Talk:The Daily Show/GA1

GA Review

I'm a huge fan of The Daily Show; the only thing better, in my opinion, is The Colbert Report :) Okay, on to the review!

• In the References, some of the publishers link back to The Daily Show. Since it's already on that page, they then become bolded terms. Unlink them so they do not appear bold.
• Remove periods at the end of image captions that are not full sentences per WP:MOS#Captions
• There are quite a number of references in the lead, leading me to believe that the information covered there is not mentioned elsewhere in the article. Generally, the lead does not need any references because the information there should also later be mentioned again in the body of the article. If this is not the case, please ensure that it is. If it is the case, then the references in the lead are not needed.
• Make sure that punctuation marks are placed properly; for instance, in ""This Week in God,"", the punctuation mark should be outside the quote, so that it's ""This Week in God"," per WP:PUNC. The only time the punctuation goes inside the quotes is when it logically belongs in the sentence inside the quote.

Overall, excellent work on this article. The Colbert Report has been a GA for some time now and I would love to see this one be there, too. I'm a bit surprised that neither articles need to be semi-protected, considering the number of times that Stephen Colbert has mentioned Wikipedia and told his audience to vandalize it :) Gary King (talk) 17:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

• Looks like some references use {{citation}} while others use {{cite web}}. Choose one or the other.
• "Craig Kilborn hosts an episode of The Daily Show in 1997." – is not a full sentence; "Craig Kilborn while hosting an episode of The Daily Show in 1997." would be a sentence. Either remove period or reword.

Gary King (talk) 04:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Done! Shoemoney2night (talk) 04:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

It'd be nice to know who is the show's announcer. I read "Each episode opens with a deep voice" and immediately wondered if it couldn't just say "Each episode opens with John Smith announcing" or something. I did quick research and found that Drew Birns is the announcer; I don't have a reliable reference, though, only his personal website. Perhaps you will have better luck?

• Also, all dashes like in "correspondent - typically" need to be en dashes per WP:DASH
• Incorrectly placed punctuation in "In," though" – it should be outside like "In", though" per WP:PUNC. Non-sentences have punctuation outside.
• The issues in the article are mostly MOS; referencing is good, and writing is good too.

Gary King (talk) 04:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Fixed! Shoemoney2night (talk) 04:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I made a minor edit by moving the name. Besides that, looks good. Passing. Gary King (talk) 04:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! :) Shoemoney2night (talk) 05:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem! I saw this article and it was in very poor shape. It's nice to see that it's up to snuff – the referencing is definitely excellent, and I learned a lot from reading the article that I didn't know before about my (second)-favorite show ;) (Again, after the Colbert Report! :) ) Gary King (talk) 05:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Same here, Gary! Same here.  :) And congratulations, Shoemoney2night! You've done it, and done it well!  :) --Cinemaniac (talk • contribs • critique) 15:06, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

It may not be too long before this should be nominated for FA. The article looks good.Bless sins (talk) 01:04, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

"'"Craig Kilborn hosts an episode of The Daily Show in 1997." – is not a full sentence; "Craig Kilborn while hosting an episode of The Daily Show in 1997." would be a sentence. Either remove period or reword.' - Uhh, no? That's not even close to correct. Whoa2000 (talk) 08:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)