Wikipedia:Peer review/FoxTrot/archive1

FoxTrot

This comic-strip related page is one of the best I've seen. Besides, the strip itself addresses so many things within popular culture -- computer programming, movies, even Wikipedia itself! Micahbrwn 9 July 2005 16:38 (UTC)

It is a good article, but it has a few issues that need to be resolved. The lead is much too short, and the picture beside it is much too wide. The table of contents is also too daunting. Perhaps the recurring characters portion could be made into a list similar to ==Recurring characters who do not appear often==, rather than giving each of them a full section. The same could be done with ==places in FoxTrot==. The ==about the strip== section also need more content. It would be good to know how many newspapers the strip runs in, and in how many countries. Some more on the origins and evolution of the strip would also be good. More pictures would also useful, maybe one of each major character. - SimonP 23:13, July 9, 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, also the article probably has too much cruft in it. Is it really important to go into detail about the "tamagrouchy"? I shrunk the picture way down. This link is Broken 13:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Comment: If most of the information in the article is gleened from reading the comic strip, doesn't that constitute "original research"? Just a thought. --[[User:JonMoore|—JonMoore 20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]] 03:48, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

The "Original research" that is prohibited here (see Wikipedia:No original research#What is excluded from articles) is the proposal of new ideas. The objective description of the contents a primary source is not original research in that sense. —Theo (Talk) 12:16, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Question: What would need to be altered/added/edited in order for this article to achieve FA status? --Micahbrwn 23:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

How about a more extensive, general description of the strip in opening section. What can you say about its tone, subject matter, style? (NPOV, of course) (For example, I think that Fox Trot often has 'stories' that continue for a week or two). Do the characters age over time (like in For Better or Worse) or do they stay pretty much the same (like in Peanuts). Is Fox Trot part of any larger movement in comic strips?

Can you describe the style of the art? ike9898 22:13, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

As per the suggestions to the question above, I've added the following to the intro section: "FoxTrot is similar to most comic strips, in that the characters do not age. Peter Fox will always be 16; Paige will always be 14; and Jason will always be ten years old. In the earlier strips, the family would only live in the present-tense -- that is, the family would only refer to the present; or as in the case of a storyline, the very near future; but never past events. However, recent storylines have broken this "rule", most notably when referring to Jason's summer at Camp Bohrmore." Not sure how I can "describe the style of the art", though. Micahbrwn 19:07, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

I'd say there's too much about the "inner life" of the strip -- subtleties about characters' personalities that are essay-like and not really useful in any event -- and nearly nothing in the way of context. How does FoxTrot's syndication history, run, circulation, etc. compare with other contemporaneous strips? What *attributes* of the strip make it unique? Has the strip won any awards (I believe the answer to this is "yes", btw)? What about merchandising or other spin-off efforts? Also, the section titled "about the strip" seems to be more about the author than anything else. Jgm 00:30, 20 July 2005 (UTC)