Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Death Has a Shadow/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by Karanacs 20:11, 15 December 2009.

Death Has a Shadow

 * Nominator(s): Pedro J.  the rookie 15:55, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured article because...I think this artical is ready for FA as it is sourced and well written Pedro J.  the rookie 15:55, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose Just glancing at it...
 * Most of background/production is more relevant to the series than this episode (and is already present on the main article), so should be trimmed down or removed.
 * Reception section is rather short, and the reviews are rather vague.
 * Article needs thorough copy-edit. Ω  pho  is  00:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose: Per above. Article needs a complete copyedit, plus it needs to be refocused to target more so on the episode then the series by clipping down some of background. I'd suggest withdrawing this nom, getting the article copyedited, peer reviewed, then renominate it. Cheers,  The Flash  {talk} 00:18, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose Sorry Pedro, I don't like to pile it on but the prose is poor. Here are some examples to show why another thorough copyedit is needed.
 * Here the meaning is not clear, " In the episode, Peter loses his job after drinking too much at a stag party and falls asleep at work." The sentence does not have a logical flow something like "In the epidode, Peter gets drunk at a stag party and he is fired from his job when he falls asleep at work (? the following day)."
 * There is a similar problem here, "He then signs on to welfare to keep his wife Lois from finding out, but gets much more than he expected." I think it means "He signs on for welfare to prevent his wife Lois from knowing, but he gets much more money than he expected".
 * Here " Eventually, Lois finds out however, and Peter decides to dump the money from a blimp, at the Super Bowl" what purpose does "however" serve? And again the logic is poor. Why should Lois's discovery of the truth make Peter want to dump the money?
 * Here "He is then arrested, and must await his family's rescue." Why was he arrested and why must he wait to be rescued?
 * Should "featured" be "featuring" here: "During this time, he created his thesis film entitled The Life of Larry, featured a middle-aged slob named Larry Cummings, his cynical talking dog, Steve, supportive wife Lois, and pudgy teenage son Milt." Or you could say "which featured" but don't forget the preceding comma.
 * There is a word missing here, "This caught the attention of Fox, and gave MacFarlane $50,000 to make a pilot."

These concerns are all from the Lead alone, there are many problems throughout the article. I think the nomination should be withdrawn, it's far from ready to be featured. Graham Colm Talk 17:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Comment Since this is the first episode of Family Guy, I think some background is important. I worked on Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, which is the first episode of South Park and included quite a bit of background information. The point is to show how the background material is relevant to the episode itself. Just some helpful advice. :) Awadewit (talk) 19:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
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