Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Game of Thrones (season 1)/archive1

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The list was not promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:31, 7 September 2016 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Game of Thrones (season 1)

Nominator(s): Jclemens (talk) 22:46, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because since I asked for the peer review in 2012, the show has continued to attract viewers and gather more coverage in not just industry press, but popular press as well. The page for the current seasons of Game of Thrones is among our highest-viewed articles, and inspired me to continue with the push to get all our episode articles to GA. This is my first FL nomination in years, so I apologize in advance for newbie errors and easily correctable oversights. Jclemens (talk) 22:46, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the show's nature, I wonder if there should be a table of recurring characters killed. Nergaal (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- I wouldn't object to that if there were a call for it. Are other popular TV shows with a lot of character deaths getting such sub-lists to make FLC? I don't want to check any I haven't already seen, in case I do someday... Jclemens (talk) 21:03, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Please add scope="row" parameters for the Tables. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 10:25, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Jclemens: please see this change. —IB ^{[ Poke ]} 13:09, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please bear with me as I am working through understanding the feedback and applying it correctly. Wikitable markup has not previously been one of my competencies. Jclemens (talk) 17:56, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    - @IndianBio:, @Jclemens: I am willing to help and I have added the "scope="row"" parameters for the tables and also fixed the references. What else should I do to make this a featured article? Affel (talk) 19:39, 18 August 2016

Obvious problems:

lead too short/poorly written
- In process... Jclemens (talk) 19:31, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
guest: starring + also starring????
- ~~I'm not sure about that one. If I can't find out why Khal Drogo/Momoa are separated out, I'll move them back.~~ Investigated, and I cannot find any official list of him as "only" also starring cast in HBO, RT, or IMDB sites, so I integrated his entry.
- Update: Had my change reverted by another editor, here. I do not have the DVDs of the first season nor current access to HBO Now to verify this. Jclemens (talk) 17:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
cast has 0 refs
- I know IMDB is not an RS, but RT appears to have substantially all of the the S1 cast listed. Would that be an adequate ref?
seems to me that a few locations arent wikilinked at all
- I fixed The Paint Hall, but it looks like substantially all the first instances a location is mentioned are now wikilinked. Have I missed any?
serve as main writers => past?
- Fixed.
when was the show initially announced for filming? that is productions seems a bit short
- ~~In process. You're right, it needs more.~~ Done.
97% episode average => other seasons have achieved this recently?
- S4 tied it, nothing has exceeded it. Added.
image and table ratings seems redundant
- That's just Template:Game of Thrones ratings, which is common to all the series' articles. If desired, we could extract just the season 1 ratings, but this seems to put them in context with later series.
were the ratings among the highest for HBO?
- Yes, they were good, but didn't surpass ratings for The Sopranos until S4: [2]
any reason not to put the Emmys separate from the table?
- We've got a little bit called out in text. How would you prefer this presentation to be improved?
broadcast section seems rather short
- Not really sure how to address this; since HBO is not a traditional broadcaster, there's a lot less monkeying around with the schedule. What else would you like to see here?

Nergaal (talk) 22:12, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I will be addressing these over the next 48 hours. Jclemens (talk) 02:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that's enough work for now--I will hit the ones I've identified as needing more work later, to include this upcoming weekend. Jclemens (talk) 23:45, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Any further feedback from anyone? Jclemens (talk) 01:14, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jclemens: Hi, I just realized that you have nominated this article for a Wikipedia:Featured lists. When you really should have nominated it for a Wikipedia:Featured articles. Am I wrong? - AffeL (talk) 15:58, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

TV season articles go through the FL process, not the FA process. See WP:Featured Lists#Media. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 18:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, this nomination has been open almost 2 months without a lot of support, and I'm going to have to close it to keep the FLC queue moving. --Pres N 16:16, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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