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Animal (Kesha album)

This peer review discussion has been closed.
I've listed this article for peer review because… I plan on listing it (soon) for GA and GA Topic once i complete Take It Off as well.

Thanks, - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 03:32, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: The prose reads poorly at times, with some odd phrasing and grammatical errors. I have corrected some, but I feel that if this article is to progress, a full copyedit is essential.

• Lead: I have copyedited the lead, in particular the last paragraph to improve the flow.
• Development: Very scrappy, with facts assembled oddly. Who is "Pebe"? At least two of the sentences need attention:-
  • "The abundance of material extended it from its original planned album consisting of twelve tracks, to a length of fourteen." Revise to "The abundance of material extended it from its originally planned twelve tracks to fourteen."
  • "...after Pebe passed it to a friend at BMI and were impressed" - who was impressed?
  • What does "through Luke's imprint" mean?

 Done

• Background and inspiration: far too much (about 90%) of this section is quotation. Articles are supposed to use brief quotes of key phrases, not verbatim chunks. Also:-
  • Explain what "Stephen" and "Dinosaur" are (songs, presumably)
  • The sentence which begins: "Stephen" was written by Kesha which she explained, "it's [about] this guy..." is ungrammatical. Try "Stephen" was written by Kesha; she explained: "it's about..." etc

 Done have removed and thinned out and rewritten.

• • (In the box) "steez"? What does this mean?

I do not know, its a direct quote. Her words not mine.

• Music and lyrics
  • Reviewers' comments should be given in present tense, e.g. "Jeffries notes...", "Jeffries concludes..." etc
• Critical reception
  • What does "holds a 54 out of 100" mean?

Fixed.

• • Punctuation attention here (and elsewhere): "Andrew Burgess of musicOMH was impressed with Kesha calling her..." - needs a comma after "Kesha"
  • More dodgy prose: "calling them 'completely unsatisfying' and should be avoided".

Please comment on whether the copyedit I did was good enough. Fixer23 (talk) 08:56, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

That way I can know if I'm going in the right direction if I were to want to copyedit the rest of the article (or if I should stop editing articles altogether and go back to grammar school and writing school). Fixer23 (talk) 09:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

• Chart performance: Sentence needs sorting out: "The charting of the album made Kesha the first act to simultaneously have their debut album and single at the number one position on both charts since Leona Lewis led the lists with Spirit and "Bleeding Love," respectively, on the chart dated April 26, 2008."

I tried to edit the sentence. Fixer23 (talk) 09:03, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The tables and lists look comprehensive, but why is some of the information hidden?

Brianboulton (talk) 23:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)