Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Julia Roberts filmography/archive1

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Julia Roberts filmography

Featured list candidates/Julia Roberts filmography/archive1

Nominator(s): Cowlibob (talk) 12:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Julia Roberts is one of the most successful film actresses. Known for her lead role in romantic comedies such as Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding, and Notting Hill. She is an actress who helped to break the glass ceiling in Hollywood by commanding pay cheques normally reserved for actors. Roberts also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Erin Brockovich. As usual look forward to all the helpful comments on how to improve it. Cowlibob (talk) 12:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from FrankBoy _(Buzz) 20:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

* Don't you think that the lead is a bit long?

ALT texts needed for the images.
"Roberts next role was opposite Richard Gere" => "Roberts' next..."
When you say "the following year", you do not need to mention the year she starred in: "the following year ... Mystic Pizza (1988)"
"The following year ... America's Sweethearts (2001)".
"Two years later, Roberts starred in the black comedy drama August: Osage County (2013)".
"Two years later, she ... The Ant Bully, and Charlotte's Web (both in 2006)".
(The last sentence of second para) "Her performance earned her a nomination..." => "For the film, she earned a nomination..." because "For her performance" is quite repetitive.
"The following year ... and the television film Baja Oklahoma (both in 1988)".
Is it that important to mention her cameos? Yeah I do confess that a mention of Law & Order is worth it. But, the other two? I suggest removing them. --FrankBoy _(Buzz) 14:36, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@FrB.TG: I think I've sorted some of the above. I've cut the lead down a bit more. It's hard as she's had such an extensive career. I've cut the cameo in Murphy Brown but the Friends one I remember had a lot of press attention so should be included. I leave the dates so that it's very clear and doesn't require the reader to go back a sentence to figure out when. Cowlibob (talk) 13:59, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have to be consistent with the commas after "the following year". Either put in all or none.
"The film grossed over $463 million.." Did you mean [[United States dollar|$]]?
"Roberts starred in the 1993 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name The Pelican Brief." => "Roberts starred in the 1993 film The Pelican Breif, an adaption of the John Girsham novel of the same name".
Link the novel in the sentence.
The sentence "reprised her role in Ocean's Eleven in its sequel Ocean's Twelve" does not look sound.
Link Erin Brockovich in the starting sentence of second para.
The two last sentences of second para can be merged.
In the "Notes" in the table it says "Filmed in 1986 but released in 1989". You don't need to mention the release year since it's already there in the "Year" row OR if it was a delayed film, so you can reword into "Delayed until X (year)".--FrankBoy _(Buzz) 14:50, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added commas to following year. Reworded Pelican Brief sentence + added link. Reworded Erin Brockovich sentence. I don't think there's need to link to US dollar as it's an American film so it's gross will naturally be of that currency. Cowlibob (talk) 15:53, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A last one, Cowlibob. To maintain consistency: {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}} => {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} (in the section Television).--FrankBoy _(Buzz) 16:07, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@FrB.TG: Done. Cowlibob (talk) 20:17, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support — FrankBoy _(Buzz) 20:47, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Cowlibob (talk) 10:45, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good job, looks pretty sound to me!! My only criticism would be that maybe the lede is slightly too long.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:34, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr. Blofeld: Thanks for the support. I've cut down the lead some more. Cowlibob (talk) 11:50, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Krimuk90

I think the length of the lead is being increased by the mention of the Golden Globe categories. So I suggest instead of expanding the category, we simply say Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Drama) or Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, because the first two paragraphs only deals with her film roles.
"Roberts appeared in the black comedy drama August: Osage County, for which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress". "She" missing before "was nominated".
I find three instances of "two years later". Can we tweak the prose to reduce that?
" The film grossed over $463 million at the worldwide box-office, and sold the highest amount of tickets for a romantic comedy in the United States as of 2014". I think this is a bit too detailed. We can mention either the gross or the latter fact, though it's okay if you feel otherwise. -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 03:31, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Krimuk90: Thanks for the review. I've cut some more from the lead and tweaked the prose. Cowlibob (talk) 11:49, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support All good! -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 03:00, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Krimuk90: Thanks for the support! Cowlibob (talk) 09:34, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SNUGGUMS

Here's my nitpicks.....

"the film sold the highest amount of tickets for a romantic comedy in the United States"..... include a figure
"Roberts won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)"..... for Pretty Woman, I assume? Reword this to make it more explicit
"During the late 90s" → "During the late 1990s" per MOS:DATE
"She has, as of 2014, executive produced"..... something doesn't seem grammatically correct to say someone "executive produced" something

Very nice work overall. Shouldn't take long to fix up. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:09, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SNUGGUMS: Thanks for the review. I think I've sorted the above points. Cowlibob (talk) 10:19, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have, I now support. Snuggums (talk / edits) 14:09, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good work on this one. Just one minor thing, add accessdate to the Time Out source.--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:31, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Skr15081997: Good catch. Added. Thanks for the support! Cowlibob (talk) 12:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nice work on one of Hollywood's most celebrated actresses. Just one minor thing — In the "Television" section, you don't have to wikilink the television channels everytime. Example for HBO, the wikilink at Baja Oklahoma is enough. Same goes for all channels. Just wikilink each channel once. — Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 13:10, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: Thanks for the support! The channels are all wikilinked because the column is sortable. Cowlibob (talk) 14:13, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cowlibob: Oh, I see.

— Ssven2 ^{speak 2 me} 14:11, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Excellent work!

--Birdienest81 (talk) 03:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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