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Treehouse of Horror IX
This peer review discussion has been closed. Listed at Category:Requests for peer review for over a month, but no review has been brought forward until now. Start-Class article on an installment in the Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror series.

Thanks, Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 21:42, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * The article seems badly underlinked; for example The Jerry Springer Show is an obvious target since most people won't know very much about it (even most Americans haven't seen it). Some of the allusions could be explained with links, like "Starship Poopers" (Starship Troopers.)
 * Capitalization is irregular - "and The Simpsons go on" should be "and the Simpsons", no?
 * "At Springfield Elementary School, Bart paints "The Simpsons Halloween Special IX" in a blood soaked brush," <-- on what, the chalkboard?
 * Some of the writing seems clunky; eg. "even going to the lengths of taking the batteries out of the remote control" or "but much to his terror Marge says he has to be neutered."
 * The allusions section seems awfully skimpy. Simpsons episodes are usually far meatier than that, especially Halloween episodes.
 * Besides that, I'm not sure what could be improved. I mean, there's only so much one can say about 3 shorts. --Gwern (contribs) 16:46 18 October 2010 (GMT)

Comments by Sjones23


 * Also, articles should not be linked in headers per WP:MOSHEAD.
 * The cultural reference section could use a little expansion with additional sources (see Treehouse of Horror V and Treehouse of Horror VI)
 * Please ensure that this article undergoes a thorough copyedit.

Thanks, Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:42, 31 October 2010 (UTC)