Talk:Quatermass (TV serial)/GA1

GA Review[edit]

Looking very good so far. Here are a few suggestions:

Neither Image:Quatermass1979-01.JPG nor Image:Quatermass1979-02.JPG are low enough resolution for the fair use criteria, IMO. Neither image needs to be much larger than it appears in the article. Done
"Science fiction" or "science-fiction"? Article uses both; do a quick consistency check. Done
broadcast on the ITV network in the autumn of 1979 - it wasn't autumn for (the southern) half of the world (I live in Australia and I personally find it frustrating to figure out the months of the year when given a season, let alone the opposite season to what I'm used to!). Fair enough, it's a British series - and there's the whole British/US spelling thing, when either one or the other has to be used - but considering we can cancel out north and south "bias" by writing the actual months/dates, I'd say it's best. Done Changed to "October and November of 1979"
which cemented Kneale's reputation as one of the best television writers of the time - I'm a little worried about the POV here. This would only be the belief held by some people, so I'd suggest for you to reword or put in a few more supporting refs. Done removed POV
such works as The Big, Big Giggle, an unmade play about a teenage suicide cult; The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) - is there a year for The Big, Big Giggle?

No date given for Big, Big, Giggle since it was unmade (as it says in article). Need to dig out refs as IIRC was writen a rewritten over a number of years before being canned. Is date necessary if script wasn't made? - Joe King (talk) 21:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And do we need "(1968)" for the Sex Olympics, considering it's just a paragraph above? Done
The Sweeney (1975-1978) - should use an endash ( – ) for time periods.
- Okay, there are rather a lot of these! They should all use endashes and they should all either be full years as above or all "1975–78". There seems to be some inconsistency there. Done I think I've got 'em all - Joe King (talk) 21:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lead says "100-minute film"; Production and Other media say "100 minute film". (I'd go with the former... But either way, consistency.) Done
Production designer Arnold Chapkis, constructed several large and elaborate sets - comma unnecessary. Done
a break from the romantic lead roles he was used to getting - perhaps "he was used to playing"? No, I think the point here is that the role appealed to Mills as an escape from typecasting - Joe King (talk) 21:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC) Done[reply]
passed away in 2007 - read WP:EUPHEMISM. Best to blunty say "she died". Done
Quatermass was duly broadcast that night at 9pm - space in "9 pm" per WP:MOSTIME. Done
Pieces of paper do not hold opinions ;) Thus, we should have "John Smith of The Daily Telegraph found...", though I see that Production Notes are sourced and this information may not be available.

This is taken from a secondary source: the name of the journalist is not given. Changed to "The reviewer in The Daily Torygraph..." - Joe King (talk) 21:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox's "theme music" parameter should not include the "&", just a line break. Done

That's about it - a nice article. The GAN will be on hold for a week so good luck with making the necessary changes until then. —97198 (talk) 07:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll get this lot sorted before then. Thanks for reviewing. -- _{Escape Artist Swyer} ^Talk _{Contributions} 15:08, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright! Changes are all good - ...I agree with your reasoning for not making a few :) - and thanks for taking care of everything so speedily. I'm happy to promote the article to a GA. Well done! —97198 (talk) 06:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]