Talk:Ways and Means (The West Wing)

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 5, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
April 26, 2021	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 6, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that The West Wing episode "Ways and Means" was co-written by Eli Attie and Gene Sperling, two former employees of the Bill Clinton White House?

Current status: Delisted good article

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PhD[edit]

"A more likely error is when Connie Britton, as Connie Tate, says that she has a "Ph.D. in political economy from Oxford". The University of Oxford, however, does not award Ph.D.s; the corresponding degree from Oxford would be a D.Phil."

It's pretty common practice to refer to it as a PhD anyway though since not everyone will know what you're talking about if you say DPhil. I and most of the Oxford grad students I know say PhD. Olaf Davis | Talk 16:45, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've also heard talk of Oxford PhDs. Maybe it should be changed to "inaccuracy" rather than "error". Lampman (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced it deserves to remain at all, really: I'd say enough people refer to Oxford PhDs that this instance is not notable. Olaf Davis | Talk 16:39, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, all those links are dead. I'll contact my cousin, who's an Oxford Ph.D. ... or whatever. Lampman (talk) 04:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Came across this again today. I've removed the whole thing because it's really such a common 'inaccuracy' that it doesn't seem worth mentioning. Olaf Davis (talk) 19:38, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ways and Means (The West Wing)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Hi. I'm going to review this GA Nom. Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this article meets all of the GA criteria, so I'm going to promote it.

1.well-worded, clear, organized
2.reliable refs
3.relevant material
4.NPOV
5.stable
6.screenshots all have tags

Good job. If you're aiming for FA, you might try adding some more refs or lengthening the article (the lead could be a bit longer), but all in all it's pretty comprehensive. Intothewoods29 (talk) 18:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Continuity error?[edit]

Isn't it mentioned in "In This White House", that the President vetoed the Republican's education bill a year before the episode was set (while discussing the Democrats' alternative)? In this episode, they say this will be his first veto. If I am accurate, is this not worth mentioning? --Svip ^pong 17:11, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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