Talk:Black and Blue (Homicide: Life on the Street)

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Article milestones
DateProcessResult
March 26, 2011Good article nomineeListed
April 27, 2011Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 16, 2011.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Julianna Margulies appeared in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Black and Blue" as a romantic interest to the much-older Ned Beatty?
Current status: Good article

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Reviewer: Ruby2010 talk 04:25, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will review sometime today or tomorrow. Ruby2010 talk 04:25, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Comments[edit]

  • Misplaced period in lead's last sentence.
  • There are a few instances of "police speak" that the average person might not understand, such as:
  • which results in pressure from the police brass to solve the case. I had to look up "police brass" for a definition. Perhaps reword or properly wikilink it to help?
  • while Pembleton plans to question him as an eyewitness, Gee demands he be treated as a subject. Does subject mean suspect?
  • Just out of curiosity, did Julianna Margulies also use a body double for her music scenes, or can she really play the violin?
  • Tom Shales of The Washington Post said both "Black and Blue" and "See No Evil" and were better than critically-acclaimed "Bop Gun", Sentence doesn't make sense.
  • Why are the urls not provided for most of the articles referenced? Do the newspapers' archives require subscriptions to access?
  • Overall the article looks really good. Just look at my above comments, and respond back on this page when you are finished. I'll place the review on hold for seven days in the meantime. Thanks, Ruby2010 talk 18:28, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I believe I've addressed most of your above questions, although if I missed any, let me know. (Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to the Margulies question, as the source only talked about the cellist.) As far as the urls, I've accessed most of these articles through Newsbank, a newspaper article archive that I have access to through my library. In the past, I've also used Lexis for them. If you have a library account, you should check the library's website, as they might offer the service. I didn't even know mine did until fairly recently. Thanks for the review! — Hunter Kahn
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