Talk:Catch a Fire/GA2
GA Review[edit]
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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk · contribs) 23:55, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.
Disambiguations: none found
Linkrot: one fixed and one tagged, no source found at the Internet archive.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 00:06, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Checking against GA criteria[edit]
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
- The article is not well written. Some examples from the lead:
- "Catch a Fire, released on 13 April 1973, is the fifth album for Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers" - "is the fifth album for"?
- "Businessman Danny Sims and singer-songwriter Johnny Nash decided one day to work on a soundtrack with Marley in Sweden, but after the latter's departure from London, the Wailers were in a hairy situation." Confusing ungrammatical and the word "hairy" is not encyclopaedic
- "After Marley's return to London to present Blackwell the tapes, the producer reworked on the tracks" - "to present Blackwell"? - "the producer reworked on the tracks" Really this is shoddy and illiterate.
- "Although unsuccessful, the album's supporting concert tour throughout England and the United States helped establish the band as international stars." What was unsuccessful?
- Confusing changes of tense throughout.
- Please take this away and get it re-written in good plain English before renominating at WP:GAN. The prose throughout is very poor indeed.
- I was hoped the prose was OK
- Inconsistencies include a mixture of styles for currency amounts, viz. 8000 pounds and US$9000
- Yes, that is correct, and should stay so.
- Clearly, the nominator has a poor command of written English and needs to seek the assistance of another editor who has those skills. It is not the job of reviewers to rewrite the article. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, that is correct, and should stay so.
- a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- Ref #20 is a dead link.
- The personnel section is unreferenced.
- The liner notes are actually the reference.
- "All songs were written by Bob Marley, except where noted" needs referencing
- This is nonsense... please think about it
- Reference formatting is inconsistent, viz. Refs #21, 22
- Inconsistent use of bibliography books in citations, you should just use page number and author name if the book is listed in the bibliography. Some multiply referenced books are not in the bibliography and some books in the bibliography are not used for citations. See WP:CITE
- That was changed by the first nominator
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- Article appears stable
- No edit wars, etc.:
- 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):
- Images are tagged and captioned, although the captions could be written in a more encyclopaedic style.
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- I am placing this article on hold. Major improvements need to be made within seven days if it is to achieve Ga status. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:50, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Following this message on my talk page I will, as requested, fail this nomination. Unfortunately the nominator does not appreciate the importance of writing in good plain English and prefers to resort to unsigned insults such as these. The nominator clearly needs to understand the criteria before renominating. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:21, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- I am placing this article on hold. Major improvements need to be made within seven days if it is to achieve Ga status. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:50, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Pass/Fail:
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.