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GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:The Monroe Doctrine (1896 film)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 17:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will review. MWright96 (talk) 17:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Plot

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  • "John Bull arrives at a shoreline, representing Venezuela, and starts attacking it with guns, overwhelming the country." - {{xt|John Bull, representing Venezuela, arrives at a shoreline and starts attacking the country with guns, overwhelming
  • "Showing him up, Sam forces Bull to his knees" - think the text in bold can be reworded to its literal meaning
  • "Sam has stood up for the principles of the Monroe Doctrine." - shouldn't this sentence be cited like the other two sentences for consistency?

Cast

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  • The two sentences are missing periods to indicate their end
  • "known for performing in boxing movies" - more formal; films

Background and release

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  • "It depicted a then-recent political dispute that stemmed" - the words "then-recent" are unneeded
  • "between British Guiana and Venezuela. Venezuelan miners had begun" - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this.
  • "The film was "doubtlessly inspired by a political cartoon" - please state who said the quotes for clarity
  • "the audience were "delighted" by the film" - according to whom?
  • "it became the first film to be shown in Venezuela, where the people of Maracaibo were reportedly "moved" that a film" - close repetition of the word "film"

Analysis

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  • "The Monroe Doctrine is described as a "comic allegory" that was "overtly political"." - please state whom described the film as a "comic allegory" that was "overtly political".
  • "allegorical Uncle Sam and John Bull figures, and Band Drill (a section of Milk White Flag)[3]:viii," - the reference should come after the comma not before it
  • "It has also been compared to the second film shown that night," - please state whom made the comparisons to the second film shown on the night it premiered
  • "an expected influx of similar devices to the Vitasope from European," - think there is some words missing from this sentence, specially the end of this particular portion of text
  • Explain briefly who James Chapman and Nicholas J. Cull are to those unfamiliar with the two men

References

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  • André Gaudreault should be explicitly listed as the editor of reference 1
  • The editors of Reference 2 should be in the "editors" field not the "others" field
  • The location of Reference 4 might be better off included for consistency
  • Same issue as above for Reference 5

These were what I found during my readthrough. Will put on hold. MWright96 (talk) 08:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: I think I've addressed all the above comments, let me know if you have any more! Kingsif (talk) 15:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Kingsif: Now promoting to GA class. I have made one edit to the article, which was to the cast section. MWright96 (talk) 17:37, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Surviving copies?

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Do any copies of the film survive? Would be good to say one way or the other - the fact it's not mentioned implies no, but the article does use "is", so it is currently a bit ambiguous. Andrew Gray (talk) 18:22, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No copies are known to survive (despite having 20 verified user reviews on IMDb). Could add Columbia reference. Kingsif (talk) 22:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]