Wikipedia:Peer review/Nero Wolfe/archive1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Nero Wolfe

Article (edit) • Article talk (edit) • Watch peer review

This peer review discussion has been closed.
I've listed this article for peer review because it seems to have a significant amount of information, possibly enough for GA consideration. Unfortunately, I have no really good idea what is required for GA consideration of an article about a fictional character, so am looking for some ideas as to what should be done to help the article reach that level.

Thanks, John Carter (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: While a lot of work has gone into this, it needs more work to get to GA status. Here are some suggestions for improvement:

  • A model article is often useful for ideas, structure, style, etc. There are 20 character GAs here which may provide some ideas.
  • The lead needs to be expanded to meet WP:LEAD and summarize the entire article. My rule of thumb is that any header should be mentioned in the lead somehow. Also nothing should be only in the lead, so the awards could be repeated in the body of the article.
  • Images should be set to thumb (not pixel widths) per WP:MOS#Images so readers' preferences can take over.
  • The title of the article should not be repeated in headers per the MOS, so "Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout" could be "Books by Rex Stout" since we already know this article is about Nero Wolfe.
  • Biggest two problems as I see it are the need for more references and the need to have more of an out-of-universe perspective. For the latter see WP:IN-U
  • Examples of places where references are needed - the paragraph starting with On weekdays, Fritz serves Wolfe's breakfast in Wolfe's bedroom... any direct quote It is noted early in the first Wolfe novel that there is a gong under Archie's bed that will ring upon any intrusion into or near Wolfe's own bedroom: "Wolfe told me once ... that he really had no cowardice in him, he only had an intense distaste for being touched by anyone ..." or all of the Friends section
  • Critical reception section is missing - what have critics said about the character?
  • Also is this article about the character or the series of stories / novels?
  • References need more information - books should have ISBN numbers, publishers, etc.

What is there is good and detailed, hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)