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The list was promoted by SchroCat 14:02, 3 January 2015 [1].

Matthew McConaughey filmography edit

Matthew McConaughey filmography (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Cowlibob (talk) 12:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another filmography article from me. This time for Matthew McConaughey whose career has had a recent resurgence with films such as Killer Joe, Bernie and of course his Academy Award winning role in Dallas Buyers Club. As always look forward to all the helpful comments on how to improve it. Cowlibob (talk) 12:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Seattle (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
====Comments from Seattle====
  • Fill the empty rows in the "Notes" column with mdashes
  • The "Title" column under the film section doesn't sort properly; articles such as "A" and "The" in the titles should be omitted.
  • The "Artist" column under the "Music videos" section doesn't sort properly, and the "Ref" column should be unsortable.
  • There's only one article that links to this page, which makes it an orphan.
  • The following year McConaughey played lawyer, Roger Sherman Baldwin comma isn't necessary.
  • Refs 13, 14, 16, 40, 62 needs a mdash. Seattle (talk) 17:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Seattle: Thanks for the review. Done all except two things. It is an orphan article but I don't think it will be useful to label it as such because it's always going to remain as such because it is an offshoot of the actor's article. I had thought the point of labelling orphan articles was to encourage people to create more relevant links to it. I'm not sure why the empty rows in notes should be filled with mdashes. Cowlibob (talk) 18:17, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    • The mdash is an aesthetic preference, but, as far as I know, it isn't necessary. Is there anywhere you could find to link this article? Is there some template you could add it to? Seattle (talk) 00:29, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Seattle: Unfortunately no template that I know of exists for the actor. It should get enough hits anyway from the main article. Cowlibob (talk) 19:25, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for featured list status. Seattle (talk) 02:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SNUGGUMS edit

Here's my 2¢.....

  • "The following year McConaughey played lawyer"..... add a comma after "year"
  • "starring in various films of this genre"..... reads awkwardly, maybe "for his roles in"
  • "However in the beginning of the following decade McConaughey took on more serious dramatic roles"..... questionable tone
  • "The following year he played the titular role in both Southern Gothic crime film Killer Joe, and coming-of-age drama Mud"..... I'd put the time frame at the end of this sentence
  • "For his performance in the former he received the Saturn Award for Best Actor"..... add a comma after "former"
  • "McConaughey next role" → "McConaughey's next role" (typo)
  • Why is there no description for his roles in the "music videos" section?
  • Digital Spy isn't the worst of sources, but I'm confident you can find something better
  • Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Flixster
  • Reuters is owned by The Woodbridge Company
  • YouTube is generally discouraged when reliable secondary sources are available

This is in decent shape, just needs touching up. Snuggums (talk / edits) 00:16, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@SNUGGUMS: Thanks for the review. I think I've sorted these out. Replaced Digital Spy with Associated Press. Added roles to the music video appearances. Removed YouTube link. Cowlibob (talk) 16:12, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My pleasure, I can now gladly support :) Snuggums (talk / edits) 20:03, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 07:20, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Image captions all appear to be incomplete sentences so should not use a full stop.
  • "in the ... Linklater-directed" vs "in Linklater-directed"... I'd pick one variation (I prefer the former) and stick with it.
  • "However in the beginning of the following decade" not a great way to start a new para, I'd go more along the lines of "In the early 2010s, he played more dramatic roles..." or something similar.
  • "his first Academy Award for Best Actor" while technically correct, it would imply he has won others.
  • "Alexander Stephens/" usually referred to as Alexander H. Stephens, and either way needs a space before the slash.

A good list. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:28, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for the multitude of reviews you've done today! I think I've sorted the above comments out. Cowlibob (talk) 18:16, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Do you have any other remaining concerns with this FLC TRM? Cowlibob (talk) 13:15, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support: I have made some copy-edits in the lead, and have separated the second paragraph into two parts for better readability. Of course, those are cosmetic changes, and you can revert if you like. Good job once again Cowlibob! I must say that I look forward to your filmography lists at the FAC. -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 09:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the support and appreciation! Cowlibob (talk) 17:10, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The second para of thelead ends with an unsupported line (half is in the article, but you need something to support the bits of the sentence that claim "starred", "supporting role" and "Soderbergh-directed comedy-drama"). All good apart from that. - SchroCat (talk) 06:13, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@SchroCat: Thanks for the comment, added refs. Cowlibob (talk) 11:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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