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The Wire is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 13, 2007.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 9, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
August 18, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 18, 2022	Featured article review	Demoted

Current status: Former featured article

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Poor organization

I wanted to know the name of the actor who played Omar Little.

(1) I clicked on The Wire, then clicked on Main_cast, couldn't find what I wanted easily so clicked over to

(2) List of The Wire characters

If I were designing the "List of the Wire characters" page, I'd start with a ... [wait for it] ... List! But maybe that's just me. Still couldn't find what I wanted so clicked from there to

(3) Street-level_characters_of_The_Wire

then clicked to Omar's_crew; then to yet another page

(4) Omar Little and associates

By this time the click-click-click was getting amusing :-) But still no Omar. From there I clicked to

(5) Omar Little

Even there, the actor's name wasn't in the opening paragraph, where it should be IMO.

Yes, I see that there were ways to find cleverer, less obvious, places to click to short-circuit this chain somewhat. I see this sort of anal retentive re-directions a lot at Wikipedia lately. If all y'all don't see the problem, I'm afraid I can't edify y'all Jamesdowallen (talk) 11:13, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:URFA/2020 notes

Reviewing for WP:URFA/2020. Addressing these comments can help this article remain a featured article.

There are several sentences with no references (excluding those citing the series itself).
MOS:SMALLTEXT should not be used in infoboxes.
Images need alt text per MOS:ACCIM; table needs a caption + row/column scopes per MOS:DTAB.
The episodes section does not conform to MOS:TVPLOT.
There is no ratings/viewership section.
The reception section appears disorganized.
There are some extremely short paragraphs (1–2 sentences).
It seems odd that the cast and characters section follows the style/themes sections.
there shouldn't need to be references in the lead of a television show article (apart from a quote, which could be paraphrased instead).
there are some questionable sources (Hobo Trashcan, IMDb, Cosmodrome Magazine, Identity Theory, student newspapers, etc.).
Aside from the journals, there is a lack of sources from databases now available for free at The Wikipedia Library, which may enhance the article.
Citations need checks for proper italics; working links. Heartfox (talk) 01:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to WP:FARGIVEN. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:11, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 January 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 08:42, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Wire → The Wire (TV series) – And the location "The Wire" be made a redirect to the Wire (disambiguation). The page was moved 13 years ago without much participation. Even then many users had opposed the move. (See Talk:The Wire/Archive 1) The TV series was broadcasted then. Since then many new articles were created on this location and I believe a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC should be reassessed after 14 years. For now it should be redirected to the Disambiguation page Wire (disambiguation). The Wire (India) may also be a candidate for the Primary Topic, but I have not checked all the contenders. Venkat TL (talk) 12:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the show is clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The existence of other subjects at a name is obviously not reason alone for a lack of primary topic -- otherwise, we would have no need for the concept at all! The show dominates search results, Google book results, and page views. Were this about the page "Wire" it would be a different story (although it would still win the page view argument), but readers looking for a page called "wire" won't be searching "The Wire" (and for the small number who choose to make that weird choice, the hatnote will help direct them).--Yaksar (let's chat) 14:48, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The nominator has given no reasoning why the TV show is not the primary topic here. We don't "reassess" things solely for the sake of it. Calidum 15:04, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. This is the primary topic for "The Wire". Rreagan007 (talk) 23:41, 12 January 2022 (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.

Rotten Tomatoes

Is there a reason why Rotten Tomatoes is left out of § Critical response? s01 85% 34r, s02 95% 21r, s03 100% 21r, s04 100% 24r, s05 93% 44r --77.162.8.57 (talk) 10:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Missing cast member

Michael B. Jordan needs to be added 2600:1700:2FC0:54D0:7C3C:B6B4:B16D:29AB (talk) 04:13, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph 4: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/The_Wire#Main_cast

Adding "ensemble cast" to the lead with awards won

The Wire has a huge cast, but not even one is mentioned by name. See series like Friends, Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory. All have names of main characters in lead and a brief description of awards won, also in lead. This article has nothing of that in lead, it should be rewritten by experienced editors. SeanBeans1981 (talk) 06:35, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]