Talk:24 (TV series)/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 09:46, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Lead

• "First broadcast on" is that the right tense?  Done Changed to "Premiered"
• "the show ran for spanned 192 episodes"  Done
• "while a feature film of the same name is"  Undone please wikify "feature film of the same name"  Done
• "Bauer is the only character to have appeared in all eight seasons, as well as appearing in every episode of the series." → "Bauer is the only character to have appeared in every episode of the series." This automatically means that only Bauer has appeared in all eight seasons.  Done
• "begins with him his working" See User:Tony1/Noun plus -ing  Done
• "Los Angeles-based" and "highly-proficient" addition of hyphens  Done
• "Jack Bauer's racing" addition of "'s"  Done
• "conspiracies which dealsing with"  Done
• "including the Best Drama Series" is the necessary, since "Best Drama Series" is an award?  Done

Premise

• why's "24" in bold face?  Done
• I suggest "24 is a serial drama which starsring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, which focuses focusing on the efforts of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit"  Done

Overview

• wikify "the Balkans"  Done
• "end of the second season's"  Done
• missing commas in "his new boss Secretary of Defense James Heller and"
• good summary of the seasons. No further action required.

Conception

• "Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, to" missing comma  Done
• "The episode had a $4 million budget, with the start of filming beginning in March 2001"  Done

Design

• "Furthermore, a secondary story will often takes place outside of the main plot." Past tense  Done
• "smaller, silent, clock display also"  Done
• "The duration of each episode without commercials is approximately 43 minutes" source?  Done removed

Setting

• wikify "South Africa" and "Sangala"  Done Wikified South Africa, Sangala not wikified, as it doesn't exist.
• "with these 'Domestic'" these sounds informal  Done altered wording
• "While CTU itself is a fictional agency, several entities with similar names or duties, like the National Counterterrorism Center, have emerged since the show's debut on television." source? Sounds like original research.  Done ref added.
• White House bunker shown in season 6, were also filmed here."  Done

Series conclusion

• "was issued from Fox which explaineding"  Done
• reads well

Relation to other productions

• "Like Similar to the 1997 film, Air Force One,"  Done

Feature film

• "Series co-creators Joel Surnow" Already  Done
• wikify "Prague" and "Morocco"  Done

Cast and characters

• reads well. No actions required

Reaction

• "torture as normal,[41] effective,[42] acceptable and glamorous,[43]" move all refs to after glamourous  Done
• "in torture in future seasons" future, or subsequent?  Done

Ratings

• "after many fans grew became unhappy with constant interruptions." source?  Done removed
• "four-hour premiere increased viewership by 15% in viewers"  Done

Awards and nominations

• "24 won and was nominated for several television awards including" → "24 was nominated for and won several television awards including"  Done
• "68 Emmy nominations,[67] with 20 wins.[68]" move ref to end of sentence.  Done

Television

• no actions required

Home media

• "strictly emphasized"  Done
• paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are unsourced. Reference it, or trim it down then reference the remainng text.  Done removed, can't find any refs for any of it.

Other media

• "The success of 24 led to the extension of the series being extended"  Done
• "as well as a number of "behind-the-scenes" books." source? There's a video, you told me that, but no books.  Done ref added

References, further reading and images

• please add alt text to images. I know it's not a GA requirement, but do it anyway, for the sake of vision-impaired users. See WP:ALT  Done
• "Steven Keslowitz, The Simpsons, 24, and the Law: How Homer Simpson and Jack Bauer Influence Congressional Lawmaking and Judicial Reasoning, " why isn't the title italicised?  Done
• no damaged links, no action required.

Assessment

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

I'm happy with the article. It's an informative read, and adheres to every GA criterion. Very happy with Steven Zhang's effort and resilience on the article, and I hope he can improve this article enough for the Star. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 09:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)