Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The Simpsons (season 1)

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page. The closing editor's comments were: 12 days, 6 support, 0 oppose. Promote. Buc 07:00, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

The page is completely sourced and is modelled after The Simpsons (season 8). The only problem might be that the list is considerably shorter than season 8s, but I don't think it matters. Any concerns will be addressed. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 00:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

• Support. Looks great. Well-referenced. Only critique I have is that it would better meet Criteria 3 if there were screenshots associated with each episode. Geraldk 01:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • I agree, but unfortunately, it's not possible. There used to be an image for every episode, but they were removed because of fair use concerns. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 01:04, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Stupid copyright law... Geraldk 01:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support. Good work. Tompw (talk) (review) 17:25, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support Well-written, well-referenced; very complete. •97198 talk 13:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support: Looks good! -- Underneath-it-All 23:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
• Support per all of the above. Cliff smith 18:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
• Conditional Support - Good list. Couple things.

**Why the vague dates in the opening sentence? We know the exact dates.

• • Was:The show runners for the eighth production season were Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon copied straight from The Simpsons (season 8)? I ask because it says "eighth production", as opposed to "first production". If so, that should probably be corrected.
  • ...but it only suffered from some easily fixable problems - "Some"? How many is some? Either be specific or drop altogether.
  • The producers managed to convince Fox to push the debut of the series back several months and the series premiered on December 17 with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", which was originally intended to be a Christmas special - What is "several months"? I know it aired on December 17, but there's no indication of when it was meant to air, other than "in the fall". Maybe just say: Fox moved the debut to December 17, and aired "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" as the first episode of the series.
  • The episode "Life on the Fast Lane" won the award for Outstanding Animated Program and the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was also nominated in the category because it was considered to be a separate special and thus The Simpsons was nominated twice in the category, although normally a series is limited to one episode. - This is a run-on sentence. Try breaking it up. Remove the "also", it's not needed. Maybe: Although television shows are limited to one episode a category, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was considered a separate special, and nominated alongside "Life on the Fast Lane" for Outstanding Animated Program; "Life on the Fast Lane" won the award.
  • "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" would also receive a nomination in the "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special" category and "The Call of the Simpsons" would be nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special". ---> Maybe: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was also nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special", while "The Call of the Simpsons" was nominated for "Oustanding Individual...." -- It's just a trim of the wordiness.
  • "would be" -- Change to "was". Just straight past tense.
  • ...million units and would hold onto the record until October -- Maybe just "...million units, holding the record until October...

To me, these are really minor things.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 03:22, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

All done. Gran² 06:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

• Support per all of above. Lara♥Love 14:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)