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Rejoined

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I've listed this article for peer review because I think this is one of the more interesting Star Trek articles I've worked on recently, and I think following J's comments during the GA Review I think it is also one of the best placed articles to make a run at FA. However, having only completed a couple of FA's before I'm still not at all confident with that process so I'd like to get some second opinions on issues with the article as they stand so that I don't waste anyone's time there.

Thanks, Miyagawa (talk) 09:22, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

I think you need to plum the depths of the sources that are out there.

• The episode is at least mentioned in "This Species Which Is Not One: Identity Practices in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", doi:10.1080/1040213022000013894. I don't think I can access it... doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00703.x also has something.
• There are a good few hits in the Deep Space Nine Companion ISBN 9780671501068, which actually has some really nice real world analysis. There's a whole section (pp. 278-80) on the episode, with some very interesting analysis. There's also a comparison to themes in episode "Dax" (p. 33) and the "Rom starts a union" storyline (from "Bar Association") was apparently considered as a b-plot for "Rejoined" or "Crossfire" (p. 315). There may be more. Might be a good one to get hold of, but there's a good hunk of it on Google Books. Definitely something to be using if you want to see DS9 episodes hitting FAC. (Wikimedia UK might buy it for you if you haven't the money.)

• Thanks - I actually have a copy. I never thought about using google books to search for the episode (I just used the hard copy). Which of course means that I miss mentions of episodes outside of the normal couple of pages specifically on it. Like you say, it's a really good book - the best ST source until These Are The Voyages came along. Miyagawa (talk) 21:55, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks to Google Books indexing those pages, I've added those mentions along with one in the "Afterimage" episode during season seven as well. Miyagawa (talk) 08:47, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

• This book has some discussion- it'll be worth downloading the PDF!

• I've added the mention to the themes section as it helpfully supports an existing view from another source in there. (And I've downloaded the PDF for future use!). Miyagawa (talk) 09:06, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

• From page 63 of this "Beyond the skepticism of the government body to which most of the main characters in Star Trek answer, Deep Space Nine diverges from the other series in the franchise on several other fronts. ... It is also the only series that resists the heteronormativity that is present in the rest of the franchise, most notably in “Rejoined” and the “Mirror Universe” episodes, even if its representation of bisexuality is problematized." Even if they're all saying the same kinds of things, a focus on what the academic literature has picked up (as well as citing as much good academic literature as possible!) would be great.

• I think that would work well to expand the themes section. Miyagawa (talk) 21:55, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Hope this is helpful. Josh Milburn (talk) 21:00, 30 July 2015 (UTC)