Talk:No Country for Old Men/GA1

GA Reassessment

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There was some discussion about the length a couple of months ago and some information was trimmed. However it is still far too long. This falls foul of the focus criteria from the Good article criteria in a big way. A major problem is the excessive use of quotes throughout the article. I even think that the number of quotes used here leave it seriously open to copyright concerns. In part due to the quotes, the flow of the article is bad. Most paragraphs consist of just one critics view of the film and are then followed by a paragraph of another critics. At the very least this needs some serious paraphrasing or it will be delisted. AIRcorn (talk) 22:34, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

• Support de-listing It's a big article, but clearly doesn't violate WP:SIZERULE, with readable prose currently standing at 75k. However, I would support delisting on the basis of numerous WP:COPYVIO violations in the reception section, which seems to have copied whole chunks of reviews without any discernable attempt to integrate their conclusions into the prose of the article. Any further work should focus on this aspect of the article, rather than excising relevant content. Betty Logan (talk) 22:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

The GA criteria isn't really concerned with the size rule, or any arbitrary numbers when assessing an article. It is much more subjective than that. For example, a very short article could fail the focus criteria if it does not focus on the topic or use summary style when appropriate. AIRcorn (talk) 22:59, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

A professional Wikipedia writer should trim the article and edit it according to the rules. Then it can be nominated to stay as a 'good article' ~Star of Amman 13:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Star of Amman (talk • contribs)

There are probably some professional writers in Wikipedia, but I don't think there is such a thing as a professional Wikipedia writer. I have developed a knack recently of trimming articles, but given the ongoing discussion at the talk page, probably won't be doing this one myself. Will leave it until the 7th of December to give it a fair chance of being fixed, otherwise I will have to close it as a delist. AIRcorn (talk) 08:04, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Delisted Article fails to meet the focus requirements of a Good article. AIRcorn (talk) 04:39, 8 December 2012 (UTC)