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Userbox

Ill make the userbox for you. --DestructoTalk to me 02:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Scope

We're covering everything with comedy. Shows, sketches, characters, comedians, everything. Anything that is comedy related is part of the project. So let's get tagging. Gran2 15:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Dispute Resolution Procedure REQUEST FOR COMMENT for article "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

As per Wikipedia procedure for dispute resolution I am asking any and all members of this project to add input on a dispute over deletion of Taglines for this film, which was added to the National Film Registry in 2005. The original tagline "A Different Set of Jaws" is also listed as one of the most memorable taglines in history along with others. I also have at least one other reference source, an article on "The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Cultural Performance" with mention on the cultural impact of the tagline "Don't Dream It, Be It." Input is needed to resolve a current "Edit War" where an Editor keeps deleting without adding a better reason than he "Does not believe they are notable" with no further reference to back up the assertion. Thank you. --Amadscientist 23:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Peer Reviews

I have noticed that the Tamsin Greig article has had its peer review compeleted. Does that mean that article should still be included in the peer review section? ISD 10:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

If the peer review is over then, as no one can make further comments, it can be removed from here. Also on the subject of PRs, I could use some comments at Notting Hill's PR, as it currently has none. Also good work on QI by the way. Gran2 10:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Tag episode articles?

I was wondering if we should tag articles of individual episodes. I'm asking because the article for The Simpsons episode You Only Move Twice is currently an candidate for featured article status, and there already several Simpsons episodes which are good articles.

If we tagged these however, we would have to tag all the episodes, and considering there are over 400 Simpsons episodes, that will take a lot of work. Not to mention tagging all the episodes for other comedies. ISD 08:15, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see why not. Especially as about half of those GAs were done by me, and one of the FAs as well. Gran2 14:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Now that we have been given some descendent WikiProjects, should we still tag episodes to this WikiProjects? ISD 08:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Ian Stone article

I have occured a problem witht the article on Ian Stone. A user removed a section critising him. On closer examination, I believe the user to be Ian Stone himself, mainly due the user being called Iandstone.

First of all, is a Wikipedian allowed to edit their own articles? Second, do you believe the criticism should be returned? ISD 17:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Its a basic policy that if someone has an article about themselves they are "encouraged" to not edit it. There's a list of Wikipedians with articles, but the only person I'd heard was Jimbo. To edit your article your article is one thing, to edit your article to remove critcism is not allowed. I suggest you talk to him as it seems he is the real deal. Also, if you can find other sources that say the same thing as the one there. That'll show that it wasn't just one source reporting it. Gran2 17:21, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report is a Featured Article Candidate here. Since it's within the scope of this wikiproject, I thought anyone interested could take a look and support or oppose. Cheers, Jude. 18:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, just noticed it's on your front page under "Candidates". Sorry. Jude. 18:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Parent and Descendent WikiProjects

Do you think we should add lists of Parent and Descendent WikiProjects? For those who don't know, Descendent WikiProjects are ones that may form part of a larger WikiProject (For example, The Simpsons WikiProject) and Parent WikiProjects are ones in which this WikiProject would form part of (For example, the Entertainment WikiProject). ISD 07:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea. It may also help us find more articles to tag with WikiProject Comedy. Magkaz 07:31, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Featured Article candidate

100 Good Articles

This WikiProject has now reached 100 good articles! Well done everyone! ISD 08:28, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh wow, good work guys! — H2O —  08:58, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant FAC

Hairspray (2007 film) peer review

I just thought I would say that Hairspray (2007 film) is currently undergoing a peer review in hopes of further improving the article. Seeing as the film falls under the scope of this WikiProject, I thought I would post here to let any members of this WikiProject who might be able to help know that any contributions they could make would be more than welcome. Thanks! —Mears man (talk) 15:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Peer Review, Hell Is Other Robots

Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Hell Is Other Robots/archive1, and if you can, provide feedback on how to improve this article's quality further to WP:FA status. Thanks, Cirt 16:32, 1 December 2007 (UTC).

Lord of the Universe (documentary) on Peer Review

Recently passed as a Good Article, Lord of the Universe (documentary) is now on Peer Review. Your feedback would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Lord of the Universe (documentary)/archive1. Thanks, Cirt 19:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC).

Featured article candidates

There are currently five articles in this WikiProject that are currently candidates for featured article. It would be good if members of this WikiProject commented on them. The articles are:

Thanks, ISD (talk) 17:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for posting this notice. I had read through some of these other ones earlier but either forgot to comment or did not realize they were up at FAC. Cirt (talk) 20:17, 12 December 2007 (UTC).

Portal peer review

Portal:The Simpsons is on Portal Peer Review. Your feedback/comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/The Simpsons, before I eventually nominate the portal to be a Featured Portal Candidate. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 19:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC).

National Lampoon and National Lampoon Inc.

National Lampoon magazine was extremely important to American humor in the 70s and even the early to mid 80s, but after that it ran out of steam, and the name ended up being sold to to companies who wanted to simply license the name or cash in on the associations any which way they could. I think it is wrong for information about the current company, National Lampoon Inc to be added on to the article about the original magazine and its directly related projects. In fact the stuff about the company read very much like an advertisement before I tweaked it a bit. Does anyone feel it would be appropriate to divide the article into two articles? Or is there anything else we can do to preserve the info about the "real" NatLamp from contamination with the more recent more phony stuff? Invertzoo (talk) 19:00, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Can I get anyone from the Comedy project to weigh in on this? Nation Lampoon Inc. has no connection whatsoever to the original. They bought the rights to the name is all. They are using the article as a ad for their own ventures. Invertzoo (talk) 13:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Duck Soup submitted for peer review...

Hey there, everybody! I've recently submitted Duck Soup for peer review in order to find out some better ways to improve the article's (and other Marx Brothers articles) quality. If anyone's interested in leaving feedback, you can go to the article's talk page and follow the link. Thanks. — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 21:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Stain on Junk Alley Submitted for PR

Mr. Stain is currently under going PR and since it falls under this wikiproject, I thought someone could take a look at it.
thanks,
Binarymoron (talk) 17:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson on Peer Review

The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson has recently been passed as a Good Article, and is currently undergoing a Peer Review. Any comments/feedback on how to further improve the article's quality would be most appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson/archive1. Cirt (talk) 06:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC).

FAR notice

A Tale of a Tub has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Cirt (talk) 14:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC).

