Talk:Babylon 5

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[edit] IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR WP:GA

Well written

  • Weak Pass.
    • Further improve: Work on overall flow. The sections do not gel well with each other as a single article. Transitions need to be better. Too many lists that could be broken off or turned into prose. Subcategories should be parallel in format. Done

Factually Accurate

Broad Coverage

  • Passed. Many strengths.
    • Further improve: More on international reception.

NPOV

  • Passed.

Stable

  • Passed.

Appropriate Images

  • Passed.
    • Further improve: Caption quality needs to be consistent. "Another shot of the Babylon 5 station" is inadequate being that the largest object in the photo is a planet of some sort which is unidentified. Done

Real-world context for articles dealing with fiction

  • Failed. Too fan centric:
    • "Cast and primary characters" section: List should be Actor, Character (not other way around). The real-world context is an actor played a character (encyclopedia) - not the character was brought to life by an actor (fansite). Done Koweja 18:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
    • "Babylon stations" section: Reads like the fictional universe is real. Needs real-world context for readers who are unfamiliar with the series. Done --Angelstorm 10:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
    • "Ethnicity and language of characters" section: Reads like the fictional universe is real. Needs real-world context for readers who are unfamiliar with the series Section Removed
    • "Usage of English" section: Reads like the fictional universe is real. Needs real-world context for readers who are unfamiliar with the series Section Removed

Length

  • Failed. Too long
    • Consider moving the lengthy "Novels, novelizations, short stories, and comic books" list to its own article. Done Koweja 18:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Priority 1 (top) 
Babylon 5 was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: April 18, 2006
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[edit] Incorrect summary of final episode of 5th season...

I just saw the episode "Sleeping in Light" the other day. It was actually supposed to be Lorien that came back and took Sheridan beyond the rim of the galaxy, not the First Ones. One can debate whether or not Lorien did actually come back or not, or whether it was a hallucination, but if you take everything on face value, it was definitely Lorien and not the First Ones. What would be accepted as an authoritative reference for this fact?

Also did someone want to say something about this episode being filmed at the end of 4th season, which is why we see Ivanova instead of Lochley, and that it was only after they were brought back for 5th season that they decided to postpone this ending and had to write and film a series of episodes to fit between the end of 4th season and "Sleeping in Light"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.83.93.16 (talk) 15:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)