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This is not of FA quality

This article received its FA rating back in 2007, at a time when the standards at FAC were considerably more relaxed than they have since become. Looking through this article, it is apparent that it does not meet present FA standards; indeed, it may even struggle to reach GA status. There are various sentences throughout the article that are simply unreferenced; the formatting of the citations that are used are haphazard; various sections, such as "Township", are badly organised and full of stand alone sentences; and there is an over-reliance on free web sources as opposed to more expert, print sources. I appreciate that a lot of time and effort probably went into getting this to FA status back in the noughties, but it is now time that we send this along to featured article review. Midnightblueowl ( talk) 18:53, 28 February 2020 (UTC) reply

Feature article review

Just to make sure people see this, please come participate in the feature article review discussion. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:39, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Content removed

The content below from the indicated sections was removed for various reasons, usually because of lack of citation. Please discuss these items in their sections below. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

In popular culture

The following content was removed because the mention was incidental or limited (such as to a single episode of a TV series, or a single scene in a film). These should be incorporated into the subject articles. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

  • In the 1984 movie The Karate Kid, Daniel reads the letter which informed Mr. Miyagi of the death of his wife and son during child birth on November 2, 1944, while in the Manzanar Relocation Camp. Mr. Miyagi was fighting for the US against the Germans in Europe when he received the news. [1]
  • A 2007 episode of the CBS television crime drama Cold Case, titled "Family 8108", dealt with the 1945 murder of a Japanese American man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after he and his family were released from Manzanar. The episode originally aired on December 9, 2007. [2] non-primary source needed
  • Episode 253 of 99% Invisible, which aired March 2017, focused on Manzanar. [3] non-primary source needed

Owens Valley Paiute

This paragraph was removed because the references used are not verifiable (except for the one verifying the size of the lake):

  • "The Army didn't take them on a direct route, either, said Owens Valley Paiute elder Irene Button. "They were forced to walk all the way around the eastern shore of Owens Lake (covers an area of approximately 108 square miles (280 km2)). [4] They wanted to make sure that as many as possible would die before they reached Fort Tejon." [5]

Closure

These sentences were removed from the third paragraph (following "...慰霊塔 ("Soul Consoling Tower")."):

  • The monument is often draped in strings of origami, and sometimes survivors and other visitors leave offerings of personal items as mementos. The National Park Service periodically collects and catalogues such items.

National Historic Landmark and National Historic Site

The following sentence was removed as sources have proven difficult to locate. (It was prior to "The Manzanar National Historic Site also unveiled its virtual museum..."):

  • In late 2008, historically appropriate vegetation was planted near the Visitor Center.

References removed

Removed because they are apparently not reliable. Please feel free to comment on why or why not they are reliable. The name of the ref is in quotes, with the citation below that. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:43, 4 June 2020 (UTC) reply

  • "AikoWords":
    • Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aiko (March 4, 2010). "Words Can Lie Or Clarify: Terminology Of The World War II Incarceration Of Japanese Americans" (PDF). ManzanarCommittee.org. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  • "DenshoTerminology":
  • "Reflectionsiii–iv"
    • Reflections: Three Self-Guided Tours Of Manzanar. Manzanar Committee. 1998. pp. iii–iv.
  • "SKE-ManzanarCommittee"
  • "McCarthy-Human Quest"
    • McCarthy, Sheryl (July–August 1999). "Suffering Isn't One Group's Exclusive Privilege". HumanQuest.
  • "Ito-MotherJones"

External links

These are the links in the External links section. There are far too many. Let's whittle them down a bit. Feel free to make comments under any specific links. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Okay, I've removed all but seven of the links. This reduced it by nearly two-thirds. I think the remaining links should be sufficient. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:23, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Further reading

I'm thinking that "Owens Valley resources" might be better moved to the Manzanar, California article. The "Wartime-related resources" which are reliable secondary sources should be cited in the article; those which are primary sources should be kept as further reading. The Post-War-related resources looks like it has accumulated several books which are only tangentially related (if at all); I would axe most of it. b uidh e 04:48, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I've moved the "Owens Valley resources" to Manzanar, California#Owens Valley resources. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Wartime-related resources

Buidhe, please specifically mark which ones you think should be kept as further reading and which should be used as references (if possible). Please give reasoning, if you can. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I am not sure how to deal with memoirs, they are probably not WP:RS for our purposes here, and my inclination would be just copy them to the wikiarticles of their authors. If the author/book isn't notable, it probably isn't worth keeping. b uidh e 05:34, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I've trimmed the list per this discussion. Down to four now. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Post-War-related resources

Buidhe, please specifically mark which ones you think should be kept as further reading, which should be used as references (if possible), and which should be axed. Please give reasoning, if you can. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Muslim pilgrimages

The article states:

Since the September 11 attacks, American Muslims have participated in the Pilgrimage to promote and increase awareness of civil rights protections in the wake of widespread suspicions harbored against them post-9/11. [6] [7]

Is this still happening? Does anyone have articles more recent than 2008? ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:51, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I'm finding sources for 2017 and 2019. Seems it's still a thing. b uidh e 05:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Awesome. I've added the LA Times article and added a sentence. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:34, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ Cowan, Jared (June 17, 2014). "How a Movie Shot in the San Fernando Valley Made Us All The Karate Kid". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Cold Case: Family 8108 – TV.com". 2007. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
  3. ^ FitzGerald, Emmett (2017). "Manzanar". 99% Invisible. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Reheis, Marith C. (December 9, 2016). "Owens (Dry) Lake, California: A Human-Induced Dust Problem". United States Geological Service. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Button, Irene (November 3, 2018). "Button Family Speaks During Katari Project" (Interview). Interviewed by Manzanar National Historic Site and Manzanar Committee. Manzanar National Historic Site.
  6. ^ Matsuda, Gann (April 30, 2008). "Manzanar Pilgrimage: A Diversity of Faces...And Much More". Manzanar Committee. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  7. ^ Leach, Emily (May 2, 2008). "The Ties That Bind: Muslim Americans Join Japanese Americans on Manzanar Pilgrimage". Asian Week. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008.

Additional resources for references

Buidhe provided this list of possible sources for use in improving the article:

Feel free to use any or all of them. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:08, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Cow Creek annex

The latest USNPS map of internment facilities includes a pointer to Cow Creek in Death Valley as a sort of intermediate/temporary jail short of sending people to Tule Lake. This is next to NPS employee housing and the DV Nat. Hist. Assoc.. 24.121.145.212 ( talk) 23:43, 30 December 2022 (UTC) reply