Talk:The Monroe Doctrine (film)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 17:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Will review. MWright96 (talk) 17:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Plot

• "John Bull arrives at a shoreline, representing Venezuela, and starts attacking it with guns, overwhelming the country." - {{xt|John Bull, representing Venezuela, arrives at a shoreline and starts attacking the country with guns, overwhelming
• "Showing him up, Sam forces Bull to his knees" - think the text in bold can be reworded to its literal meaning
• "Sam has stood up for the principles of the Monroe Doctrine." - shouldn't this sentence be cited like the other two sentences for consistency?

Cast

• The two sentences are missing periods to indicate their end
• "known for performing in boxing movies" - more formal; films

Background and release

• "It depicted a then-recent political dispute that stemmed" - the words "then-recent" are unneeded
• "between British Guiana and Venezuela. Venezuelan miners had begun" - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this.
• "The film was "doubtlessly inspired by a political cartoon" - please state who said the quotes for clarity
• "the audience were "delighted" by the film" - according to whom?
• "it became the first film to be shown in Venezuela, where the people of Maracaibo were reportedly "moved" that a film" - close repetition of the word "film"

Analysis

• "The Monroe Doctrine is described as a "comic allegory" that was "overtly political"." - please state whom described the film as a "comic allegory" that was "overtly political".
• "allegorical Uncle Sam and John Bull figures, and Band Drill (a section of Milk White Flag)[3]:viii," - the reference should come after the comma not before it
• "It has also been compared to the second film shown that night," - please state whom made the comparisons to the second film shown on the night it premiered
• "an expected influx of similar devices to the Vitasope from European," - think there is some words missing from this sentence, specially the end of this particular portion of text
• Explain briefly who James Chapman and Nicholas J. Cull are to those unfamiliar with the two men

References

• André Gaudreault should be explicitly listed as the editor of reference 1
• The editors of Reference 2 should be in the "editors" field not the "others" field
• The location of Reference 4 might be better off included for consistency
• Same issue as above for Reference 5

These were what I found during my readthrough. Will put on hold. MWright96 (talk) 08:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@MWright96: I think I've addressed all the above comments, let me know if you have any more! Kingsif (talk) 15:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kingsif: Now promoting to GA class. I have made one edit to the article, which was to the cast section. MWright96 (talk) 17:37, 31 March 2020 (UTC)