Wikibooks:Featured books/Nominations/Removal/US History (3)

I hate to do this, but from the analysis I’ve been doing at US History, it looks like I may have to ask for removal of it from the Featured Book List. Problems include double and sometimes even triple redundancies of information, topics being under the wrong section heading, sections being improperly titled, introductory paragraphs and topic sentences being poorly written or non-existent, paragraphs being far too long, prose being anything but brilliant, tangential information being poorly added, and in general many topics receiving too much or too little coverage. A further indicator would be that none of the chapters prior to 2001 (chapters that are prefaced with the note "too recent to be used for academic studies") are fully complete; and the majority of topics before 1877 are 50%, 25% or unrated. Many of the chapters are unrated or haven’t been rated in years.

Though earlier today, I did some improvement at The Federal Period and US History/Jeffersonian Democracy‎, that leaves the rest of them, and really those two aren’t even as high quality as I’d like. Don’t think that me requesting the removal doesn’t mean I won’t help get it back to where it needs to be.

This is the third time US History has been nominated for removal; the last was in 2008 (with a no-consensus result) and there’s been a lot of water under the bridge since then.

Specific criteria failing: #3 (poorly inorganized), #6 (again, poorly organized), and possibly #1 and #5 Purplebackpack89 (discuss • contribs) 21:44, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

'Additional comment: When going to post a comment about organization on the book's discussion page, I deserved that the following pages under the purview of US History have been orphaned for more than two years:


 * US History/New Nation (which has a lot of usable content that ought to be integrated into the article on the subject)
 * US History/Indian Tribes
 * US History/Friction Between States
 * US History/Secession
 * US History/Early Colonial Period
 * US History/American Revolution
 * US History/States Rights
 * US History/Vikings

The fact that there are seven orphaned pages is further proof that this article lacks the organization necessary of an FB Purplebackpack89 (discuss • contribs) 21:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * removal from Featured Books. There are a number of issues that you have pointed out that are plenty valid. The only one I would shy away from is what should or should not be included. The original authors (so far as I can tell) intended to cover specific subjects in the book related to the AP Exam. If things aren't included from there (and there might be plenty, since the last time I looked at those was when I took the test in high school) it's worth saying it doesn't have enough, but it's tough to get any sort of real consensus as to what should be included in such a broad book. Runfellow (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * removal from Featured Books. Sandbergja (discuss • contribs) 00:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)