Talk:Match Point/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Encycloshave (talk · contribs) 22:20, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Overall

This is my first review for a GA, but here's what I have come up with:

Y Well written? Overall, the writing is clear and easy to follow. One place I think could use a little clarification is in the synopsis, "Tom's mother Eleanor (Penelope Wilton) clearly does not approve of her son's relationship with Nola, who is a struggling American actress, a source of tension." Perhaps slightly rewording as "Tension exists between Tom and his mother Eleanor (Penelope Wilton), as she clearly does not approve of her son's relationship with Nola, who is a struggling American actress."
As for the smaller stuff, there are things that might like typos but are more due to cross-Atlantic differences. Quotation mark placement is mixed. Most of the article has "text". (British usage) though Production and Reception have only three quotes with "text." (American usage). In the synopsis, there is " Scotland Yard investigates the crime and conclude it was committed by a drug addict stealing money." I think both are correct in isolation. In the U.S., we would say Scotland Yard investigates, but I think the British would say investigate, since Scotland Yard is a collection of people who investigate, hence plural. "Investigate" and "conclude" just need to be the same.
Accuracy I haven't checked the references or links
Y Thoroughness, neutrality, and images
Y Stable All the issues raised on the article's talk page seem to have been addressed.

Cheers! Encycloshave (talk) 22:20, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review, Encycloshave. You certainly seemed to have a solid grasp of the encyclopaedic :format and Wikipedia's stylistic principles.

The placement of quotation marks on Wikipedia is defined in the Wikipedia:MOS#quotation, which advises placing puncutation outside of them. In the contrary cases you cite, the quotation included ends a sentence--thus the full stop is from the original rather than Wikipedia. I think Scotland Yard should be a singular everywhere, though people vary in their adherence to this rule. I'll change it now.

You seem to have have throughly read the article: culd you make a final call on it? What needs to be looked at before promotion?

Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 17:58, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay here. I recommend the article for GA. I agree with you on Scotland Yard having singular verbs, since I would imagine that's how the English would say it. Either way, the important part is that investigate(s) and conclude(s) are consistent. Cheers! Encycloshave (talk) 20:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]