Talk:Switch Hitter
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 | Switch Hitter has been listed as one of the Media and drama good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: January 7, 2026. (Reviewed version). |
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GA review
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- This review is transcluded from Talk:Switch Hitter/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Crystal Drawers (talk · contribs) 00:43, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: SignedInteger (talk · contribs) 22:53, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
Hello again! I remember that the first review for this one was way too short; this one will be short in terms of how long it takes, but still thorough. It will also be the last GANR I'll be doing this week (unless the review that's on hold gets a response from the nominator), as after the last one I did, I feel like I need a breather. As per usual, I'll be setting up the two neat little tables and then clearing the basics. This should be a quick but fun one to review. S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 22:53, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- Copyvio check: 4.8%, all good here. S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 23:08, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- Hello (again)! Always a pleasure, thank you for taking another review :) Crystal Drawers 🍌 (wanna talk?) 23:11, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- You're welcome! This shouldn't take too long. I'll be finishing up the source spot check now, and this should be good to go by then. (See GA Criteria Table for more information about the other criteria, though, I'm sure you've already seen the table by now) S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 23:15, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Crystal Drawers: I'm pretty much finished here. As such, congratulations! I'm sure this getting passed will help with your goal of getting every original run Arrested Development episode to GA status. Good luck with that, by the way. S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 23:26, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
- You're welcome! This shouldn't take too long. I'll be finishing up the source spot check now, and this should be good to go by then. (See GA Criteria Table for more information about the other criteria, though, I'm sure you've already seen the table by now) S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 23:15, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
Source spot checking table
This table checks 6 passages from throughout the article (24.0% of 25 total passages). These passages contain 6 inline citations (24.0% of 25 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Edits) 22:53, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
| Reference # | Letter | Source | Archive | Status | Notes |
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| During Stan and Gob's hugging scene, an unscripted moment where one of Stan's glued-on eyebrows stuck to Gob's wardrobe occurred. Arnett and Ed had to act professional and finish the take as directed, but both started laughing immediately after filming ending. | |||||
| 4 | cracked.com | | |||
| The episode marks the beginning of the long-running storyline about Maeby becoming a movie executive. | |||||
| 5 | a | avclub.com | | ||
| In 2013, a soundtrack compiling every song from the first four seasons of the series entitled "At Long Last...Music and Songs From Arrested Development" was released, including the song "Temocil" from the episode; the song was performed by Cross, de Rossi and Danielle Cipolla. | |||||
| 10 | indiewire.com | | |||
| Critic Joe George notes that the episode spotlights George Sr.'s pitting of Gob and Michael together, a plot point commonly seen throughout the series' run. | |||||
| 1 | b | yahoo.com | web.archive.org | | |
| Murray praised the episode for beginning the storyline of Maeby becoming a film executive for its satire of the industry and for utilizing Maeby, who was left mainly unused throughout the second season. Murray found the other sub-plots to be inferior, but enjoyed that Lindsay, who also played a lesser role in season two, was given screen time. | |||||
| 5 | c | avclub.com | | ||
| Yahoo Entertainment's Joe George praised "Switch Hitter", hailing it as one of the greatest episodes of Arrested Development. He found the softball game to produce many "great gags", particularly Ann knocking her opponents over. | |||||
| 1 | c | yahoo.com | web.archive.org | | |
GA Criteria Table
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1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. | Did some CE as per usual, but trust me, after the last GAN I reviewed, this one was a breeze to copyedit. |
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1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. | Fortunately for me, the nominator is Wikipedia's Arrested Development pro and already has a few Arrested Development episode articles that are GAs for me to compare this to. As such, the lead, layout, and average section length (as well as the plot summary) are all similar and solid. |
| 2. Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check: | ||
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2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. | Both a "References" section and a "Bibliography" subsection. |
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2b. 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). | See source spot check table above for more information. |
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2c. it contains no original research. | The only parts that have no citations are parts that do not need them. (Lead and Plot summary) |
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2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. | Copyvio bot said there's 4.8% of copyvio, highly unlikely for there to be plagiarism either. |
| 3. Broad in its coverage: | ||
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3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. | Plot summary, production, themes, critical reception, and other such and such are all addressed. |
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3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). | However, they are addressed in good but still very short detail. |
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4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. | Not much for me to add to this one. |
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5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. | Article is still relatively new; it has had no edits since the 19th of December. |
| 6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: | ||
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6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. | Although the first image has a big "To the uploader, do this and that and list a non-free rationale!", there is a clear one listed on the page. Second image is on Wikimedia Commons with a CC BY-SA 2.0 licence |
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6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. | First is a frame from the episode, no need to explain why it matters here or why the caption fits. The second image is one of the actors that had an unscripted moment during the episode. |
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7. Overall assessment. | Congratulations! You've got another Arrested Development GA. |
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