Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Austin Nichols

Austin Nichols

Gunning for FA. Have also submitted to main peer review. Would appreciate some criticism. Dev920 (Please vote here) 11:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Yannismarou

Hi from "the sole domain of yannismarou"! By the way, I agree that a broader participation of reviewers would be much more effective here. To the point now. The article is obviously very good, well-referenced and, although I'm not the best judge of this the prose seems good as well. Some remarks:

• In general I think the article should be a bit bigger. Of course, size is not a obstacle for FA, but more infos would be nice. For instance, could you expand a bit "Early years", which is the smaller section?

Well, though I'm sure these "it's so short" comments, I really have to emphasise that I cannot find anything (and I really mean anything) meaningful that I can add to this article. Length is not a requisite for FA: Look at Green and Golden Bell Frog.

• "He has one sister, Ashley Nichols, and one niece, Ellie." OK with the sister, but why do we have to know about the niece? We do want more info, but this particular one seems to be not absolutely necessary.

Ok, I've removed it.

• "The science and script were panned by critics, but most hailed the solid performances by the cast." Well, is note 13 really verifiable? Is it really a summary review? Nobody signs there and there is no reference to specific names of critics. It may be verifiable and indeed constitute a summary of other reviews, but I'm not from US and I just don't know how this site works.

(after having written below comment) I found a negative review! I have added it. That ok?

• I only read about positive reviews for Nichols. Any critical reviews for his acting? It is not bad to mention them as well, if they do exist. In general, reading "Box office and critical success" and all this stuff about his acting, his stamina etc., I get the impression that the article tends to be a bit pro-Nichols POV.

Yes it is. Mainly because if Austin appears in a film, it's either rubbish and garners no reviews at all, or it does well, but he isn't mentioned in reviews, or he gets positive reviews. I can't find any negative reviews - most films he has been in have been either obscure or quite good. Hmm, I'll try looking again.

• I don't see in the "Filmography" section any awards mentioned. Aren't there any? And in the same section I don't know if it is worth having a list with his participations in TV series, since I see that he played in some of them (mostly as a guest-star of course). I don't say that you should or shouldn't have such a list, but that you could maybe think about it.--Yannismarou 09:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

To my knowledge, Austin has never won an award. After some searching, I have found precedant for a teevision list in the form of Brandon Routh, so I'll get on with that.

Is there anything you dispute or would like to suggest, or shall I nominate for FA after I've done this list? Dev920 (Please vote here) 17:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)