# Talk:Treehouse of Horror IX

Do we really need this much backround info such as:
"On an ordinary day, Marge discovers Maggie's first baby tooth, which appears to be a sharp fang. Maggie later loses her "baby legs" and grows green tentacles. Marge decides to take her to Dr. Hibbert, who prescribes "Fire, and lots of it!" after Maggie crunches his equipment with her fang."
Can't it just be "On an ordinary day, the Simpsons discover Maggie is acting weird, and take her to Dr. Hibbert. Which is no help."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Stone Cutter (talk • contribs) 21:01, 6 October 2008 (UTC) 

Disagree. This is not "background information" but specific plot content, which was distinctive in this episode. As a matter of fact, I tracked it down just now in searching for examples of humanoid characters with tentacles replacing lower limbs (as with Ursula the Sea Witch). Suggest retaining as is. -- Deborahjay (talk) 21:54, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Is this now going to be carried on all Simpsons episode pages? I'm curious to see what gets cut.

Wikipedia is not censored, therefore censoring the quote is against WP guidelines, the quote should either be there uncensored or not there at all, as long as it doesn't "cause the article to be less informative".  I have reverted it three times so will not be reverting it again, but in my opinion the quote should be there.  I know people will probably ignore this, but please don't revert without posting on here first.  Will Bradshaw (talk) 18:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Treehouse of Horror IX/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Admrboltz (talk) 02:59, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 
I see no major issues with this article besides the fact that Apu needs to be disambiguated. I will pass this article. --Admrboltz (talk) 03:05, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Should it really count as "cultural" reference, when a series references itself? To me that seems to be the start of a slippery slope, where in the end every time a minor supporting character (i.e. a character that does appear only very infrequenty) makes an appearance it needs to be put in the cultural reference category. An Example that comes to mind would be the various references to Frank Grimes throughout various episodes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.205.107.79 (talk) 02:28, 29 September 2012 (UTC)