Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Game of Thrones/archive4

Nominator(s): -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:02, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the HBO fantasy drama television show which ran from 2011 until 2019. The show broke viewership records for HBO in addition to it being a cultural phenomenon. The last two FAC nominations did not receive enough feedback and was archived. I would appreciate any feedback and comments regarding this article. Thank you! -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:02, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose On sourcing and resultant issues with balance and comprehensiveness. Despite Google Scholar showing a large number of academic works on this topic, little use has been made of this literature. Journal references appear to be limited to the para on academic studies of the series, where the journals are used to cite only a sentence stating that there has been academic work on the topic. I note that similar issues were highlighted in the first FAC for this article in 2016, so it's concerning that this still hasn't been addressed. Nick-D (talk) 23:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments Nick-D. I will try to include more in-depth information about the show in academic journals. I definitely agree studies should be included in the critical response and cultural influence sections. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:30, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that these sources could be used more broadly to replace some of the news stories on which the article is currently heavily dependent. Given the scale of work which may be required, I'm not sure if it's advisable that this FAC continue for now. Nick-D (talk) 22:46, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I was coming to the same conclusion based on the previous day's exchange -- if further sources need to be incorporated, it's best this is done outside the FAC process. so I'll archive this. Can I suggest that after the new work, you try another PR (perhaps specifically inviting Nick) before looking at another FAC nom? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 00:03, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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