371:(from one of the article's main authors; of course I support "featured" status for this article, but I guess my voice doesn't really count here). Since the nomination, the number of inline citations has tripled, the length of the lead section more than doubled. Most of the remaining statements that have a could be removed without much harm. Have I adressed the objections above and are there further suggestions how to improve this article?
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