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October 27, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
February 10, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Promoted

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GA review[edit]

For cultural references;

Scully needs an apostrophe.
The Fly needs italics, and maybe a link to the remake too.
Reception doesn't need a sub-section.

Alientraveller 15:08, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done and done. Welcome back! -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:16, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Alientraveller 17:03, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monty Python reference in Easy Bake Coven[edit]

Are the bloodthirsty demands of the townspeople to burn the witch (Marge) not a reference to a similar scene in Monty Python and The Holy Grail? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.213.46 (talk) 10:01, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fox Censor has a cultural reference[edit]

If I'm not mistaken, the Fox Censor opening is a cultural reference. This Reference is to a movie where a man explains the "new" Motion picture rating system. Though delivering his message in a professional news-anchorman manner, he preceded to say "Fuck" (in some sentence) directed at the audience. I am unfortunately unable to remember at the time what this movie was. I'm currently trying to figure it out by goggling. Yami (talk) 14:53, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I found the answer here on Wikipedia in the Motion Picture Rating System Article. The movie was Student Bodies. Yami (talk) 14:58, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flaws Section Flaws[edit]

The flaws section in this article needs to be redone, the tone is inconsistent with the rest of the article and the information is dubious.

Homega man was a spoof/homage of Omega man and the fact that Homer survived the explosion was the point, it isn't based on realism. Mentioning the radiation effects is just rehashing the first point and again is against the fantastic/comedic nature of the segment.

Last, Carl would not necessarily be a slave as there were many free African Americans in colonial times, although this again defeats the nature of the segment, there wouldn't have been any Green witches flying broomsticks there either, why isn't that listed in the flaws? Davidac18643 (talk) 21:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted Good article status[edit]

The article fails Wikipedia Good article criteria:

Per Good article criteria, a good article sshould be “Broad in its coverage: (b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail"

Refer to Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television#Plot_section: “The main purpose of plot summaries is to provide context for the rest of the information. As a rough guide, summaries for episode articles should be about 200 to 500 words. Complicated plots may take more space to present than simpler plots. For articles on the main work this section should be brief, only discussing the important plot elements for each season (though, if the article is becoming long it may be best to trim it to over-arching plots for the entire series) that steered the course of characters lives, or the course of the show. For season articles, there are a couple ways to present plot information: in a basic prose section that gives season story arcs and main plot points or a tabular format that sections off each individual episode with its own brief plot section (approximately 100–200 words for each, with upwards of 350 words for complex storylines).”

The article fails Good article criterion because it goes into unnecessary detail in the plot section, which also makes the article similar to an advertisement. Northamerica1000 (talk) 12:45, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The plot summary has over 900 words, is excessive, unnecessary, and similar to advertising. Northamerica1000 (talk) 12:52, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please use the Wikipedia:Good article reassessment process. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 12:54, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reference in The HΩmega Man?[edit]

Is the hot rod that the mutants use to chase Homer a reference to something? --76.16.85.100 (talk) 20:46, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I have removed this article from Category:Television series sets in the 1640s. Firstly this is an episode of a television series (and of course only one segment of it is set in the 1640s) rather than a series itself, so the article does not really belong in it. Secondly the category itself would seem to be misnamed (the use of "sets") and as there is nothing else in it, I think it makes sense to remove the article from it. Dunarc (talk) 19:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]