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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Hog Farm via FACBot (talk) 8 May 2022 [1].

Euphoria (American TV series)

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I am nominating this featured article for review because I believe this article is worthy of FA. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 20:20, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by FrB.TG

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A quick scan of the article reveals several problems.

  • "The series follows Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a recovering teenage drug addict who struggles to find her place in the world, and follows a group" - repetitive writing.
  • "Euphoria premiered on June 16, 2019. In July 2019" - ending a sentence with a date and starting the next with another date is not a good writing.
  • "In a meeting with Orsi, he recalled: "We just had a conversation about just life and her life and my life and various struggles that, you know, we've been through and things and she said, 'Great, you know, well go and write that' and I said 'What?' and she goes 'Everything we just talked about' [sic]"." I'm not sure why you have placed a sic here. The quote seems fine and I see no error anywhere.
  • "Levinson has also cited teenage anxiety as a whole as an influence for the series: "There is this consistent anxiety that I think exists in this generation that I think informed the whole filmmaking process".[9]" Watch for MOS:LQ here.
  • "It has 16 executive producers, including Levinson, Leshem, Levin, Yardeni, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokadi, Gary Lennon, Zendaya, and Canadian rapper Drake.[10][12] Additional executive producers include Future the Prince, Ravi Nandan, and Kevin Turen." I'm not sure why you need to include the last three exec-producers in a separate sentence. They can be included with the rest.
  • "Levinson has served as Euphoria's showrunner since its premiere, and has written every episode,[13] and with the exception of the pilot and the season one episode "03 Bonnie and Clyde", has also directed every episode." Awkward sentence.
  • There's a when tag in the casting section.
  • For a high-profile show focusing on such controversial topics, I would expect there to be a lot of analyses from credible sources. A quick Google search revealed many sources worth using. Two examples of well-written and in-depth analysis of the show:
    • Masanet, Maria-Jose; Ventura, Rafael; Ballesté, Eduard (2022). "Beyond the "Trans Fact"? Trans Representation in the Teen Series Euphoria: Complexity, Recognition, and Comfort". Social Inclusion. 10 (2): 143–155. doi:10.17645/si.v10i2.4926. ISSN 2183-2803.
    • Seitz, Matt Zoller (20 February 2022). "The Sublime Narcissism of Euphoria". Vulture.
  • I suspect there is more information available on the show's production. I didn't conduct any personal research on this so I could be wrong here but based on the show's popularity, I'm almost certain there is a lot more to find.
  • Awards table needs row scopes on the "primary" column for each row, which in combination with column scopes lets screen reader software accurately determine and read out the headers for each cell of a data table. (Comment copied from PresN's standard comment on FLCs.)
  • Some formatting issues in sources (ref. 104: www.bafta.org should be British Academy of Film and Television Arts, www.tvcritics.org should be Television Critics Association, WP:SHOUTING in ref. 121)
  • How are sources like Programming Insider and Papermag high-quality reliable?
  • The critical reception section is mainly about quoting summaries of Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Other than that, it cites only six reviews by individuals. There are many, many other reviews available.

Oppose on several criteria. I'm afraid this is currently nowhere near the FA standards. I recommend withdrawal as it requires a lot of work. FrB.TG (talk) 10:03, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed most of the issues here. Unfortunately, there's not enough reputable sources to be able to fix some of the problems you've suggested, and I have thought of them. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 20:47, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t agree with that. The two sources I suggested above analyzing the show’s themes came up as a result of very quick Google searches. I find it very hard to believe that a show as popular and impactful as Euphoria does not have credible sources writing about it. Maybe you just didn’t look deep in to the material. The representation of a transgender character alone has been studied by academics here and in the journal I suggested above. Look here and here about the show's influence. Again, these sources are in no way thorough representation of the relevant sources. This is me barely scratching the surface. If I did a more through research, I would find tens of other useful sources.
Looking through the article again, I noticed we do not have a section discussing the show’s impact at all. The article is also in need of a synopsis/plot section explaining the show’s plot in a few sentences. The more I look here, the more issues come up. I am sorry but given its current state, it has a long way to reach the FA standards. FrB.TG (talk) 21:23, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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