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Addressed comments from TBrandley[edit]

Oppose This article is not currently up to featured article standards

  • Instead of "for other uses", you should do "This article is about .... For other uses, see ..." using {{about}}
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unlink cartoonist per WP:OVERLINK. Same goes for "novelist", "Sweden", "Germans"
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Although WP:POUND states "An exception is issue numbers of comic books, which unlike for other periodicals are given in general text in the form #1, unless a volume is also given..." Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I've reversed this, as there's no reason for this to be the only article that deviates from the comics standard. Curley Turkey (gobble) 01:04, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Though I think you meant MOS:BOLD. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Very small "one sentence" paragraphs are to be avoided
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Award and nominations table doesn't meet WP:DTT, add table captions to ensure it does
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Same table doesn't meet WP:ACCESS, adding scope cols and rows would ensure so
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "1980–1991" MOS fail, see WP:YEAR
Done. Ugh. I find this standard absolutely obnoxious. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Be consistent with your date formats per WP:MOSNUM in your references, in one you use "2008-06-27", while in another you use "22 March 1992", please check with that in mind
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "mostly" to "generally"
Done. Though I don't understand why. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Rego Park, New York" is linked with all of it in the sections, but not in lede, just some there, please fix
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Primary characters" needs expanding
In what way?. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Art is a cartoonist" refer to by surname after the first use of it, per WP:MOS
Given the number of Spiegelmans in the story, that would render things hopelessly confusing. "Art" is the character, "Spiegelman" is the creator. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "New York Times" to "The New York Times"
Done. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The only place there is no alt text is in the infobox, which doesn't have an "alt_text" field. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Actually, it looks like the template did have an "|alt=" field, but it wasn't in the documentation. I've updated the documentation, and added alt text to the image. Curley Turkey (gobble) 01:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per WP:FA?, the lede may be too long, possibly
The article is 38 kB of readable prose. The MoS says over 30kB warrants "Three or four paragraphs". The paragraphs aren't all that long or detaily, I don't think. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:53, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I've tightened up the lead, and cut it down to three tighter paragraphs. Curley Turkey (gobble) 01:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avoid some weasel words if possible per WP:AWT
Could you give an example? I thought I'd been careful to name names, and I don't see where I've weasel-worded anything. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:53, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This review is just given from a quick look at the article, would suggest taken the article to peer review first. TBrandley 14:05, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article has already been through Peer Review, a Guild of Copy Editors copyedit, GA review, and a previous FAC. Curley Turkey (gobble) 14:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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