The article was removed 10:40, 31 May 2007.
This article is poorly written and poorly organised. It has only 12 references, and some sections are too short to be comprehensive. --Kaypoh 01:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I re-organized the sections a little bit. This article is still a reasonable FA, but as mentioned, needs some more references in couple sections. I disagree with the "poorly written and organized" statement also. (AQu01rius • Talk) 18:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The comments by Quadzilla99 and FrozenPurpleCube show they agree that the article is poorly written.
12 references is too little for a featured article, where almost all information should be referenced.
I suggest you read Chess, a featured article which I think deserves this status. Compare the "History" sections of the two articles (the "History" section of Xiangqi includes no information on modern history, for starters). Compare the short "Modern play" section of the Xiangqi article with the "Competitive play" section of the Chess article.
--Kaypoh 08:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Some other clunky sentences are present like "It is possible for one player's horse to attack the opponent's horse while the opponent's horse is blocked from attacking, as seen in the diagram on the right." - triple use of the subject in one sentence, and others like it. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]