Talk:Millennium (The X-Files)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Grapple X (talk · contribs) 13:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Ah, this thing. This bloody zombie thing. They bring in Terry O'Quinn on TXF three times but not for this one?

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
"His widow is approached by a mysterious man who claims to have worked with her husband" -> "His widow is approached by a mysterious man, Mark Johnson (Holmes Osborne), who claims to have worked with her husband"
Clarify in the plot that Mulder and Scully are FBI agents.
"zombified" -> "reanimated"
"Mulder and Scully are swept in a brief moment of intimacy and they kiss to ring in the new year." -> "Mulder and Scully kiss to ring in the new year."
"For this reason, "Millennium"—the episode—is often cited..." -> doesn't need the disambiguation here as the formatting does this already. Either "for this reason, "Millennium" is often cited" or "for this reason the episode is often cited" would both work.
There's a few instances here of punctuation inside quotes when it shouldn't be—this is particularly errnoeuous with episode titles, as there's no full stop in "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense", for instance. I tend to place all punctuation outside the quotes for consistency, but the only ones that need to be moved are those inside episode titles.
"the second The X-Files/Millennium crossover" -> Not keen on slashes. Try "the second crossover between the two series"
"a Mulder-Scully kiss" -> "a Mulder–Scully kiss"
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Page ranges should use an en dash (–) instead of a hyphen (-); the same is true for year ranges like in the booklet ref.
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
There's a Cinefantastique review for this one, right? Bung it in there.
Any word on what the Millennium marathon contained? Just wondering if it was a "best of" or if it was the tail end of the last season or something. Doesn't matter if the sources don't say.
Not crucial for this stage, but given that this is one of those episodes that could probably go on to be further expanded, this site archives a lot of reviews and interviews, etc, that might be of use. Just check that they're from a reliable source and cite that source, not the site (though the site could be treated as an archive URL I suppose). If you're going to chase it up further let me know and I'll see if the Millennium season 3 DVDs have anything about it (the episode is included so it might).
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Seems fine.
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Not a problem.
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:
Free image of Lance is good (though it's a shame he's smiling, ol' Frank's a sour bastard). Not really sure of the worth of the screencap though; Mulder and Scully kissing might be more relevant to the critical commentary, as much as it pains me to admit.
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Shouldn't take long sorting this one out; sticking it on hold for now. The crit 3 stuff is really for future reference so don't worry too much about it. GRAPPLE X 13:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I got all the prose, citation, dashes, and references issues sorted out. I'll look into the 3 stuff soon.--Gen. Quon (talk) 14:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the changes here look good to me, this one's a pass. Well done! Remind me when the last few Black Oil articles are sorted to get back to Millennium season one. GRAPPLE X 12:31, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]