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Contents 1 Quotes 2 Good article pass 3 TV.com 4 Links 5 portal 6 Sentence from lead: "The episode sees Homer refusing to meet a new family friend named John after finding out that John is gay."

[edit] Quotes

The "Quotes" section is a bit long. While the use of some is considered fair use, I doubt this many would. Squad51 23:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good article pass

I did a little bit of fixing up for the plot summary, but I don't think that's a significant contribution. Happy to say this is the second article I've ever tagged as a good article, and that the articles for TV episodes are coming along and have definitely proved to be capable of being encyclopedic. With this one,

1. It is well written. Appears to flow well. 2. It is factually accurate and verifiable. Well referenced especially given the topic. 3. It is broad in its coverage. Yes, out of universe perspective is long and detailed. Interesting. 4. It follows the neutral point of view policy. Appears to be. 5. It is stable. Appears to be. 6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic. Yes, and doesn't go overboard. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 02:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I concur. It's sure to even make it to FA status now that it's being peer reviewed.--Orthologist 19:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TV.com

Christ, I saw after I promoted it, the beginning of this synopsis is a bit too close for comfort to that in TV.com. My suspicions, based on the history of this article, is that they copied from us rather than the other way around; still, it's worth looking into. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 07:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Not really. At least I don't so. It's a less than 30 minute episode, meaning that you can only have a sort of synopsis. What I mean is some things will be the same wherever they are used, because that is the best thing to say. Also this synopsis has more detail (cockamani's/$900) and it is written better. So what I mean is, its fine. And if it is copied, then, like you said, its them from us rather than the other way around. Gran2 16:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it can be taken lightly; as the detail was needless anyway I just removed it. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 10:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok I don't mind. Gran2 12:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

But of course. It's synopsis; details are completely uneccesary, and may constitute copyright violation.--Orthologist 19:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Links

I think that there should be at least two or three links for the guest star. One in the infobox (all others episode have it), one in the introduction and other on the related section when its discussed his participation. I put them a couple of times but someone keeps reverting it so I wanna know why--ometzit<col> 01:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)--ometzit<col> 01:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Because its overlinking, you only need one, and that's in the lead, maybe one in the infobox, but I personally don't feel there needs to be one anywhere else. Gran2 06:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] portal

There is a link to the portal. Isn't there somewhat of a concensus that these portal linkboxes should go in the See Also section ? --TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 18:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Nothing to do with me, it just appeared there, I think it must have been added to the Season infobox template. As for what you said, I have no idea, I don't even think there needs to be one at all, but that's just my opinion. Gran² 18:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

It was recently added to the infobox. I have now reverted it. --Maitch 18:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence from lead: "The episode sees Homer refusing to meet a new family friend named John after finding out that John is gay."

I think the verb meet is problematic here. Some readers might interpret the sentence as saying that Homer had never seen John at all before learning he was gay, which isn't true. Any comments? Zagalejo 23:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I suppose, how about "The episode sees Homer refuse to see a new family friend, named John, again, after discovering that John is gay." Any better? Gran² 06:15, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

How about this? "In the episode, Homer disassociates from new family friend John after discovering that John is gay. He worries that John will have a negative influence on his son, Bart." The first sentence is a little less wordy; I added the second sentence because I think it gets to the heart of the plot. Zagalejo 15:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's alot better, I shall put it in. Gran² 15:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)