Talk:Modern Tales/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MJL (talk · contribs) 19:42, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

@Maplestrip:  Reviewing... –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 19:42, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

• Everything in this article is verifiable. It's naturally light on sources because of the lack of general attention to this sort of subject in the first place outside the same 3 or so sites. However, I will be sending you a WP:RS on WP:Discord. You are going to want to incorporate it throughout the article.

• The source you found is a great find, but interestingly, the online version of "Page Clickers to Page Turners" is already being used in the article. It seems to be exactly the same as the print version, though if you have ideas for how to use the source in more ways I am happy to hear it :)

Lol woops.. see final comment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• The spin-off section should expand on why the various other sites were spun out. CBR explains it well enough (TCJ also works). I also found an old press release about the launch of Girlamatic.

• Done.

• diverse roster of artists and cartoonists... TCJ doesn't say this.

• No idea where this came from. Removed it.

• Any reason why the archived website is dated for 2004 and not 2012?

• I went ahead and just added multiple archived versions in the external links.

• It's well written and in WP:NPOV. I have no concerns on that front about the prose. Good job! Also, it's very clearly stable and as illustrated as it could possibly be (not a lot of free media here). Though I think you'd be fine if you included at least one non-free screenshot of the website (2004 or 2012- take your pick).

• Thank you! Added a screenshot; it's quite nice.

• I think that's all I have for you for now. Cheers, –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 20:23, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

  Thank you for the review thus far, MJL. I hope I addressed your concerns! ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:36, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

@Maple: Yes indeed, that is everything!
I suppose if this was going for a FA that the Closure section and third paragraph under "Success and impact" would be an issue for determining comprehensive coverage. Obviously, I worked on articles in this field, so I know that this is pretty good to establish broadness in scope for the purposes of GA. My suspicion is that a more stringent reviewer who didn't know a lot about webcomics (and how lacking in coverage even the clearly notable subjects are) they'd could probably wrongly argue that this isn't broad in a convincing way. I think I spent like an half an hour to a full hour looking for sources which could even possibly add something new to this article. I think the "Page Clickers to Page Turners" has maybe one or two facts which could be added, but I'm probably just forgetting what they are right now (might be worth checking if you milked it 115% yet lol). For better or worse, coverage don't really get much better than this for this subject.
Happily, I can say that this review is being closed as pass. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 05:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the review, @MJL:! I appreciate all the thought you put into it :) – I'll be sure to keep looking for more sources. I don't think this article in the Topic will ever go to FA mainly because the closure information is scant, but I am really glad GA was possible. Thank you! ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 07:13, 13 September 2019 (UTC)