Talk:The Shawshank Redemption/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Slightlymad (talk · contribs) 05:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

While I have just started reviewing the article, on first glance, it appears well-sourced and detailed. I am expecting to take about a day or two to complete the review. Slightly mad  05:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)


 * 1) Well written
 * 2) *Prose:
 * 3) *Style
 * 4) **Overall:
 * 5) **Lead section:
 * 6) **Article layout:
 * 7) **Words to watch:
 * 8) **Writing about fiction:
 * 9) **List incoperation:
 * 10) Verifiable
 * 11) *Citations:
 * 12) *Reliable sources:
 * 13) *No Original Research:
 * 14) *Copyright Violations: While it has 50.7% confidence at Earwig, they appear to be quoted directly from source. Nothing major, otherwise.
 * 15) *Plagiarism:
 * 16) Broad in coverage
 * 17) *All major aspects:
 * 18) *No unnecessary detail:
 * 19) Neutral point of view
 * 20) * Overall:
 * 21) * Due weight given to topics:
 * 22) Stable:
 * 23) Images
 * 24) * Well illustrated (if possible):
 * 25) * Images tagged with copyright info:
 * 26) * Fair use rationale given for non-free content:
 * 27) * Images are relevant:
 * 28) Pass/Fail:

General comments

 * Infobox
 * *To main text-source integrity, I would add citations to the budget, gross, and runtime in infobox. Since these are supported elsewhere in the article, just repeat the refs here.


 * Cast
 * *Although obviously true, the cast section and other easily verifiable content is unreferenced, especially their real-world contexts.


 * Analysis:
 * I think this should be its own section, placed before Production section.
 * Pardon my soapbox, but to refer to Christianity as a mythological concept seems POV to me. So I would amend "Christian mythology" to "Christian mysticism"
 * WL Nietzschean
 * FN 102 has two extra braces inline


 * Music
 * For what it's worth, it would be nice to add a brief audio clip of this movie's main theme.


 * Release
 * Any more coverage of this movie's home media releases (i.e. Laserdisc, DVD, Blu-ray)? Maybe add a summary of their extras too (or lack thereof).
 * WL Warner Bros. Home Entertainment


 * Reception
 * *" Is this a widespread comparison among critics, or just from two critics? If not, then I would amend "Reviewers" into "Some reviewers" as the former implies that all critics delivered this input. Another option would be finding a reliable third-party source that supports this claim.
 * These are unsourced:
 * *"Freeman's performance as Red was often praised."
 * *"Robbins' performance received more mixed reviews,"
 * *"Darabont's direction was well received,"
 * cliched → clichéd


 * Cultural impact
 * *The film has remained popular in various countries around the world. → No source


 * Links
 * *There are three dab links for you to repair


 * Citations
 * *Page ranges are separated with the en dash, not hyphen.

These should be fixed in no time so I won't put this on hold. Slightly mad  15:59, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I think I've addressed everything I can at the moment. I would have argued that statements like "Freeman's performance as Red was often praised.", while not sourced directly, are backed up by the content immediately following it, but I can see what you are getting at. On the road to FA I'd like to add a musical segment but at the moment I'm struggling to find much information on the music in the film for some reason and so think it would be hard to justify including music at the moment from a COPYVIO standpoint. As for home releases, I've not found any kind of notable coverage beyond the obvious replays on TV and the original VHS release and its impact. As far as I have found so far at least, there were nothing notable about release on any kind of format. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 19:27, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Almost there, DWB. The final sentence in Cast just needs a source. Slightly  mad  04:45, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, think that's done. It's remarkably hard to find any web based info for anyone not Andy or Red. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 13:18, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Closing comment: Since the criteria have been met as checked above, I'm happy to say that this is a pass given that there are no other problems with the article. It is already well-written and it would easily pass a FAN with little work. You may be interested in nominating it for WP:DYK as it's a newly-promoted GA, or you'd be so kind as to take a look at and make comments at my current peer review. No worries if you don't have time for that, though. Slightly mad  14:32, 4 November 2017 (UTC)