Talk:The Adventure Girls

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November 29, 2009	Articles for deletion	Speedily deleted
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Plot

The plot discussion should be deleted but connection of plot similarity to Beverly Grey kept. 84.203.23.167 (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Passed. Edward056686 (talk) 18:27, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 05:48, 27 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Edward056686 (talk · contribs) 05:53, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to read through the article once or twice and list any issues I see. Edward056686 (talk) 05:56, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good, Edward056686. Thanks for taking on the review. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:09, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

he has been targeted by cattle rustlers, which the girls help capture after adventures including multiple kidnappings probably "who the girls help capture" not "which".

Good point, done. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:59, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The final book, The Adventure Girls at Happiness House, involves a new dean who is targeted by an unknown person (including a canoe sent towards a waterfall, poisoned candy, and a vial of acid), and one of the girls breaking her leg badly, and then discovering that her unknown father is a celebrated surgeon. Is there a way to make this sentence more concise?

I ended up removing the lists of adventures from this paragraph (including the parenthetical in the quoted sentence), which are probably not needed in the lead. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:08, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

get lost in a cave with the (recently escaped) bandits (chapter 5) eliminate the unnecessary parenthesis.

Discussed below. --Usernameunique (talk) 12:14, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

get shot at, and shoot a bandit, during escape from said kidnapping "get in a shootout with a bandit while escaping said kidnapping".

Now exchange gunshots with a bandit during ... --Usernameunique (talk) 09:38, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

He leaves to get help for a trapped and unconscious Gale, who, it develops, now suffers from amnesia. could be "who later develops amnesia}}

Done (without the "later"). --Usernameunique (talk) 09:39, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Gale is eventually discovered (chapter 13), but this still leaves time for her to spend a night lost in the woods (chapter 15) and have her memory restored by a fall off a 20-foot cliff (chapter 16). is she discovered by her friends, and afterwards becomes lost in the woods again?

Yes. Reworded to clarify this: Gale's friends eventually discover her (chapter 13), but, because she does not recognize them and refuses to return with them, this still leaves time for her to spend a night lost in the woods (chapter 15) and have her memory restored by a fall off a 20-foot cliff (chapter 16). --Usernameunique (talk) 12:11, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

and the girls trick Phyllis's "positive tyrant" of an aunt into the quote might not be necessary if the aunt is just described as controlling or tyrannical.

Replaced with domineering. --Usernameunique (talk) 12:08, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at all of the plot summaries, I think removing the parentheses and chapter breakdowns would be an overall improvement. Most articles about novels or novel series' don't break down events by chapter, and in this case it adds a lot of clutter. Edward056686 (talk) 19:30, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The thinking behind this was partly to give structure, and partly to tacitly show how fast-paced and event-driven the books are—one adventure after another. This is the only article I've created on a series, however, and if you think they are more of a distraction than a benefit, I can take them out. --Usernameunique (talk) 12:13, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Probably best to take it out since I think conciseness and clarity trumps style. Edward056686 (talk) 17:05, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  Sounds good, I removed these. --Usernameunique (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The images are appropriately licensed but the "Adventure Girls in the Air" dust jacket would be improved by a descriptive caption instead of a quote from the book. Edward056686 (talk) 20:10, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Done. --Usernameunique (talk) 12:07, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if the character table is strictly necessary, it's excessively detailed and seemingly unimportant. The plot summaries already list the titular heroines and all plot- significant side characters. Edward056686 (talk) 17:26, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It may not be necessary, but is there any harm in keeping it in? --Usernameunique (talk) 18:42, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think it might prevent the article from meeting the Good Article criteria for being focused and matching the manual of style for list sizes and purposes. Most novel articles don't include so much detail (even listing horses and unnamed or implied characters). Edward056686 (talk) 01:53, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Edward056686, well that pained me a little bit, but I've removed it. --Usernameunique (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but thanks for making that change. Edward056686 (talk) 18:27, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Spot checks

Note 1 cites reference 4 twice, but once is enough.

I know it's not strictly needed, although I like to have a cite after every sentence to be crystal clear where the information is coming from. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:09, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

12; this reference doesn't seem to be directly connected to the sentence or Clair Blank.

This supports the relationship between the Keystone Pipeline Company and the Atlantic Refining Company. --Usernameunique (talk) 09:41, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Usernameunique: It looks like 11 defines the relationship more clearly, so I suggest removing 12 as redundant. Edward056686 (talk) 16:49, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Edward056686, fair enough. Done. --Usernameunique (talk) 16:57, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

30; Could provide a quote from reference 30?

"I called to tell you," Brent said. "David and I are flying down tonight. The South American government is sending out a searching party and we want to help." --Usernameunique (talk) 09:42, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

38; fine
39; fine
40; could you provide a quote from reference 40?

In relevant part: Formats: 1. A. L. Burt: Thick green HC with DJ and glossy FP 2. Saalfield: Thick blue, green, or red HC with DJ and line drawn FP. Some editions are oversized, and some were issued as a gift set with slipcover. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:20, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Usernameunique: Finished the spot check. Edward056686 (talk) 22:24, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much, Edward056686. Responses above. --Usernameunique (talk) 12:15, 13 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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The Adventure Girls in the Air

... that Clair Blank published The Adventure Girls trilogy (second book pictured) when she was only 20?

Source: Grossman 1989a states that she was born on August 5, 1915. Per the Catalog of Copyright Entries, these books were copyrighted on April 27, 1936, when Blank was 20 and 8 months.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Noble Sproat Heaney; Template:Did you know nominations/Bulletproof Heart (My Chemical Romance song)

Improved to Good Article status by Usernameunique (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 96 past nominations.

Usernameunique (talk) 19:08, 14 June 2026 (UTC).[reply]

article is new enough (passed GA yesterday), long enough (15kb), and well sourced. no copyright concerns either. Two QPQs done as required. I guess the hook is interesting seeing as its uncommon for people to be publishing a set of three books at 20, even to this day. The only thing I'm not seeing is that the hook isn't directly mentioned in the article saying she was 20 years old but because of WP:CALC I guess it can slide JuniperChill (talk) 09:15, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, JuniperChill. Just in case, I've added her age at the time to the article. --Usernameunique (talk) 10:03, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]