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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 01:22, 10 September 2018 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of awards and nominations received by Black Mirror[edit]

List of awards and nominations received by Black Mirror (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): — Bilorv(c)(talk) 01:21, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have modelled this list on List of awards and nominations received by American Horror Story and the other pages listed at Wikipedia:Featured lists#Awards and nominations received by television series, and I believe the list is now complete, consistently formatted and meets the other FL criteria. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 01:21, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Resolved comments from TompaDompa (talk) 12:49, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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  • All images should have WP:ALT text for WP:ACCESSIBILITY reasons.
    I'm always confused about when the caption alone is sufficient, and what to put as alt text. Should the alt text be describing the physical features of the people, or just say "image of ___"? — Bilorv(c)(talk) 02:13, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    What the alt text should be depends on the image and why it's used. In these cases when it's a photograph of a person used solely because it's a photograph of that person to go along with the text that mentions that person in a different context than the photograph was taken, I'd just go with "A photograph of [person]". In an article about a film character, where there's a screenshot from the film which shows the character, I'd be more inclined to describe what the character looks like, rather than "[actor] as [character]". TompaDompa (talk) 09:26, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    That makes complete sense. Thanks! — Bilorv(c)(talk) 11:26, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Two of the references in the reference list give error messages.
  • Per WP:FLCR 5(a), there should be a minimal amount of WP:Redlinks. There are a tad too many for my taste. Just remove the links.
    Sorry, but I don't think four links (five including repetition) is unreasonable under 5(a). — Bilorv(c)(talk) 02:13, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "along with the special" would be better as "as did the special".
  • "while the following two series" would be better as "whereas the following two series".
  • "Each episode is standalone; there are 19 episodes in the show's first four series, and a fifth series has been commissioned." The use of a semicolon here is odd as the clauses are completely unrelated, content-wise. See if you can move the standalone part elsewhere in the WP:LEAD
  • "Black Mirror has received positive reception from critics" should not be followed by a comma.
  • I would remove the quote that describes the show and just leave "the show explores the side-effects of technology".
  • "The following table lists [...]" is clunky. Try summarizing the contents of the table instead (e.g. "XX [entries] have [met the inclusion criteria for the table]").
  • The "people" table would be helped by a column that describes who these people are in relation to the show (actor, writer, etc.) and perhaps one for which episode(s) they received the nominations/awards.
    I think an episodes column would feel redundant with the above section, and be a bit unwieldy. I've added a "Role" column, though. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 02:13, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Something is amiss with the IGN Awards table, where the rightmost column seems to be formatted incorrectly.
  • The link in reference 22 (as of my writing this) should be archived as I have a feeling that it might get dead within a year or so.
  • The link in reference 71 (as of my writing this) is dead.

I might go through the list more thoroughly at a later date, but this should at least be a start. TompaDompa (talk) 00:39, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments! I've responded inline to some points, and believe I've addressed the rest (in this edit). — Bilorv(c)(talk) 02:13, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Two more things from the WP:LEAD:

  • It should be clarified that the Award ceremony for "USS Callister" has not yet taken place. The verb tense ("has been nominated" rather than "was nominated") is a bit too subtle to make this clear (I'll admit that at first, I thought the changing tenses were a mistake).
  • The last sentence has three commas which could be reduced to one by rephrasing it to "[...], winning two of each."

I haven't looked much at the contents of the list or the sources, but I assume that the facts and sourcing are in order. TompaDompa (talk) 09:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I think I've fixed those issues in this edit. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 11:26, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am happy to support this now that my issues have been satisfactorily resolved. TompaDompa (talk) 12:49, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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  • These links should be fixed.
    Other than the redirect one, not sure what the problems were—the links all work for me. I've archived them anyway. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 12:48, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link science fiction in the opening sentence.
  • Link the publishers in their first instance, just like its in ref 1 to 10.
    I've linked work/publisher in all instances (they're an exception to MOS:DUPLINK). — Bilorv(c)(talk) 12:48, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yashthepunisher (talk) 06:05, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've addressed all your comments. Let me know if there's anything more you think needs to be done. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 12:48, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from CelestialWeevil (talk) 19:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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  • In the lead, "19 episodes" is a numeral, but in the first body prose (the section 'Episodes' under 'Statistics') it's written out as "nineteen episodes". This might not be a problem, though. I noticed it for whatever reason.
  • Reference 47 has an American-style access date

I had to look hard for any inconsistencies; the list is very good. CelestialWeevil (talk) 16:50, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed both (nice catches). Per MOS:NUMERAL, integers 10–99 can be words or numerals, but I assume consistency is desirable, so the list uses words throughout now. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 18:24, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Great list. CelestialWeevil (talk) 19:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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