Talk:Old Town Road/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 19:05, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

As of right now, I have to fail this article as it is far from the meeting the six criteria. I will point out some major concerns, but there are others.

To begin with, it does not comply with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections with several sources in the lead (it is not usual and should be avoided), and a supermarket list of features "featuring a different array of guest artists including Billy Ray Cyrus, Diplo, Young Thug, Mason Ramseyand RM", since only one made impact and I guess the Diplo one could also be mentioned. Lead needs to be improved with more information. The detail of the Lil Nas X image should be mentioned in the prose.

In the body of the article could also get a major expansion mainly on the Composition and commercial performance, and it's far from being broad on its coverage due to the major success of the song which is still charting. The last time it was edited it was yesterday after its nomination and it will need to edit again, as the year-end charts are not out yet, several award shows are yet to come as the table it is indeed incomplete even with the recent VMA's. It is far from stable. Personnel should be renamed as Credits and Personnel and needs a written paragraph. Certifications could and should also be mentioned on the performance section along with dates of the peaks of several countries. Awards and nominations section should be above the certifications and charts.

Music sample is not with the correct length as WP: Music Samples, I would advise adding the sample of the Billy Cyrus remix instead of the original version as nine seconds of a sample is quite different from eighteen, but it's up to you. Moreover, I doubt all these remixes need a mention with separated subsections, I would rework as one section as sections with 2/3 paragraphs are pointless. Several sources are missing dates, author, work/publisher, access date. I can recall, at least, one live performance a the BET Awards.

Take a look at some FA articles to get a good grasp of what should and shouldn't be mentioned in the article. This is not A status since that is only used for lists. Downgrading it for C status.MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 13:35, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll try to update the article, but why rename "Personnel" to "Credits"? Having a personnel section like that is consistent with most other articles for hip-hop songs and albums. Also, the table for nominations is split under the subsection for the music video specifically. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 14:31, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Rename it Credits and Personnel. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 12:50, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

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