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Contra La Corriente (Marc Anthony album)

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I've listed this article for peer review because the article is given a B-rating from Puerto Rico's wikiproject and I would to improve the article further by making it a Good Article nomination.

Thanks, Magiciandude (talk) 09:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: This is generally well-done and seems to have most of the essential elements. The main thing I notice, however, is that the sections are shorter than I'm used to seeing in album articles. I don't know if more information is available or not, but if you can find anything to expand the sections, especially the tiny ones, that would be good. You might get some ideas for expansion by looking at the FA articles on albums; they are found at WP:FA#Music. Here are some other suggestions:

Background

• "Marc Anthony was already a well-known salsa singer" - Link salsa?

Okay, I've added a link to the article. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Recording

• The Manual of Style generally deprecates extremely short sections. This section is only four sentences long, and the next section consists of only three sentences. Two possible solutions are to expand or to merge. I'd suggest expansion, if material is available from reliable sources.

I've merged the two sections together instead and added a reference for Omar Alfanno working with the artist on the last album. I couldn't find a reference Fernando Arias, and the only the reference I found for it is unavailable. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Composition

• This section lacks sources, but the information is not common knowledge and must have come from somewhere. A good rule of thumb is to provide a source for every paragraph as well as every set of statistics, every claim that has been challenged or is apt to be challenged, and every direct quote.

See above. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Album

• "On the tropical chart" - Should "tropical chart" be linked or explained? Are "Top Latin Albums" and "Top Tropical Latin Album chart" two names for the same thing?

• "The album crossed over... " - It won't be clear to all readers what "crossed over" refers to.

• "A remastered edition of the album" - Should "remaster" be linked or briefly explained?

I've added a link to the Tropical Albums chart and noted that it debuted #1 on both charts and a link to remaster. I've reworded the sentence to state that it was his first time charting the Billboard 200. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Singles

• "which is his first number-one single on the chart and the first single to reach number-one by a salsa musician" - Might be better slightly re-arranged thus: "which is his first number-one single on the chart and the first single by a salsa musician to reach number-one".

Took your advice and did exactly that. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Reception

• The first two paragraphs lack sources. Even though the sources are mentioned by name in the text, the claims still need in-line citations. In addition, each direct quotation needs a source.

I've added the inline citations for the paragraphs missing them. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

References

• The date formatting should be consistent throughout the reference section. Citation 1, for example, uses "February 25, 1999" and also "06-04-2010". You can use either format (in the references but not in the main text) but not both.

Fixed. Magiciandude (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR. That is where I found this one. I don't generally check corrections after my reviews because it's too time-consuming. Please ping me on my talk page if my comments are unclear or if questions arise. Finetooth (talk) 18:12, 5 August 2010 (UTC)