Talk:The Sandman (comic book)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 17:18, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Appears to be a solid article. I'll leave some initial comments within a day ☯ Jaguar ☯ 17:18, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

• Just a question, in "Further reading", why refer only to the Preface of The Sandman Papers? It is a book of literary essays on The Sandman and seems all the essays would be relevant and informative on the subject. maclean (talk) 23:46, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• To be honest I have no idea, maybe that's a question for the nominator? ☯ Jaguar ☯ 22:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. 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:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. 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:

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

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

• "Artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, and Michael Zulli" - be careful of over-mentioning and WP:OVERLINKING straight up in the lead. This should only include all the 'crucial' editors rather than a full list of staff credits
• "It ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996" - the infobox says that two new publications existed in 2009 and from 2013?
• "The Sandman is a story about stories and how Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams" - wait, is Morpheus still Dream? Seems confusing that he is two different names
• "in a black-and-white Annotated edition" - why is Annotated italicised?
• The lead is missing important chunks of information from the article, so this doesn't comply per the WP:LEAD at this present time. More specifically, it has no reception paragraph (what critics thought of it). This can be achieved by shifting content around
• Some red links in the Creation section. If the people aren't significant, unlink!
• The fifth paragraph in the Original series section is just a huge list of people, going against WP:OVERLINKING. It wouldn't hurt to cut down or remove entirely
• Summary section completely unreferenced
• Please make sure every paragraph in the Collected editions has a citation
• I think the bullet points in the The Sandman library section can split through this GAN, but is it necessary to include the ISBN numbers in prose? Seems a bit listy
• "It has been announced that David S. Goyer will be producing an adaptation of the graphic novel," - weasel words, and when was this announced?
• The Television section should be in prose and not bullet points

References

• No dead links

On hold

Sorry for the delay. This appears to be a solid article so it wouldn't take much of a job to push this up to a GA standard. All I see her are a few prose problems and the lead is missing information - so it shouldn't be too difficult. I'll leave this on hold for seven days for you. ☯ Jaguar ☯ 22:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Re: Fixed some stuffs. Hope it's enough. Anything else?Bulls123 (talk) 15:29, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

That's looking good, thanks for your improvements. I think we're good to promote this ☯ Jaguar ☯ 17:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC)