Talk:Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3

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Review: January 10, 2014. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that costume changes during the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation resulted in the "Picard Maneuver" – the name given to Patrick Stewart's habit of tugging his uniform tunic down?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/September.

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 3)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Coemgenus (talk · contribs) 13:38, 9 January 2014 (UTC) I'll begin this review today or tomorrow. --Coemgenus (talk) 13:38, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

General points

All images look good, either free or fair use.
Length and scope are good.
No obvious NPOV or edit warring.

Writing

"But all four writers left the series at the end of the season." I would either remove the "but" or combine it with another sentence. The first option makes the most sense to me.

I'ved removed the "but". Miyagawa (talk) 20:44, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Casting

I made some minor copyedits. Feel free to revert if any of them changed the meaning of the sentences.
"Her departure has subsequently been blamed on Maurice Hurley" Who blamed Hurley?

In this case, Keith Candido - he's written a few Star Trek books in the Pocket Books line and knows quite a bit of the background. I've copyedited it to make that clear. Miyagawa (talk) 20:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"There had been a letter writing campaign by fans..." might be better as "Fans started a letter-writing campaign..."

Changed as suggested. Miyagawa (talk) 20:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Todd also appeared as the older Jake Sisko in the Deep Space Nine episode 'The Visitor'." I'm not sure this line is relevant to the article.

Removed. Miyagawa (talk) 20:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Katsulas became better known for a main role in another American science fiction television series, Babylon 5, as G'Kar." Again, this may be beyond the scope of the article.

No worries, removed it. Miyagawa (talk) 20:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ratings

"By the end of season two, The Next Generation had risen to become the third most viewed series in its timeslots." Timeslots? Is that intentional or a typo?

I've changed it to timeslot. Miyagawa (talk) 20:50, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Other than those minor points, it all looks fine to me. Nice article! --Coemgenus (talk) 18:44, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! Much appreciated. Miyagawa (talk) 20:50, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. Passed. --Coemgenus (talk) 21:23, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Colour contrast problems

It seems that this article is using colours in the infobox which don't satisfy Wikipedia's accessibility guidelines. The contrast between the foreground colour and the background colour is low, which means that it may be difficult or impossible for people with visual impairments to read it.

To correct this problem, a group of editors have decided to remove support for invalid colours from Template:Infobox television season and other television season templates after 1 September 2015. If you would still like to use custom colours for the infobox and episode list in this article after that date, please ensure that the colours meet the WCAG AAA standard.

To test whether a colour combination is AAA-compliant you can use Snook's colour contrast tool. If your background colour is dark, then please test it against a foreground colour of "FFFFFF" (white). If it is light, please test it against a foreground colour of "000000" (black). The tool needs to say "YES" in the box for "WCAG 2 AAA Compliant" when you input the foreground and the background colour. You can generally make your colour compliant by adjusting the "Value (%)" fader in the middle box.

Please be sure to change the invalid colour in every place that it appears, including the infobox, the episode list, and the series overview table. If you have any questions about this, please ask on Template talk:Infobox television season. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:30, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Picard Maneuver

I am going to remove the Picard Maneuver from the introduction. To the casual reader it is not clear what this is supposed to mean anyway, and an explanation wouldn't really fit. Also it is just factually inaccurate that the tugging down of the uniform done by Picard originated in season 3. I am currently watching season 2 and Picard does it all the time. OdinFK (talk) 13:37, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Casting

(Feel free to add this to the casting section, if that's where this should be. Along with this intro in the parenthesis. I wasn't entire sure where to put this, if I should've entered a new one, or edited the existing one and trying to add an additional bullet point. That being said,...) I was episode jumping on Paramount+ and I saw a particular guest star appeared in a Season 3 episode. I had previously did a read-through of the casting notes of season 3, and I have to admit, that I was both a little surprised, and....a little annoyed at the slip up. HOW has it gone missed until now that the actor James Cromwell is not mentioned in the casting for season 3? The casting notes for particular actors and/or characters that became notable in later episodes or other areas of the franchise. Everyone who is a major Trek fan knows that Cromwell plays Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. Please do not ask me or permit me to add this additional information myself. I am not that efficient in updating articles, and I am sure that there are those that are better at it than me. I would not seek credit for any additions. I would just like to see it added. Aidensdaddy2k9 (talk) 00:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]