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Doctor Who (series 5)

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to promote this article to FL status. I'm working on a GA topic of this series and have been adding to this main article while waiting for some to be reviewed. I've never done a FL before, so I am listing this for some tips. However, I've noticed that some season articles are FL while others are GA, and I was wondering if the GA articles were just a step below the FL or if they were for the articles that were less of a list. I do know that I have to add alt text which I have never done before but may give it a try in a day or so, and one link is dead. The dead link in question is not retrievable through the Wayback Machine and contains information that I cannot find in a RS, so I was wondering if I should just remove it.

Thanks, Glimmer721 ^talk 03:24, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Images now contain alt text. Glimmer721 ^talk 21:17, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Update: Please see the talk page concerning the episode summaries; I wrote them all by myself, all original, but they were removed because the suddenly turned up in a blog post in 2010...we are discussing this. Glimmer721 ^talk 02:06, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I'm confused by the series number, as I'm sure many other readers would be. Perhaps an explanation that this is the fifth series since the series was reinstated in 2005? A note for the lead would be handy.
Avoid bold links (e.g. Doctor Who)
I sometimes get confused as well, the DVD cover says "The complete fifth series", the infobox title is Doctor Who series 5, the article is Doctor Who (series 5), the lead says it's referred to on DVD and Blu-Ray as "Series 5"...
Tables should comply with WP:MOS, most notably MOS:DTT to assist screen readers.
What's BARB?
"simulcast BBC HD ratings in brackets" I don't see that.
Could easily make these tables more useful by making the sortable (so to easily find out what the most popular episode was, for instance).
Any reason the episode names are in bold?
soothsayer is a dab link.
" differently than how " differently from how.
"Although the two actresses did not meet until the set of the show, Gillan recommended Blackwood for the role, although Blackwood had to undergo rigorous auditions first." although ... although, a little repetitive.
Just use ref 36 and ref 37 once at the end of all those guest stars.
Stephen Moore is a dab link.
Caption, typically see "(left)" and "(right)" in italics.
Any reason to keep reiterating the "Eleventh" Doctor?
"sales had rise 94%" -> "sales had risen by 94 per cent".
"had a lot of input into" -> "had substantial input"
'70s -> 1970s.
"BBC Programme listings[53] the BBC iPlayer" - comma before [53]. And probably worth calling it BBC iPlayer in the lead, not just iPlayer.
"Showrunner Steven Moffat (pictured) " not sure you need (pictured), it's pretty obvious, but if you insist, we normally see it italicised.
Consider linking Dalek, non experts may not know the significance!
"which Moffat was a fan of" -> of which Moffat was a fan.
St John's Ambulance is actually just St John Ambulance.
Similar WP:ACCESS comments apply to the Filming table.
"Promotional touring for the series began on 29 March and ended the 31st" "ended two days later" (to avoid "the 31st").
It seems normal for broadcast times to be appended with the timezone, e.g. UTC, GMT, BST whatever.
"Region 1 one day" -> "Region one the following day" to avoid the one one thing.
"10.08 million viewers" table said 10.085m, so to two dp, that should be 10.09 million, right?
" 0.9 in" 0.9 million in...
" 25-54 " en-dash required.
Is there any reason why I should care about what someone from "Den of Geek" (never heard of it) has to say?
"was released 2 " released on 2
"did die...it ploughed" can we check WP:ELLIPSIS for spacing around this ellipsis? Check others...
"terrific episodes - the beautifully" en-dash required.
"A 2-disc soundtrack" -> A two-disk soundtrack.
David Llewellyn is a dab link.
"released 5 June 2010," on 5 June..
Replace hyphens with spaced en-dashes in ref titles per WP:DASH.
Tool showing a couple of issues.

The Rambling Man (talk) 16:21, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing. I will work on fixing these issues. As for the comments about the episode table, that is the same table which is used in all season articles and normally includes a summary of the episode (see talk page for why it has been temporarily removed). Glimmer721 ^talk 23:53, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- No problem. Do bear in mind that if you bring this to WP:FLC at some time in the future, the same comments about the table will be raised if they haven't been addressed here. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:33, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]