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GA Review

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It looks like this article has been needing a review for quite awhile, so I'll be reviewing it over the next few days. This is my first GA review, so if for some reason I think that it should fail I will instead ask for a second opinion to help make sure that I did the process correctly. You may contact me on my talk page if you have any comments or questions that should be directed specifically at me, rather than as a general part of the review process. -Drilnoth (talk) 15:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It definitely passes the quick-fail criteria. -Drilnoth (talk) 15:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Early thoughts

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I'm about halfway through the article so far, and there are a few things I thought I'd point out for improvement:

  • The Batman Returns and Batman Forever sections could use some citations and more about the making of the film.
  • The following few sentences in the Batman section could use some reworking: "Numerous A-list actors were considered for the role of Batman before Michael Keaton was cast. The caused a controversy with his casting. In 1988, Keaton had been typecast as a comedic actor."

Other than those, things look good so far. -Drilnoth (talk) 15:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the first point, the main articles for those movies have some production/development info; copying that over and then shortening it a little might work. -Drilnoth (talk) 19:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've re-added two paragraphs that were deleted which I think help solve that problem. -Drilnoth (talk) 19:26, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like the the Batman Forever section has been updated, and that looks good now. Batman Returns could still use a little work. -Drilnoth (talk) 23:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Plots

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  • Batman:DarKnight, Batman Begins, and The Dark Night all suffer from the same thing as Returns and Forever did; although I know that DarKnight wasn't released so information might be scarce, some more information on the development of each of them would be good. Having one that is primarily a plot summary won't make or break the GA, but two or three might. Once that's cleaned up a bit, I'll make my final review or put it on hold for more improvements. -Drilnoth (talk) 00:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I haven't really studied the references; I've been looking at them as I go along and they all look pretty reliable, and there's a large number of different sources. If there's any particular link in the references that I should take a look at, please let me know. Thanks! -Drilnoth (talk) 01:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On hold

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I have put the review on hold for 7 days or until it is improved enough to pass, whichever comes first. The improvements that are needed are described in the "Plot" section above. -Drilnoth (talk) 13:24, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great work, Wildroot. The Dark Knight still needs a bit of work, but otherwise everything looks good! -Drilnoth (talk) 02:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Review

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:
    B. MoS compliance:
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
    C. No original research:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:
    B. Focused:
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
    Some more images would be nice, but the article is good without them. I'd recommend adding some more if this is ever going to go for FA status.
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:
    Excellent work. I think that the article is very informative about the series as a whole, without going into too much detail on any one topic.