The Last Temptation of Krust on Peer Review

The Last Temptation of Krust has recently been passed as a Good Article, and is currently undergoing a Peer Review. Any comments/feedback on how to further improve the article's quality would be most appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/The Last Temptation of Krust. Cirt (talk) 09:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

New article: Comedy album

Comedy album has been created. I'm not sure what ought to be done with it, so I thought I'd pass this on to better qualified people. Cheers. --Kife 23:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been redirected by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [1]. --Maniwar (talk) 01:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Comedy collaboration

There's one going on right now at the Comedy page! Be there! :) Wrad (talk) 17:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Bot tagging articles

I'm a new member to WP:Comedy and noticed a lot of Comedy-related articles are not tagged. Has it been considered to have a bot go through comedy categories/templates and tag articles? Either someone can request a bot to do it, or I can seek approval for my bot to tag some (I've done tagging for WP:SHIPS). I made up a list of comedy categories and templates and it looks like there's 25,000 articles that aren't tagged. -- pb30<talk> 18:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I think creating a bot would be a good idea. Let's see what we can do. ISD (talk) 18:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
If theres some consensus I can apply for this new task using my bot. -- pb30<talk> 18:53, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

National Lampoon

Does anyone object if I split the National Lampoon article into two separate articles? One would be National Lampoon magazine which would be all of the original work, I would like to add a lot more to that one. The other would be National Lampoon Inc, which is a modern company that has nothing whatsoever to do with the original NL except that they bought the name. Please let me know. If I have not heard from anyone in a month I will make the change. Invertzoo (talk) 14:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Made the split this morning. Invertzoo (talk) 15:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Terry Pratchett

Just wondered why he wasn't High importance. He'll be a good FA in my opinion, and the article (Terry Pratchett which is coming along) could use the push. He's the 2nd highest-selling novelist in UK (next to JK Rowling, who over-leapt him), and 7th in the US. He out-sold everyone in the UK in for the 90's. He's also been in the news after having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and has finally allowed a couple of film adaptations to happen too (Raimi and Gilliam). Whatever the genre, he's singularly comedy too.--Matt Lewis (talk) 03:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Update on The Comedy Portal

Alan Davies

There has been some trouble recently on the article about Alan Davies, in relaiton to a fact that has been reference on it, and whether it should be kept or removed. I would like to some help in trying to reach a consensus over the issue please. The issue is being discussed on the article's talk page. Thanks. ISD (talk) 11:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Marx Brothers articles

I notice there needs to be a lot of work done at several articles over the Marx Brothers films. While pages like Duck Soup, Monkey Business, and A Night at the Opera are getting much needed boosts, others like A Day at the Races and Horse Feathers require expansion or clean up. Is there a Marxist expert, preferrably one of the Groucho variety, who could help give those articles the attention they deserve? Cinemaniac (talk • contribs • critique) 18:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Priority assessment

While checking through WP:Project Actors and Filmmakers assessments, I noticed that this project has the priority rating for Charles Chaplin as a high priority, rather than a top priority. Since Chaplin is one of the 200 WP:Biography core subjects, that should probably imply that he is of top priority. Since I'm not a member of this project, I thought I'd bring it up here for consideration by those in the group who do the assessments. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Currently, there are three featured list candidates that have not garnered enough responses to them, that fall under this WikiProject. They are (in chronological order):

The List of 30 Rock awards and nominations is also currently nominated, but is not currently listed as one that needs urgent reviewing.

If you can take time to review these articles, please do. ISD (talk) 21:44, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

The Principal and the Pauper on Peer Review

Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/The Principal and the Pauper/archive1. Cirt (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

FAC notice

Tenacious D

The Tenacious D article is currently undergoing a peer review. I need some outside help, as I am the only one editing this at the moment. I think the article can make FA class. Please help by adding to the suggestions on this here. Thanks. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 17:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Lost Our Lisa on Peer Review

Lost Our Lisa on Peer Review. Your comments would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Lost Our Lisa/archive1. Cirt (talk) 09:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Request for Comment

Please see the Request for Comment section, of the talk page for The Profit. Cirt (talk) 18:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

The second series of Green Wing was nominated for featured list status but failed, mainly because so few people commented on it. It has been put back up again so if anyone wants to comment on it, please do so. ISD (talk) 07:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

The Principal and the Pauper at WP:FAC

The Principal and the Pauper is up at WP:FAC, comments would be appreciated. FAC discussion page is here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Principal and the Pauper. Cirt (talk) 15:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I have put these up for featured list, so if anyone wants to comment please do so. --Gman124 talk 13:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Arrested Development Taskforce

I am interested in setting up an Arrested Development Taskforce that would possibly have this project (and WikiProject Television) as its parents. The full proposal can be found here. Add your name if you're interested! Joelster (talk) 00:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Just letting everyone know that the taskforce has been set up here. Joelster (talk) 06:22, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) at WP:FAC

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) is up at WP:FAC, comments would be appreciated. FAC discussion page is here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons). --Maitch (talk) 20:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Darrell Hammond & Michael McDonald

Darrell Hammond has been on Saturday Night Live as a cast member for 13 years, Michael McDonald has been on MADtv as a cast member for 10 years. it's been a long time since both of these guys been on different, respective shows every Saturday Night. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.230.169.195 (talk) 23:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

FAR notification

Excel Saga has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 00:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review for Last of the Summer Wine

I'd be grateful if some editors would be willing to give me some feedback on Last of the Summer Wine. I still feel it is almost at FA but the editors who tipped the balance to oppose in the last FAC refused to elaborate on what they thought was wrong with the article beyond some vague and cursory comments. I've opened a peer review request at Wikipedia:Peer review/Last of the Summer Wine/archive3‎ if anyone is willing to review the article. Thanks and cheers! Redfarmer (talk) 15:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Running gag Needs Your help!

see Talk:Running gag for more info. Basically, There used to be a list in the article. It was removed by consensus, and I have placed 1 or 2 examples into the article, only to have them removed. The article really needs examples, because of the insufficient context of the article, and i pleaded the case on the talk page, yet it is looking grim. The whole argument that 2 editors are making is that having examples would somehow be 'un-managable' because in the past, the list has gotten slightly out of hand.

any opinions would be very welcome. - -[The Spooky One] | [t c r] 17:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles flagged for cleanup

Currently, 587 of the articles assigned to this project, or 33.8%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 18 June 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. Subsribing is easy - just add a template to your project page. If you want to respond to this canned message, please do so at my user talk page. --B. Wolterding (talk) 17:50, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The Daily Show Peer Review

I'd really like to work on bringing this article back up to Good Article level. I've put a little work into it already, but any suggestions/ideas/feedback would be highly appreciated. I've opened a peer review request here if anybody would like to pitch in. Thanks! Shoemoney2night (talk) 09:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

As you may have heard, we at the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team recently made some changes to the assessment scale, including the addition of a new level. The new description is available at WP:ASSESS.

