Talk:Brandon Routh/GA1

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GA Reassessment

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As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force ("GA Sweeps"), all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA.) I have determined that this article needs some work to meet current criteria, outlined below:

The article is some 1200 words without the lead; there needs to be a second paragraph added to the lead to thoroughly summarize the article (WP:LEAD).
A major issue is that the article no longer meets comprehensiveness criteria and needs to be updated. There's little info about current projects, and much of it appears to be out of date.
There appears to be an excessive focus on the Superman role; it was one movie, and nothing else as of yet.
Unsourced statements include:
- "He was cast in his first major role in 1999, in an episode of the short-lived ABC television series, Odd Man Out. In 2000, he had a four-episode role on the third season of MTV's nighttime soap opera, Undressed. Routh subsequently appeared on the WB's Gilmore Girls (in a February 2001 episode, "Concert Interupptus", playing an attendee of a Bangles concert), and earned steady work on the soap opera One Life to Live, playing Seth Anderson from May 23, 2001 until April 17, 2002."
- "At the 2006 Spike TV Awards, Routh won the award of "Best Superhero" as Superman in Superman Returns, beating out among others, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine."
- "After the release of Superman Returns, Routh signed on to play CIA agent John Clark in Without Remorse under the direction of John Singleton with a screenplay by Stuart Beattie. Routh would be the 3rd actor to portray the character after Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. The film was intended for a late-2007/early-2008 release. However, Paramount Pictures recently put the film into turnaround. Routh's future participation on the project is unknown."
- "Routh recently wrapped filming in the ensemble film Life is Hot in Cracktown and stars in the independent drama Fling (formerly titled Lie to Me) co-starring his wife Courtney Ford."
- " The movie is based on the Italian comic series created by Tiziano Sclavi. At Comic Con 2008, it was revealed that Routh has a cameo in the Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno and will serve as a judge on Platinum Studios' 2008 Comic Book Challenge. In addition, he has a cameo where he plays himself in the Bollywood film Kambakkht Ishq."
- "In August and September 2009, Routh screen tested for the title role of for director Marcus Nispel's re-imagining of Robert E. Howard's Conan The Barbarian stories. However, the part went to Jason Momoa".
- "During the 2008 Presidential Election, Routh toured college campuses campaigning for Democratic Candidate Barack Obama."
Paragraphs by construction need at least three sentences. There are many one or two-line quasiparagraphs (especially in "Current projects") that need to be expanded, merged, or cut.

I am putting the article on hold for one week, longer if significant contributors make good progress. Keep me informed on this page. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 18:51, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As no progress has been made on the above, I am delisting. You may renominate at WP:GAN at any time, but I encourage working on the above issues. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask on my talk page. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 15:32, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.