Wikipedia:Peer review/Harry Potter/archive1

Harry Potter
I was shocked to find the other day that no Harry Potter article is as of yet a FA. This it the core article which is already a GA. What needs to be done to get is up to FA standard?Buc 10:09, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not going through a full peer review here, but the article is 73 kb long, well over the recommended limit. The article should be split up and reduced. Please see WP:SIZE. I don't think at this size, the article can achieve FA status.++ aviper2k7 ++ 01:11, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd recommend cutting it down to the 60-65 KB, but length isn't that big an issue. Wiki-newbie 19:28, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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