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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 18:14, 20 September 2008 [1].

The O.C. (season 2)[edit]

Listing as following a recent peer review I now feel it is of featured standard. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Comments

Otherwise sources look okay. Links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • First and second para start virtually the same - can't this information about the airing date/channel be combined?  Done
  • "Focus was on..." - The focus of the series was on? Just doesn't read quite right for me yet..  Done.
  • twenty-four ->24?  Done
  • "provided "a day in the life" of the show" - I think that's clear from the title so perhaps you could rephrase, maybe a "fly-on-the-wall doc spending a day on the set"... or whatever it was?  Done, behind-the-scenes look at the show
  • "seven disc" - just a feeling but should that be hyphenated?  Done
  • Use of ref 6 in the Crew section is odd - three sentences in a row then nothing more - does [6] ref the whole para? If so just move it to the end of the para. If not then you'll need refs for those things not covered by ref 6.  Done, it covers the first three sentences.
  • "Incidentally Donovan returned..." - why incidentally?  Done
  • "guest starred " another candidate for hyphenation?  Done
  • "downfall" - a little extreme - perhaps just stick factual and say lack of popularity?  Done
  • In fact, this downfall is used twice, I'd suggest fixing them both.  Done
  • Avoid relinking writers, directors etc in the synopses.
 Question: I know I brought this up before on another FLC but WP:OVERLINK says tables are except from this. Whilst I noted that you said this is commonly interpreted as "sortable tables" shouldn't a consensus for change be reached at MOS first? I realise your the FLC director and you've probably seen alot more overlink cases than me, I just thought someone should raise this point. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You're right, this is just a suggestion. Either way it shouldn't stop anyone supporting. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "something unimaginable." - are we allowed to know what?  Yes, seeing as you asked nicely.
  • Why is Code in Production Code capitalised?  Done
  • "she stays in power - even if Caleb" - hyphen? en-dash would be better...  Done
  • "SnO.C" - eh? ✗ Not done It's the official name of the winter ball, and here is a RS for it.
    • I'm not saying it's not official, I just don't know what it means, and that's concerning. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Done, I see what you mean. That should be better now.
  • Cory Martin redlink - stubify?  Done
  • Remove the space before note [A]  Done
  • Do the use of those flags meet WP:MOSFLAG?
 Question: I guess from the comment I need to remove them, but can you explain exactly why. There use is in a table, it doesn't break up prose, and they are accompanied by the country name. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted you to check with WP:MOSFLAG to see that the use of the flags was appropriate. If you think it is, that's fine. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • First EL - rogue apostrophe...
 Question: I am no english expert, hence me asking. I would have thought it was a possesive apostrophe as The OC Insider belongs to Warner Brothers, or has my memory of English grammar rules failed me again. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I get it. Your grasp is fine. I see what you mean now. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:30, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked a couple of questions on your comments, but addressed the others. Thanks for taking the time to review this list. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have adressed all your comments now. If the overlinking is a preference I would leave it as it is. Another reason for this is they transclude to "List of episodes", and when an episode is cited a direct link to the episode in the list is given. e.g. in {{cite episode}} the field "number=" is used with [[List of The O.C. episodes#ep36|36]] to give its position in the list like this. I also think the use of flags is justifiable under policy. Thanks once again for your comments. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 10:24, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SatyrTN's comments
  • 2nd sentence - is that eastern time? There are a couple of other time references, too - check those for timezones?  Done
  • Overall, I Support this FLC. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 01:51, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the support. I've added time zones next to the times. I'm not sure if there is a standard style for this so I did what I thought was appropriate.
Rambo's Revenge (talk) 08:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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