Talk:$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)/GA1

GA Review
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Commencing review. Admiral Norton (talk) 22:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * "The economy of Springfield is in decline, and Mayor Quimby listens to suggestions from citizens on how to improve the economy." &mdash; "The economy" should not appear twice here.
 * "Principal Skinner suggests that legalized gambling has helped rejuvenate run-down economies..." &mdash; He can either "state" or "claim" that legalized gabling has some effect, or "suggest" legalized gabling as a solution to something.
 * "For instance, she forgets to help Lisa make a costume for her geography pageant." &mdash; I'm not that familiar with the U.S. culture, but isn't pageant a word for a beauty contest?
 * Nope, it can be a "procession or ceremony in elaborate costume" too (see Pageant).
 * Thanks for clearing this up, I didn't know that before.
 * Pass/Fail:
 * "The economy of Springfield is in decline, and Mayor Quimby listens to suggestions from citizens on how to improve the economy." &mdash; "The economy" should not appear twice here.
 * "Principal Skinner suggests that legalized gambling has helped rejuvenate run-down economies..." &mdash; He can either "state" or "claim" that legalized gabling has some effect, or "suggest" legalized gabling as a solution to something.
 * "For instance, she forgets to help Lisa make a costume for her geography pageant." &mdash; I'm not that familiar with the U.S. culture, but isn't pageant a word for a beauty contest?
 * Nope, it can be a "procession or ceremony in elaborate costume" too (see Pageant).
 * Thanks for clearing this up, I didn't know that before.
 * Thanks for clearing this up, I didn't know that before.


 * "The absurdly tiny wooden plane Burns makes in the episode, the "Spruce Moose", is a parody..." &mdash; Move "the 'Spruce Moose to the beginning of the sentence for clarity.
 * "TV DVD Reviews's Kay Daly named it the third best episode of the season, and called the cultural references 'genius'." &mdash; "Genius" is not an adjective&mdash;"ingenious" is. Also, the word does not appear in its citation.
 * "...and one of the Box Office Prophets Les Winan's five favorite episodes." &mdash; please clarify.
 * The last section has only one link that could even be done away with (it also appears in the lead), so please add more of them if possible (this is not a criterion for passing, but it will make the article look better)
 * In a relatively short article like this one, there shouldn't be several instances of the same link in prose, such as to Marge Simpson and Mr. Burns (this doesn't include image captions, infoboxes, etc.).
 * A link to Fox Television might be in order.
 * You might consider joining 2–6 into a single reference, because they all relate to the same work, except with different actors featured in excerpts cited. Admiral Norton (talk) 18:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it's better the way it is now. Plus, this is how it's done in all the other Simpsons GAs/FAs.

Thanks a lot for reviewing! :) I think I have addressed all of your concerns. — The Le ft  orium  19:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Man, that was really fast! I believe everything is in order now, so I'm passing the article. :-) Admiral Norton (talk) 19:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks! =)  The Le ft orium  20:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)