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The article was removed by YellowAssessmentMonkey 01:15, 7 September 2010 [1].

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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I am nominating this featured article for review because it appears to be lacking a significant number of citations, don't think it is up to FA quality any more. Also, lots of trivia without citations, Sadads (talk) 19:09, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment WP:DYKCHECK indicates that the current prose is 5735 characters (7613 words) "readable prose size" however at FA it was Prose size (text only): 75995 characters (12694 words) "readable prose size". Although the number of references has remained at 47...it seems that some of the content may have been removed?Smallman12q (talk) 23:14, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: note these audio issues:
  1. File:Reg Nullify.ogg - 112 kbps is not low resolution.
  2. File:Hitch Hikers Theme Original Records Version.ogg - 117 kbps is not low resolution. --JJ98 (talk) 01:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Were these issues brought up on the talk page first before being brought to FAR? Lambanog (talk) 03:30, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • This article was promoted to FA status in 2005, and it hasn't been review since. JJ98 (talk) 13:42, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • That was my thought as well, noone has been doing actual work on it for years. See dashboard graphicalization, Sadads (talk) 13:49, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll take a look:
Prose
  • Stray one-sentence paragraph in intro: "The title is the name of a fictional, eccentric, electronic travel guide, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, prominently featured in the series."
  • Plot section's only four lines. I don't know much about this work, but I'm pretty sure the plot can be explained far more elaborately even with the individual plot breakdowns further down.
  • Third paragraph of "Background" is unsourced.
  • Four paragraphs in "Original radio series" are unsourced.
  • "Novels" has only one reference, and OR statement in "Eoin Colfer, who wrote the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's series in 2008-09, used this latter concept but apparently none of the plot ideas from "The Salmon of Doubt".
  • A section on "Analytical works" was unsourced and entirely redlinked, so I excised it.
  • "Related stories" has multiple short paragraphs.
  • Entire "Other Hitchhiker's-related books" section is unsourced.
  • "Radio Series three to five" contains no references after the first paragraph.
  • "LP Album adaptations" has no sources among the first three paragraphs.
  • "Many science fiction fans and radio listeners outside the United Kingdom were first exposed to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in one of two ways: shortwave radio broadcasts of the original radio series, or by Douglas Adams being "Guest of Honour" at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention, Seacon, held in Brighton, England, UK. " — Unsourced.
  • Overall, a huge lack of citation throughout.
References
  • This, an open wiki, is fine as an external link, but not an inline reference.
  • The references use "ibid." which the MoS frowns upon.
  • Is this a reliable source?
  • Is this a reliable source?
  • Most of the online references are not formatted properly; they lack author info, publisher, access date, etc.

Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:46, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FARC commentary

Featured article criterion of concern are sourcing and copyright YellowMonkey (new photo poll) 06:33, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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