Talk:Octopussy/GA1

GA Reassessment

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An editor has requested a GAR reassessment for this article and I am inclined to agree with them. There are many citation needed tags that need dealing with for a start and much more that needs citing as well. AIRcorn (talk) 23:15, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Started fixing the article. igordebraga ≠ 05:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Igordebraga: I will be away for two weeks soon so if you have any specific questions can you let me know in the next few days. Otherwise I will look back at it when I get back. Cheers AIRcorn (talk) 01:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is the status here. Some work has been done, but more is needed. It has been a month since I started the GAR, six weeks since I mentioned it on the talk page and two years since it was tagged for a GAR request. I am thinking it might be better to delist and allow renomination, rather than keep this open. AIRcorn (talk) 10:49, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just fixed the "citation needed" and added more content. Anything else? igordebraga ≠ 15:18, 9 May 2018 (UTChe

The lead needs to be expanded with some reception. However citations remain the main problem. The casting is referenced to a documentary by MGM studios. As well as being a nightmare to check it is far from an ideal source for this information. It should not be hard to find information about a film with this level of cult status. I taggged some more, but was hoping more for someone to get it up to standard without me covering the article with citation needed tags and pointing out every little problem. We have unfinished sentences The first draft was delivered n, there are too many long quotes in the reception section (Danny Perry in particular) and things like eight worse etc are meaningless without some context (eight worse out of eight or even ten is pretty good). This actually needs someone willing to read the article and make it good, not just check some boxes. AIRcorn (talk) 11:42, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The documentary is an extra on the film's DVD, it might not be readily available but it is a reliable source (lots of movie articles use such material as references). I'll check the reception section later. igordebraga ≠ 06:30, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I still have issues with the source. The whole section is referenced to this DVD extra. There are no times give in the reference so the only way to verify the information is to watch the whole thing. I can't find a copy online, but am happy to assume good faith if you have it. This seems like a section that can have higher quality sources. Also there is things like Sybil Danning was announced in Prevue magazine in 1982 as being Octopussy, but was never actually cast. I find it unlikely that this is said on a DVD extra and this raise doubts about other information in cast. Again if you have access to the source and can confirm this is actually in there then that would put my mind at ease. AIRcorn (talk) 20:14, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The documentary talks much about the actors, though the magazine part did need another source, thanks for the heads-up. Will finish off the reception part soon. igordebraga ≠ 05:28, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, this has been open long enough and has vastly improved. I still have a few reservations, but feel it meets our criteria. So I am going to close it as keep. Thanks for the work. AIRcorn (talk) 06:10, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]