Talk:Sheryl Crow (album)/GA1

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Homeostasis07 in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: Homeostasis07 (talk · contribs) 21:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Reply


Hi. I'll be reviewing this article over the next few days. I've just had a quick look through so far, and the article looks great. Couple of minor issues with prose, but overall this is already pretty much there. I'll post detailed suggestions here over the next few days. Homeostasis07 (talk) 21:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your time. No rush :) --Niwi3 (talk) 22:59, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Lead

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Very well written. Covers everything that is mentioned/sourced within the article.

Background and recording

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There are a few issues with the second paragraph here. I don't like the use of the word "Inevitably", because it isn't explained elsewhere on the article - and I doubt you'd ever find a source for this - about why it was "inevitable" that tensions were sure to arise with the other members of Tuesday Music Club. Plus, there are some issues with sentence-run-on, and it would improve readability to link to John O'Brien (novelist) and his book Leaving Las Vegas (novel).

Consider changing that entire paragraph to something like this:

Third paragraph: Consider changing

to something like

Nothing major and certainly not necessary, but it's a simple change that improves readability to the whole paragraph.

Music and lyrics

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Third paragraph:

The cited source, Slant, states that the "structure" of IIMYH "is fairly straightforward", but that's about it. It doesn't go on to state that other songs found on the album employ some sort of complex song structures. I'd change that to "The album's lead single, "If It Makes You Happy", underwent several different arrangements before being turned into a rock song." Also,

I'd change that to

Just to avoid confusion with Pete Droge and The Sinners. Trott was never a member of The Sinners, just the band he toured with for his first album.

Release

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Small issue with the sales referenced on the second paragraph from ref 1 (Rolling Stone - "Sheryl Crow: She Only Wants to Be With You".) The cited figure refers to the first-two-week album/single performance in the US. It'd be better if you mentioned both sales figures separately, i.e., change

→:

Also,

I don't think we need the 1× there, do we? Just 'platinum' would suffice.

Second paragraph:

Remove that sentence entirely and append the note about 82,000 units of the single to the sentence about US chart performance of the single.

Critical reception

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No problems here, except for a minor quotation mark error, which I've fixed here.

Track listing

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We should include the region-specific editions here, like

  • UK edition (with "Free Man") source
  • International edition (with "Sad Sad World" and "Hard to Make A Stand (alt version)" source
  • Japan edition (with "Sad Sad World" + "Free Man") source
  • + the previously sourced "Signature tour edition"
I added the UK edition and "Signature tour edition" bonus tracks. However, is it really necessary to include the track listing of the Japanese and German editions? I mean, this is an article about an American album on the English Wikipedia; we also don't include Japanese and German release dates in the infobox. --Niwi3 (talk) 22:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Personally I like to include every deluxe edition which has a unique track listing, but no, it's certainly not necessary. And with the changes we've made, the track listing section is comprehensive enough. Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Charts and certifications

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In the certifications section, per the points I laid out in the Release section, remove the "|number=1" from both the Switzerland and Europe tables.

Formalities

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GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
    See comments above  Y Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
    Fantastically sourced. Everything mentioned in the article is found within every reference source. And the fact that every single ref has been archived is a massive +
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  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):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:   (pending comments above in point #1 being addressed)  Y Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

You did a great job here. Well done. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:33, 7 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your outstanding review, really appreciated. I left a comment regarding the addition of the Japanese and German edition bonus tracks. Please, see above and let me know if there is anything else that needs to be fixed. --Niwi3 (talk) 22:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
Well done on all your work, and congratulations @Niwi3:. Sheryl Crow (album) is now a Good Article. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk) 01:26, 8 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference RS article was invoked but never defined (see the help page).