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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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I've spent almost six months expanding this article into better shape than when I found it. I'm at the point now where there doesn't seem to be much else to add, but I've been looking at my own writing for so long, that I'm in need of some outside opinions. All sections could use a review, and I'm especially interested in suggestions that can help the article reach GA status.

Thanks, Astrocog (talk) 17:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{doing}} Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for any comments and suggestions you can make!Astrocog (talk) 19:07, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: I think this looks really good, here are some pretty nitpicky suggestions for improvement.

A model article is useful for ideas and examples to follow. There are several FAs on television shows which may be good models. I am not sure if Smallville (season 1) would be a good model (1st season of a sf tv-series), Firefly (TV series) is another possibility (a one season tv series with sf andwestern elements).

Firefly (TV series) is in fact the model being used for this article.Astrocog (talk) 02:30, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure the lead is a summary of the whole article. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way, but Home media does not seem to be in the lead. Please see WP:LEAD

Fixed the Lead to cover all sections, as well as provide citations.Astrocog (talk) 22:24, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The toolbox on this PR page has a disambiguation links checker that shows several dabs that need to be fixed. See here

Fixed the dabs.Astrocog (talk) 22:57, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:MOS says to introduce someone with their full name and then use just the last name in the article thereafter unless it is in a direct quote or caption. So the article should use Bruce Campbell the first time, then just Campbell thereafter.

Gone through and I think I've found most of the offenders in the article. A few were left for clarity, but that's just my judgement.Astrocog (talk) 03:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also watch out for WP:OVERLINKing - the rule of thumb is to link once in the lead (first occurrence) and then once in the body of the article (some editors limit to just one link per article). Links in captions and refs are also OK.

Nothing seems to be over-linked.Astrocog (talk) 03:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the Casting section I would give a breif explanation / description of who Lord Bowler is on first mention (I know he is briefly decribed in the lead, but should be here too)

Done.

I would do the same for the other characters introduced in this section - make sure to provide context to the reader and explain who they are

See next comment.Astrocog (talk) 02:52, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also wonder if a different order might work better (so the Orb is described in Production Design but not really explained until later) - look at some model articles and see how they do it perhaps.

Following the example of Firefly (TV series), I moved the Plot and Cast sections up. I think this improves the clarity of the article, including giving context to later character discussion.Astrocog (talk) 02:52, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few places in the article that need references - the second paragraph of Home Media has no refs and needs one, or this sentence The show was later broadcast in syndication airing on the U.S. cable channel Turner Network Television (TNT) from January 1996 to January 2001.

Fixed.Astrocog (talk) 22:24, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if the Characters and Guest stars need refs or not

Plot-related information about characters do not need refs, according to MOS:TV, since the show itself establishes those facts. I would assume analysis of a character beyond obvious characterizations and plot would need citations.Astrocog (talk) 01:35, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HEAD says to capitalize some headers differently

- Not sure which headers you mean here, but they look fine to me at this point.Astrocog (talk) 22:24, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please make sure that the existing text includes no copyright violations, plagiarism, or close paraphrasing. For more information on this please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches. (This is a general warning given in all peer reviews, in view of previous problems that have risen over copyvios.)

Looked into this. I believe there are no copyright violations. Any quotes used seem to be within fair use. I've also made sure that the images are fair use, too.Astrocog (talk) 01:35, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:25, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]