Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/The X-Files task force/A-Class review/X-Cops (The X-Files)

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The article was not approved by Gen. Quon (Talk) 23:43, 2 August 2013 (UTC).[reply]

X-Cops (The X-Files)

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Nominator(s): Gen. Quon (Talk) 07:09, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for A-Class because, one day, I would like to see it become an FA. I feel this is a great episode of the show, and we should do it justice! Gen. Quon (Talk) 07:09, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think this would make a lovely FA. It's a really good representation of the series and I think everyone kinda loves it? I mean it's so damn wonderfully bizarre. Anyway, comments:

In the lead: " It was written by Vince Gilligan and directed by Michael Watkins. The episode first aired in the United States on February 20, 2000 on the Fox network." -> in every FA X-Files article, the writers and director were identified before the ratings were. The exception is "The Truth", which had a notable thing to mention along with its ratings.
Again, isn't it usually "Fox network" instead of "Fox network", and "Nielsen rating" instead of "Nielsen household rating"?
"Due to the uniqueness of the episode's format, "X-Cops" received positive reviews, with many critics praising its humor." -> "due to its uniqueness, the episode received positive reviews", makes it sound like it only received positive reviews because of its format. Should be "the episode received positive reviews thanks to its unique format [...]" or something.
X-File is wikilinked twice in the same paragraph.
"While Mulder embraces the publicity of Cops, Scully is not so sure of it." -> what is Scully not so sure of?
Plot section has way to many overlinks.
I dunno, maybe move the Gilligan picture to the reception section (with "Gilligan received positive reviews for his screenplay"... etc) and use a picture of either Carter, Spotnitz, or Robert Stack in the background section. Makes it more prettyful.
And of course add alt text, make the date formats consistent, wikilink things in image captions, link the book references, water is wet, the sun is hot, etc

I'm not going to go too intricately into the article because it seems it still needs to be FA-prepped, these are mostly just musings. I'm not really exactly sure where the episode sits on your FA priority list. Bruce Campbell (talk) 04:55, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tips. I can't believe I forgot the book links. How's she look now?--Gen. Quon (Talk) 20:19, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support, however usually the (pictured) thingy is only required when the caption mention two separate people to avoid it from being confusing. Bruce Campbell (talk) 20:22, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]