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Bacon: A Love Story[edit]

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Added notices at User talk:Casliber, User talk:Bibliomaniac15, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink‎, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Books, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bacon. -- Cirt (talk) 21:39, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bacon: A Love Story was promoted to GA-quality in January 2010. Looking for suggestions on how to further improve the quality of the article, on the way towards possible FAC in the future. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 21:34, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Like the recently listed "Everything Tastes Better with Bacon", this article relies heavily on quotes, This leaves the reader with the impression that the article is a "cut and paste" job. Frankly, none of the quotes are interesting. I'd cut ALL the gushy "Yum! I love bacon! Yum!" These sound like the tv commercial where a dog runs around the house screaming the same thing. I hope you're not going to send these to FA. Neither are FA material and will only clog the queue while SandyGeorgia and Karanacs labor over these things. After reading both articles, I'm left thinking you have a vested interest in the pork industry and are pushing your product through Wikipedia. Stop it! It's time to get back on track and write an FA article about something of more interest and worth than bacon cookbooks. Manifestdestiny10 (talk) 14:42, 25 October 2010 (UTC) -- — Manifestdestiny10 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Heh, thanks for the first part of the comment, which is indeed helpful. The rest ... is an inaccurate assessment and failure to assume good faith about attempts to write quality content on Wikipedia. If you are curious as to what piqued my interest in the subject matter - please see WP:BACONCUP. Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 14:46, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would have to agree with some parts of Manifestdestiny10's comments (I certainly do not agree that there can be nothing written about the book). I think there is an overuse of quotes from Lauer (the author). Although they flesh out the subject, her raw thoughts (biased—what can one expect from someone who calls bacon "Best Meat Ever?) are tinting the article toward an advertising angle. "'Make no mistake; bacon is absolutely The Best Meat Ever,' writes Lauer in the book." in my view is one quote from her that can be taken away without detriment. That said, the Reception also looks like a bit to be a collection of quotes; the section seems pracitcally a X said this, Y said that without analysis of the reviews. Is there reason why two reviewers are recommending it as Father's Day gifts? There is criticism about the book, but by leaving the reviewers' thoughts lie in their original form, the counterpoints are kind of lost amidst the promotional overtones. Jappalang (talk) 01:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments. Since the comments of the prior reviewer, I actually did make several edits to remove quotes from the article. I will put some additional effort into this, and note it in the edit summaries. -- Cirt (talk) 03:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]