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Quatermass 2 was one of the Media and drama good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 21, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
October 31, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Political satire

In the Penguin Encyclopaedia of Horror and the Supernatural, Kim Newman notes that Quatermass II is "a specific attack on the Conservative government of the time, down to the inclusion of several characters obviously based on real political figures." It might be interesting if someone could elaborate on this - any thoughts? PhilipC 23:23, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you're still around and you've got the source, why not add this yourself and cite it? Cheers, Ian Rose 10:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't think it was a particularly informative thing to say, but I've put it in now. Thanks. PhilipC 10:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Title

I've removed this bit for now because it needs a source to support it. It sounds too much like someone's personal opinion.

Many erroneously believe the film to be the first film in cinematic history to have a '2' in its title to designate it as a sequel to the original; however, this is not correct. The '2' in the title refers not to the film as the second in the series, but to Quatermass's second attempt at a space rocket. (The film that has the distinction of being the first to use a '2' in its title to designate itself as a sequel is The Godfather, Part II in 1974.)

Technically this is true - there is a Quatermass 2 rocket in the plot, analogous to the German V-2 - but I'm sure it has a double meaning. More to the point, this article calls the film Quatermass 2 but the UK theatrical poster right there on the page calls it Quatermass II. Which is correct? 80.189.208.115 (talk) 18:59, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This article meets the Good Article criteria and has therefore been passed. I would suggest that the Plot section be divided into four paragraphs, rather than one giant paragraph, but that's just my opinion. Great job! Wildroot (talk) 22:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Quatermass 2

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Result: Delisted. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 21:07, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Much like the case of Quatermass and the Pit (film), this 2009 addition has some major sourcing and prose problems. Casting section contains unrelated information, many parts, such as the first two paragraphs of the Production section, are not sourced or badly sourced. Spinixster (chat!) 01:25, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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