Talk:The Adventures of Totor/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Gabriel Yuji (talk · contribs) 20:54, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

It seems good. However, there are some issues:

• "scouting", "uncle" and "aunt" shouldn't start with a capital letter
  • Corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "hit by a car which sends him flying"; idiom should be replaced by another word such as "flings" or "darts"
  • Good point; changed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:07, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "A few hours later at the ranch however, the same tribe kidnaps Totor in revenge." => "However, a few hours later at the ranch, the same tribe kidnaps Totor in revenge." or "A few hours later at the ranch, however, the same tribe kidnaps Totor in revenge."
  • Agreed and changed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:07, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "Soon however Totor throws", "Hergé decided however that he wanted", "The Adventures of Totor would continue to influence his new series however"; the same problem mentioned above
  • Corrected, Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:32, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "on their way back they are held up", "the Chief drew close", "the young boy Totor dug", etc - MOS:PLOT says you must use the present tense
  • Corrected, Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:32, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "they'd", "they're", "it's" shouldn't no be used per WP:ABBR#Contractions
  • Corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:18, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• Native Americans should be linked when it's first mentioned instead of in "Publication"
  • Agreed and done. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:00, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "He discovers his Uncle Pad Hatt tied to a chair who tells his nephew that the bandits kidnapped his Aunt Save."; a) why his uncle's full name is given here instead of in its first mention? b) it seems the chair tells something...
  • Good point; corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:11, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• "until Huly1929"
  • Oops! It should be July; fixed. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:48, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• Harry Thompson is an example of WP:OVERLINK in the article
  • Good point; corrected. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:48, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the insightful review, Gabriel Yuji! Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:33, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Good job! You only missed other overlinks; I said Thompson is an example, not the only. But it's ok now. You did a excellent work here; the images, sources and all other criteria are fine. I'll be glad to pass it. I just have two last (I swear) points:

• the lead is almost perfect (it sumarizes well "Characters and story" and "Publication" sectios), but there is not a concise summary of the "Critical analysis" section in the body; the lead and the body should give the same emphasis to the article's sections per MOS:INTRO#Relative emphasissection
  • Good point; I've rectified this with a brief addition to the lede. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:12, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
• the "Adaptations" section is a bit awkward (probably not the best word to use): a) it's only a sentence b) although the name is similar, it's not clear in the text if Rotor was based on Totor; the source also don't clarify it
  • Difficult one. It's really self-evident that the Rotor series is an homage to Totor but – and it's a big but – it doesn't say that explicitly, which is where the problem lies. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

--Gabriel Yuji (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Now, it seems fine to me. Passing. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 16:51, 7 February 2014 (UTC)