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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 23:05:30 12 January 2020 (UTC) [1].

List of Chris Evans performances edit

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Nominator(s): Morgan695 (talk) 17:39, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Evans is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series of films. I am nominating his filmography to be a featured list because I believe it has been developed to be of comparable quality to other actor filmographies that have also been promoted to featured status. Any feedback on how this list can be improved is welcome. Morgan695 (talk) 17:39, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Lady Lotus
  • Support - very nice :) LADY LOTUS • TALK 19:43, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Might I suggest a small edit - changing the "prolific" in this sentence "His most prolific comic book movie role would be as Steve Rogers" to "most notable" or "most recognized"? I would also remove "critically-acclaimed performances" sounds a bit WP:PEACOCKish. I'm also not a fan of Networks being in the television table - for any page, not just this one. Networks change or become outdated or don't apply to how people watch them, just seems excessive. The page as a whole is well written with correct table styles, after those tweaks I would certainly support. LADY LOTUS • TALK 18:36, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Lady Lotus: Edits have been made. Morgan695 (talk) 19:24, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from ChrisTheDude
    • The only thing I have picked up on the lead is that you seem to use "would" an awful lot, and I'm not sure it's actually necessary in most cases. For example, rather than saying "While comic book films would form the bulk of Evans' filmography from the late 2000s through the entirety of the 2010s", why not just say "While comic book films formed the bulk of Evans' filmography from the late 2000s through the entirety of the 2010s"?
    • The key shows colour and a symbol for upcoming projects, but then you haven't actually put the symbol against them :-)
    • If the tables are to be sortable then anything starting with "The" needs to sort under the next word
    • Images need Alt Text
  • Think that's it from me -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:03, 12 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from zmbro
  • Very minor but in the last two tables, "Ref." is not abbreviated (meaning Ref.) while every other table has that
  • Along with the previous comment, last table's ref col is not centered while the rest are
  • The first table has "Ref." but some have more than one while the second table is labeled "Ref(s)" but every entry only has one. Think these should be revered
  • I went ahead and archived most refs for you (so they never die).

Very good list. I'll be happy to support once these are taken care of. – zmbro (talk) 17:47, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Zmbro: Edits have been made. And thank you for archiving the sources. Morgan695 (talk) 21:46, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – No problem! There's still a few that aren't archived so you may have to do those manually since the bot didn't take care of those. All good for me now. Happy to support. :-) – zmbro (talk) 16:08, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Cowlibob (talk) 23:24, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
;Comments by Cowlibob

From a quick first runthrough

  • Images have the appropriate licensing for use in the article. However I think three pictures next to the main table is too much. His appearance hasn't changed, there is no use in having three when one of the pictures would be enough.
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  • He may have described his early films as terrible but how were they received by third parties, were they all commercial and critical failures? It's useful to the reader to know his journey in films. (e.g. Did he have a serious of failures then a success?)
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  • "His most recognized comic book movie role would be as" this is strange wording as his acting career is very much active. I would probably going with something around him debuting as Captain America in First Avenger and then reprising the role in 11 films and a video game and that it was role that made him famous (obviously with a NPOV wording of this).
Resolved: Word choice was originally "prolific"; I changed it at the suggestion of a previous reviewer but it still seems kind of puffed up, though I don't think anyone would dispute that it is his most recognized role. I think "prolific" works best, as it communicates that he has played the role a large number of times.
  • What was his breakthrough role? Is there any role the critics particularly praised? Was there any role that was a big commercial success?
Resolved Added a note about Fantastic Four being his breakthrough role. Third paragraph references his critically praised performances.
  • "Evans' post-Marvel Cinematic Universe credits" this won't make any sense to anyone who hasn't followed the franchise closely
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  • I would avoid mentioning future projects in the lead
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  • I wouldn't include advertisements in an actor's filmography. All actors do some form of advertising, it's not really a "role", just like we don't include their appearances on chatshows.
I think it adds interesting context to the list, since they are "performances" which are covered by the scope of the article.
  • I would repeat the key in the television section as well.
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  • For his debut role, where in the ref does it say that his character was "Rick"
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  • For his role in Perfect Assassin, where in the ref does it show that it was a direct-video film or that he played "Young Ben Carroway"
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  • Those were just the first two roles, please could you check that for each entry in the filmography that all the information is verifiable eg. that he appeared in the film, role played, anything in the notes field etc.
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Cowlibob (talk) 19:09, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your comments. I have limited computer access for the next little bit, but I'll work at incorporating your feedback. Morgan695 (talk) 06:37, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for making the changes. Further comments
  • Single reviews can't be used as a reference for a film's reception as it's a POV issue. For example, contrarian film reviewers like Armond White could be used for most otherwise critically acclaimed films (Little Women, Parasite) to falsely dub them as being poorly received when they clearly weren't. Are there any references which make a summary of the reception that a film got?
  • Advertisements are not counted in filmographies. All actors do advertisements and appear on chatshows, they are not "roles" as such.
  • I'll try to do a source review and ref check on the weekend. Cowlibob (talk) 14:31, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Cowlibob: Removed points about reviews in first graf to avoid POV issues and advertisement section. Morgan695 (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for making the amendments so far. Further comments below.
  • Film debut sentence should have inline ref to verify that statement
  • Resolved.
  • Also why was Fantastic Four his breakthrough performance? Was it his first commercial success, was his role critically acclaimed? It is unclear in the lead.
  • Clarified that it was his highest-paid role at the time of the film's release, per source
  • In the references section, the publisher / website should be wikilinked on the first occurrence.
  • Resolved.
  • Also in the references section, newspapers/magazines should use the Template:Cite news with the work= name of the newspaper/magazine
  • Resolved.
  • As an aside, there is no rush to promote an article to featured status, it is actually better that time is taken to make sure it improves in quality. So I would caution against pushing our co-ordinators to close it as you want it to be done quickly. Cowlibob (talk) 17:57, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review –

  • What makes CelebMix (ref 39) a reliable source? The publisher itself seems shaky on reliability terms, and the article looks like a low-quality listicle.
Paper Boy is one I've really struggled with, as information on it seemingly does not exist anywhere on the internet. (Even the Chris Evans fan fourm bemoans as much.) The film clearly exists and Evans starred in it (per the American Illustration and Backstage sources), but I can't find any source confirming that his character was named "Ben" and that it came out in 2003, outside of IMDb. (Sources are also divided on whether it's Paper Boy or The Paper Boy, but the director and film poster refer to it as Paper Boy so that's how I've erred.) CelebMix is clearly a low-quality source, but was the only non-IMDb source I could find confirming this info. Do you have any suggestions/ideas for a remedy?
If you can't reliably source the name, I'd just remove it and put a dash in the table. Giants2008 (Talk) 20:02, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
User:User:Giants2008 Done. Morgan695 (talk) 21:26, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ref 63 (the Donatelli book) is classified as juvenile nonfiction, so I don't think it's that strong of a source. Other than these couple of references, the source reliability looks okay.
Replaced with higher quality sources.
  • One formatting issue is worth noting: all caps in the title of ref 18 need fixing.
Resolved.
  • I'm having trouble accessing the link-checker tool, but most of the references appear to be archived so I'm not overly concerned. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:17, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • With the last point now done, I'd say the source review has been passed. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:06, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article has received a source review from Lady Lotus, and is in good shape now. Pinging Giants2008, PresN and The Rambling Man to see if they have any additional comments, or if they believe the list is now in good enough shape to close out and promote. Morgan695 (talk) 16:41, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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