  • The new C-Class represents articles that are beyond the basic Start-Class, but which need additional references or cleanup to meet the standards for B-Class.
  • The criteria for B-Class have been tightened up with the addition of a rubric, and are now more in line with the stricter standards already used at some projects.
  • A-Class article reviews will now need more than one person, as described here.

Each WikiProject should already have a new C-Class category at Category:C-Class_articles. If your project elects not to use the new level, you can simply delete your WikiProject's C-Class category and clarify any amendments on your project's assessment/discussion pages. The bot is already finding and listing C-Class articles.

Please leave a message with us if you have any queries regarding the introduction of the revised scheme. This scheme should allow the team to start producing offline selections for your project and the wider community within the next year. Thanks for using the Wikipedia 1.0 scheme! For the 1.0 Editorial Team, §hepBot (Disable) 22:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

2 articles from this Wikiproject are up for deletion

They are Timeline of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and Reaction by actors to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, just to let you know. Dalejenkins | 13:46, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The Daily Show for peer review

I've listed The Daily Show for peer review again because I'm really interested in bringing the article up to FA-quality. It was recently listed as a good article, thanks in large part to the fantastic feedback we got through the last PR, and I'd be delighted if anybody was able to offer some comments/critiques/suggestions on how it might be improved further. Thanks! -Shoemoney2night (talk) 06:49, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Media franchises

Dear WikiProject Comedy participants...WikiProject Media franchises needs some help from other projects which are similar. Media franchises' scope deals primarily with the coordination of articles within the hundreds if not thousands of media franchises which exist. Sometimes a franchise might just need color coordination of the various templates used; it could mean creating an article for the franchise as a jump off point for the children of it; or the creation of a new templating system for media franchise articles. The project primarily focuses on multimedia franchises. It would be great if some of this project's participants would come over and help the project get back on solid footing. Also, if you know of similar projects which have not received this, let Lady Aleena (talk · contribs) know. Please come and take a look at the project and see if you wish to lend a hand. You can sign up here if you wish. Thank you. LA @ 21:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Franchise naming convention discussion at WikiProject Media franchises

Dear WikiProject Comedy participants...WikiProject Media franchises is currently discussing a naming convention for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in your project, we would like to get the opinions of all related projects before implimenting any sweeping changes. Please come and help us decide. Thanks! LA (T) @ 22:17, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

The Omen music used for comic effect

Hi, I'm trying to find a source for the music from "The Omen" being used for comic effect. Now it's just become something I need to know lol:) I can remember it being done- for instance when a comedy villain or goth is walking along the road or into a church, or when a child's planning something evil. And people sometimes say "I can hear the music from the omen when (for instance, Fred) walks into the room"[2] [3][4] but I'm not having much luck finding WP:RS for that or similar phrases, only blogs etc. So, can any of you recall an instance of a phrase of The Omen music being used comically, for instance accompanying a child doing something, or a goth or whatever, which I can use? Sticky Parkin 14:59, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Homer Simpson

Hello, I've recently been working on Homer's article and I would like some feed back on it. At the moment, I'm not worried about copyediting, but any input relating to anything (especially stuff that could be added) is more than welcome. Thanks, Scorpion0422 02:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Felix the Cat FAR

Felix the Cat has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:47, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Comedy

Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7.

We would like to ask you to review the articles selected from this project. These were chosen from the articles with this project's talk page tag, based on the rated importance and quality. If there are any specific articles that should be removed, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.7. You can also nominate additional articles for release, following the procedure at Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations.

A list of selected articles with cleanup tags, sorted by project, is available. The list is automatically updated each hour when it is loaded. Please try to fix any urgent problems in the selected articles. A team of copyeditors has agreed to help with copyediting requests, although you should try to fix simple issues on your own if possible.

We would also appreciate your help in identifying the version of each article that you think we should use, to help avoid vandalism or POV issues. These versions can be recorded at this project's subpage of User:SelectionBot/0.7. We are planning to release the selection for the holiday season, so we ask you to select the revisions before October 20. At that time, we will use an automatic process to identify which version of each article to release, if no version has been manually selected. Thanks! For the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team, SelectionBot 23:07, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Stephen Fry's Podgrams

I'm having a bit of trouble with an article I'm trying to promote to GA. Does anyone know where I can find a link to a website which contains the top five podcasts on iTunes?

Thanks,

ISD (talk) 18:54, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Peer review for I Not Stupid Too

I have written an article on Singaporean comedy film I Not Stupid Too. The article is currently on peer review in preparation for a GA nomination. Members of this WikiProject are invited to review the article. Any and all feedback is welcome. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 09:33, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Policy on video game inclusion

While video games do not qualify themselves with these kinds of genres, choosing rather to name their genre based on the gameplay, I believe that video games that feature a significant comedic element should be included. Comments? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 08:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

FLRC & merge proposal

Notice: It is proposed that List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year be delisted as a Featured List due to several alleged deficiencies, and that it be merged into the article Word of the year, the combined result of which could become a Featured Article candidate after some further development. The FLRC and merge discussions are related but independent. This project is being notified because its project banner template appears on at Talk:List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year, asserting scope over or interest in the article. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 20:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Article Assessments

Just an FYI, I recently went through and assessed a ton of articles to they are more easily searchable by people in the project. Also, there are some pretty famous comedians who weren't even included in the category, like Minnie Pearl, or Bill Engvall, even though his show is listed. We should really try to make sure we don't leave articles like John Belushi or Redd Foxx unassessed. I also moved some of the assessed ones around. So, if anyone wants to help me police this stuff up, dive right in. SMSpivey (talk) 08:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Hello! I'm currently working on rewriting, expanding and referencing the Melbourne International Comedy Festival article and have just requested a peer review in the hopes of getting some more ideas on how to improve it. I would love to get some input, so please come by if you're interested - it'd be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Shoemoney2night (talk) 10:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Black Comdey

I've just been reading the article on black comedy. There's much debate on the talk page of what should be classified as black comedy or not. Is there any thing to show that this is a particular genre in comedy with a historical background? I don't know how you could write an article on it without it nearly all being OR. Calindreams (talk) 15:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group

Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. — Delievered by §hepBot (Disable) on behalf of the WikiProject coordinators' working group at 05:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Jon Stewart's 2009 controversy with CNBC

This new article is currently nominated for deletion. Please visit the article to discuss it. ISD (talk) 09:14, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

South Park merge discussion

Please see Talk:List_of_South_Park_episodes#Merger_proposal. Cirt (talk) 05:22, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Kung Fu Hustle FAR

I have nominated Kung Fu Hustle for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.

