Talk:The Secret of Treasure Island

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	The Secret of Treasure Island was a nominee for Arts good article, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Contents 1 Sources to use 2 GA on Hold 2.1 GA fail 3 Weiss source added to Further reading section

[edit] Sources to use

• Horak, Jan-Christopher (Fall 2005). "The Strange Case of The Fall of Jerusalem: Orphans and Film Identification". The Moving Image 5 (2): 26-49. University of Minnesota Press. 
• Layton, Rex W. (Spring 2003). "L. Ron Hubbard's Hollywood Adventure". Blood 'n' Thunder (4). 
• McClelland, Doug (1972). The Unkindest Cuts: The Scissors and the Cinema. A. S. Barnes, Page 25. ISBN 0498078256. 

Will get to adding these at some point soon. Cirt (talk) 15:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA on Hold

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

This article needs to be improved a bit to pass as a GA. Here's the reasons:

• References: The article needs more. There's only 11, and the article needs more to pass.

Needs to be done? Yes

• Images: The article has No images, making it impossible for the article to pass. There are plenty out there, just remember to add a fair-use rationale and caption to them when you add them.

Needs to be done? Yes

• Cast: This section is very lacking. Turning this section to look like this:

Don Terry as Larry Kent, a reporter investigating the disappearance of a colleague in the area. it'll be much better.

Needs to be done? Optional

Closing thoughts: The article is good, despite being quite bare-boned in most sections. After the above problems are fixed, the article can pass. Limetolime (talk) 22:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Response to above

Okay, will take a detailed look at this review and respond to it later, thank you for doing it. Cirt (talk) 22:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

1. Changed the Cast section, per above comment by Limetolime (talk · contribs), will flesh that out a bit more soon. Cirt (talk) 10:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
2. Added a low res, fair use image, screenshot from the serial. Cirt (talk) 10:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
3. I'm going to add a bit more from one or two other sources, but I really don't think the article needs more references simply for having more references' sake - that is not what is meant at WP:WIAGA - simply that the material presently in the article should be backed up to WP:RS/WP:V sources. If it is, then it satisfies the referencing criteria. Cirt (talk) 00:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

   Update: Added 2 additional References into a Further reading section, until they can be incorporated into the article. Cirt (talk) 06:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA fail

I'm VERY sorry to say this, but the article cannot pass. It isn't written well, as it has choppy sentences, and the info isn't very helpful. (Running time = 15 chapters)? It also dosen't have a release section and the reception section needs to be expanded. After the article is re-written and these problems are fixed, it can be relisted. Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 22:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weiss source added to Further reading section

• Weiss, Ken; Ed Goodgold (1972). To Be Continued... A Complete Guide to Motion Picture Serials. New York: Bonanza Books. ISBN 0-517-503409. 

What pages from this source deal with "The Secret of Treasure Island" ? Cirt (talk) 14:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)