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MythBusters[edit]
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I know that there are some issues with copyediting, and the images need to have their non-free use rationales reformatted, but any other suggestions for improving the article would be appreciated.
Thanks, Willbyr (talk | contribs) 20:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Ruhrfisch comments: I will assume the goal is to get this to GA (for now). While a lot of work has clearly been done on the article, more remains to be done. Here are some suggestions for improvement:
- The lead is not a summary of the article and needs to be expanded - see WP:LEAD
- References generally come at the end of a sentence or at least right after punctuation (so The show was pitched to Discovery Channel under the title Tall Tales or True by producer Peter Rees from Beyond Television Productions in 2002.[1] -see WP:CITE
- The current refernces need to be consistent and provide more information in most cases. For internet refs provide url, title, publisher, author if know, and date accessed. {{cite web}} and the other cite templates are helpful in being consitent and complete.
- For references that are explanatory notes, give enough information that someone reading the note on its own will have some clue as to what it is talking about. For example, current ref #4 is just the cryptic "35, 40, and 46".
- Article needs many more references - whole paragraphs are now uncited, as are some direct quotes Dubbed "replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results" by Savage,.. and statistics. See WP:V
- Do not have direct external links in the text, that is what refs are for - Beginning in Season 5 they have prompted viewers to visit the show's website[1] to see less edited where [1] is a jump to their website.
- Provide context for the reader - see WP:PCR. For example, even the Mythbusters intro says that "Adam and Jamie have over 30 years combined special effects experience" (IIRC, closeto that anyways). The article just drops Jamie in with Jamie Hyneman came to the show through Rees, who had previously interviewed him for his appearance on BattleBots. Perhaps some of the material in the Cast section should be moved up in the article, as it does a better job of explaining this.
- Generally well written, though a copyedit is always good. Lots of interesting material that is well-organized, so it is mostly a matter of citing it and polishing.