Talk:Vicious (TV series)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: BenLinus1214 (talk · contribs) 22:37, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I will be reviewing this for GAN. Give me a couple hours to read this. BenLinus 1214^talk 22:37, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I will have to fail this article for now. Basically, the problem is that the article is not very informative or broad enough. Extremely far from a GA in that regard, especially because there are no production notes whatsoever and the episode mostly consists of an episode list. BenLinus 1214^talk 01:16, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
There's not really much prose here, so you need to change that.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Your larger numbers of mixed to negative reviews is a bit troubling
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

@CB2288: If you would like to further improve the article, here are some comments:

The article does not have a wide enough scope. There are no production details, and the series overview and reception sections are much too short.
A lot of your references boil down to database entries, which shouldn't be over-cited in an article, as they do not illustrate notability.
Your page mostly consists of an episode list, which isn't really great for a GA. If you think about it, if you remove the episode list, the article is pretty much nothing. I'm not suggesting that you remove it--just pointing that out.

Lead
- This stuff doesn't have to be cited per WP:LEADCITE.
Series overview
- Needs expansion.
Cast and characters
- Unsourced.
- Should probably expand into prose. See Veronica Mars for example.
Episodes
- Your main ratings link is suffering from WP:Link rot.
Reception
- No source on Rotten Tomatoes
- Your reviews don't seem to cover an 80% positive review rate.
DVD Release
- Unsourced