Talk:Honda Super Cub

Honda Super Cub was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 4, 2014	Good article nominee	Listed
January 10, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 12, 2012.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the "You meet the nicest people on a Honda" ad campaign established Honda's brand image in the US and helped the Super Cub (pictured) become the top-selling motor vehicle in history?

Current status: Delisted good article

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August 2005

This page needs some serious editing to remove all the redundant statements. Also, it needs to be linked or merged with Honda Cub C100 entry.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cadillac11:23, 8 August 2005‎ (talk • contribs)

page needs references

There are many uncited and biased statements in this article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Agonotheta (talk • contribs) 02:57, 12 September 2006‎

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Is someone willing to address this concern, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 17:43, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Honda Super Cub

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Issues unaddressed. Hog Farm _Talk 02:08, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Some of these statements have been marked with "citation needed" tags since August 2019. Z1720 (talk) 22:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.