Talk:She's like a Star/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sufur222 (talk · contribs) 12:53, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Let's have a look. Immediately, the prose looks pretty good despite the article's small size.

• Infobox

• Should the Sugababes and Busta Rhymes have their chronologies in the infobox? I don't want to reawaken the "are–remix–singles–official singles" debate here, but it appears quite odd to include them when they are not listed in the main artist field of the infobox.

• They are featured on the remix, so I don't see why not Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Never mind. It's not a massive problem, and is more of a personal preference thing. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 17:45, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Lead

Looks perhaps a bit too light: could have some more development.

• "It received generally mixed reviews" – why? Did they criticise his singing, the production, his choice of theme? A short phrase like "It received mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented xxx but wrote more critically of yyy", which you can then develop further in the "Reception" section, is all that's required.

• Enhanced the sentence Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• "An R&B ballad, Cruz was inspired to compose "She's like a Star" based upon the idea of having a child" → Meaning is a little awkward. Something like "An R&B ballad, the lyrics of "She's like a Star" are inspired by the theme of parenthood, an idea which inspired Cruz to compose the song in the first place." flows better for me. I'll see what you think.
  • You are right. Wrote a similar sentence Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Background and composition

• "and was inspired to write it based upon the idea of having a child" → "and was inspired to write it based upon the idea of parenthood". Same issue as above. Although the word "parenthood" is not explicitly used in the source that verifies this, the context that Cruz discusses the theme in leads me to think that you can infer this.
  • Changed the sentence Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Release and reception

• No issues.

• Promotion

• No issues.

• Track listings and formats

• No issues.

• Charts

• The "chart" parameter value on the "BillboardURLbyName" template for the European Hot 100 needs changing from "all" to "349" so that it links directly to the chart.
  • Doesn't work because Billboard got rid of that chart from its site. Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
    • If that's the case, then you should replace it with a ref that actually verifies the position: if not, then it will have to be removed by WP:V. Try searching the Billboard.biz database, although I'm not sure that the chart is listed there either: otherwise, as a last resort, try searching for a back issue of Billboard at Google Books that lists the position. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 17:45, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
      • Removed it. Till 04:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• References

• No issues (for the first time ever in my experience of editing GAs – good job).

• Thanks. Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Overall, this is a reasonably short but very solid article, covering all of the necessary areas. If these minor issues are fixed, I'll have no hesitation in passing it. I'll put it on hold for a week, which should be plenty of time to fix the issues. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 12:53, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the review, compliments and suggestions :) Till 16:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

See no reason not to pass this. Good job. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 15:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)