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"Charity readings"?[edit]

I thought it was "Fiscal solvency"... AnonMoos 00:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In 2030[edit]

I have integrated most of the lines onto the synopsis. Please try figure out a way to integrate the rest of them, and maybe write down an ending at the synopsis. Cheers.--Kylohk 14:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sig Runes on Ned's glasses[edit]

During this episode, Ned Flanders is wearing sunglasses and both glasses have the SS insignia on them. Both glasses have 2 S-symbols on them, like the Schutzstaffel symbol. Not just that, they are two white oblique Sig Runes on black, exactly like the symbol of the Nazi SS. (video source; 6:40) --82.171.70.54 (talk) 17:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Bart to the Future/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: TBrandley (talk · contribs) 16:04, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lede: Link animated
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lede: Add television between animated and sitcom
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lede: Link sitcom
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lede: Only Fox should be linked, not network
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lede: The reception → Reception to
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Plot: "some government job." needs to be referenced, because its a direct quote
- Actually, no it doesn't. Since this a quote from the episode and not an "external source" it doesn't need to be referenced. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Production: Link 1999–2000 to US TV schedules
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Production: audio commentary is really a common term, WP:OVERLINK
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Release: Only Fox should be linked, not network
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Release: How can an episode get reception, get "reviews"
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Release: "which was met" was makes it sound funny. So, just remove, and it'll be fine.
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Release: and noted that Entertainment Weekly "rightly dubbed [it] the 'worst episode ever". Repetitive as already above. Just don't need to say what one critic said about another critic from EW.
- I think you might be missing the point here, it is the "rightly" part that is important. This critic also considers the episode to be the worst episode of the series. Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
References: Ref. 3 is Yahoo! TV, Yahoo! is the publisher of it
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
External links: Categories should be sorted in alphabetical order
- Y Done! Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work. On hold for now. TBran dl ey 15:48, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks for the review TBrandley! :) Theleftorium ^(talk) 16:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page view statistics[edit]

For reasons that should be obvious to even the most dimwitted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology, there has been considerable interest in this article lately, as one can see from comparisons in page views with other season 11 episodes, including the previous and next episodes and the season premiere and season finale. From Nov 9 to 12, views of Bart to the Future even eclipsed The Simpsons, sometimes by a substantial degree. Kudos to the editors who got it up to GA before the spike and the others who've updated it. It remains to be seen whether the views will subside. Ribbet32 (talk) 22:21, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]