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Review: January 19, 2025. (Reviewed version).

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Cultural references

This edit was made with the edit summary "OR", and then reverted in this edit. The edit concerned the removal of two points in the "Cultural references" section:

Marshall and Lily compare Robin making herself scarce around the gang with Sasquatch and Yeti sightings.
Tracy and Ted are engaged for 5 years before getting married. This is a possible subtle reference to the film, The Five Year Engagment, which starred fellow co-star Jason Segel.

Neither were sourced. While the Sasquatch and Yeti sightings thing is explicitly talked about in the episode, and should probably remain in, I think the latter could constitute original research, unless a source can be found. What does everyone else think? Bilorv (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Alternate ending

The "Alternate Ending" section features a ridiculously long and convoluted sentence:

" This ending, omitting the entire illness storyline after the final scene at MacLaren's pub, and the breakup of Barney and Robin, features Future Ted (voiced by Bob Saget) summarizing the events of the entire series that led to him meeting the mother before Ted and Tracy are shown meeting as they did in the "original/broadcast" cut of the episode and cutting to black as the scene ends with the train appearing in front of the pair and the yellow umbrella floating down the road."

I had to read this over a few times before I understood what was being said. I'm going to simplify it and break it up into a few sentences.Sadiemonster (talk) 16:37, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:00, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Last Forever/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: OlifanofmrTennant (talk · contribs) 18:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 23:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: 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):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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The copy changes are mostly minor, except you have some uncited material (maybe added since this page went to GAN), and I'd like to see the Reception section redone completely. Ping when addressed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:40, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking good so far and looking forward to see your Reception section rework. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can hopefully have this done in the next day or so, however reception is arguably the thing I struggle the most at. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 09:31, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie: I think the changes I made should be sufficient Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:31, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This structure is a lot better. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know? If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.

Copy changes

Lead

Comma in first sentence is unnecessary and can go (WP:CINS) Done
The episode, written by series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Pamela Fryman. Incomplete sentence.
"series's" per MOS:'S Done

Plot

Any context on "the blue French horn"? I never watched the series, and it's not mentioned anywhere else on this page. Done

Production

Additionally the season 7 episode "Tailgate " featured a headstone reading "Mother". Which Screen Rant's Kara Hedash attributed to being for The Mother.
- Combine sentences. Done
- Uncited. Done
Other cut scenes feature Robin, wearing her Robin Sparkles jeans jacket over her wedding dress, singing "Let's Go to the Mall" (2007) with the Mother's band at the wedding reception, and a montage showing Tracy's funeral. Change "and a montage" to "as well as a montage" to help the comma hierarchy not get lost. Done
It did not contain any new footage, but is edited Remove comma CINS Done

Reception

Restructure to be more holistic instead of segmented by author/commentator. See Wikipedia:Copyediting reception sections. There's little integration of the commonalities between each commentator.
Reduce quote use. The quotes are too long.

Sourcing and spot checks

The Metro source is unreliable and should be removed. Done
I am fine with the Reddit AMA used for Saget's own words.
Reviewed: 13, 16, 27, 29, 38. No issues.

Images

The screencap has an NFUR and alt text. Are there any images of the actors or the producers that could spice up the rest of the article as is common for a TV episode? Done

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