Talk:Garden Party (The Office)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Starstriker7 (talk · contribs) 05:51, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll do this review. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 05:51, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Criterion 1

Lead

• ""Garden Party" received mostly positive reviews from critics with The A.V. Club writer Myles McNutt criticizing the episode for repeating plot ideas." - Rephrase this, perhaps by placing an "although" before introducing AV Club writer Myles McNutt.
• "staying even with the previous episode, 'Lotto'." - The phrase "staying even" sounds strange. Can this be replaced?

Plot

• "Andy decides to throws a garden party at Schrute Farms" - Well… :P
• "Walter Jr. instead of Andy. Andy, visibly upset, stops" - I don't think you are supposed to put the same subject back-to-back. You can probably fix this by phrasing it as "Visible upset, Andy stops".
• "and they all satisfyingly watch as Dwight" - Perhaps better phrased as "and they all watched, satisfied, as Dwight".
• You should remove the "Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson)" from the Plot section and, instead, wikilink "Dwight Schrute" in the lead, since you already partially did it there.
• "as closing ceremonies" - Better phrased as "as a closing ceremony", perhaps?
• If the episode ends after the second paragraph, why does the plot section continue?

Reception

• Same "staying even" question I outlined in the lead.
  • Forgot to nix this one. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
• The last two sentences of the second paragraph of the Reviews section should be moved to the end of the first paragraph. It is better to group the good and the bad together instead of mixing them up arbitrarily.

Criterion 2

• For the c tag for reference 1, should you say that it was initially reported by Joyce Eng? It seems like something that is hard to verify. Eng's article itself does not directly support this. I think you should tweak the prose as to remove the "initially" portion and make things easier.
• What does reference 3 have to do with anything?
• Reference 6, being from Twitter, leads me into some doubt. Is Twitter considered a reliable source by Wikipedia's guidelines?
  • You haven't answered me here quite yet. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
• Reference 7 does not mention the name or date of his tour. Does this information need to be included?

Criterion 3

• The lead could probably go a bit more in-depth regarding the Production section, which really isn't eve mentioned at all. In particular, it should mention that Mindy Kaling was promoted to executive producer, and that this was her first episode.

Criterion 4

• My only real point of issue is using "stunned by this idiocy" in the Plot section. It makes the article itself carry a judgmental tone. This should be rephrased.

Criterion 5

While IPs have taken to adding to the article occasionally, but the ones I've looked at (at least recently) have been good-faith edits. This article is sufficiently stable.

Criterion 6

The Groban picture checks out. It is relevant and has a relevant caption.

Overall comments

Good work on the article, NoD'ohnuts. There's quite a bit to work through in my comments, but it shouldn't be too much to handle. I'll be happy to pass it as a good article once everything has been addressed. :) --Starstriker7^(Talk) 06:49, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I believe I've addressed the problems NoD'ohnuts (talk) 19:35, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Just two more comments left to address. You haven't quite answered me about the Twitter thing; also, you left a "staying even" in the Reception section, although you did remove the lead one. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 03:58, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the Twitter reference and I've replaced the "staying even" with "matching". NoD'ohnuts (talk) 23:17, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Alright, you're all set then. :) Passing the article now. --Starstriker7^(Talk) 02:48, 8 December 2011 (UTC)