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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 16:11, 27 September 2011 [1].

The Simpsons (season 10)

Nominator(s): Theleftorium ^(talk) 15:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it is needed for the Simpsons season 10 Good topic. Theleftorium ^(talk) 15:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Fox arose—however, it was soon --> I don't think thats a correct usage of em-dash.
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The tenth season was the second for which Mike Scully served as show runner --> Doesn't sound right. Try to rephrase.
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
File:Simpsons s10.png --> album, single, book, dvd etc coves shouldn't ideally exceed 300px in its length or breadth. Try reducing it a little.
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Scully was popular with the staff members, many of whom have praised his organization and management skills. Writer Tom Martin has said that he was "quite possibly the best boss I've ever worked for" and "a great manager of people". --> Somehow doesnt seem right to me. The context doesnt fit here, seeing that it would have been more appropriate tagging along with the area that says that this season was the start of decline. A kind of relation exists.
- I disagree. I think it fits perfectly. This section is about the production of the show, and what the staff members thought of him certainly belongs here. It shouldn't be in a "Critical reception" section since that is for critics opinions. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
US$30,000 --> cluttersome, why not a simple $30,000?
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
with the actors threatening to strike--> ??
- I don't understand the problem? Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - It should be "actors threatening to go on a strike" I believe. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 06:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Well, strike is an actual verb, but I changed it to your suggestion. Theleftorium ^(talk) 10:06, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Avoid this .[20][21][22][23][24][25]... by using WP:CITEKILL.
- This one is left. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 06:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Done. Theleftorium ^(talk) 10:06, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Similarly, Coeur d'Alene Press ---> Similarly, a writer/writers of Coeur d'Alene Press
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
is held responsive --> you mean responsible?
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More to come.... — Legolas ^(talk2me) 16:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, thanks! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:46, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

Production: "he had previously ran the ninth season". "ran" – "run"?
"to develop Futurama, where he served...". Since Futurama isn't a place, a substitute should be found for "where".
Broadcast and ratings: "'The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace' was the official season premiere of the tenth season." The use of "season" is redundant, don't you think? Try removing the first one.
Critical reception: In the Chris Barsanti quote, change the spaced em dashes to unspaced, or make them spaced en dashes (the smaller ones). We are allowed to make reasonable style adjustments in quotes, after all.
Similarly, in the Brian Tallerico quote, there a year range (3-7) that could use an en dash.
In that same quote, which reads at the end, "than most [other] show's best years", double-check the source to see if it has the apostrophe in that spot. Seems like it should be at the end of the word.
- This is a mistake by the source. Should I include a "[sic]"? Theleftorium ^(talk) 19:16, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - That sounds like a good solution. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 16:08, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Done. Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:59, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Episode 14: "Homer manages to destroy to canister at...". Second "to" should be "the".
Episode 17: What does "excite their lives" mean? Maybe it would be better as "add excitement to their lives" or something.
Episode 19: "However, when Homer makes new art pieces for a show called 'Art in America' that is similar to his first piece". "is" → "are". This is because the pieces are a plural element.
Episode 20: Extra word in "of hosting the the Olympics...".
"but the springs that Homer flushed down the toilet out onto the bottom of the sea causes the boat...". "causes" → "cause".
Episode 21: Typo in "costumer".
Toward the end of this summary, "everyday" should be two words in this context, I believe.
Not sure about having two non-free images. The second one doesn't seem to have much purpose, since there's already one DVD package picture.

In references that have a page range, the p. should be pp. The ones I see that need an adjustment are 1, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 60, 63, and 65. If you're using templates, just change the page= parameter to pages= and that will fix it. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 18:38, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks a lot for the comments! Much appreciated. :) I've fixed all issues except for the one I replied to. Theleftorium ^(talk) 19:16, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Still see a p. in ref 51 that should be pp., but it looks like you got the rest of them. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 20:46, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Fixed! Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:52, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 22:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Surprised this has been waiting so long for cmts.

"The Michigan Daily's Passman did not only have negative things to say about the tenth season in his review." this sentence is a bit confusing to me when read along with the one after; not sure what it's really trying to say.

Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:19, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Passman is quoted earlier in the section (I'm not sure if you know that), so that's why the sentence is included. I could delete it if you want. Theleftorium ^(talk) 19:23, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Removing isn't necessary, but I would feel more comfortable if the two Daily sentences came after each other. They're so far apart currently that I (obviously) forgot that Passman had already appeared in the article. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:10, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done! :) Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:19, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 22:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for taking a look! Theleftorium ^(talk) 15:52, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 15:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Why is "Season" capitalised in two places in the infobox?
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"their salaries" whose? Fox or Simpsons?
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"The tenth season was the second season that..." not sure you need the second "season" in that sentence.
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
" since several years back," - "for several years,"
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
" a large amount of " -> "a number of"
- Fixed. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
" 8:00 p.m." - this needs a non-breaking space between the number and the p.m. Check the rest of the article.
- How exactly do you do this? Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"An op-ed" what's an op-ed?
- Added a wikilink. Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No spaced hyphens in the reference titles please (ref 19 e.g.).
- Not sure how to fix this either? Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! :) Theleftorium ^(talk) 20:09, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - check out the two edits I made to fix the en dashes and non-breaking space issues. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see now! Thanks! Theleftorium ^(talk) 15:11, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~You should fix the dead link from TheSimpsons.com in the External links, but once fixed I~~ Support.
– HonorTheKing (talk) 14:56, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Fixed, thanks! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:51, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support the promotion of this list. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 07:36, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you! :) Theleftorium ^(talk) 09:59, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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