Talk:The End (Lost)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lord Roem (talk) 01:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this article. Cheers, Lord Roem (talk) 01:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

First Notes

I am placing the review on hold to allow some things to be fixed first, otherwise it would have to be quick-failed.

• The external links need to work. Many of them are either dead links or redirect to different sites.
• The 'Plot' sections need to be cited

-- Lord Roem (talk) 19:14, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Section by section review

I will go through each section to make suggested changes. These need to be changed by next Sunday (along with the changes required under 'First Notes' above) or this GAN will fail. It can still be eligible in the future if improved.

Lead

• I don't see why you need to include all the nations where it aired. That last fact can probably be omitted.

Episode Box (on right side)

• I'm not sure why you have to list all guest stars. It seems you listed anyone that wasn't in the main cast.

2007

• The first paragraph here would be incredibly confusing for anyone who has not seen the show. It should be completely reworked for the purposes of clarity.
• As I mentioned above, there may be a need for cites to this plot section of the article. Otherwise, it may fall under WP:Original Research.
• In the last paragraph, you have a sentence that has parenthesis at both ends. This should be incorporated into another sentence.

Flash-sideways

• "Desmond gathers many islanders at the concert". You need a segue sentence because no one would no what's going on here. I suggest something on the lines of "The charachter Desmond, in this flash-sideways*, is attempting to bring the other castaways on the island to the concert because X".
  • The (*) indicates that you should provide a link to an article or maybe external link on what a flash-sideway is.
• You may need to put in-line citations here to statements by the directors about the meaning of this scene, to prevent possible 'fan disputes'. Looking at the talk page, that appears to have already been an issue.

Production

• Great section - but incorporate some of the cites here about the meaning of the scenes into the actual plot sentences above.

Ratings and viewership

• Good!

Critical reception

• Whoa! This section needs to be shrunk down. It reads like a long listing of different people's opinions. Instead, pick the more notable discussions of the episode - primarilly one that is very positive and one very negative.

International reacton

• First sentences need in-line citations.
• "Some viewers...left puzzled" - says who? Needs an in-line citation.

Awards

• Some of these awards are not for the episode but instead for the show. These should be removed.

Broadcasts

• Maybe incorporate this into the 'Ratings and viewership' section?
• The first sentence seems very out of place here IMHO.

External Links

• There is a wikiquote box that links to the episode 'Adrift'. If you want to include such a box, change its destination to the correct episode.

Concluding Thoughts

• There is a significant amount of work for this article to be passed for GA. I wish all contributing editors luck. Cheers, Lord Roem (talk) 21:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Fail

I will fail this GAN because the fixes that were needed to improve the article were not implemented in the usual 7-day time. -- Lord Roem (talk) 22:31, 9 January 2011 (UTC)