Talk:The Stanley Clarke Band

The Stanley Clarke Band has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 25, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Stanley Clarke's album The Stanley Clarke Band won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: SMasters (talk) 08:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
Every sentence in the lead starts with "The". Please re-write the lead to eliminate this repetition. Please also re-write one of the captions so it does not look like a copy of the other. Under the section on "The band", as a reader, I fail to truly understand the band. Who are they? How many members are there? The credits list has a large amount of people, but nothing is mentioned in this section. I feel that this section needs to be expanded to include a better picture of the band.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
Article is properly referenced with reliable sources and has no original research.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Article covers all major aspects and is focused.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Article conforms to WP:NPOV.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
Article is stable.
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):
Pictures are properly tagged but I would like one of the captions to be reworded so it doesn't resemble the other caption that closely.
Overall: A few minor issues have to be fixed before we can move this article forward. I will allow up to 7 days for these issues to be resolved. – SMasters (talk) 08:47, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing the issues, although you did not address my concerns for the lead. I have fixed my original concern and have expanded it slightly as I felt it was a bit too short for a lead. Now, I am satisfied that the article meets all the requirements for a GA, and am happy to pass it. Well done. – SMasters (talk) 03:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pass/Fail: