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GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:The Bill/GA3. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

I think the article fails criteria #2 of the GAC as there are quite a few broken links and unverified facts in the article. I tagged these a while ago so they should be pretty easy to find.

In addition I do not believe that the article is written sufficiently well to meet criteria #1 to warrant being listed as a good article. --Deadly∀ssassin 17:38, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will read over the article a little later when I have more time to try and fix the broken links.--5 albert square (talk) 11:53, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Broken links fixed.--5 albert square (talk) 23:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the citations referenced now, I will do the rest over the weekend if nobody else does them--5 albert square (talk) 22:59, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, some more of the citations referenced, going to ask User:JuneGloom07 if she can help with the outstanding ones.--5 albert square (talk) 22:11, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Still looking into this. I'm having trouble sourcing the bit about the Ford Sierra, I'm referring to a Geoff Tibballs book I have on the history of Sun Hill. Going to look at this over the next day or so in the hope I can reference it in this book. If not I'll come back and have a re-think.--5 albert square (talk) 22:50, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK everyone, not forgotten about this, just been a bit busy and been unable to source some references particularly for them using a Ford Sierra. I've actually ordered a book from Amazon in the hope that this will help out. At the end of the day if it doesn't source the Sierra then it may be able to help with other parts of the article. Please bear with me whilst I try and source these, once I'm certain whether or not I can get a source I can then see about the writing of the article.--5 albert square (talk) 19:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It would have been courteous of the initiator to notify the editors who brought the article to GA status, and to have raised these issues on the talk page instead of going for the jugular. Our names are even listed on the talk page for that specific purpose, so I'm disappointed that such basic due diligence wasn't done. However, now I'm aware of it, I will look into the issues over the coming days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:59, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just saying, which many other editers have said, but if your trying to promote this to GA; get rid of the tags by adding sources as well as dont leave blank url's at the bottom of the reflist. — M.Mario (T/C) 18:02, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean Mario. We're not trying to promote it to GA, it is already a GA, has been for the last couple of years. It's being re-assessed. As I've said previously I'm trying to find sources for it but it's proving hard. HJ have you received my emails regarding this?--5 albert square (talk) 20:00, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This has been under reassessment for a long time now. Are we any closer to getting a result? AIRcorn (talk) 12:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review appears to have been abandoned. Closing as kept. AIRcorn (talk) 13:58, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria because there are several uncited statements throughout the article, including entire paragraphs. Is anyone interested in addressing this concern, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 15:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

The Bill

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There is uncited information throughout the article, including entire paragraphs. Z1720 (talk) 21:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as GA thanks to the efforts of JuneGloom07 in removing unsourced info and adding more sources, there are now no unsourced sections, and there is nothing to me that strikes me out as not meeting the GA requirements. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- DaniloDaysOfOurLives, there remains extensive unverified information in the following sections: "Themes and title sequences", "Episodes", and "Cast". ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:34, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah, I've done next to nothing. I only noticed the GAR by chance and thought I'd help out a little, but some of those sections need rewriting, like the cast info. - JuneGloom07 Talk 23:12, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've actually sourced the Episodes and Cast sections now. - JuneGloom07 Talk 22:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notable guest stars

These lists were removed from the article as they were unsourced. I thought I would place them here to give someone the chance to maybe rework the info and source them. - JuneGloom07 Talk 02:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following actors appeared in the show at least once.

June Brown (1984)
Sean Bean (1984)
Michelle Collins (1986)
Marc Warren (1987)
Eve Karpf (1988)
Paul O'Grady (1988 and 1990)
Steve McFadden (1989)
Mark Strong (1990)
Andy Serkis (1990)
Chesney Hawkes (1991)
Robert Carlyle (1991)
Martine McCutcheon (1991 and 1992)
Anthony Daniels (1992)
Brendan Coyle (1992)
Adrian Lester (1992)
Pete Postlethwaite (1992)
Paul Ritter (1992 and 1996)
Steve Shill (1992)
Hugo Speer (1992)
Tim McInnerny (1992)
Stephen K Amos (1993)
Emma Bunton (1993)
Elizabeth Estensen (1993)
Nick Moran (1993, 1995 and 1997)
Russell Brand (1994)
Idris Elba (1994 and 1995)
Sarah Parish (1994)
David Tennant (1995)
Keira Knightley (1995)
Tazmin Outhwaite (1996)
James McAvoy (1997)
Martin Freeman (1997)
Emmanuel Petit (1998)
Nicholas Hoult (2000)
Lorraine Stanley (2001 and 2008)
Bruno Tonioli (2001)
David Walliams (2002)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (2003)
Jack O'Connell (2005)
Davood Ghadami (2005)
Lashana Lynch (2007)
Charlotte Jordan (2007)
Marc Elliot (2008)
Brett Goldstein (2009)

Some guest parts were also played by guest actors who were already well known when they appeared, including:

Larry Martyn (1989 and 1993)
Joseph Marcell (1989 and 1998)
Ray Winstone (1991 and 1995)
Charlotte Coleman (1992)
Craig Charles (1995)
Leslie Phillips (1996)
Letitia Dean (1997)
Rik Mayall (1997)
Anita Dobson (1997 and 2005)
Hugh Laurie (1998)
Martin Kemp (1998)
Leslie Grantham (1998 and 2007)
Roger Daltrey (1999)
Linda Lusardi (2000 and 2004)
Ralf Little (2001)
Lewis Collins (2002)
Lorraine Kelly (2003)
Lynda Bellingham (2004)
Pauline Quirke (2005)
Andrew Sachs (2006)
Bill Treacher (2006)
Les Dennis (2006)

Tense

surely this should read that The Bill "was" instead of "is"? It's not on TV anymore, there's no new episodes since 2010 so it's not current. 77.103.180.238 (talk) 22:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is correct to use "is" since The Bill is a work of fiction. The show may no longer be in production but it still exists. I can watch a repeat on television or clips online.Rain the 1 20:46, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It hasn't ceased to be a television show. See MOS:TVLEAD. - JuneGloom07 Talk 02:11, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]