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Reconfirmations without objections
Klingon Civil War
Qo'noS burns during the Civil War
The Klingon Civil War was a conflict fought in early 2368 over the right to choose the next Chancellor of the Klingon High Council and de facto leader of the Klingon Empire. The war was fought between forces loyal to Gowron, the legally appointed candidate, and the supporters of the House of Duras, led by Lursa and B'Etor. The war was a decisive victory for Gowron, but it was achieved only through indirect assistance from the United Federation of Planets in exposing covert Romulan assistance to the forces of the Duras family.
The conflict had its roots in the reign of K'mpec, the longest-lived chancellor of the Empire. Although K'mpec ruled with an iron fist and managed to keep peace within the Empire, his influence began to wane as he grew older, and two opposing factions began to develop. The first faction, led by Gowron, favored the continuing alliance with the Federation, while the second faction, led by Duras, sought to establish a more independent and aggressive policy for the Empire. Duras had support from a large majority of the High Council, while Gowron's support came largely from political outsiders and military personnel.
Tensions came to a head in early 2367 with the sudden revelation that K'mpec was dying. He had been slowly poisoned by Veridium Six that had been introduced into his bloodwine. Because the killer had not shown his face to his victim, Klingon tradition considered the act to be without honor. Recognizing the corruption that had taken hold in the Empire, K'mpec decided that he could not trust any Klingon with the task of choosing the next leader of the Empire. Therefore, he took the unheard-of action of selecting Jean-Luc Picard, a Human Starfleet officer, as the Arbiter of Succession.
A featured article from back in July 2004. Haven't completely read it, so I'm not yet sure if we should keep it. - Archduk3 19:16, May 1, 2012 (UTC)
- I've created a blurb and done a once over on this, and I think it's still FA material, so support. There is a strangely constructed run on sentence about the Duras family's history with the Romulans though, and if anyone has a good idea how to address that, please do. - Archduk3 22:12, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Support, the sentence nonwithstanding. 31dot 01:23, May 4, 2012 (UTC)
Xindi superweapon
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A featured article from back in July 2004. Haven't completely read it, so I'm not yet sure if we should keep it. - Archduk3 19:16, May 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Support. This article still seems to be up to FA standards, and I have created a blurb. - Archduk3 19:07, May 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Support; still worthy of FA status. 31dot 01:11, May 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Support, though I think it could do with a name change, as a bg source for the name "superweapon" alludes me! In DVD subtitles, it's called "super weapon" by Dan Curry. "Primary Weapon" is much more common in scripts, which I suspect would be the go-to source for this. --Defiant 13:09, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
Deep Space 9
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A featured article from back in June 2004. Haven't completely read it, so I'm not yet sure if we should keep it. - Archduk3 19:16, May 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Did a once over one this and created a blurb, it seems to still be FA material, so support. - Archduk3 19:25, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Support. Still seems to be a good FA. 31dot 01:10, May 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Support; room for improvement, but it's an acceptable FA, IMO. --Defiant 21:27, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
Reconfirmations with objections
James T. Kirk
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Featured articles simply shouldn't require citation as long as this one has. There's also issues with notes on the Enterprise-A being renamed (something that isn't clear as far as I remember), info missing in the background section even though there are links from other sections of the article (namely the link from Kirk's 2281 retirement, and these links could be improved with divs if they all need to be in the bg section at the end of the article), amongst other, more minor issues. I think this article needs be looked at with a critical eye before being reconfirmed, and that five votes are called for here. - Archduk3 22:17, May 8, 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose. - Archduk3 22:17, May 8, 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose; an article on one of the primary characters in all of Star Trek should be one of our best, and this one is not there yet. 31dot 22:58, May 8, 2012 (UTC)