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Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror was a Media and drama good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 11, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
April 11, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 12, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that press releases for the Phineas and Ferb episode "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" detailed a cut subplot where the character Lawrence Fletcher searches for a rare bottle cap?

Current status: Former good article nominee

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: warrior 4321 23:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria[reply]

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
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:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Review

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Prose

...[the second broadcast episode of]... second aired episode?
Is it the first or second segment of the episode?
...[ In it, stepbrothers ]... in the episode, stepbrothers
...[and Ferb decide to build an elaborate beach complex]... and Ferb constructed an elaborate beach complex
...[in their backyard in order to survive the intense heat wave that has struck their city.] in their own backyard to survive the heatwave that has struck Danville
...[struck their city. Meanwhile, the boys'] struck Danville, while Perry the Platypus
...[Perry, strives to stop his arch nemesis Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from destroying all of the] Perry the Platypus successfully halts the destruction of all the lawn gnomes in the tri-state area by his arch nemesis, Dr.Doofensmirtz.
Why is Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror put like -- "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" -- shouldn't it be Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror?

No, because episode titles are always put in quotes; see WP:MOSTV. The Flash ^{talk} 20:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...[reviews, particularly toward the originality of its title] reviews, especially for the originality of its title
What is an intense heat wave?

Exactly what it sounds like. An "intense heat wave." The Flash ^{talk} 20:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...[An intense heat wave has struck the town of Danville. Stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb are too exhausted to do anything but lie around in their backyard] Due to a heat wave striking Danville, stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb are exhausted and do nothing but rest in their backyard.

References

A e-shopping website is not a reliable source.

It is when the material is available soley on their website; the source website even has its own page here on Wikipedia explaining its credibility. The Flash ^{talk} 20:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So? Wikipedia has it's own page on Wikipedia, yet Wikipedia is not a reliable source even in Wikipedia articles. warrior 4321 00:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Major aspects

Why no cultural references?

Seriously? There aren't any, so obviously no source states it. The Flash ^{talk} 20:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was seriously asking. Please stop asking me. I'm not doing this review for comedy. warrior 4321 00:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Initially, I had put this article on hold but after completing the full review, it can be seen that this article is on the path to GA but still needs some work. The first thing I would get done is a copy edit of the article, as the prose needs a lot of work as can be seen above. I'm sorry to say this article does not currently meet GA standards. warrior 4321 23:34, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have left a message on your talk page about how completely ridiculous it is that you failed an article based on minor grammar mistakes I could have fixed easily. The Flash ^{talk} 20:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied.

Spot the Diff references

FYI, the two Spot the Diff references, titled "Phineas and Ferb - Spot the Diff" and "Phineas and Ferb - Spot the Diff (Schedule)", go to the exact same URL.

Also, they go to Google's cache, which is generally updated over time. For example, while the page was retrieved on Nov 5 2009, the current page is from Jan 1 2010. The archiveurl parameter is usually for archive.org wayback machine URLs, which have permanent URLs for each date version retrieved, but there aren't any there yet. [1]

The Phineas and Ferb Spot the Diff page is currently live, though I can't view it due to a problem with my Flash, so I can't tell if it supports the facts. Terrierhere (talk) 01:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:48, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Plot: ...when she finds out that Jeremy, a boy for whom she has romantic feelings for... One too many "for"s there.

She finds pleasure in the beach after being crowned "Queen Wahine" following an accidentally flawless limbo performance and catches the attention of Jeremy. "finds pleasure" You might want to reword that as it conveys possibly unwanted connotations.

Candace is depressed, but the boys find the day to be a successful one. How?
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
ref #3 failed verification, nothing thereabout the rating; ref #5 says nothing about this episode; neither does ref #6; ref #12 doesn't actually say that "Backyard Beach" is from this episode; neither does ref #13; ref #14 me3ntions the episode just in passing; ref #15 doesn't mention "lawn, "gnome" or "beach"; ref #16 is to Wikipedia, where it merely mentions the thepisode in a listr. Wikiepdia is not a reliable source, please read WP:RS.

The reference is NOT citing Wikipedia! It's citing the special, which happens to have it's own article. Those "passing references" give substantial coverage to the episode as information is CLEARLY given. The Flash ^{I am Jack's complete lack of surprise} 00:34, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are no references which give "substantial coverage" to this episode. It thus fails WP:EPISODE and needs to be merged into Phineas and Ferb.
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:

I am not listing this as a good article on notability grounds alobne. There no refernces giving more than a passing mention to this episode. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 23:17, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the policy page, you'd know that an episode article meets notability if there are cited sources to construct a valid reception section. Which there is. Ref 15 is the only one which doesn't name the episode specifically, but it specifically states that all episodes on that particular DVD were lacking, as the article clearly states. I do not find your argument for failing this article to be in anyway sound. The Flash ^{I am Jack's complete lack of surprise} 00:41, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two Fors Too Many

[Plot Summary, paragraph 1 line 5] ...Jeremy, a boy for whom she has romantic feelings for,...2602:306:364A:1270:BCB7:FF7:D90B:E5FC (talk) 07:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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