Talk:Corpse Bride/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 16:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, I'll take up this review! Sorry Koala, I'm not stalking you or anything it's just that I've been reviewing a lot of films lately! I'll leave some initial comments tomorrow at the latest. At a first glance this article is looking pretty good though. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:
It is well referenced.

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

Lead

The lead itself complies per WP:LEAD.
"The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe." - this is what I don't get, if it's the Victorian Era then it's referring to British history. Some parts of Europe are very different, is this film set in 19th century Britain? Don't worry this point doesn't have to be addressed to if there is no information on it.
"It was dedicated to Joe Ranft who died during production." - what role did Joe Ranft have during production?

Production

"In early 2003, the production unit wasn't interested in digital capture for stop motion" - wasn't -> was not
"was deemed viable by WB senior vice president of physical production" - this should be Warner Brother (WB)
"The production then went digital" - how about became?
"Animation took place at 3 Mills Studio in East London" - East London should probably be linked to a specific place
"The film's images were stored on a 1GB image card that was capable of holding about 100 frames of animation" - sounds a bit rough, how about approximately?

Soundtrack

"The soundtrack was written by Danny Elfman" - as he both wrote it and composed it, how about 'produced'?

Release

"Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a positive review" - this doesn't say that Variety is a magazine...
Since this section is made up of mostly quotes, I can't find any other copyediting issues.

On hold

I said I would do the review tomorrow but I ended up doing it straight away. This article is nearly flawless - well done on building one up to almost-GA standard! All of the references are in check, the lead complies per WP:LEAD, the prose flows nicely into each sentence and the rest of the article definitely complies per the GA criteria. I'll put this on hold for seven days and once those minor copyediting issues have been addressed I will be happy to grant this its deserved GA status! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:49, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First off, thanks for reviewing so fast! And i believe i fixed everything you mentioned. Koala15 (talk) 23:24, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Close - promoted

I knew that this one would be wrapped up very quickly. The whole article now complies per the GA criteria, its prose is excellent despite a lot of the article coming from quotes, references are in check and the lead is fine. Really there is nothing wrong with this and there's very little to say! All of those issues have been addressed to. Well done on building another film GA! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 15:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]