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Spider-Man was one of the Language and literature good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
October 2, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 21, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 15, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
September 26, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
August 29, 2023	Good article reassessment	Kept
October 13, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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Community reassessment

Spider-Man

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Result: No consensus to delist. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:11, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recently, I've copyedited this article and edited fictional content into present tense. However, this article was promoted to GA status back in 2014, and the article looked vastly different to what it is now. This article may violate GAC criterion 2D, and the copyright violation report can be found here. Note that the top result is a fan site. I also feel that some of the images in the article violate criterion 6B, as the images may not have suitable captions. Tarantula^TM (speak with me) (my legacy) 21:41, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: The article's last GA review was back in 2009, not 2014. Tarantula^TM (speak with me) (my legacy) 01:18, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On criterion 2D ("not plagarism" - side note, it's convenient to remind readers which criteria is which): The copyright violation report doesn't look remotely problematic to me. All of the top hits are bloggy sources that don't actually appear to be that close to the article and were published long after the article was made a GA, so they're just copying Wikipedia rather than Wikipedia copying them. For images, "suitable captions" is WP:SOFIXIT territory - I don't see what's so problematic with the existing captions, but if you have ideas to improve them, you should just go ahead & edit them in. Now, it's possible that the article isn't GA and/or just needs a refresher due to looking very different from the promoted version, but I'm not sold the problem, if any, is in image captions or in copyright violation. SnowFire (talk) 23:24, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I made a quick check of the article and found no noticeable problems, and as pointed the reasons for delisting are rather weak. Cambalachero (talk) 16:05, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Spidey (disambiguation) hatnote

Hey, I've added the most recent spidey redirect template, but I see the page is already marked with two. I'm unfamiliar with the multi redirect template and frankly, I would rather someone who is maintaining this page more closely adjust the hatnotes themselves. Just pinging here in case someone wanted to review the most recent redirect hatnote for Spidey (disambiguation). Thanks, microbiologyMarcus ^{[petri dish·growths]} 17:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speed

After reading the discussion. My opinion. Is Spiderman a speedster like the Flash? No. But is he faster than any other human? Yes. Marvel’s official website even says he has that ability: https://www.marvel.com/characters/spider-man-peter-parker/in-comics I’m gonna go by that people. Ziggy Coltrane (talk) 18:11, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can go by what you like personally, but not on Wikipedia. You should not edit war about this. MrOllie (talk) 18:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m going by the facts, if Marvel’s official website says he is, then he is. There is no better source than the creators themselves.Ziggy Coltrane (talk) 19:23, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not how Wikipedia works. See WP:RS, WP:CON, etc. Even setting that aside, the 'equilibrium' you have been adding isn't supported even in that flimsy source. MrOllie (talk) 19:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 August 2024

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45.251.229.150 (talk) 12:36, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 13:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Spider-Man

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:40, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I propose delisting the Spider-Man article from "Good Article" status due to several important issues. Many sections lack proper references, and some have no citations at all, which affects the article's reliability. It also needs updates to include recent developments in the Spider-Man franchise. Additionally, the article is too long and would benefit from trimming or splitting into shorter sections. It also contains unnecessary trivia and original research that detract from its quality. For these reasons, I believe the Spider-Man article should be delisted until these problems are fixed. Lililolol (talk) 23:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist: same concerns as above. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 09:35, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ethnicity of Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Peter Parker has Irish, Italian, French, German and English, Peter has Irish origin on mother's side (Mary Parker (Nee Fitzpatrick) while Peter having English, French, Irish, German (theory because are protestant) and Italian origin on Father's side (Richard Parker) 2001:448A:1000:1E6C:7505:814C:FB8B:42D6 (talk) 05:29, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who was originally created Spider-Man with Stan Lee before chose Steve Ditko

asistant Mark Evanier revealed Jack Kirby was originally drew five pages of Spidey (a teen transformed into a adult hero with a magic ring, web gun and Captain America-style suit) before Steve Ditko he's redesigned Spidey with a webshooter and standard costume 2001:448A:1000:1E6C:7505:814C:FB8B:42D6 (talk) 05:32, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]