Talk:The Mandalorian (character)/GA1

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Hunter Kahn in topic GA Review

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Reviewer: Adamstom.97 (talk · contribs) 01:29, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply


Grabbing this review purely as a fan of the show. From a quick glance the article looks in-depth and well sourced. I'll take some time to have a good read of it and then come back with some thoughts. - adamstom97 (talk) 01:29, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

The article is in depth, well sourced, and well presented. However, I am concerned with the large plot summary in the "Appearances" section. Usually for TV series the guideline is to keep a plot summary for a season below 500 words (per MOS:TVPLOT) and this page has more than double that for what is a relatively short and not very plot-heavy season. I appreciate the work put into writing the summary and referencing it well, but this is a definite issue for me (especially with more seasons to come, this is only going to get much bigger). Can you see what can be done about that? Also, here are a few smaller issues I have found:

  • I have always found "fictional character" to be redundant, just "character" should suffice as a character is inherently fictional.
  • Is there a way we could combine the (2019) and (The Mandalorin) in the "First appearance" section of the infobox? Having the two parentheticals beside each other looks odd.
  • an infant of the same alien species as Yoda I feel like we don't need to explain this in the first paragraph of the lead given the article is not about that character. I think the link in the lead and an explanation in the article body should suffice.
  • The costume presented challenges for the actors portraying the Mandalorian, and ... this sentence in the lead seems like it would more naturally fit with the previous paragraph, leaving the last paragraph to discuss theme and reception.
    • I generally try to keep paragraphs in the lead at about equal length, and doing this makes the third paragraph very long and the last one very short. But that might not really matter at all, lol, so as long as you're OK with it, so am I. — Hunter Kahn 14:57, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • Isn't "back story" only one word?
  • accept assistance with others should this be "from others"?
  • the series premiere episode this should be just "the series premiere" or "the series' premiere episode".
  • Favreau is a long-time Star Wars fan, and the Mandalorians are one of his favorite groups of characters from the franchise. You could add here that Favreau previously voiced a Mandalorian in the Clone Wars TV show.
  • Some of your online sources have been archived, but not all of them. I would strongly recommend doing this.
  • Using the copyvio detector tool there are a couple sources coming back with "Violation Possible". I do not think there are any actual copyright violations in this article, but it would be good to give those areas a c/e to make sure the tool only shows "Violation Unlikely" results at worst.

Let me know once you have worked through these points or if you have any questions or concerns. - adamstom97 (talk) 23:29, 9 April 2020 (UTC)Reply