Talk:The View from Halfway Down

GA Review

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Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 23:03, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 23:03, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

• Infobox looks good.
• Don't link dinner party, talent show, or swimming pool per WP:OVERLINK.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Plot

• Without the names in parathesis, this section is 414 words. MOS:TVPLOT says that episode-articles should be at max 400 words so try removing some.
  •  Done 376 words now, minus the parenthetical acting credits Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Also, some links here and in other sections lead to disambiguation pages, so try fixing those links.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Production

• You can't cite WP:IMDB, even if you disguise it as the Internet Movie Database.
  •  Done My bad. Some 30 Rock GAs use that format (e.g. "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land"). Replaced with a podcast interview with Tafel and an online newspaper interview with Winfrey. Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• "Kazzaz'" → "Kazzaz's"
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Remove the comma after "within the show".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• "with series finale" → "with the series finale"
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• "V." → "V".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• The line containing "suicide by jumping" should probably link to "Later", the episode in which the event took place.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• "[i]t felt" → "it felt"
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Reception

• "an A writing, stating" → "an "A", stating"
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Link IndieWire.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• The first sentence says the episode received praise from "many reviewers", but only two are listed that actually talked about the episode. Try adding more.
  •  Done Rewrote/regrouped the entire section after digging up more articles Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• The last sentence has a source from Gold Derby, a website that isn't that reliable. Can a more reliable source be swapped in?
  •  Done Replaced with an IndieWire citation saying that "Free Churro" was the first nomination in that category for BoJack Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

References

• Mark references from Vulture with "|url-access=limited".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Mark references from The New York Times with "|url-access=limited".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Mark references from Vanity Fair with "|url-access=limited".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Mark references from Forbes with "|url-access=limited".
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
• Try linking every website used in every citation.
  •  Done Kncny11 ^(shoot) 17:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Progress

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:05, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that "The View from Halfway Down" gets its name because Raphael Bob-Waksberg needed an episode title starting with the letter "V"? Source: "I wanted to hit every letter of the alphabet, for no other reason than it'd be a fun challenge, and the last one was V."
  • ALT1:... that in "The View from Halfway Down", the characters' meals reflect what killed them in life? Source: "Everybody gets a thematically appropriate meal before the show."
  • ALT2:... that "The View from Halfway Down" is inspired by the dream sequences in the 1979 film All That Jazz? Source: "I actually saw All That Jazz, which was obviously a heavy inspiration for 'The View From Halfway Down,' the penultimate episode of the series" "'The View from Halfway Down' ... is so close to All That Jazz that it's shocking the often self-referential writing didn't namedrop it"

• Reviewed: N/A - 3rd DYK nom

Improved to Good Article status by Kncny11 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:56, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

• @Kncny11: Article promoted to GA on 2 March, long enough, neutral, referenced and no copyvio obvious. Images used in the article are either free or fair use. QPQ not required. I suggest adding who Bob-Waksberg is in ALT0. Also, shouldn't it be title, not name? ALT1 cannot be approved because according to rule C6, the hook must be linked to the real world in some ways if the article is about a work of fiction. ALT2 is fine. Corachow (talk) 12:53, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

comment - should there be a clue in the hooks as to whether "The View from Halfway Down" is a poem, a song, a film, a book or a scientific method for sorting belly buttons? Victuallers (talk) 15:28, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

• @Corachow: @Victuallers: ALT0.1: ... that the BoJack Horseman episode "The View from Halfway Down" gets its title because series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg needed an episode title starting with the letter "V"? Kncny11 ^(shoot) 20:41, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

• I'm fine with that. Thank you. Corachow (talk) 14:01, 6 March 2021 (UTC)