Talk:Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?/GA1

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Review by Theleftorium

Production

• What's a holdover? Why did it become a holdover?
• As a result, the writers, animators, and producers had to work extremely long hours – So did they work on the episode during the summer? Shouldn't this have given them more time than usual for the episode?

• Done

• they enjoyed DeVito's guest starring - This is the first time DeVito is mentioned. Link please.

• Done

• There's no need to link "original Herb episode" to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" (it's already linked a few sentences earlier).

• Done

• Originally, when Bart performed his "Living Room Olympics" - "Living Room Olympics"? Clarification please. :)

• Done

• joke was scrapped.[8]The - Insert a space after "[8]".

• Thanks for the comments! I've fixed most of the concerns, but I removed the bit about the holdover because he commentary wasn't exactly clear about why it became about a holdover, and they only mentioned it :) Cheers, I'^mperator 19:18, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

• the word 'Excellence' in the award title - Use quotation marks around excellence. Also, excellence shouldn't be capitalized.

• Done

• I cleaned up the whole section a bit. I'll have to finish the review some other day. Theleftorium 20:12, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

I began a review of this article but ended up becoming one of the main contributors. I am therefore requesting a second opinion. Thank you, Theleftorium 16:31, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Second opinion

• In the lead, this sentence ---> "The producers decided to create this episode in part because many The Simpsons fans were unhappy", reads kinda odd.
  • Is it better now?
    • The wording was fine, "The Simpsons" was what made it read strange.
      • Removed "The Simpsons" from the sentence.
• In the Production section, please link "Springfield" to its correspondence article.
  • Done.
• Same section (production), "...many viewers being unhappy about the sad ending to the previous episode "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" (season two, 1991)" ---> "...many viewers being unhappy about the sad ending to the previous episode of season two "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", something like that, your choice.
  • I prefer the way it is now. The same "format" is used on several of the project's featured articles, such as Homer Simpson.
    • Just a suggestion.
• Same section, "Originally the producers were going end the original Herb episode with Herb saying "I have an idea!" at the end of it", I believe "to" should be between "going" and "end".
  • Done.
    • Check.
• In the Reception section, "In its original American broadcast, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" finished 31st in ratings for the week of August 24–30, 1992", I think "the" needs to be added between "in" and "ratings".
  • Done.
    • Check.
• Reference 17 is missing Publisher info.
  • Done.
    • Check.

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 15:27, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the review! Theleftorium 15:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome, just attending to a favor. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 16:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Alright, everything seems in order. I would like to thank everyone who got all the concerns, because I have gone off and placed the article as GA. Congrats. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 17:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)