article—even a short one—that is to appear on the front page should appear to be complete...Articles that fail to deal adequately with the topic are also likely to be rejected. For example, an article about a book that fails to summarize the book's contents, but contains only a bio of the author and some critics' views, is likely to be rejected as insufficiently comprehensive." This article doesn't really say anything about the church itself (there's history and etymology)...where exactly is it located (be more specific than Rome; could use an infobox)? What goes on there today? The end of the history section states that it was turned into a "a missionary college" in 1861. So is it a functioning church for the public? A religious college? Both?
Regarding the hooks...the proposed hook is not appropriate for the above reasoning. ALT2 is problematic because the convent previously existed from 353 until about 1800-10 (Napoleonic wars) and so it's not accurate to call her a founder without additional qualifiers, plus the source is offline, making it difficult to verify; ALT1 one is the best option. AHeneen (talk) 05:23, 1 March 2015 (UTC)