Talk:I, Robot (film)/GA1

GA Review

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Nominating I, Robot for the hard works I've done. I've made some clean up on the article. And I think it's good already. Dr. WCW - (Want to Talk) 10:45, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Initial comments

As 'm not committing to reviewing this fully, because I don't know how much time I have, I won't play with the tags. As a neutral observer, I'd like to offer some brief comments that a GA reviewer will address and might result in a 'quick fail'.

1. The main issue is the lack of sourcing. There are cn tags, and the Development section is not referenced at all. The Reception section also lacks adequate sourcing.
2. What makes this a reliable source?
3. References are not properly formatted. Use of the {{cite}} tags, whilst not mandatory, will help guide editors on what fields should be present.
4. Are all of the comments in the large Asimov block quote relevant to this article?
   1. Removed. - kollision (talk) 09:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

The JPS^{talk to me} 15:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Premature GA nomination

I have reverted the GA nomination, since this article would likely be quick-failed due to its numerous issues (I also deleted the review page since the article was not properly nominated and moved the comments to the heading above). It looks like the article was never added to the GAN page anyway, so that's probably why this tag has been here so long. I would recommend addressing the below issues before nominating, and consider either completing a peer review or having one or more editors copyedit the article for you.

1. The lead looks good, but make sure that it covers all of the related sections in the article. See WP:LEAD for guidelines.
2. Remove the flag icons from the infobox, per WP:MOSFILM.
   1. Fixed. - kollision (talk) 09:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
3. The plot would benefit from a rewrite and should be broken up into several paragraphs for ease of reading.
4. The majority of the production section is unsourced. Add inline citations for any statement that a reader may question over its verifiability.
5. Can anything be mentioned in the production section about filming?
6. If the cast section is only going to mention the actor and role (with no description of the character), then I'd recommend removing it and adding the actors' names to the plot section after their respective character.
7. The soundtrack section does not need to include a track listing for the score since each song is likely to not have their own articles and they're all done by the same composer.
8. The reception section is unsourced.
9. Publications such as USA Today and Variety need to be italicized in the article.
   1. Fixed. - kollision (talk) 09:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
10. It's likely that the entire quote in the "Asimov on robot violence" section is not needed. Consider trimming it to the most important details, replacing removed content with "...".
    1. I've removed the entire section. The only citation in the section does not support the statement it accompanies. The rest is unsourced original research and the whole Asimov quote is irrelevant to the film. The section is archived here.- kollision (talk) 09:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
11. Unless several sources actually described the importance of the product placement, or the actors/director commented on it, it may not be necessary to include.
12. Expand the sequel section.
13. The inline citations need to include more parameters such as the author, title, date, format, access date, etc. Consider using the citation templates at WP:CITET which makes it easy to fill out the requirements.
14. Look to other GA/FAs of the project to see how this article can be improved further. This article is currently rated as a Start-class article and should not be nominated until it at least meets the B-class criteria.

For the reasons listed above, I have removed the GAN tag from the top. The article has quite a way to go before it should be nominated again. There are plenty of resources available for expanding this article (including the special features of the DVD) which should be pursued. Feel free to visit the resources department for assistance, or ask some other members for guidance. If you have any questions about the above issues, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 23:55, 20 May 2009 (UTC)