Peter Isotalo 12:00, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

List of QI episodes FLC

This is a request for some more user to please review my List of QI episodes. It has been up for a week and so far I have got one support. The review page is at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of QI episodes. ISD (talk) 12:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject South Park participants have started a page at WP:SOUTHPARK/TOPIC to organize featured topic drive collaborations. The primary goal is to improve the quality of articles about South Park episodes, with the ultimate end goal of getting sets of episodes by season to Good Topic or even Featured Topic status. We are starting off by focusing on Season 1, to get it to Good Topic status, see Wikipedia:WikiProject South Park/Featured topic Drive/season 1. Any help is appreciated, and feel free to comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South Park/Featured topic Drive. Cirt (talk) 22:58, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Influences

The infobox for comedians includes spots for "influences" and "influenced by", and these are often filled in but very seldom backed by citations. It seems to me that such statements are presumptuous and in clear violation of WP:BLP unless verifiable by sources which indicate the information comes from the subject him/herself (for example, an external interview with David Letterman in which he cites Johnny Carson as an influence). I plan to start doing some quick searches to try to find and document support for the obvious ones (such as Letterman/Carson) but will probably end up deleting quite a few, pending more in-depth work by others. I have taken a similar approach on some music articles with some success; however, I suspect that external articles on comedic influences are a bit harder to come by than musical influences. Any comments or thoughts welcomed. Jgm (talk) 21:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Stop tagging Simpsons episodes?

I've been in talks with a member of the Simpsons WikiProject about tagging episodes of The Simpsons. He was complaining because while we tag them, we do no work on them and it is just used to increase the number of GAs. Should we stop tagging the episodes or not? ISD (talk) 09:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The discussion is here CTJF83Talk 04:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
It's been decided to de-tag the articles. ISD (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Graham Chapman needs cites

Graham Chapman is IMHO in serious need of cites. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 12:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

ItsJustSomeRandomGuy Peer review

ItsJustSomeRandomGuy

...has been nominated for a peer review. The page is here. Not a lot of people no of it's existance, though, for some reason. I'd like for anyone who has the time to check out the article as I have made a lot of contributions (here though, not in the actual article). I added all my contributions to the article after I finished in the sandbox. Thank you, Raaggio 21:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation

This message is being sent to WikiProjects with GAs under their scope. Since August 2007, WikiProject Good Articles has been participating in GA sweeps. The process helps to ensure that articles that have passed a nomination before that date meet the GA criteria. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. Instead of reviewing by topic, editors can consider picking and choosing whichever articles they are interested in.

We are always looking for new members to assist with reviewing the remaining articles, and since this project has GAs under its scope, it would be beneficial if any of its members could review a few articles (perhaps your project's articles). Your project's members are likely to be more knowledgeable about your topic GAs then an outside reviewer. As a result, reviewing your project's articles would improve the quality of the review in ensuring that the article meets your project's concerns on sourcing, content, and guidelines. However, members can also review any other article in the worklist to ensure it meets the GA criteria.

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Age of Bobby Hill

There's a conversation going on here about Bobby Hill's age. One line of thinking says that he ages on the same timeline as the "read world" which would say that he's 23 even though he's still in middle school. The other line of thinking says that time moves more slowly in the King of the Hill world and he's ~14 (because he had his 14th birthday in a recent episode). OlYellerTalktome 01:03, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Collaboration on Friends (TV Show) Seasons

I'd like to propose working on articles for the 10 seasons of Friends. Friends is one of the best television series for the past decades and deserves good season articles. Is someone interested in collaborating on that? Till now from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television there is User:Theleftorium, User:Matthewedwards and me.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 15:37, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Copyediting help with Bart Sells His Soul

Bart Sells His Soul - This article is currently undergoing a GA review, at Talk:Bart Sells His Soul/GA1. Additional help with copyediting would be much appreciated. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 21:17, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Bart Sells His Soul at Peer Review

The article Bart Sells His Soul is currently undergoing a peer review, input would be appreciated at its peer review page: Wikipedia:Peer review/Bart Sells His Soul/archive1. Cirt (talk) 02:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Douglas Adams

I have nominated Douglas Adams for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Awadewit (talk) 16:24, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Utility of outlines to wikiprojects

Here's a discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

The Transhumanist 22:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Images up for deletion at List of recurring characters from The Mighty Boosh

Fresh sets of eyes needed. I'd be grateful if editors could look at the images on List of recurring characters from The Mighty Boosh in the light of the image guidelines at WP:NFC#Non-free image use in list articles. The four images selected to represent recurring (as opposed to regular) characters have been nominated for deletion at this discussion at WP:FfD and the three discussions immediately following. Jheald (talk) 09:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Please also look at the discussion of another character, Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2009_July_30#File:Kirk Gaitskell-Kendrick.jpg. Thanks. Radiopathy •talk• 05:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of QI

QI has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 14:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

FL removal candidacy of List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes

I have nominated List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Arsonal (talk) 06:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Pineapple Express (film) collaboration

Recruiting any and all WikiProject Comedy participants to assist with improving the Pineapple Express article, which actually receives quite a few hits (no pun intended!) on a daily basis. The article is currently the collaboration for WikiProject Cannabis, but I am hoping WikiProject Comedy and WikiProject Films members can assist since they are more familiar with the formatting rules and requirements for film articles to reach 'Good' status. While the article is off to a good start, hopefully we can all work together to improve the article! Thanks so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 03:20, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, not much improvement has been made to the article. I had family in town this past week, so hopefully I can get around to working on the article soon. Again, I am trying to encourage WikiProject Films, Comedy, and Cannabis members to improve the article, hoping it will eventually reach Good status for the benefit of all three projects. If interested, feel free to contribute! --Another Believer (Talk) 20:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live

While I've done some work on the page (specifically, beefing up the DVD releases, International Broadcasters, and SNL Studios sub-pages), it still feels like the main page is a bit too amateur (in so far that parts of it still feel laden with personal opinion). That said, I feel like with a bit of restructuring, and a good (somewhat lengthy, considering the age of the show) history section, we could really take the article to the next level. On a side note, vandalism has started to become an issue. Mainly.generic (talk) 02:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Discussion about Razzie Awards templates

Please weigh in with your thoughts about having Razzie Awards templates at the bottom of film-related articles. Check in here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Actors_and_Filmmakers#Gaining_consensus:_Razzie_award_templates_at_the_bottom_of_articles. Thanks! Cirt (talk) 07:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Politeness Police

I would welcome everyone's input on this Policy proposal. Cheers. HarryAlffa (talk) 19:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live WikiProject

Hi everyone. While Saturday Night Live is under the domain of WikiProject Television and Comedy, after spending the last few months working on it, I'm seeing more and more just how mammoth a task it is. There are literally dozens of articles dedicated to it, and most need A LOT of work. Because of this, I've proposed the WikiProject Saturday Night Live. Please leave comments, and consider joining as a potential project member. Mainly.generic (talk) 04:33, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

New Member

I'm new to the project, and just thought I would introduce myself. Sean (talk || contribs) 04:37, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Colbert GAR

Stephen Colbert has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:46, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

"Double entendre" article

Hi

I just wanted to pinpoint a mistake that appears in the article "Double entendre" (English version) which should say "Double sens". If you check in the French version it does say "Double sens" which is the right way of saying it.

