Talk:The Office (American TV series) season 3/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Gen. Quon (talk · contribs) 16:45, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Crystal Drawers (talk · contribs) 04:18, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Comments to come soon! Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:18, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• John Krasinski is linked twice in the lead, as is Ed Helms Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:39, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

• Including specific information on the DVD release feels unnecessary, just include that it was released, bonus features should only be in the body Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:39, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Production

• It was renewed on November 8, 2005? If so, the episode should be "The Client", not "The Carpet", which aired in 2006. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

• "where the show is set, was also used for shots of the opening theme" — That "also" feels unnecessary. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Season three featured episodes directed by twelve different directors" — A bit odd in its wording, I'd write something like "Season three had twelve different directors between its episodes". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

• I'd use "however" instead of "that said". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 20:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Cast

• "based on characters from the British version of The Office" — I'd replace "The Office" with "the series" as the former is already used in the previous sentence

• "who is based on Keith Bishop." needs a source. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:07, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

• "known" is used twice in the same sentence sentence, replace one. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:07, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Reception

• "The series also ranked as the 28th-most watched series in the 18–49 demographic" — Change the first use of series to The Office. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "which translates to the status of" — Most season articles just say "which indicates". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• Basically every review has excessive quoting, when almost all of it could be paraphrased. Please remove most of, if not all, of the quoting. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "feature hour-long episodes, with" — The "with" feels unnecessary. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• Two sentences start with "While", change one. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Michael Schur for the episode "The Negotiation"" — I don’t think you need to include "the episode", as the previous does it and I think we should avoid repeating the same phrases. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Episodes

Even though I've seen the series before, I'll try to review this through the eyes of someone with no prior knowledge

• "Months have passed since the end of season two" — Clarify what happened at the end (for example, write something along the lines of "It has been months since [event]"). Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• I think Stamford could be linked. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Jim's Jell-O prank." — I think this should be changed to "Jim's prank involving Jell-O". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Michael ends up making a big sale without putting in much effort." — Add "concurrently" before that. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• Carol is used as both the end of a sentence and the start of the next sentence, reword one so they’re not right next to eachother. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Rejected, Michael tries to kiss Pam" — Clarify if he succeeds

• What is a CFO? Please link it to an article. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• I’m not sure "sucking up" is professional wording, maybe try ingratiate? Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• Same thing for "things get weird", is there a replacement phrase/word you could think of? Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

• I think "television programs" would work better than "television prisons". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 18:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

I will review the rest of the section later.

• Link Amazing Race. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Dwight's resignation in the previous episode" — No need to include the last episode part. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "painting of their office building" — I'd change to "painting of the Dunder Mifflin building". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "when they see Dwight on the chimney" — What is the significance of this? Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "he's going to 'kill' Jim" — Kill should be in quotes. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Jim attempts to thank Dwight for saving him, but is frustrated when Dwight refuses to accept his thanks. Meanwhile, Michael and Darryl attempt to get a pay raise from Jan in New York." — Both sentences start along the lines of "[name] attempts to [action]", change at least one of them. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "with an obscene cartoon watermark" — Give a brief explanation of what it is. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• Link flashing to Exhibitionism. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Michael names Dwight as his successor in Scranton, and Dwight, with Andy" — Change "and Dwight" to "who". Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 04:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

DVD release

• Add a source for the region release dates. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:52, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Side comments

@Crystal Drawers: Thanks for starting this up. I've taken a crack at some of your suggestions, which you can see here. The only thing I didn't change was the DVD extras bit, simply because all the other season pages (including several GAs) include this info, and I feel it would be inconsistent to ditch it for this one.--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 15:17, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Alright, the DVD stuff is fine by me then. I’ll try to finish this up tonight Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@Crystal Drawers: Sorry for my delay. I'll try to tackle this this weekend.--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 15:32, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

No issue, I still need to finish the rest of the Episodes section myself. It should be done by tomorrow at the latest. Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 17:05, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@Crystal Drawers: I didn't manage to sneak it in this weekend, but I'll likely get to it tomorrow. Sorry about the delay!--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 17:50, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

It’s totally fine, no issue at all Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 17:57, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@Crystal Drawers: Alrighty, how do these edits look?--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 14:44, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

All look good. I’ll do a quick spotcheck soon and almost certainly pass the article Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 15:10, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Spotcheck came back okay. Passed Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 16:48, 21 January 2026 (UTC)