Talk:Gertie the Dinosaur/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 14:52, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey Curly, I'll be glad to take this one. Comments in the next 1-3 days. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:52, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Initial comments
Since this article is excellent on first pass, you get mostly stream-of-consciousness thoughts instead:
 * Fascinating to think that there was a time that the American public had to be told what a dinosaur was
 * I actually have my doubts that the public still had to be "educated" about dinosaurs by this time, but that's what the source says. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:34, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I know I'm the 10 millionth person in American history to say this, but man, William Randolph Hearst: what a jerk.
 * It's funny—in the George Herriman article I did, Hearst comes out as the hero. Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:34, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

An actual action point:
 * "each a little differnt" -- check spelling on different--in original quote?
 * Fixed. Forgot to run a spellcheck. Just did, and found a few more.  Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:34, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Overall this seems comprehensive and terrifically written; you do a particularly good job of explaining the importance of the film's legacy to American animation. This seems ready for FAC, much less GA.
 * Well, thanks for saying so! It is my goal—the film's 100th anniversay is next year.  Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:34, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Great--once that image (below) is tagged for US this is good to go. It'd be great to have this on the front page for the anniversary! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:35, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Done image tagging. I also cleaned up the formatting a bit.  Curly Turkey (gobble) 21:56, 28 April 2013 (UTC)