Thanks

Giny76 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giny76 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement

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Charlie Chaplin GA Review

This project has an interest in the Charlie Chaplin article, which is one our most important and most viewed articles. It being reviewed to see if it matches the criteria for a WP:Good Article. Among other issues it is poorly sourced. The review has been put on hold for seven days to allow time for the article to be sourced. Reference sources can be found on the "Find sources" notice on the talkpage. Further comments can be found at Talk:Charlie Chaplin/GA1. SilkTork *YES! 08:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Protection

I have put this page under protection as it has received some vandalism recently. If you'd like it unprotected, please give my talkpage a ping. SilkTork *YES! 08:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Deletion sorting for comedy articles / Esther Ku article up for deletion

WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting doesn't seem to have anything that would cover comedy articles, as there is for, for example, WP:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Actors and filmmakers. In the absence of such a list, I wanted to let this project know that the article Esther Ku is up for deletion; see WP:Articles for deletion/Esther Ku. My guess is that editors active in this project probably have a good idea on whether such an article should be maintained. I don't think I'm WP:CANVASSING here, any more than I would be by noting the AFD in the appropriate deletion-sorting project, if it existed.

Having an entry in the deletion-sorting project is probably a good idea. TJRC (talk) 01:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Fark

This article has been a GA since September 2009. I think it's getting close to FA? Does anyone want to take a look and see what needs to be done to bring it up to FA standards? Thanks! WTF? (talk) 15:53, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

in the spirit of free economy, THIS is bullshit.

Free economy my ass, i just needed a funny tagline. sorry cuban government, i probly am the last person to see the episode where mr tosh invites his religious yet perverse cable viewers to update his wikipedia show entry. id apologize for the bad english and misspelling in and around the article but im drunk and as mr tosh has taught us, drunk people dont have to apologize for anything. Back to the meat and potatoes of my errant yet slightly interesting response. Mr tosh kicks ass, having only the irreplaceable ability to rag on others people's work and be funny. I would sign him for many more seasons. adding in to the equation is that cops have been around for an exponential amount of seasons just bagging on white trash and other understandably low income americans. fortunately stupid people will do anything some air-time and instead of our fine law officers going out and finding/responding to 11 calls, mr tosh has the amazing ability to sit at a computer and find these things online. Perfect sneaky money maker? must be cause regardless of whether or not CC will actually pay enough money to live on for hosting a show, mr tosh has almost nailed the market for wally like shinanigens on basic cable(congrats homo, long way to go before you beat obrien's run on his old show, (or his 45mil kickback for not being on tv)) ( hes alomst made as much money as the idiots who sue Mckky'd's for serving hot coffee) keep it mr tosh. life will always keep on ticking, or rolling for as long as people continue to do old worn out Americas funniest home videos stunts and filming them. (thank you guy who faked his balloon kid stunt)(also a tool) Keep on rocking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.212.101 (talk) 01:18, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

FAR for Steven Colbert at the...

I have nominated Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --Plotfeat (talk) 16:36, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons

The WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons (UBLPs) aims to reduce the number of unreferenced biographical articles to under 30,000 by June 1, primarily by enabling WikiProjects to easily identify UBLP articles in their project's scope. There were over 52,000 unreferenced BLPs in January 2010 and this has been reduced to 32,665 as of May 16. A bot is now running daily to compile a list of all articles that are in both Category:All unreferenced BLPs and have been tagged by a WikiProject. Note that the bot does NOT place unreferenced tags or assign articles to projects - this has been done by others previously - it just compiles a list.

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Good article template

Consensus has been reached to use the template:

Please feel free to add it to all WP:GA rated articles within this WikiProject, in the same manner of placement used as {{featured article}}. Thanks for all of your quality improvement work within the topic of this WikiProject! :) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 15:02, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost Article - Looking for people to Interview

The Wikipedia Signpost is creating an article about this WikiProject and is looking for people to interview. I've already contributed to the article, but I think it would be best to get other to write for it as well. The article is here. ISD (talk) 07:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone who'd like to be included in the Signpost article, this weekend is your last chance to add your answers to these interview questions. The more, the merrier. -Mabeenot (talk) 23:55, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Unofficial invitation for comment

Anybody interested and/or informed about the subject is invited to comment regarding my suggestion at Talk:Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series. Thanks, Abrazame (talk) 04:56, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

To clarify, this is specifically about the way the award for best TV comedy actor/actress had different names throughout its first decade of the 1950s, and the way these are being interpreted as different awards is resulting in Lucille Ball being undercounted for the number of Emmys she won for her performance in I Love Lucy. Abrazame (talk) 07:48, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
For that matter, any number of people are being undercounted, or omitted entirely, as most years of the 1950s are omitted. Abrazame (talk) 08:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Recurring segments from Tosh.0

I need somebody to rate this article. It has been tagged for deletion. Sarujo (talk) 09:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Overhall of Blackadder Goes Forth

I'm currently in the process of giving this GA-level article a large overhall in terms of referencing, adding and improving sections and getting rid of extraneous elements, with the hope that with quite a bit of extra work it could be a featured article at some point in the future. If anyone is willing to help out, particularly by adding references to reliable sources or improving sections such as Production, that would be excellent. I'm also hoping somebody might be able to find some contemporary newspaper opinions for the 'reception' section. Thanks. Bob talk 01:48, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

FAR Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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colbert report and daily show sister rallies

To date I have found no sister rallies to the march on Washington on October 30 mentioned in the public response section. I would like to fiknd evidence of those sites existing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.154.232.33 (talk) 01:40, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Comedy articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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We would like to ask you to review the Comedy articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!

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Proposed deletion of The Free Beer Show

The article The Free Beer Show has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for published references (gbooks) finds only wiki mirrors (LLC), fails WP:N and WP:V

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Prank call as a comedic device

It's odd that someone has added that to the "comedic device" page on wikipedia. Surely during a prank call, you employ comedic devices. In fact, the word "prank" is the comedy and can exist in many forms other than a phone call.

