Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers/Assessment/Model Review

Model Review Documentation

This page is a MODEL Composer Review. It is intended to be used as a basis for reviewing composer pages.

To use it, edit or create Talk:(Composer page)/Comments. Use {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers/Assessments/Model Review}} to insert this template into that page. Save the page, and then edit again to fill in some details

• make sure {{{user}}} reflects you (e.g. [[User:Magicpiano|Magicpiano]])
• make sure the date and page name in the header are properly subst'ed

When reviewing, you can mark review portions with indicators of overall quality:

• {{Y}}, {{N}}: Y, N
• {{GAList/check|y}}, {{GAList/check|n}}, {{GAList/check|?}}: , ,

You do not need to record the section scores (given according Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers/Assessment) unless there is some ambiguity about why you gave the assessment you did. If an article has already been recently assessed by the Composers project, you do not need to use this template unless you significantly disagree with the previous assessment. Instead, you should engage the other reviewer in discussion to resolve your differences.

Composers Project Assessment of WikiProject Composers/Assessment: 2024-04-25

This is an assessment of article WikiProject Composers/Assessment by a member of the Composers project, according to its assessment criteria. This review was done by {{{user}}}.

If an article is well-cited, the reviewer is assuming that the article reflects reasonably current scholarship, and deficiencies in the historical record that are documented in a particular area will be appropriately scored. If insufficient inline citations are present, the reviewer will assume that deficiencies in that area may be cured, and that area may be scored down.

Adherence to overall Wikipedia standards (WP:MOS, WP:WIAGA, WP:WIAFA) are the reviewer's opinion, and are not a substitute for the Wikipedia's processes for awarding Good Article or Featured Article status.

Origins/family background/studies

Does the article reflect what is known about the composer's background and childhood? If s/he received musical training as a child, who from, is the experience and nature of the early teachers' influences described?

Early career

Does the article indicate when s/he started composing, discuss early style, success/failure? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?

Mature career

Does the article discuss his/her adult life and composition history? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?

List(s) of works

Are lists of the composer's works in WP, linked from this article? If there are special catalogs (e.g. Köchel for Mozart, Hoboken for Haydn), are they used? If the composer has written more than 20-30 works, any exhaustive listing should be placed in a separate article.

Critical appreciation

Does the article discuss his/her style, reception by critics and the public (both during his/her life, and over time)?

Illustrations and sound clips

Does the article contain images of its subject, birthplace, gravesite or other memorials, important residences, manuscript pages, museums, etc? Does it contain samples of the composer's work (as composer and/or performer, if appropriate)? (Note that since many 20th-century works are copyrighted, it may not be possible to acquire more than brief fair use samples of those works, but efforts should be made to do so.) If an article is of high enough quality, do its images and media comply with image use policy and non-free content policy? (Adherence to these is needed for Good Article or Featured Article consideration, and is apparently a common reason for nominations being quick-failed.)

References, sources and bibliography

Does the article contain a suitable number of references? Does it contain sufficient inline citations? (For an article to pass Good Article nomination, every paragraph possibly excepting those in the lead, and every direct quotation, should have at least one footnote.) If appropriate, does it include Further Reading or Bibliography beyond the cited references?

Structure and compliance with WP:MOS

Does the article comply with Wikipedia style and layout guidelines, especially WP:MOS, WP:LEAD, WP:LAYOUT, and possibly WP:SIZE? (Article length is not generally significant, although Featured Articles Candidates may be questioned for excessive length.)

Things that may be necessary to pass a Good Article review

Summary