Talk:Spider-Man/GA2

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Wrangler1981 (talk · contribs) 00:28, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 21:09, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Picking this one up. There will be a delay while the Bot does its thing.... Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:36, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

General comments

• Article looks very good. Only a few minor sourcing issues.
• Best account of Spider-Man's creation I have read anywhere.
• "At the end of the decade, this costume was revealed to be an enemy symbiote which became a prominent new enemy, Venom... The creators then revealed the costume was an alien symbiote" A bit of repetition here. And "symbiote" should be linked on first use.
• Link Roy Thomas
• Obligatory typo: "exposore"
• Since the article is in American English, "metre" should be "meter".

Images

• All images are appropriately licensed.

Sources

• fn 3 7: Forty pages is a bit much. Can we substitute more precise references?
• fn 11, 140: page number?
• fn 155: Change equals sign to endash
• Sanderson (2022) is not used

I don't see a Sanderson (2022). There is a reference to Saunders (2022) and Sanderson (1998 and 2007), which appear in the article. Wrangler1981 (talk) 14:15, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

• Spot checks:

  fn 19, 150, 182, 203, 207 - okay

  fn 118: Not sure what this adds

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:

2. Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?

   A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

   B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):

   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it neutral?

   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:

6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Thank you. I can do this over the week. I appreciate your attention. Kind regards, Wrangler1981 (talk) 00:12, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

There's no rush. But I like to know someone will be working on it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I think I have fixed everything. I have a question about footnote #3, the Washington Post article. This seems fine to me? I might have misread your comment; could you help me?

My mistake. It is fn 7, Roy Thomas's Alter Ego article. The footnote says pp. 3-45. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I found the interview online, and added the correct page numbers. They were all pages 5-6. Wrangler1981 (talk) 18:38, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Please let me know if I've overlooked anything. I've tried to address everything else. I had to track down the Ditko source and correct it, adding the correct page numbers. Wrangler1981 (talk) 17:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.