Talk:SpongeBob SquarePants season 5/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: ChrisGualtieri (talk · contribs) 05:46, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll take this. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:46, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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Comments: The image check is where I'm going to start. We have not one, but three images that are included that are non-free. That's two too many under WP:NFCC and it says that since its just the box art, the two in the infobox should be replaced by the single image from further on down the page. This is mandatory at this point. I see no reason to include the large portraits of Bowie and Shalit, I'd gladly take one of the series writers over a guest star with a bit part. The live journal source I mentioned above, which doesn't go to the proper page is unreliable and should be removed. Though some of the sourcing is in triplicate so that's not such an issue here. I looked through the production cast and reception parts, and while I don't like the episode list being below reception, its the only real issue I could come up. The main issue is that all the episode lists are extremely short, TV guide-like one-liners that do not even have enough background or resolution to the episode. I mentioned this for the previous review and this one is just completely incomplete. As it stands, it is nearly no different that putting the "List of Episodes" block in. Given that these episodes will likely never need their own standalone article, or warrant it, I believe that three sentences or 50 words per half an episode isn't too much to ask for. I might be throwing a lot on your plate with this, but Dunces and Dragon's shows that a substantial amount can happen and that the introduction to the problem or event should logically go with its attempted resolution and end with the result or resolution. "After being late to work, SpongeBob moves into the Krusty Krab." is a statement that is just too short to really be useful. While "SpongeBob falls in love with a patty." might be only slightly better than "Patrick writes an annoying song." Pest of the West's plot shows that it doesn't need to be overly long as well. Other than these issues, it looks good. I'll place this on hold for fixes. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 18:42, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Disambig links: OK
 * External links: Problems found.
 * Reference check:
 * 1) Ray Liotta Voices Criminal on Spongebob Squarepants (info) [babble.com] - path change
 * 2) Ray Liotta To Guest Star In SpongeBob Special Oct. 13 (info) [awn.com] - path change
 * 3) SpongeBob SquarePants 'Pest Of The West' Earns Basic Cable's Total Viewer Top Spot for Week of April 7 - redirected, needs update.
 * 4) Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2008: Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - path again
 * 5) Gene Shalit to End "Today" Show Tenure (info) [cbsnews.com] - path... relevant?
 * 6) Gene Simmons lends his voice to SpongeBob! (info) [livejournal.com] - Unreliable source, not valid (livejournals are not good)
 * 7) Bikini Bottom Still Tops in Ratings (info) [eonline.com] - sub domain change
 * 8) The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees are... (info) [emmys.tv] - dead for over a year
 * 9) Best Sound Editing: SFX, Foley, Dialogue, ADR & Music for TV Animation (info) [mpse.org] - dead for 6 months
 * 10) Best Sound Editing: Television Animation (info) [mpse.org] - dead for 6 months
 * 11) Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialoque, ADR and Music Animation in Television (info) [mpse.org] - dead for six months.
 * Please give me an update when you are done. It's just been a week, but I see you are still working on this. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:25, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The issues are still unresolved, including the NFCC issue, and while the improvements on the episode details are much appreciated, I notice that the original episode air dates are not sourced and the Itunes source listed do not provide the details. I can pick this up again later, but I think I have to fail this for the time being. I'll leave it up for another two days or send me a message, I don't want to fail this when its reasonably close and the issues left are easily resolvable. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:38, 19 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Are you still working on this? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:03, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Chris! I think the issues are now resolved. Please check it out and if you see any further issues, please feel free to post it here. Thanks! Mediran ( t  •  c ) 04:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)