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Pilot (Numb3rs)

Nice work. You could probably get that up to Good Article standards if you wanted to. Reply here is you're interested and have questions. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments; I appreciate it, especially since it was the first time that I have written an article. Exactly, what did I need to bring the article up to Good Article status? - SciGal (talk) 00:00, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you've got the material the article needs already included. The next step is to format it correctly. The obvious problems I see at this point are the lead, and single sentence paragraphs. The lead section should summarize the whole article. What I do is read the article, and make sure each paragraph has 1-2 sentences summarizing it in the lead (you can do it however you feel is best, that's just what I do. Wikipedia is flexible at the GA level.). You can read WP:LEAD if you want, but it just says the lead should summarize the article, and ideally not include info that isn't in the body of the article.

The other thing I see are single sentence paragraphs. They should be combined or merged so that there aren't any single sentence paragraphs.

As someone who doesn't crank out good articles (GAs), I'd normally be skeptical of your ability to use only reliable sources, except I've looked at what you've done in this article and I think it is acceptable (or a bit above). I see a couple of issues, like all cap titles of refs (caused by copy/pasting) but I don't think it matters for GA.

After saying all that, the best thing to probably do is look at another GA episode article. I've done a couple, Treehouse of Horror and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Xena), and their are a ton at Good_Article#Live_action_television_episodes. I wouldn't bother looking at any of them too hard. You seem to naturally write at a grad/post grad level (no offense, you may be PhD for all I know) and that's enough. Anyways, please post any questions you have. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 08:17, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot the actual GA process. Then you have to go to WP:GAN (good article nominations) and add it to a list. They've got instructions there. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 08:20, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ready for GA?

I imagine "Pilot" is ready to go. It takes like two months before you get a review, so you might want to add it if you're interested in having it vetted. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 02:31, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.SciGal (talk) 15:02, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can I ask a question? I already nominated the article. I, however, read the article yesterday, and I noticed that I had inadvertently deleted one very vital section: the real-life case which served as the basis of the episode. (I have no idea what I was thinking at the time when I did that.) Can I add that section while the article is nominated, or do I need to de-list the episode to add it?SciGal (talk) 12:34, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can keep working on it. Because of the backlog, I sometimes nominate things that aren't ready and keep working on them to save time. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 15:00, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Boy, that went easy. You can take the article to WP:FAC if you want more of a challenge and to have the article eligible to appear on the main page as WP:TFA. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Pilot (Numb3rs)

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Hi, Edge3. Thank you for your review. I read the suggestions that you made, and I have made the suggested changes.SciGal (talk) 13:10, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response. I haven't finished the review yet, so more suggestions will be added to the review page in the next few days. I look forward to seeing you there!--Edge3 (talk) 13:31, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the comments above and added post-review suggestions in case you needed them. --Edge3 (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edge3 and Peregrine Fisher, thank you so much for your help. I appreciate it.SciGal (talk) 22:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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You should do an FA

I think you'd enjoy it. It's more interesting than a GA, and will teach you things that a GA doesn't. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you can create good and featured topics if you can get every episode of a season vetted. Example Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Featured topic Drive/season 8. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 13:22, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Peregrine Fisher. I like the idea. My only problem is finding enough information on each episode to create an article.SciGal (talk) 20:06, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Keep up the good work. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 20:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

redlinks

Please don't remove them: Wikipedia:Red link#Dealing with existing red links --NE2 10:31, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry. SciGal (talk) 13:01, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Last Death of Henry Morgan

Hi, SciGal! Great work the the article for The Last Death of Henry Morgan. To prevent the bolding issue when italicizing titles, try the following (it's what I did in the article): ''Forever''{{'}}s - the {{'}} template exists for this very purpose. Hope it helps you out in the future! Alex|The|Whovian 09:44, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I left some more questions, at the bottom of the GA Review in a new subsection.

As for the photo, please see commons:COM:L for licensing answers.

Hope that's helpful,

— Cirt (talk) 21:12, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Either of these would work. The actor's face hasn't changed that drastically since then. — Cirt (talk) 21:49, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. You're doing a great job so far, quite responsive, thank you !!! — Cirt (talk) 21:54, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I searched through Flickr myself, nothing else helpful coming up there. — Cirt (talk) 22:50, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:YouTube

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your edit summary in your revert of me here. As I explained in my two previous edit summaries, Template:YouTube is not a citation template, and the template is not functioning properly in your revision. Template:YouTube is an external link template that is only to be used within the guidelines at Wikipedia:External links. It provides a link to a YouTube video page, or a user page. On Forever (U.S. TV series) it appears you are trying to link to a video of a specific episode on YouTube, however because you are using the parameters incorrectly, it is linking to a user page. If you would like to use an episode as a reference you can use Template:Cite AV media or Template:Cite episode. Could you please explain to me what your intentions are with the references on Forever (U.S. TV series), so that I could better understand the situation? Thanks, 117Avenue (talk) 04:10, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I see that you have reverted me again. I find this frustrating because you still haven't answered my questions. The template is using the parameters incorrectly, please tell me why, or fix this. The text is saying one thing, but linking to another, please tell me why, or fix this. Could you please explain to me what your intentions are with the references on Forever (U.S. TV series), so that I could better understand the situation? Thanks, 117Avenue (talk) 02:52, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am also by confused by your most recent edit summary, "Because of WP:VIDEOREF". At that page it says when using a video as a citation use {{cite video}}, which my revision complied with. If you are referring to the External links section of that page, it makes no mention of using Template:YouTube in the ref. 117Avenue (talk) 03:01, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response, but I'd like to be clear before trying to edit the article again. I was already aware that the YouTube video was being linked to through the AV media template. I believe this is the correct way to make the reference pursuant to WP:VIDEOREF, WP:EL, and WP:REF, and I thought I made that clear in my last edit to the article. In response to the question "why is Template:YouTube there", can I summarize your answer "to indicate that the source comes from a user-submitted site, and to link to the YouTube channel"? Why is indicating a user-submitted or pay wall site being done outside the cite template? Is that not what the "via" and "registration" parameters are for? Why do you want to link to the YouTube channel page? I think linking to the video is sufficient. In both edit summary and on your talk page I told you the template was saying one thing, and linking to another, did you ever visit the template's documentation to read how the template should be used? 117Avenue (talk) 03:25, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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