Talk:The Contest

The Contest was one of the Media and drama good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. 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
March 16, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
March 24, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
April 18, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 25, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Untitled

For the June 2005 deletion debate on this article, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/The Contest. -- Jonel | Speak 07:29, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wow, it looks like that debate was a "no contest." (From the Law Offices of "Hackey, Joke, and Dunnit") -Hyad 03:17, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

I don't get it

The second sentence of this paragraph. What does "this" refer to?

"The winner is not actually confirmed in the episode, although circumstances suggest it was George. This was confirmed in both the season five episode "The Puffy Shirt" and the season six episode "The Race". However, in the final episode, it is revealed that George had actually cheated during The Contest, therefore, making Jerry the true winner."

It is one awkward paragraph. 00:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's all that akward. "This" simply refers to what it was talking about in the second sentence: the fact that George won the contest. <-This was confirmed in both episodes...

Mbatman72 05:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is he really watching Tiny Toon Adventures? He mentions it being on Nickelodeon, and at the time it was aired on Fox exclusively. In addition, they never featured pre-school type songs on the show like "The Wheels On The Bus." I've always felt they used a generic type name for a cartoon show that happened to coincide with the 'Tiny Toons' titel. OR perhaps they knew nothing about the show or its network, save the name. But I would not link it to Tiny Toon Adventures. (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.158.27 (talk)

Sources

I would say that this article contains original research.

New Quotes

Do we really want to have the whole scene's screenplay written out? It seems a bit over the top to me. What do others think? Sliver85 05:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Georgelay.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Successful good article nomination

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:

Congrats! The Contest has passed. Good job to everyone who helped!Limetolime ^{talk to me} ^• ^{look what I did!} 21:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to uncited text throughout the article, especially in the "References in other works" section. Is anyone interested in addressing this, or should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 22:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article doesn't look like GA material to me, especially with the lump of WP:POPCULTURE cruft. Popcornfud (talk) 23:49, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Popcornfud: Are you interested in bringing this to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 15:17, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid I'm too lazy for that. Sorry. Popcornfud (talk) 18:26, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

The Contest

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.

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Result: Delisted. charlotte ^👸♥ 05:37, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is uncited text throughout the article, especially in the "References in other works" section, and concerns about WP:POPCULTURE cruft. Z1720 (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've cleaned the article a bit but I agree that it doesn't seem GA level. Some of the sources seem very low quality. Gonnym (talk) 20:09, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above 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.