Talk:Josette Simon/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 17:01, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:01, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

The image is appropriately tagged. Twitter is used as a source, but from an official channel self-reporting an uncontroversial fact. Other sources are reliable. Earwig flags nothing but the quotes.

• Do we not even have an approximate year of birth? E.g. if she auditioned for Joseph at age 14 that might give us a range of a year or so.
  • Soem time back, I removed an uncited date in 1960 that had been added without a source. I later added "circa 1960" (with a source), which was removed by an IP editor. Gale's Contemporary theatre, film and television Volume 75(2007) has 1965, which must be wrong based on Simon's career details. I've restored "circa 1960" and included the supporting text in the citation. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

    OK -- I think you might make it "circa 1959, since if she's 16 on 6 February 1976 it's much more likely to be 1959 than 1960, but I'll strike this since it's not wrong. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:23, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• "Bob Peck who played the lead": not a sentence, but is it relevant anyway?
  • It was meant to be "Bob Peck played the lead" but as he has no other mention in the article, I've removed this. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
• "and starring as Dorcas Ableman in Golden Girls as Dorcas Ableman, written by Louise Page." Aside from the repetition, is it relevant who wrote this?
  • Removed repetition. As Page has no other mention in the article, I've removed the mention. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:39, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Many thank, Mike Christie. Let me know if anything else is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Fixes look good; one suggestion above. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:23, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Spotchecks:

• FN 34 cites 'In 2017, Simon took the role of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra for the RSC. Michael Billington wrote for The Guardian that "Simon seems born to play Cleopatra and she gives us a hypnotically mercurial figure whose eroticism is expressed through a permanent restlessness", although he felt that Simon employed too many voices in the role.' Verified.
• FN 9 & 10 cite "Simon won the part of Dayna Mellanby in the BBC 1 television sci-fi series Blake's 7 after being talent-spotted while still at the Central School of Speech and Drama." I only have access to one of these sources, but it verifies almost all of this, so I'm going to say that's verified.

Spotcheck is good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:23, 7 September 2022 (UTC)