Speaking of pranks, I once forged an email to a colleague from "Anne Summas" about the providing of an an "SNM" machine for a certain client. It wasn't even his job to deal with that client. He ended up making a complete dick of himself by shouting to the Covent Garden branch of Ann Summers.. a sex shop in London about an "S&M" machine. It was hilarious. That's a prank! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.39.223 (talk) 20:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Copyediting needed at GA candidate Bill Oakley

I am reviewing the GA candidate, Bill Oakley. It is pretty close, but needs a bit of copyediting — specifically, with regard to run-on sentences, and sentences that are a bit too long, and also in some places overusage of commas, and see also some other GA Review recommendations, at Talk:Bill Oakley/GA1. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 10:29, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Our Gang's FAR

I have nominated Our Gang for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. GamerPro64 (talk) 17:54, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Request for additional opinions

I would like to request some uninvolved parties take a look at the discussion at Talk:Prank call#Blackout put back in. The only two of us in the discussion have hit a bit of an impasse on if the provided refs support the added claim or if it amounts to original research. Per WP:DR#Ask about the subject, I'm asking here to get input from a subject-specific WikiProject. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:18, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Relisted category deletion discussion

Please see This relisted deletion discussion relating to possible deletion of categories for the Razzie Awards. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 13:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

And nobody even tagged their empty talk pages with WikiProject Comedy project tags, shame.... SatuSuro 13:38, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Kampung Boy (TV series) at FAC

Hi, Kampung Boy (TV series) is now at Featured Article Candidates (FAC). The 26-episode cartoon, which won an Annecy Award, is about a young ethnic Malay boy's life in a kampung (village). I invite members of this project to read the article and assess if it complies with the criteria to be an FA, or if it requires further improvements. Your comments and decisions are welcome at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kampung Boy (TV series)/archive1. Jappalang (talk) 03:14, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review discussion - Category:Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award winners

Deletion review discussion regarding Golden Raspberry Award winners, please see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 December 1. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 19:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

A question: comedy includes...?

Hey Comedy project folks, I wanted to ask... I think of the word comedy as referring to performed funny stuff. However I see you include the comic trip Calvin and Hobbs in your project. Is all written and drawn humor (stuff which is not performed) within your project or not? For example, I have been working on several National Lampoon (magazine) -related topics and don't know whether to put your template on the talk pages or not. Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 00:59, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey. You missed a couple of people.

What happened to Robert Townsend? Also, there was a guy way back that wore a driving cap and had glasses and a big smile. I can't remember his name but I don't think he's on the list anywhere. If anyone can remember him, he was really nuts.Longinus876 (talk) 23:32, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Miss Peaches

The article Miss Peaches has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for references found no support for the many claims to notability listed in the article. Fails WP:V and WP:N

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RFC at Acceptance of Golden Raspberry Awards

Please see Talk:Acceptance_of_Golden_Raspberry_Awards#RfC:_Removal_of_sourced_info. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Help with a list

I've been trying to improve the page List of people who accepted Golden Raspberry Awards, and could appreciate any help that would improve the page. I'm really not sure if this is the best place to post this, but someone recommended I try so I thought it was worth a shot. Any help in cleaning the article would be much appreciated. Thanks so much.Yaksar (let's chat) 23:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

The Onion task force

I was wondering if there could be a task force for The Onion. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/The Onion. —Preceding signed comment added by Nicky Nouse (talk • contribs • wikia) 06:34, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Non Free Content Discussion

There is a discussion Here about the use of screens shots in character articles, we need more views, to see what the consensus is.RAIN*the*ONE BAM 15:11, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

New article: T. Arthur Cottam - film director

New article, created, at T. Arthur Cottam. Additional assistance in research would be appreciated, feel free to help out at the article's talk page. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

New article = Richard Smith (Silent film director)

New article, created, at Richard Smith (Silent film director). Additional assistance in research would be appreciated, feel free to help out at the article's talk page. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 16:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gary Johnston

The article Gary Johnston has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Long-term unreferenced biography of a living person. No reliable sources found to support text. Does not meet WP:GNG or WP:ENT

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Good article reassessment

I've opened a Good article reassessment for E-mail Surveillance, an episode of The Office (US). Please see the talk page of the article. Fences&Windows 17:48, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gary Pearson

The article Gary Pearson has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unreferenced biographical article since 2009, no sources to establish notability, failing to meet WP:N and WP:BLP.

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Edit warring at Bob's Burgers

I'm pretty certain edit warring is going to continue at Bob's Burgers ([5]). Various editors, both registered and unregistered, continue to add a section on the opening gags despite lack of sources, notability, and the content being trivia. A talk page discussion was created to avoid the edit warring, but it's clear that the champion of maintaining the section does not grasp the policies at hand, or intentionally continues to forge ahead despite them. Feel free to weigh in at Talk:Bob's Burgers.Luminum (talk) 15:39, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

The Comedy Awards

Hi! I've created an article at The Comedy Awards for the upcoming awards, and any help in improving it would be much appreciated. Thanks!--Yaksar (let's chat) 02:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises is up for deletion

I have nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thank for your time. Regards, JJ98 (Talk) 09:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

FAR for Anthony Michael Hall

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Proposed deletion of List of games from Whose Line Is It Anyway?

This is probably of relevance to the project too - a proposed deletion of List of games from Whose Line Is It Anyway? is in progress here. I assume it's relevant to comedy improvisation practitioners. DionysosProteus (talk) 18:27, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

More opinions please

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Does the "Chinese language parody" merit inclusion or not?. Jnast1 (talk) 22:26, 19 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})

New article - The Kid (musical)

New article, The Kid (musical). Feedback and suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at the article's talk page. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 07:11, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch FAR

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The Office

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FAR for Cheers

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Theatre Project collaboration

Drew Carey

Drew Carey is up for a good article reassessment. Please click here for the review. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 16:21, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Renaming to Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1

Please comment here for the requested move for discussion of renaming to Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1. Thank you for your time. Regards, JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 08:25, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Anti-barney humor

I would like to announce that the page above is being considered for deletion.Mike28968 (talk) 18:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Problematic article

Can anyone do anything about this article full of unreferenced trivia and non-notable names: The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America? Any help would be much appreciated. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Scott Aukerman

If anyone could help me keep an eye on Scott Aukerman, I would greatly appreciate it. Its constantly plagued with joke edits and either fake or unverifiable information. Thank you. Livewireo (talk) 07:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Gilligan's Island information conflict

Hello,

I noticed there are two different ending dates for the program - the first paragraph states the programs ended on September 4, 1967. This date is confirmed by other sites as the date last aired.

