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Barney Gumble

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 * A script has been used to generate a semi-automated review of the article for issues relating to grammar and house style; it can be found on the automated peer review page for December 2008.
 * A script has been used to generate a semi-automated review of the article for issues relating to grammar and house style; it can be found on the automated peer review page for December 2008.

This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I'm considering it for FA.

Thanks, Tj terrorible1 (talk) 21:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Looking at the article at first glance I could find nothing wrong with it. However upon review of the citations I found a couple which were problematic.  Specifically (numbered in reference to how it is written on this date)  Reference 2 and 20 are both a bit.... well... their not idiot proof.  What I mean is for reference two one has to enter information into a search form.  Some people who are not very savvy get nervous around those.  We have to consider such people so for that reference a more direct link to a published RS which says Castellaneta won that award would be preferable.  Perhaps in conjunction with the search form. Which I used and gives a direct conformation of that award.  For reference 20 it just says Richmond and a year.  How about a title, ISBN or something that could be used to verify the source.

Aside from those two little and easily rectifiable issues, and upon review of the criteria at WP:FA? IMHO your article is 98% of the way there. In my book 98% is an A. So congratulations you have an article that needs a bit of work but is class A none the less. --Hfarmer (talk) 08:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: This looks much better than its last PR. Very briefly, here are some suggestions for improvement. Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 14:16, 23 December 2008 (UT
 * The "Role in The Simpsons" section ends with Barney still sober - since he resumed drinking in 2003, shouldn't that be mentioned here?
 * I also note the article on the episode I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can does not mention Barney at all, let alone his resuming drinking
 * Could more details on critical reception of the character be included? Didn't his sobriety and/or his return to drinking attract more comments?
 * Provide more context for the reader - I am not sure someone who is not a Simpsons fan would connect the Mr. Plow episode to The second, "Plow King Barney", was released in January 2003.[29]
 * The quote in Creation uses cquote but according to WP:MOSQUOTE, blockquote should be used. Even that is supposed to be for quotes of 4 lines or more, but the quote on my monitor is less than 2 complete lines of text.