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The Masked Singer (American TV series)

 * Nominator(s): Heartfox (talk) 04:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

This is my second nomination of this article and remains the first I have ever nominated for FAC! I withdrew the previous after one month with only an image review to work on it further. Since that time, I have revised sections, changed the layout a bit, and consequently believe it is in a more FA-worthy state than it was in June. I would like to thank who performed a GA review and  who performed an image review in the first nomination, which was successful. There hasn't been any changes to the images since that time, except for some alt text expansion, so I am under the impression it remains valid. This article is about one of the most popular television series in the United States at the moment and receives about 500,000 pageviews per month when on air. I believe the subject and wording is pretty understandable to the average reader, so you shouldn't have to be an expert on media articles in order to review it :) Thanks for your time in advance and I look forward to responding to your comments. Heartfox (talk) 04:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Comments from Kingsif
I guess the first thing I have to say is that the fair use text should be updated if Nikki has suggested it. In my GAN review I recommended using less non-free mascot images and questioned the necessity of the image of the stage: the first happened and you gave me a good reason for the stage image. That explanation, in some form, should appear on the file page so that people can see it without having to dig for that. Otherwise, the phrasing has been improved from GA standard - which doesn't call for perfection - but I have yet to read it in-depth. I'll probably come back, thanks for the ping and feel free to ping me again when the image files have been updated. (Also, for WikiCup rules, I must note that I am still somehow taking part in this year's WikiCup.) Kingsif (talk) 07:49, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments, . The fair use rationales were expanded in June per Nikkimaria's suggestions (costume image difference and stage image's). Perhaps there was a misunderstanding during the GA—you wrote that "an image of the set would be useful" and "a non-free image would be justifiable here". Are you saying the current rationales are inadequate? Given that Nikkimaria did not have any further comments after my second reply to their suggestions, and did not bring up anything else when I left a message on their talk page, I'm kind of confused as to how I should proceed here. Heartfox (talk) 17:45, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I think maybe there was a confusion in my wording here, or my understanding of your comment above? You wrote above that the images had not changed, and there weren't any changes to the file that I thought were recent enough to be updates - if you did it straight away in June, that would account for that. When it comes sources and similar at FAC, Nikkimaria is a great reviewer and so I said I'd defer to them if you hadn't updated the file descriptions. And yes, your explanation at the GANR convinced me, but I suggested other people may not look there for that :) Kingsif (talk) 19:13, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * sorry if that was confusing; by "hasn't been any changes to the images since that time" I meant I hadn't added any new ones to the article which would necessitate a new image review. If there's anything you want me to add to the rationales then let me know—I'm still unsure as to what justification I mentioned in the GA review for including an image that you are referring to. Heartfox (talk) 23:31, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Image review
File:Masked Singer US Stage.jpg Could this not be replaced by a free-use image taken by an audience member? Alternatively, is it really essential that people know what the stage looks like?
 * Aside from that, all images appear appropriately licensed and used.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:43, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your image review, . As the set is in an enclosed space and audience members have their phones confiscated before entering it, a free-use image wouldn't be possible here unless a production staff licensed one under CC which I haven't seen and would be very unlikely to occur. The image of the stage was recommended in the GA review. I would personally be okay without it but if other people (perhaps English may be a second language or something) find the adjacent prose hard to visualize then I guess it helps. If you're satisfied with its fair use rationale then I'll keep it. Heartfox (talk) 22:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, that sounds reasonable. I'm satisfied.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:00, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Coordinator comment - This has passed into the Older Nominations section without much substantive review or support for promotion. Therefore, I will be archiving it shortly and it may be re-nominated after the customary two-week waiting period. -- Laser brain  (talk)  14:57, 28 September 2020 (UTC) -- Laser brain  (talk)  14:57, 28 September 2020 (UTC)