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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 14 December 2020 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of What Would You Do? episodes[edit]

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Nominator(s): Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 13:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it meets FL criteria. It shows all the episodes in the series, shows valuable information that could be valuable to the reader, and has a graph/ratings section that adds to its notability. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 13:32, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:45, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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  • "....broadcast on ABC since February 26, 2008. It is hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones and was created by Chris Whipple" - all of this is unsourced
  • "Appearing periodically on ABC's Primetime from 2005 to 2007, What Would You Do? became an instant success for the ABC network" - claim that it was an "instant success" definitely needs a source
  • Also, I don't really follow this - did WWYD debut as a segment within a different show before being spun off into a standalone show?
  • "Because of its low-budget" - no reason for that hyphen
  • "the show began to feature guest appearances of the show" - the last three words aren't needed
  • In fact I would merge this sentence with the next one, as both are very short
  • "aired its first Christmas special in its eight season" - eighth season, not eight season
  • "titled "What Would You Do?: Then and Now,"" - comma should be outside the quote marks, not inside
  • "a special hosted by Gio Benitez as part of the sixteenth season's season finale" - so was the special just part of the finale, or was it the finale?
  • Think that's it from me. Not much to say about the tables..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • One more query - you say that the anniversary special "featur[ed] scenarios from Primetime: What Would You Do? and season one", but earlier you said it was known as P:WWYD for its first five seasons, so the sentence as written doesn't really make sense. I presume that by "Primetime: What Would You Do?" you mean segments which originally aired as part of Primetime? Might need a re-word to make that clear..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:45, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • When appearing as segments for Primetime, the segments were called Primetime: What Would You Do?. When the show became its own show, the series was still called Primetime: What Would You Do?. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 15:48, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • I understand that, but saying "P:WWYD and season one" doesn't work, because the first five seasons (including season one) were all called P:WWYD. You probably need to change it to "featuring scenarios originally aired on Primetime and in season one" -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:18, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:18, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - Pass[edit]

I will get to this eventually (so many sources!) but for now you should add a project(s) banner to the talk page of the article. Probably Wikiproject lists and the American Television task force (they're used in this page if that helps) Aza24 (talk) 22:04, 16 September 2020 (UTC) Sorry about the wait. Comments:[reply]

  • A lot of missing retrieval dates. You can see which ones are missing by doing command/control f "Retrieved"
  • refs 8 and 10 should not be in all caps per MOS (even if the original titles are)
  • "Your Entertainment Now" does not look like a reliable source at first glance but it looks like it sources reliable statistical information itself, so I think it's admissible.
  • Some of the TV by the Numbers refs are missing archive links, and because of this are not linking to the appropriate page, by extension not sourcing the appropriate information. Refs 78 and 77 for example, though there is probably more
    • Not much you can do about that. The site was deleted and some of the pages were never archived. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 17:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • I sympathize with your predicament, but if the link does not provide the information it sources, that is the equivalent to not having a ref at all. You're going to have to look for another source, or double check for archive links. Aza24 (talk) 20:17, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        • @Aza24: Every non-archived page that I could find a replacement for has been replaced. These replacements include links to websites such as The Futon Critic and TV Series Finale, which they themselves can't be archived but can be used. The only page I couldn't find a replacement for was the season 10 episode that aired on July 10, 2015. I will continue looking for a replacement for that one, but once again, I have replaced the rest. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 23:24, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
          • I appreciate your diligence! Sorry if my points were tedious, that's just the nature of source reviews. Pass for source review. Aza24 (talk) 01:18, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure if there is much of a point in linking "Showbuzz Daily" since it goes to the same place as the author, but it's not a huge deal

Your Entertainment Now[edit]

Comment by Birdienest81[edit]

  • One minor thing, but not really a big deal: It would be better to de-italicize the titles of most of your sources since they are not magazines or periodicals. You could move it from the rename the field in your citations from "website=" to "publisher=" or agency=".
  • Support: Sorry about the delay. Nevertheless, good work.
--Birdienest81 (talk) 08:36, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SatDis[edit]

Great work, I have just a few suggestions.

  • In the first paragraph, after "created by Chris Whipple", could there be a brief description of the show's premise? All we know is that it's a hidden camera series.
  • "Guest-less era" - this could be simplified to "an era without guests".
  • The viewership is all sourced excellently - is there any way of referencing the episode airdates? Even broadly?
  • For the episodes with titles, maybe use "Title" instead of "Rtitle"?

Thanks, SatDis (talk) 06:14, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SatDis: I have added comments. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 13:47, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Some Dude From North Carolina: Fantastic. Thanks for addressing those suggestions. I support this nomination. I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide some feedback at my Featured list review, which is also an episode list. Thanks. SatDis (talk) 14:18, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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