Last airing paragraph, states the program last aired on April 17, 1967.

Thanks,

Ed Bia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.160.239.90 (talk) 20:36, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Category:Male comedians

I've recently become aware of Category:Male comedians. Should it be fully populated, i.e. should all the male comedians under Category:Comedians have Category:Male comedians added to their articles? Note that the category survived a CfD in January 2011. DH85868993 (talk) 01:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

National Lampoon stuff from 1970 to 1998

Hello comedy people, I wonder if there is anyone at all who would be willing to help me create a bunch of stub articles about all the cool items (recordings, books etc) that National Lampoon (magazine) spun off from 1970 to 1998 (when the magazine and its associated company folded)? I am prepared to do a lot of the work, but it would be so much better to have someone else working as well. We already have stubs for a few of the more important items. Take a look at the red links on the template here, they all need to become stubs. Even if someone just wanted to do one, that would be sincerely welcomed! Invertzoo (talk) 21:21, 13 November 2011 (UTC).

I question your assertion that "they all need to become stubs". If they are sufficiently notable and there is something meaningful to write about them, then they should become stubs. They shouldn't automatically be turned into stubs just because there is a redlink in a template. DH85868993 (talk) 01:15, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
OK, you are right of course. I apologize, that was just my being careless about how I expressed myself. If reliable mainstream references cannot be found to support the notability of the links, then of course those ones cannot become stubs, and cannot be links in a template. Do you or anyone else anyone have any interest in National Lampoon? Or does anyone feel like helping out despite not knowing much about it? Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 14:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway has been [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stanley Holloway/archive1 Nominated at FAC]. If anyone can review the article and [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stanley Holloway/archive1 comment here], it would be much appreciated. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:06, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

File:ILoveLucyTitleScreen.jpg and File:I Love Lucy Titlecard.png

There is a discussion of creating a free image of a title logo ineligible for copyrights. However, the title card is considered irreplaceable, and PD-logo may be a part of copyright material. See more at WP:Non-free content review#File:I Love Lucy Titlecard.png. --George Ho (talk) 10:07, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

I lowered the rating to start, but this may be to low to some so, please feel free to adjust as the project sees fit. The article had a great deal of unsourced material, but some may still see this as a possible C class. Unsure, so I am making note on all the projects for input.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Comedy, but not Drama

Why does Comedy have a project, but Drama, the other classical theatre category, does not?--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Reformating selected Emmy Awards templates

I have initiated a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television#Reformating_Emmy_Awards_episodic_Directing_and_Writing_templates regarding reformatting {{EmmyAward ComedyDirector}}, {{EmmyAward DirectingDrama}}, {{EmmyAward DramaWriting}} and {{EmmyAward ComedyWriting}}. The intention is to make them look more like {{WritersGuildofAmericaEpisodicDramaScreenplay}}, {{WritersGuildofAmericaEpisodicComedyScreenplay}}, {{DirectorsGuildofAmericaOutstandingDirectingDramaSeries}} and {{DirectorsGuildofAmericaOutstandingDirectingComedySeries}} in hopes of encouraging editors to work on the most critically acclaimed episodes and highlight the most critically acclaimed episodes for the readers.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Family Guy episode discussion

Hey, just thought I'd pass along that there's a discussion going on over here. Sarujo (talk) 22:25, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Pranks in Spain

In Spain, there is a similar tradition. It's on 28th December. Tricks are pulled and the one tricked is called "inocente". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piriz5 (talk • contribs) 11:03, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Dan Leno

The article on Dan Leno has been nominated for Featured Article consideration here. Leno was a leading comedian of the Victorian era, and so if anyone wishes to comment on the FAC, we would welcome your comments. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:28, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Loiter Squad

The article Loiter Squad has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

insufficient notability and verifiable reliable sources

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 03:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

put on skippy from youtube — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.171.131 (talk) 03:02, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

File:Sam Kinison.jpg

File:Sam Kinison.jpg has been nomianted for deletion. 70.49.124.225 (talk) 04:17, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

GloZell Green

This article was deleted, after one of its sources went dead, on the basis that there were not enough sources. I did some research and think I have now found enough sources to reinstate this article. What do you think?

-- Ssilvers (talk) 19:12, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Peer review for Dan Leno discography

We have put the Dan Leno discography up for peer review here. We would like to improve this to FL and would be grateful for any and all comments! -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Red vs. Blue FAR

I have nominated Red vs. Blue for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 09:10, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Simpsons episode template awaiting feedback

Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_The_Simpsons#Episode_template.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:43, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

New article on film One Hundred Years of Evil

I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 01:28, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of speech = New WikiProject

Hi there, I'm notifying this WikiProject due to its relevance to Freedom of speech. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do:

  1. List yourself as a participant in the WikiProject, by adding your username here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Freedom_of_speech#Participants.
  2. Add userbox {{User Freedom of speech}} to your userpage, which lists you as a member of the WikiProject.
  3. Tag relevant talk pages of articles and other relevant pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}}.
  4. Join in discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Freedom of speech.
  5. Notify others you think might be interested in Freedom of speech to join the WikiProject.

Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, — Cirt (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Chuck Norris facts Peer Review

Please see Wikipedia:Peer review/Chuck Norris facts/archive1. — Cirt (talk) 05:36, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Newbie

Hello! This is Ajayupai95 from Bangalore India. I love comedy, comics, Sitcoms and Spoofs. So I was hoping if I could join the Comdey WikiProject because I found it really helpful and would like to contribute. Can anyone please direct me as to how to join this project?Ajayupai95 (talk) 13:07, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Women's History Month is in March

Hi everyone at WikiProject Comedy!

Women's history month is around the corner, in March, and we're planning the second WikiWomen's History Month.

This event, which is organized by volunteers from the WikiWomen's Collaborative, supports improving coverage about women's history during the month of March. Events take place both offline and online. We are encouraging WikiProjects to focus on women's history related to their subject for the month of March. Ideas include:

  • Improving coverage about women comedians and comedic writers
  • Improving coverage about how certain types of comedy and humor are related to, and/or affects women

We hope you'll participate! You can list your your project focus here, and also help improve our to-do list. Thank you for all you do for Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 20:36, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Source about gross out comedies

Hopefully this source can help out somewhere...

