User talk:DaneKHoward

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Hello

Here's a comment I guess. Welcome to Wiki. --Rosh1627 (talk) 19:59, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, DaneKHoward, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:42, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Good Article nomination

Hi, I wanted to give you a head's up about the Good Article (GA) nomination process. The process is meant to determine if an article meets the GA criteria, which require that the article be well written, be properly sourced and not contain original research, be broad in its coverage (ie, cover the topic without going off into too much detail), be neutral, and stable. While not overwhelmingly difficult to meet, it does take a lot of work for an article to meet those criteria.

The review process itself is something that can take a long time to occur, as the GA review process is always backlogged. As such, it can be months before a GA review is completed and the expectation is that you will remain and fix anything that the reviewer brings up, even if this is after the class ends. I'm not trying to discourage you by any means, but I do want you to be aware of the time involvement. If you do not think that you can fulfill the time requirement, it may be a good idea to remove the nomination.

I'll try to review your article and let you know if anything needs to be worked on, but it may take a while. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 20:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Ga review (unofficial)

I figured that I'd do a sample review of your article for you:

• This needs to be edited to ensure that everything that is italicized is italicized and that anything like a person's name, country, and so on is capitalized. For example, you have the word Mexican in the article without it being capitalized. Stuff like this needs to be fixed.

• This needs better sourcing. A couple of them go back to the same blog, which was created as part of a student assignment. The issue with this is that we can't guarantee that the site had the type of editorial and verification oversight that Wikipedia requires. Since it's an assignment, I would assume that it didn't. The SF Gate source looks to only mention the film briefly, as the main focus is on El Teatro Campesino. While this source could help show notability for El Teatro Campesino, it would be seen as too minor of a mention to show notability for the film. Keep in mind that the article should focus on the film.

The book sources need to specify which page(s) are being cited.

Sourcing you should look for would be things like this review. I think that this should be good, based on this about page. This and this seem promising as well.

• The writing and sourcing seems to focus more heavily on El Teatro Campesino at times. Be aware that the film doesn't inherit notability from being associated with notable people or groups.

• The infobox mentions a Kirk Browning as a director, but he isn't mentioned elsewhere in the article. This needs to be clarified. The film also seems to have multiple different names, so it would be good to clarify this as well.

The official review may have more for you, but this is what I noticed offhand. Keep in mind that the review is going to be quite thorough, as passing the GA process means that an article is among the best of the best on Wikipedia. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:21, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

• I thought of some other things that the GA reviewer will look for:

• You need to include more information about the release information about the film, such as when and where it aired. It's in the infobox, but it should also be mentioned somewhere in the article. I'd look at articles like Inside Out (2015 film) that have been rated as a GA, to see how they're formatted and the information they include. I know that there isn't as much coverage for this as there was for Inside Out, but it will be a good general reference as to what should be included.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:11, 13 May 2019 (UTC)