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 * 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 archived by Sarastro1 via FACBot (talk) 21:22, 16 August 2017.

Double Dare (Nickelodeon game show)

 * Nominator(s): — Chad1m EmailTalk Cont. 18:18, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

This article is about, arguably, the most popular American kids' TV game show ever, Double Dare. It helped jump-start the media behemoth known as Nickelodeon and, 30 years later, still has a long-lasting effect on a generation of young adults. I crafted this article from the bottom-up, practically by myself (with assists from Bcschneider53 and Twofingered Typist), taking a mess with very few citations six months ago and turning it into what I feel is a very well-crafted and cited article on how Double Dare worked, its history and current evolution, and the impact it has had on television and culture. The GA process went really well and I look forward to engaging in the FA process for the first time. Thank you! — Chad1m EmailTalk Cont. 18:18, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now. There is a good start to an article here, but it feels like its still a little far from FA.  There is so much history in the sources you cited about the creation of the show format, the transplanting of certain messy elements from other Nick shows, the hiring of Marc Summers and Harvey, etc. that has not made it into the article.  Also, the "Personnel" sections are incredibly bare bones and should probably be integrated with other content and the "Other Media" section appears to consist of a couple of random lists rather than material written in summary style. Indrian (talk) 23:19, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments, Indrian. I've taken a lot of them into concern and adjusted the article thusly: I added more information about the hiring of Harvey, discussed why Philadelphia, an uncommon site to shoot national TV was chosen, integrated the personnel section into the production and broadcast section, added a paragraph on the origin and implementation of slime (As it was so early, Double Dare really didn't transplant anything from other Nick shows besides slime from You Can't Do That on Television), its impact on Nick and how it still is associated today, and turned the list of media into two cohesive paragraphs about realistic depictions and parodies. — Chad1m EmailTalk Cont. 16:37, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Just wanted you to know I have not forgotten about this; I have just been very busy. I'll look over what you have changed soon, and if it seems like the article is in much better shape, I will move on to a more formal review. Indrian (talk) 19:00, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The changes have helped immensely, so I have struck my oppose. I don't have time to do a full review right now, but one thing I noticed is that Marc Summers appears to be the only source for Soupy Sales and Dana Carvey being host candidates.  Marc himself has said that he has only heard these things and does not know for sure, so he is not a very good source on this matter.  If they stay in, the statements should be qualified to indicate that they were only rumored candidates. Indrian (talk) 03:51, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Coordinator comment: How are we doing on this one? , have you had a chance to take another look? If the oppose stands, we might have to think about archiving this soon. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:42, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have been very busy. The improvements are substantial, so I will gladly strike the oppose.  I am not sure I will have time to do a formal review right now, however, so I can't quite support at this point. Indrian (talk) 03:51, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Closing comment: I'm afraid we have not made much progress in well over a month now, so this will be archived shortly. It can be renominated after the usual two-week waiting period. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Sarastro1 (talk) 21:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
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