Talk:Selina Meyer

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Review: January 1, 2014. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Selina Meyer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 January 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Julia Louis-Dreyfus (pictured) won an Emmy for playing Selina Meyer, she became the first actress to win Primetime Emmy Awards for three different regular cast roles?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Selina Meyer.

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Selina Meyer/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 11:36, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator: TonyTheTiger(T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD)

Hi! I'll be reviewing this article for GA status, and should have my full review up shortly. --Seabuckthorn ♥ 11:36, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
See below for layout & words to watch issues (Fixed).

Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:
Pass

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
Pass

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

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

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Pass
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Pass.

WP:LAYOUT:

Fix section Personal life (MOS:PARAGRAPHS). The number of single-sentence paragraphs should be minimized. Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheading. Either this section should be merged into the previous section, or else more information on the character's personal life should be added.
- Rearranged.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WTW:

Puffery (WP:PEA)
- Use a different heading for section Critical acclaim. Many FAs on fictional characters refer to "Reception" or "Critical reception", which would be more neutral.
  - done.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:29, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Synonyms for said (WP:SAY)

- Fix "Parker further notes that". What follows is his interpretation, so a verb like "assesses" or "opines".
  - O.K.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:31, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Fix "Laura Bennett of The New Republic notes". This is really an opinion.
  - Fixed.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm putting the article on hold. All the best! --Seabuckthorn ♥ 23:10, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, everything looks good now. Passing the article to GA status. --Seabuckthorn ♥ 11:49, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

In April 2017, an editor created a new page called List of Veep characters, which is actually an unfinished version of a different Selina Meyer article. I'm going to propose merging that article into this one, and I'll ask the editor who created that page what they think. -- Danny (talk) 21:23, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect List of Veep characters to here without merging. That page is a long-standing unfinished unreferenced orphan best treated with WP:TNT; redirecting as an alternative to deletion. Klbrain (talk) 20:46, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]