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Article milestones Date Process Result June 29, 2011 Good article nominee Listed

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Is the character Dotty Cotton still making appearances in the show? I don't think that she's been seen, or mentioned, on-screen for months. I'm just wondering as to whether or not she is still classed as a present recurring character or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.163.105 (talk) 21:03, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

She's still there, but as June Brown is currently away from the show, Dot isn't appearing at the moment, so when she returns (she's not gone away, she's just hiding in her house, I guess!) then Dotty will probably be back with her. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 21:28, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This page (containing spoilers!) says on 23 February 2010: "Elsewhere, Dot says a tearful goodbye to her granddaughter, Dotty, as the girl's real mother comes to collect her." But does this actually mean she's leaving forever, though? Also, it means her backstory is wrong. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 01:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the answer to your question, I just wanted to say I didn't realise this was still a stand-alone article! I just searched through the WikiProject archives and it seems we agreed it would be best merged to a list months ago... Given that there's been zero real-world content added since then and now it seems possible/likely that she's leaving, think it should be merged back to the 2008 character list? Frickative 16:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how we allowed it to be unmerged in the first place. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 17:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Dotty Cotton/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 22:49, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are loads of prose issues, some of which will be very difficult to fix (such as confusion with Dot and Dotty)

• "after finding out that Sandy is alive." Clarify for readers, "after... her mother, Sandy, is alive"  Done MayhemMario
• "Dotty's storylines mainly involved around her father devious ways." That doesn't make sense.  Done-Dotty's storylines mainly involved around her and her father devious ways.-Better? MayhemMario
• "by believing she was suffering form dementia and later trying to poision her, so Nick could get the money from her will." Sentence needs some work, reword please.  Done-She assisted Nick in trying to kill her grandmother, Dot, by making her believe she was suffering form dementia and later trying to poision her, so they could get the money from her will. Better? MayhemMario
• "Dotty was the result of a one-night stand" That sounds horrible! Reword - she was conceived during a one-night stand or somesuch.  Done-Dotty was conceived in a one night stand between Nick and an alcoholic woman named Sandy (Caroline Pegg). -Better? MayhemMario
• toher birthday - why is her italicized?  Done MayhemMario
• "Dotty was supposed to eleven years old" supposed to be  Done MayhemMario
• They called her "angleic"? That doesn't make sense, angelic perhaps?  Done MayhemMario
• "said Dotty is one of the youngest, most wicked female soap villains." Needs quotation marks.  Done MayhemMario

General notes

• A lot of the『2008–2010』needs going over for sentence structure changes.  DoneMayhemMario
• Gah this gets confusing... with names like Dot, Dotty and Dorothy. Just do a browser search for "dot" and you'll see what I mean. It gets very difficult to read the prose and is distracting, especially for a newcomer. Make sure you clarify very clearly which is which in the first or second sentence.  Done- I've added a line in 'Backstory' saying,'Dotty was named after her grandma, Dorothy or known as Dot. '- Is this better?MayhemMario

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   Prose needs a lot of work, see above.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a(references): (citations to reliable sources): (OR):

   Perfic'

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a(major aspects): (focused):

   Perfic'

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Perfic'

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Stable as.

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

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

   Comments above

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

That's great work, congrats, you have a GA. That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 18:45, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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