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Sonic the Hedgehog (character)

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Result: Delist. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 06:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've got concerns with this article, but I'm not sure whether it should be delisted or not The article appears to fail criterion 2 of the Good Article criteria and lacks references in many sections of the article, such as the Character section (except for the personality subsection). There may also be other issues, but I can't really pick anything else out as I look over the article. Thanks for the consideration. Red Phoenix (Talk) 16:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I share your concerns. The article comes up short on criteria 1a and 2a. I have added request for in-line citations to some sections. The article also needs copy editing and honing of prose. As an example, note the overreliance on parenthetical statements. Majoreditor (talk) 01:40, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Concerned. There are numerous unsourced sections that Majoreditor didn't tag (not criticising him - he helped - just pointing this out), and there's also a good deal more (fair use) imagery than (I would argue) is necessary. If someone comes to work on this, it'd be great, but the current state should be delisted IMO. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 10:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I cut two of the images that didn't seem necessary. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. The referencing needs some attention - the Printed media section doesn't have a single citation for instance - and the prose is, well, idiosyncratic. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 18:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. In addition to the above issues, the lead is not really a fair summary of the article and should be considerably expanded (per WP:LEAD and WP:WIAGA 1b). EyeSerene^talk 19:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many of the objections have now been addressed, but the number of {{fact}} tags is still a concern (I think one or two is acceptable, but not half-a-dozen) and the lead remains rather sketchy. If the citations are filled though, I'll be happy to withdraw my objection. EyeSerene^talk 21:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I checked those citation needed tags, thinking I might be able to remove them, but they are mostly statements which really do need citation, in my view. Geometry guy 22:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Okay, this took longer than I thought, but now I have the time to start improving the article. If this GAR doesn't get closed in the next few days, all of these opinions might have to be reconsidered if I can improve it enough. Red Phoenix ^{flame of life...}^{protector of all...} 19:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This does seem to be much improved. It is still a bit patchy in for citations in some places, but could editors give it another look? I mainly spotted minor MoS issues. Geometry guy 17:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. It's improved, but still not up to GA standards. The writing is choppy, there's still citation tags, and I spot MoS problems. Majoreditor (talk) 02:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Judge, there are still quite a few citation needed tags...could you try and deal with these, please? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 01:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist — not only are there a number of citation needed tags, but there are a number of other unreferenced statements of fact or opinions with no substantiation. I'm also a little concerned about the large number of fair use images on the page. For instance, the image of Sonic and Mario in the last section has no relevance to the text and does not add any information or understanding in my opinion. --Haemo (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist, the lead needs to be longer, the citation needed tags, and several of the refs are from the IMDB (which is not a reliable source). Nikki311 05:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. I agree with most of the above comments. In particular there are rather many non-free images here, and they are not all needed. Geometry guy 08:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we've reached consensus. Majoreditor (talk) 03:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, and closing. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 06:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]