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2012 phenomenon

Nominator(s): Serendi ^podous 15:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC), User:Cosmic Latte, User:PL, User:Shii, User:HRIN[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because it has undergone substantial expansion since becoming a good article and I believe it now meets the criteria Serendi ^podous 15:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - no dab links, no dead external links, will likely comment more later. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:01, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment—the title given for http://dsc.discovery.com/space/my-take/nibiru-armageddon-david-morrison.html in this article does not match the title on the linked page. Ucucha 19:29, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.Serendi ^podous 19:39, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

shouldn't there be a small section on popular culture (i.e. Hollywood making tons of money with the movie)?
while appropriate, the use of the term "eschatological" in the first sentence of the article should be accompanied by a short explanatory note (I would prefer in parenthesis)
None of the proposed alignments or formulae has been accepted by mainstream scholarship. seems to be aimed mostly at NASA's opinion and I think that is really not the case. Try to clarify "the proposed alignments" a bit
I would add a quick explanatory note for " b'ak'tun " at its first use
The writing system of the classic Maya has been substantially deciphered, needs a citation
Unlike the 52-year Calendar Round still used among the Maya, misses a "today" at the end
Many Mayan inscriptions have the count shifting to a higher order after 13 b'ak'tuns, or roughly 5,125 years. so there is another unit above baktuns? or you meant to say at the end of the 13th baktun? (or 12th?)
do baktuns start at 0 or at 1? (i.e. Gregorian calendar started at 1/1/1). If you say after 13th baktun, and then say that in 2012 is 13.0.0.0.0 is implied that the "first day" was 0.0.0.0.1 (and not 1.1.1.1.1)
it is not clear at all why would the 4th world end on 13.0.0.0.0. After reading the text, it would appear more likely to me to have 20.0.0.0.0 as the end of the 4th world. Try to clarify why is 13th important (is this a mixing of the American mythology with regards to the number 13?). I guess try to state clearly that in Mayan culture there is nothing special about 13 earlier in the article.
"Maya references to B'ak'tun 13" should probably be MayaN

Will add more later. Nergaal (talk) 19:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]