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:26, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Roger Rabbit RfC

There is a request for comment about whether we should mention every speaking character actor in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. The discussion is at RfC: Is listing every speaking character actor in the cast section relevant?. Input from project members would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Roger Rabbit RfC

There is a request for comment about whether we should mention every speaking character actor in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The discussion is at Talk:Who Framed Roger Rabbit#RfC: Is listing every speaking character actor in the cast section relevant?. Input from project members would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Larry the Lobster

The usage of Larry the Lobster (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is up for discussion, see Talk:Larry the Lobster (Saturday Night Live) -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:48, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed change to Template:The Goodies

Proposal to change the structure of Template:The Goodies to be similar to that of Template:Monty Python. Please see Talk:The Goodies#Proposed change to template for discussion. Mr S Baldrick (talk) 06:10, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

"Frank Burns"

The usage of Frank Burns is under discussion, see talk:Frank Burns (disambiguation) -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 13:06, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Abyssinia, Henry's FAR

I have nominated Abyssinia, Henry for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. GamerPro64 21:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

As part of a quality improvement project on a topic related to freedom of speech, I've greatly expanded upon and improved the quality of the article at page, Fuck (film). Any further suggestions for additional secondary sources and referencing would be appreciated, at the article's talk page. — Cirt (talk) 20:19, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Fuck peer review

  1. Fuck (film)
  2. Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck (film)/archive1

I've listed the article Fuck (film) for peer review.

Help with furthering along the quality improvement process would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Fuck (film)/archive1.

— Cirt (talk) 00:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Horrible Histories

Hi. We're having a discussion on the fate of Horrible Histories TV show at: Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)#Moving on. Being marked as a Wikiproject of interest to the article, we would greatly appreciate it if you would voice your opinion on the talk page, or to have a crack at editing and improving it. Thankyou for your time. :)--Coin945 (talk) 13:24, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello,
Please note that Monty Python's Flying Circus, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
Delivered by Theo's Little Bot at 02:53, 24 July 2013 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

Discussion at Talk:Up All Night (TV series)#Improper Undo Undone

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Up All Night (TV series)#Improper Undo Undone. Elizium23 (talk) 23:59, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Proposed move

FYI there is another (entertainer)-(comedian) move discussion at Talk:Thomas Miles (entertainer). This will show up on WP Comedy Alerts as proposed move to Nephew Tommy but RM template also proposes Thomas Miles (comedian) is also possible. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:19, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Merge East Germany jokes to German humour

Contributors to this project may be interested in a proposal to merge East Germany jokes and German humour. See Talk:German humour#Merge East Germany jokes to German humour. —Cnilep (talk) 06:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:Muslim comedians

Category:Muslim comedians, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 16:46, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Fuck featured article candidate discussion

Fuck (film) is a candidate for Featured Article quality — comments would be appreciated at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck (film)/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 18:06, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect Link: @midnight

@midnight page incorrectly links text "Rob Delaney" (Episode 13) to the professional baseball player and not to the comedian (who actually appeared on the show) 209.133.17.250 (talk) 17:33, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Beck v. Eiland-Hall for Peer Review

I've placed the article up for Peer Review.

Participation would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Beck v. Eiland-Hall/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 04:38, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Created category for Streisand effect

I've gone ahead and created the category for Category:Streisand effect.

Please feel free to populate it with related articles.

Discussion is welcome at Category talk:Streisand effect.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 18:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Notice of posting to TFA nominations

I've added Fuck (film) to TFA nominations, discussion is at Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests#Fuck_.28film.29. — Cirt (talk) 22:33, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Main Page appearance: Fuck (film)

This is a note to let the main editors of Fuck (film) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 1, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 1, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Marketing poster

Fuck is a 2005 American documentary film by director Steve Anderson, which argues that the word is key to discussions about freedom of speech and censorship. The film provides perspectives from art, linguistics, society and comedy. Linguist Reinhold Albert Aman, journalism analyst David Shaw, language professor Geoffrey Nunberg and Oxford English Dictionary editor Jesse Sheidlower explain the term's history and evolution. The film features the last interview of author Hunter S. Thompson before his suicide. It was first shown at the AFI Film Festival at ArcLight Hollywood; it has subsequently been released on DVD in America and in the UK and used as a resource on several university courses. The New York Times critic A. O. Scott called the film a battle between advocates of morality and supporters of freedom of expression, while other reviews criticized its length and repetitiveness. Law professor Christopher M. Fairman commented on the film's importance in his 2009 book on the same subject. The American Film Institute said, "Ultimately, [it] is a movie about free speech ... Freedom of expression must extend to words that offend." (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Above was posted to my user talk page, posting here as well. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 23:19, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

List peer review for List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

I've started a list peer review for List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, feedback to further along the quality improvement process would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!/archive1. — Cirt (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

  1. List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
  2. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!/archive1

I've started a Featured List nomination for List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

Participation would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by Penn & Teller: Bullshit!/archive1.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 15:26, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study

Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 19:00, 31 March 2014 (UTC).

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John Robins (comedian)

Anybody have time to look over a draft article on UK comedian John Robins? He looks notable to me, but the article needs some cleanup and since it's a BLP I'm hesitant to publish it to mainspace without better referencing. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 12:11, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles related to LGBT popular culture or comedians may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer (Talk) 19:02, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Comedy At Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to:
Project leaflets
Adikhajuria (talk) 11:10, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

GA reassessment of The Chaser's War on Everything

For those interested, I am reviewing this article's GA status as I do not believe it meets the criteria. CR4ZE (t • c) 12:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Drama, or comedy, or both?

I added the {{WikiProject Comedy|class=stub|importance=low}} template to some of the character articles, but now I see in this and other places that Monarch of the Glen (TV series) is called a drama series. Wikipedia does not have a drama Wikiproject, but am I wrong about calling this a comedy series? I need to do fixes, if it is not also a comedy. My memory of this series might be hazy, but I do recall some rather funny things.--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:31, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Dan Leno

Dan Leno, the well-known Victorian actor, comedian and star of British music hall and musical comedy of the 1890s, has recently been expanded and is headed for WP:FA consideration. As a result, I am seeking comments in this Peer Review and I would be most greatful for any comments recieved. Thanks! -- Cassianto (talk) 01:00, 14 February 2012 (UTC

GAR notification

Calvin and Hobbes, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.

Notification of a TFA nomination

Note: Notifying here due to similarities between topic of prior TFA at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Fuck (film) and this one at: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties.

In the past, there have been requests that discussions about potentially controversial TFAs are brought to the attention of more than just those who have WP:TFAR on their watchlist. With that in mind: Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties has been nominated for an appearance as Today's Featured Article. If you have any views, please comment at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. Thank you. — Cirt (talk) 21:53, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated John Mayer for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Snuggums (talk / edits) 18:52, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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