Talk:Charizard/GA2

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Reviewer: –MuZemike 01:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MoS issues

~~The lead is a bit too long, given the length of the article. I recommend, per WP:LEAD, cutting it down to two full paragraphs (as the article is only about 11,000 characters of prose).~~
~~All Japanese translations of the subject (that goes to other games as well as Pokemon), need to be bolded in the first sentence of the lead.~~
~~Books and video games (such as Pokémon Adventures and Super Smash Bros. respectively) need to be italicized. Please go through the article and make titles of books are italicized.~~
You have some overlinking in the article as well as in the citations. (In the article Charmander comes to mind.) In the citations, just wikilink the first occurrence of the source, company, etc. and then delink the rest of them.

I thought you could re-link things in each section if needed? Some people might get redirected to a section, and not want to search the whole article for the one time Charmander(or other things) is linked. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 15:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For larger articles, that might be the case here, but for short articles, not as much due to its size. –MuZemike 15:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, should I remove all but one link, or have a link per main section, but not subsections? _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 17:35, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's good enough I think. –MuZemike 17:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prose issues

In the "Concept and characteristics" section, In the Pokémon anime, they use facial expressions, body language, and repeat the syllables of their own names, using different pitches and tones. → the grammar is not quite correct there. "Facial expressions" and "body language" are two items in that series, but the third item "repeat" is not an item (noun) but a verb. Please correct the grammar in that sentence (note: there are two ways to correct it that I can see).

Just plain removed the whole thing. It wasn't sourced and it isn't needed anyways. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 15:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the same section (starting on the second paragraph), you seem to be switching back-and-forth mid-sentence between singular and plural with regards to describing Charizards' characteristics. Correct those inconsistencies.
In the "In printed adaptations" subsection, It then teams ... three birds in the process. → The sentence is too long and drawn out. Please try to break it up into two smaller, more manageable sentences. This will make it easier for readers to digest the content.

Other things to remember

Note: this does not count against you in this GAN, but serves as good reminders and references, especially if/when this article approaches A-Class or FA.

Always remember that you need to include non-breaking spaces between numbers and units of measurement.
Be on the lookout for redundant wording like "later evolved" (since "evolution" always points towards the future).
Watch out for instances of "noun plus '-ing'", where you have a word ending in "-ing" immedately proceeding any noun. See WP:PLUSING for good exercises on how to eliminate those occurrences.
Names of companies are not italicized in general.
Are you saying they aren't in the article, or they shouldn't? Because Nintendo and GameFreak italicized would seem odd. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 15:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What I meant was that you had Hasbro and Tomy italicized. Those normally aren't. –MuZemike 15:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. Well that was one of the things that was kept from the old 2007 article. I didn't edit much of that old stuff. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 17:35, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For your citations, you may want to use the standard citation templates, just so that consistency is ensured.
Normally I would require a reference for This DVD is part of the 10th Anniversary Box Set,... by Pikachu and Jigglypuff respectively., but I can understand why that may be problematic if it just involves reading the back of a DVD box.

Conclusions

On hold pending the above improvements. –MuZemike 01:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I will be sure to change some of this when I have time. I thank for you improving the grammar(english isn't exactly my favorite subject), and giving feedback. It is very helpful and revealed some things that were overlooked. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 04:01, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated, and commented on a few things. Tell me if you think I didn't fully fix an issue. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 15:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Passed. Everything looks pretty good, now. Nice work. –MuZemike 18:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! I might try improving Mr. Mime and others now with some of the things brought up here. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 19:30, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]