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The Stone Tape was one of the Media and drama good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
April 17, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
January 10, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Brief GA comments

Just some brief comments:

Image:Thestonetape.JPG needs fair use rationale.
Lead needs developing, incorporating references.
There are a good range of reliable sources here. It's good to see many print sources. Perhaps you could also use some reliable web sources, such as [1] and [2] (You've usefully already included these in the external links section: if I were writing the article I'd be tempted to use them as cites).
The Background section is rather long: perhaps splitting down into further sections?

Well done so far. The JPS ^{talk to me} 19:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. In response, taking each of your comments in turn:

Fair use has been added to the image page.
Lead section has been expanded (always one of my weak points). However, I was under the impression that citations in the lead (with a few notable exceptions e.g. if a direct quote is used in the text) were generally frowned upon i.e. that the lead is to be a summary of the cited material in the body of the text. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Done.
I had a look at reorganising the Background section but I feel that my efforts to change it interrupted the flow of the text and made the article somewhat bitty. I don't feel that the section is excessively long, so for now I think I'll leave it as it is. If this becomes critical in passing GA, I will, of course, revisit it.

- Joe King 10:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well written, well sourced - well done! I think the adjustments are fine, so I am passing the article. Chubbles 08:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Joe King 17:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Archaeoacoustics

Maybe a 'see also' section relating to Archaeoacoustics, the theory that sound can be recorded on artifacts such as pottery?Dettawalker (talk) 00:13, 26 July 2010 (UTC)dettawalker[reply]

Matheson's "Hell House" ...

Published in 1971, Richard Matheson's novel has some similarities. Did Kneale read the book? 104.169.28.236 (talk) 06:18, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

The Stone Tape

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:02, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This 2007 addition has multiple unsourced or badly sourced statements, which would not meet GA standards. Spinixster (chat!) 10:20, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.