Talk:Mark Steel's in Town/GA1

GA Review

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Starting Review. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:30, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Quick fail criteria assessment

1. The article completely lacks reliable sources – see Wikipedia:Verifiability.

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2. The topic is treated in an obviously non-neutral way – see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view.

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3. There are cleanup banners that are obviously still valid, including cleanup, wikify, NPOV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, clarifyme, or similar tags.

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4. The article is or has been the subject of ongoing or recent, unresolved edit wars.

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5. The article specifically concerns a rapidly unfolding current event with a definite endpoint.

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No obvious problems checking against quick fail criteria, proceeding to substantive review. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

This is a short artcile so hopefully the review will not take long. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • Production:The past and present tenses are interchanged throughout this section. Consistency is needed. Jezhotwells (talk)  Done
   • Reception: Could be expanded a little, these sources were easily found, also mention of a book of the series. [1], [2], [3] Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC) {{done}]
   • 'Episodes': Wikipedia convention is to use the family name so Mark should be replaced by Stell throughout. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done
   • Lead: various lesser-well-known towns is a bit clumsy. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done

   b (MoS):

   • Suggest merge References and notes as they overlap anyway. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done
   • External links, those newspaper articles should be cited in the main article and removed from here. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references):

   • The article is referenced, but relies heavily on the British Comedy Guide. There may be stuff in the Radio Times or BBC websites. The statement There is no particular method in selecting which towns were to be the subject of different episodes. needs referencing. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done

   b (citations to reliable sources):

   • I am not sure that Den of Geek and British Comedy Guide are WP:RS. I noted several references in the media above, perhaps use these.  Done

   c (OR):

   • No OR

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   • I think there is room for perhaps two other reviews, e.g. [4]. Also the book which is mentioned in one of teh sources which I found.  Done

   b (focused):

   • The article is focussed. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   • OK

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

   • Stable

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

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):

   • n/a

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   • n/a

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   • Its nearly there but please look at the concerns raised above. On hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Done

   Pasased as a Good article, congratulations. If there is a secon series, then of coure this will need expansion. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I believe I have carried out everything you wanted. Just a few points to clear up.

• The book, What's Going On?, is not a book of the show. It was written last year. At the time, Steel was doing a stand-up tour also called "What's Going On?" which is the main subject of the article, not Mark Steel's in Town.
• The article from The Independent is not a review of the show. It is an article by Steel himself talking about things he found out in Walsall and complaining on the similarity of most British towns. I cannot find any information to reference in the main article, hence why it is in "External links".
• Concerning Den of Geek and the BCG. The article in "Den of Geek" is a simple interview and personally I think that an interview with the man behind the show would be reliable enough. Articles for the BCG have to go through an editor before they are posted online and so these are checked before publication.
• The Radio Times does not contain any articles about the series, but I have used the BBC website as a source.

I hope this covers everything. ISD (talk) 11:26, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Not quite. Production: Still mixed tenses.  Done

Den of Geek: I have found evidence that this site is used by other RS, so should be OK, likewise British Comedy Guide. I found them using this [5], which is a handy tool for checking RS. So just the tenses in the Production section. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I think I've sorted out the tenses now. ISD (talk) 15:16, 25 June 2009 (UTC)