Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The Simpsons (season 13)/archive1


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

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 18:57, 12 March 2011.

The Simpsons (season 13)

 * Nominator(s): Scorpion 0422  00:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

After being absent from FLC for the better part of a year, I suddenly return with two nominations in a month... Must be WikiCup season. And, I also realized that there haven't been any new FLs for WP:DOH in two years, so I decided to rectify that. Anyway, it's modeled after the exisiting Simpsons season FLs (particularily The Simpsons (season 14)) and, of course, all concerns and comments will be addressed by yours truly. Enjoy. -- Scorpion 0422  00:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Two issues: the lead could be a bit longer; and there needs to be a section on critical reception (asides from the awards). Nergaal (talk) 22:58, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the lead is appropriate, it summarizes the article and doesn't need to be gigantic. As for a critical reception section, why exactly is one needed? Out of all of the other Simpsons FLs, only one (season 3) has a reception section, and even then, it's quite small and only cites a few articles. I've never been a fan of having reception sections for seasons, because more often than not, they consist of extremely broad remarks, and a few comments on the top episodes. I feel that in many they are simply used as a crutch to lengthen articles and don't really add a whole lot. -- Scorpion0422 II (Talk) 03:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Standards have changed since 2009 (Season 14) and 2008 (Season 3), a recent FL such as 30 Rock (season 4) is a good example of what season articles are these days, even though The Simpsons is known to pretty much everyone I do see a problem in the lead nothing is said about what the show is about, that'd be one point to improving the lead. Afro  ( Talk ) 12:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, other than the plot information, the lead for this article contains pretty much everything in the 30 Rock lead. The episodes are all self-contained, and there is no connectivity between episodes, at least none that can be summed up in the lead. However, I have added a small summary of the series to the lead and a few other minor things. -- Scorpion 0422  23:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, this would have my vote if it were to have a section on critical reception of the season. Nergaal (talk) 20:29, 25 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * Animatics - why is this capitalized? It is not a proper noun.
 * Sometimes you write numbers in letters and sometimes in digits. Choose one.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:07, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed animatics. As for the letters/digits, I believe that the policy is to write out numbers under 10, and use digits for the rest. -- Scorpion 0422  16:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The show runner for the thirteenth production season was Al Jean who executive-produced 17 episodes. - Why did you write thirteenth in letters and seventeen in digits? -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 10:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * In this case, it's based more on personal preference than anything, but I prefer writing out thirteenth, as opposed to using 13th. I just think it looks more professional. -- Scorpion 0422  17:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Ordinal numbers don't need to be treated the same way.  Jujutacular  talk 04:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Support Nice work, what we have come to expect from Scorpion. Adabow (talk · contribs) 01:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Support Good work.  Jujutacular  talk 11:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Meets standards, though I find myself also thinking a critical reception section would be a good addition. Courcelles 09:00, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak support Courcelles raised a good point. As it stands, the list is in a good condition though. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:38, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support No issues.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 19:40, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
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