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Temperatures Rising

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I've listed this article for peer review because Temperatures Rising was a very funny and well-made show ... at least in its first season. It is also a favorite of mine and I would like to have it elevated to FA status. I have greatly expanded this article and used a large number of vintage newspaper articles for my sources. The series is not available on DVD or blu-ray and there is no website devoted to it (at least not specifically) so getting information proved to be a rather formidable task. There are a number of web pages that I have refrained from using because I'm not sure if the powers-that-be at Wikipedia consider them as reliable sources:

• CTVA
• TV.com
• epguides.com

Anyone care to "weigh in" on their merit? And anyone care to critique the entire article?

One other thing: Although, as I said, this show is not available on DVD there are some episodes circulating among private collectors and "someone" posted some episodes on YouTube. If anyone is interested in seeing them I will be glad to provide links.

Thanks, Jimknut (talk) 01:38, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

I see you hope to make it a FA. I'd be happy to offer my comments, but without FA or TV article experience, I'm not sure this is what you're looking for. These are some things that caught my eye:

• There appears to be too much linking to tangential subjects: Wash DC, ghetto, bookie, con job, student nurse, commercial, Close-Up toothpaste, ice skater, dancer, Marine Corps, World War II, bingo, gangster, witchcraft, jinx, diagnosis, syndicated columnist, X-rays, malpractice, beeper, will, surveillance system, country music, etc. Focus on links that are particular to TV production, acting, etc. that the general reader may benefit from.
  • I have removed the links to most of these.
• Paraphrasing could replace a lot of the quotes (this is a problem area for me also): "young black surgeon...", "can find humor...", "beautiful", "young, sexy", "always covering up", "whose satirical comments...", "a painfully shy...", etc. The best quotes are those that have a bit of flavor: "the diagnosis is terminal comedy", "wacky and funny", etc.
  • I paraphrased most of these or just took out the quotation marks. The ones that I left as is are major quotes from the articles I derived my information from.

The sentences with "a ghetto-oriented doctor..." and "who is always covering up..." are the same as the original quotes (see WP:PARAPHRASE). Also, you may want to review the use of ellipses (for eliminating material just in the middle, not at the beginning or end of quotes) and the use of punctuation when introducing quotes (the way it's been shown to me: use a colon if the preceding is a complete sentence, comma if a fragment, or nothing if it logically continues the sentence, although YMMV).

Text has been revised.

• The Asher quotes in the boxes are too long. Aim for something pithier, otherwise these seem distracting. Also, placing images and quotes too close to each other gives a jumbled appearance.
  • I took out the quote boxes and added the text into the main flow of the text. One of the lengthy Asher quotes I regulated to a footnote.
• The three potential sources that are listed do not appear to meet the reliable source criteria (not clear if they have professional writers or oversight). You may want to pose the question on a WP:TV talk page for other views.
  • I will post the question.

You're off to a good start, Jimknut. I hope this helps. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:14, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

• • Thanks for the help. Jimknut (talk) 20:17, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

I added a couple more. —Ojorojo (talk) 16:17, 13 July 2014 (UTC)