Talk:Mediocre (album)/GA1

GA Review

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

I created this page in September of 2008. Since then, I've had it copy-edited by Scapler (talk · contribs) and I've conducted a peer review. Moonriddengirl (talk · contribs) left comments at the designated comments page. I made the sufficient revisions, with Scapler polishing what I did. Dan56 (talk · contribs) promoted it to B-class and left some recommendations, and most were fixed (I'm still doing some tweaking). I've put hard work into this article, and truly feel that it is ready for Good Article status.

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   The prose of the article flows well, and the article says what it means to say efficiently, clearly, and concisely. Sentences and sections display an advanced style, devoid of spelling and grammatical errors. Additionally, the article complies with the Wikipedia manual of style with regards to heading, boxes, and other formatting.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Overall, the article is well-sourced, with a good number of citations from various sources. The only problem I can see resides in the "Lyrical Style" section. This section contains uncited song lyrics, which are direct quotes and should always be attributed to a source. These lyrics need to be sourced, whether simply back to the album liner notes or to another source. This whole section was removed due to original research problems, so there is no longer a problem

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   The article appears to cover all aspects of the topic, including production, singles, themes, and personnel in a fair amount of detail. Also, the subject is not beaten to death, but kept focused, giving a good volume of information without becoming cumbersome. The "Recording and production" section could use a little expansion, but the article still covers the main aspects of this topic as well.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Article does not display bias, all opinions are sourced to critics

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

   Stable article with no edit warring or daily major content change

6. 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):

   Both album covers in the article are used under acceptable fair use and well captioned. Otherwise, there are no other images in the article, but few other images would be appropriate for illustrating the subject anyway

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I am holding off passing this article until the lyrics are properly sourced. If this is done, I will happily pass the article The issue has been taken care of. I will happily endorse, pass, and promote this article

Scapler (talk) 23:55, 30 November 2008 (UTC)