Talk:Steven Universe

Latest comment: 10 months ago by Historyday01 in topic Article Neutrality and "Good Article" status
Good articleSteven Universe 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.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
December 12, 2017Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 26, 2017.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Steven Universe is the first Cartoon Network series created solely by a woman, Rebecca Sugar (pictured)?

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2022

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I would like to include Steven Universe soundtracks in the Soundtracks section. 223.178.80.173 (talk) 07:35, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Done. --Mvqr (talk) 15:45, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Article Neutrality and "Good Article" status

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I do not believe that this article meets the standards necessary to be considered a neutrally-written article, nor one that can, without doubt, maintain the "good article" status as a result.

The main issue is the lack of substantial criticism towards the show. The article's sources are consistently those that show praise for the show or focus on objective elements within it, leaving out relevant viewpoints. As it stands, the article's only mentions of criticism are points about the release schedule.

Wikipedia requires "all majority and significant minority views". As is, I do not believe this requirement is met.

I have included articles to express at least one area of additional criticism.

Queer Utopia in Steven Universe "Bismuth" and Steven Universe's Racial Coding Problem Writing in Subtext: The Brilliance and Problems of Steven Universe

GeoWaffle (talk) 21:17, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

I would say the article DOES meet the Good article status and IS neutral. I'd add that the "Reception" section is pretty robust at this point (its a LOT more robust than many other similar animated shows). At the same time, I'd be ok with all three of those sources being added to this article, as they appear to be reliable sources. In terms of the "lack of substantial criticism towards the show". Some criticism is on places like Tumblr and other sources falling under WP:SPS (like blogs on Medium, or are just YouTubers, so it couldn't be added to the page. Still, I do think a pretty wide swath of reviews are added, at present. I'd be fine with adding articles like this one, about the show's focus on restorative justice as opposed to other shows. Historyday01 (talk) 12:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
An update. The second paragraph of the "Influence and legacy" section mentions the California Law Review article I mentioned. The suggested reviews section (including the Queer Utopia article you mentioned) includes SEVEN articles which should be added and if I have some time this year, I'll try to add them in. Historyday01 (talk) 15:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply