Talk:Thunderbirds Are Go/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: –– Jezhotwells (talk) 13:09, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

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Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Fleeing Glenn Field in a car with Penelope and Parker in pursuit in FAB1, transferring to a speedboat and then boarding a helicopter piloted by an accomplice, The Hood is apparently killed when Parker shoots it down with the Rolls-Royce's built-in machine gun. This could do with splitting into two sentences and clarification. As it stands the first "Fleeing Glenn Field in a car with Penelope and Parker" implies that they are all in the same car.  Done

   Landing back on Tracy Island after shuttling Zero-X, Alan feels unappreciated when Jeff insists that he remain on standby at base while his brothers spend the night partying. "after shuttling Zero-X"? What does this mean? {[done}}

   ''and reveal themselves to be cycloptic "Rock Snakes"." Wouldn't it be clearer to say "one-eyed"?  Done

   "It was quite a hoot ... I was never really sure if I looked like my puppet or it looked like me." The italic I looks like a slash here, is it necessary for it to be italicised?  Done

   Pre-production for lasted three months, and a shooting schedule of sixteen weeks was allotted to coincide with the filming of episodes for Thunderbirds Series Two presume that "the film" or "Thunderbirds Are Go" is meant to be in here  Done

   Although the Supermarionation puppets of Thunderbirds Are Go are of the same proportions as those of the Thunderbirds television series, while production continued development progressed on a new prototype puppet with improved oral articulation, its mouth constructed from latex to enable more realistic movement of the lips and jaws Suggest breaking this rather over complex sentence down.  Done

   Suggest that you go through this again, I may have missed other typos. I made a few minor copy-edits.diff

   Supermarionation historian Stephen La Rivière suggests that the film also faced competition on its release in 1996 from other new family films such as Leslie H. Martinson's Batman and James Hill's Born Free 1996?  Done

   Despite of the underperformance of Thunderbirds Are Go, Gerry Anderson received two awards... "Despite of"?  Done

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The second Thunderbirds film, Thunderbird 6, which was shot simultaneously with Captain Scarlet, featured puppets that were intended as a compromise between the charm of the caricatured Thunderbirds marionettes and the realism of the next generation. Who says they had "charm"? This needs attribution.  Done

   Does the premiere date really need 11 references? Likewise, it was revealed that public interest was mediocre and box office revenue poor,[4][7][15][23][22][69]  Done

   References, check out, all online sources live, all appear RS, slight tendecy to over reference as noted above.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   The article is certainly thorough, I query the possibly over detailed section on Bob Monkhouse in the casting section.  Done

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   OK, on hold for seven days for the issues above to be addressed

   Thanks for addressing those concerns. I am happy to list this as a Good Article. Congratulations! –– Jezhotwells (talk) 11:21, 18 April 2010 (UTC)