"Compulsory dances (CDs), now called the pattern dance, are a" - per the article title, it should probably be "The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a..."
"ISU" should be defined the first time it is used; it currently is defined the second time it is used.
" The competitors were "judged for their mastery of fundamental elements". The CD "provided an essential comparison of the dancers' technical skills." - I don't think these need to be quotes. The prose would read better if you summarized them. Something like "The competitors were then scored based on their execution of the various elements of the dance. The CD allowed the judges to compare the technical skills of each dancer." Or something similar. Also, with the removal of the quotes you can also remove the references from the lead (WP:LEADCITE).
There should be at least a sentence or two summarizing the history of the CDs that have been performed, since a large part of the article is the Background section and the tables in the Dances section. « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 21:57, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Let me know if the lead has enough content.
Background
"The 2010 World Championships was the last event to include a CD (the Golden Waltz), and Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali from Italy were the last dance team to perform a CD in competition." - reword to something like "with Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali from Italy becoming the last dance team to perform a CD in competition."
"The CD reflects the emphasis of early figure skating on competitors all skating to the same dance, with the same criteria, which included the dancers' skating skills, their interpretation of the dance and music, their timing, and their performance" - recommend splitting into two sentences. "with the same criteria. This included the dancers'"
"Competitors were "judged for their mastery of fundamental elements".[1] and CDs "provided an essential comparison of the dancers' technical skills"." - remove the period in the middle of the sentence before the first reference. « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 22:14, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Done, thanks for the catches, especially that girshdarn stray period. ;)
Dances
I don't mind the unique table coloring, but the first table should be sortable (see Help:Table#Sortable tables)
Hopefully the coloring issue has been resolved with the change to a sortable table.
Because you use the word "include", I assume the first table does not include all of the times these have been danced. As such, isn't this a table of the first time these dances have occurred? If so, I recommend clarifying that in the text before the first table.
I added the phrase, "which is not a comprehensive list." The 2nd column is entitled, "First performed". Is that not enough?
Why is the American Waltz included in the table but doesn't have any related info?
I am not a fan of this sentence: "Note: List taken from ice-dance.com; see there for more complete list going back to the 1968-1969 season." I would include a footnote after "Note: List taken from ice-dance.com" that says "A complete list going back to the 1968-1969 season can be viewed at ice-dance.com" « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 19:55, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
While you are adding the alt text, you can remove the |right from each image. Thumbnails are defaulted to right sided alignment.
None of your captions are complete sentences, so you don't need a period at the end of each one.
In my opinion, there are too many photos in the article. They push all of the way past the references section. I would remove at least one ( probably one of the Oksana pictures, since she has multiple) « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 19:55, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
All the above done. I hope I described the images in the alt text adequately (I'm a girl, but not that much of a girl). Two different Oksanas, but I removed the last image.
References
Reference 1, The Seattle Times should be linked. Note that you current have the "i" in "Times" capitalized (i.e. TImes)
Reference 8, The Atlantic should be linked. If this is a work, it should be The Atlantic, if it is a publisher, then it should be The Atlantic Monthly Group. Right now you kind of split the two. I would prefer The Atlantic, to match your other references using the work field.
I personally don't believe in linking titles in reference sections. I believe doing it is a case of over-linking. Can you point me to a guideline that contradicts me?
Figureskatingfan, no specific guideline that I know of. {{Cite web}} says that the publisher and agency fields "may be wikilinked if relevant." Guess it depends on your definition of relevant. You're reasoning for not wanting to do it is sufficient for me, so no big deal. « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 15:20, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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