Talk:Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ruby2010 (talk · contribs) 21:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Will review this one soon. Ruby 2010/2013 21:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• You mention "guest appearances" in the lead, but then only mention Owens in that sentence

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• The lead could use some re-organizing (production info should be in its own paragraph (the "exploring the background of its..." sentence should probably be moved to 2nd paragraph)

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Also in lead, you mention the Cigarette Smoking Man and the Smoking Man. I assume this is the same person, so you should rearrange the relevant wikilinks and fix the names

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• William B. Davis is linked twice in lead; also second mention of him should simply be "Davis".

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• There's a sense of redundancy in the lead, in that you mention the episode explores Cigarette Smoking Man's background and history in different paragraphs; probably should be re-organized as well

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• "He convinces them to have..." Who convinces them?

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• The "giving a monologue that puts a nihilistic spin on the "life is like a box of chocolates" line from Forrest Gump" line verges on original research a little, and should probably be cited.

  Changed--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Break up the production's first paragraph (can probably do this starting with "Davis said of ...")

  I broke it up right before "Davis was happy..."

• "Davis said of James Wong's direction, "Jim Wong's direction..." Kind of redundant. Maybe change to "Davis said of the episode's directional style..." or something similar

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Did Wong win the Emmy? If not, you should say who he lost to

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• The review section of the reception section says "the episode a lot", which is a little grating to read. Input the episode title again somewhere (I know it's long, so use it sparingly)

  Changed--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Like in a previous review, there is a WP:LQ issue with quotation marks (hope you can spot it; please don't make me explain it again)

  I believe I've fixed it. Tell me if not--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• You use two different dashes for the refs (– vs -)

  I think this is better--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Use consistent date formatting (5 December 2011 vs December 5, 2011)

  Done--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Not sure how useful that screenshot is; needs further justification otherwise it should be removed

  OK, I replaced it with a more poignant one and added a caption explaining its inclusion. Hope that fixes the issues--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Quite a lot of issues that indicate the article should have been looked over more before the nomination. I think this is a good sign that while admirable, you should probably slow down pumping out these X-Files articles so quickly. Just my two cents though. I'll place the review on hold for seven days while the above get addressed. As always, please respond here when you have finished or have queries. Thanks, Ruby 2010/2013 23:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Saw this go up so I gave the article a going over. Think I've got everything bar the screenshot sorted out—I've just removed it and replaced it with a free image of Owens and Davis. Think I might comb over some of the other nominees to clear up things like dash usage and quote/date formatting since I think I've seen them come up before. Let me know if I've missed anything here. GRAPPLE X 01:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I believe I've (+ Grapple X) fixed all the problems with this article now.--Gen. Quon (talk) 01:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks good guys. Sorry I can be a little nitpicky, but the article now looks much better :) Passing for GA. (P.S. Keep an eye on that IP; didn't think it was worth it in this case to delay the review for one dumb "Gene".) Ruby 2010/2013 03:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

No, no, all good! Nitpicky is good! This was one of my first GAs I nom'd awhile ago, and I realize it was a tad rough. Sorry about all of that! As for the "Gene" thing, I'll keep my eyes out. Thanks for reviewing!--Gen. Quon (talk) 03:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)