Talk:Maggie Horton

Creator
The creator of Maggie Horton is late soap opera writer and creator William J Bell who served as the headwriter of 'Days of our Lives' from 1966-1975 and as the show's storyline consultant from 1975-1976. Bell was the solo headwriter during this period. Rogers was casted as Maggie Horton after unsuccessfully auditioning for Bell's soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' in 1973, the year she debuted on DAYS. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.195.31 (talk) 06:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

GA Review concerns
I am concerned with the GA review above. In my opinion, this article does not meet GA criteria nos. 1 or 2; I haven't checked the rest. I think it needs to be taken to GA reassessment, but before I do that, I was wondering if either the GA nominator or GA reviewer could shed some light on the following sources. Some of them may be reliable, so if you can make a case for them, that would help.
 * Talk:Maggie Horton/GA1

There are several other issues with the article that I can spot, but if you can demonstrate that any of the above are reliable, that would help.-- Beloved Freak  13:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

 * Talk:Maggie Horton/GA2
 * Comment: In my opinion, the whole "Two major leaves" section would read better in past tense (like the one the precedes it), which is often how real-life events are written. I also think that the section could be re-titled ("Departures" perhaps). -- James26 (talk) 23:54, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Comment: A few issues about the lead. I have to agree with an earlier criticism about the opening sentences being kind of random. Things jump about too often, without enough consistent flow. Also, a lead section doesn't need that many citations, because it simply represents the article that follows (where the citations can be found). Citations in the lead are generally used to cite personal facts about real people, or obscure information in the article.

I was confused by the statement about the marriage being central "for the first thirty-four years of Rogers' portrayal, until his onscreen death in 2010." Wouldn't the first thirty-four years be 1973 to 2007 (or, if going by when they reportedly married, 1974 to 2008)? Additionally, there was some other text that I thought didn't really need to be mentioned. Anyway, here's a proposed revision I did. It's not perfect, of course. It can be accepted, altered, declined, whatever.


 * Maggie Horton (née Simmons) is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional town of Salem. She has been portrayed by actress Suzanne Rogers from 1973 to the present.[2][3]  One of the show's earliest characters, she was created by scriptwriter William J. Bell and producer Betty Corday as a romantic interest for original character Mickey Horton. Maggie, however, would become a much bigger part of the show in later years.


 * Maggie's storylines focus on drudgery, money worries and family troubles. She is portrayed as a stoic, opinionated and family-oriented woman who is generally loving and supportive, but occasionally interferes in her friends' and relatives' lives. A prominent storyline in 1984 included Maggie discovering that she had Myasthenia Gravis, which mirrored Rogers' real-life struggles with the disease.[4] In 2003, Maggie was "killed off" in a "whodunnit?" murder storyline involving a serial killer. Rogers returned to the show in 2004 after producer James E. Reilly decided to have all the murder victims, including Maggie, turn up alive on the island of Melaswen, or "New Salem" spelled backwards.


 * Maggie's most well-known relationship was her longtime marriage to Mickey Horton. The characters met during Rogers' first episode in 1973, when Maggie cared for him while living on a farm. Following a series of experiences together, the pair grew extremely close, and their bond became central to both characters until Mickey's onscreen death in 2010.


 * For her work as Maggie, Rogers won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1979. The character has been described as a "legend" and a television icon.[5][6] In the 2000s, many widely read soap opera-related tabloids would routinely publish articles about forthcoming developments in Maggie's storylines. In 2009, Rogers celebrated 36 years on Days, with only two minor interruptions.

Now then...to be honest, I'm not certain this article is ready for GA status just yet. The reviewer has claimed "I'm new to wikipedia, and am still finding out how to use it" (though I don't know how long she's been around since writing that). However, the effort is obviously there, and it certainly can improve. Anyway, hope that helps. -- James26 (talk) 04:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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