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Friends 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.

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Date	Process	Result
May 12, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 21, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
February 6, 2018	Good article reassessment	Kept
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 6, 2023, and May 6, 2024.
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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 2 times. The weeks in which this happened:

On 2 June 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Friends (TV series). The result of the discussion was not moved.

"Friends" While reading about Mónica' s relationships, it is mentioned that Richard is divorced, but Richard, the family friend 21 years her senior ia a widower I foun

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ChelitaPichirulo (talk) 19:41, 9 January 2025 (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. Chaheel Riens (talk) 20:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest adding illustration

Hello!

Browsing Commons I came upon a reprint of the notorious "Aux Buttes Chaumont" poster.

Why not add it to the article? It was a distinctive visual element of the series throughout all 10 seasons. It is also obviously public domain, unlike most other elements of the set: the Bibliothèque nationale de France confirms that it is a 1885 work of prolific illustrator Jules Chéret (d. 1932). There is also a higher-resolution less colorful scan of the original uploaded from this site.

I suggest one of the following locations:

In the Cast and characters section, next to Monica's name, as it is a part of Monica's apartment
Next to Season 1, as it appears as early as the pilot
At the top of the Production section, which lacks a picture.

Of course, it should also be added to the Monica Geller article, which gives more details about the apartment.

What do you think? Place Clichy (talk) 10:56, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article quality

Since it has been awhile since the last assessment, I have had another look at the current version and noticed that there's a lot of uncited text. While some of it describes plot, others (especially in the "Blu-ray and DVD" section) does need a citation. Should this article be posted at WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:32, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

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There's a lot of uncited text: while some of it describes plot, others (especially in the "Blu-ray and DVD" section) does need a citation. Z1720 (talk) 16:19, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Strange that this reassessment hasn't turned into a long list of things that could be fixed or improved, maybe the reviewing editor got distracted and will get back to it? My two cents. I feel like the article has accumulated lots of bits of pieces and needs cleanup and refocus. Imagine an article that would explain and introduce the show to an encyclopedia reader who was not familiar with the show and had never heard about it before at all. The third paragraph of the lead section is also a cluttered unfocussed mess. This article is supposed to be about Friends, I would summarize more and reduce the details about the Joey spin-off to only one paragraph if possible (definitely remove the long quote from Bright). The international broadcast section feels a lot like boring list, editors might need to read MOS:TVINTL again. Rather than downgrading the article for failing reassessment, editors might better think of this as an opportunity to bring this up to Featured article quality. -- 109.77.194.177 (talk) 14:00, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A reviewer does not have to list a whole bunch of problems in a GAR, and I think being succinct is more effective than an overwhelming list. Editors can address concerns, add concerns and fix up anything they feel they need. Z1720 (talk) 22:30, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]