Talk:A Thousand Suns/GA2

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Rp0211 (talk · contribs) 19:57, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
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):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):
b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is 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):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Infobox[edit]

The genre of the music should be put under the "Style and composition" section; references would not be needed in infobox once this occurs
The "Recorded" section should look like this: 2008–10; NRG Recording Studios

Lead[edit]

...took place at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California from 2008 until early 2010. → "North Hollywood, California" should be wiki-linked together
The band has acknowledged that the album is drastic departure from their previous work, experimenting on different and new sounds for A Thousand Suns. → Put "a" between "is" and "drastic"; Replace "experimenting" with "as they experimented"
"On this record, the concepts blend human ideas with technology [...] Human fears, your fear of what's going to happen in the world, the music kind of references that", said Mike Shinoda on an interview with MTV. → According to WP:QUOTE#Formatting, quotes should not be in the lead section; try and phrase out the general idea of what Shinoda is saying
"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one," a quote made famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer in reference to the atomic bomb. → Try and find a connection to this album with this. If you can, paraphrase it to remove the quote from the lead.
The lead single for the album, "The Catalyst", was sent to radio and released to digital music retailers on August 2, 2010. → Expand information about this single (chart performance, performances, etc.)
Three more singles were released to promote the album, namely "Waiting for the End", "Burning in the Skies" and "Iridescent". → Put this information before the information about their tour to improve the flow of the prose
Despite these, the album has been a commercial success debuting at number 1 on over ten charts. → Replace "these" with "this"; Replace "has been" with "was"; Put a comma after success; Change "1" to "one"
The album has been certified gold by the RIAA... → State what year it was certified gold
When you reference another album (other than the one the article is about), make sure to include the year after it in brackets; Ex: Minutes to Midnight (2007)

Writing and recording[edit]

Recording for the album began in 2008, shortly after the release of Minutes to Midnight.[4] → Include year in brackets after "Minutes to Midnight"
...and stated this "sound[ed] a little daunting to me... → Replace "this" with "that it"
Bennington continued composing for the album whilst touring with Dead by Sunrise... → Replace "whilst" with "while"
"We tend to be perfectionists and its sort of how we work, We like being... → Add a period after "work" instead of a comma
...although he stated that the eventually A Thousand Suns at its completion... → Remove "the" from the sentence

Style and composition[edit]

...and contains the high pitched sonar "ping" from "Echoes" at the end of "Robot Boy" and continuing into "Jornada del Muerto". → Not sure if this has a source or not
It has also been stated that the album honors the hip-hop group Public Enemy. → Verifiable?
The opening line of the first and second verse ("To save face, how low can you go?" and "So keep pace, how slow can you go?") are references to the Public Enemy song "Bring the Noise", which opens with the verse "Bass! How low can you go?" in a melodically similar fashion. → Verifiable?
Chuck D would later provide vocals on a remix by HavocNdeeD. → Verifiable?
Chester Bennington stated in an interview with MTV News[3] who referred to Linkin Park's... → Source not needed as it is mentioned at the end of the quote
Compared to their previous record, Minutes to Midnight, the amount of vocals contributed... → Put year in brackets of album after "Minutes to Midnight"; "Minutes to Midnight" does not need to be wiki-linked as it is mentioned earlier
On "The Requiem" and "Fallout", Shinoda alters his voice using a Vocoder device. → Verifiable?

Release and promotion[edit]

...are available as downloadable content in the "Linkin Park Track Pack" → Change "are" to "were"
The band released another video game called Linkin Park Revenge (an edition of Tap Tap Revenge), which features four new songs from the album as well as six songs from previous albums. → Verifiable?
The song "Wretches and Kings" is featured in the trailer for the video game EA Sports MMA. → Verifiable?
Six songs from the album ("Blackout", "Burning in the Skies", "The Catalyst", "The Messenger", "Waiting for the End", and "Wretches and Kings") are available as downloadable content in the "Linkin Park Track Pack" for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. → Verifiable?
The track pack was released on October 19, 2010 on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live Marketplace, and Wii Shop Channel. → Verifiable?
In addition, for those who purchased Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock from Amazon.com between October 17 and October 23, they received a copy of A Thousand Suns. → Verifiable?
"The Catalyst", which was released on August 2, 2010. → Verifiable?
The winner of this contest was Czeslaw "NoBraiN" Sakowski from Świdnica, Poland, whose remix is featured as an additional track on the album, available via Best Buy and Napster. → Verifiable?
Two of the remixes (by DIGITALOMAT and ill Audio) have since been released via the band's webpage as free mp3 downloads, while two others have (by Cale Pellick and DJ Endorphin) been released on an exclusive German release of "The Catalyst". → Verifiable?
"The Catalyst" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[40] → Specify year it was certified gold
"Waiting for the End" was released as the album's second single on October 1, 2010. → Verifiable?
On January 22, 2011, Linkin Park announced that their next international[52] single... → Put source at end of sentence
reaching number 35 in Austria,[56] number 35 in Portugal,[56] number 26 in German airplay[57] and number six in Mexico.[58] → Put comma after "German airplay"
On April 13, 2011, Shinoda confirmed that the album's third US, fourth international and overall final single will be "Iridescent". → Replace "will" with "would"

Reception[edit]

Expand "Commercial" subsection with more chart info and more about its certifications
As was the case with its predecessor, Minutes to Midnight... → Put year in brackets after "Minutes to Midnight"
David Buchanan of Consequence of Sound gave the album a respected 3.5 stars out of five... → "...gave the album three-and-a-half out of five..."
MTV conducted a poll on how fans received the song; most were positive, however a large amount were dissatisfied. → Verifiable?

Track listing[edit]

Put a source for the "iTunes Deluxe Edition Bonus Content" subsection

Personnel[edit]

Verify this section with a source (Allmusic is a good source for this)

Charts and certifications[edit]

No issues

Release history[edit]

No issues

References[edit]

OVERALL MESSAGE WITH THIS SECTION: There are many errors within this section, so make sure you proofread all of the sources and make sure they comply with WP:REF. I listed the issues of the first 31 sources as a guide.
Reference 3 → MTV should be wiki-linked; Publisher is "Viacom" and needs to be included
Reference 4 → Publisher is "Viacom" and needs to be included
Reference 5 → "Rolling Stone" needs to be wiki-linked; Publisher is needed and also needs to be wiki-linked
Reference 6 → Does not work anymore and comes up with error message
Reference 7 → Include the publisher (which is "Prometheus Global Media")
References 8 & 9 → "MTV.com" is not needed here; Publisher "Viacom" is needed
Reference 11 → Source is "MTV"; Publisher "Viacom" is needed
References 12, 18, 24 → Put "Viacom" as publisher
Reference 13 → Include publisher
Reference 14 → Put "IGN Entertainment" as publisher
Reference 17 → "Linkin Park" should not be italicized
Reference 19 → "Billboard" should not be wiki-linked as it was used before; Include "Prometheus Global Media" as publisher
References 20, 31 → Reformat sources to comply with WP:REF
References 22, 23 → "Linkinpark.com" should not be italicized
Reference 25 → "MTV.com" is not needed here
Reference 26 → Put publication date of article
Reference 29 → "Shinoda, Mike" should not be included as the work of the article

After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have decided to put the article on hold at this time. While there are numerous issues to be addressed, I believe all of them are minor issues that can be fixed within quickly. They are mostly issues with prose, citation of sources, and reference formatting. I will give you the general seven days to fix these issues and/or address issues that you believe do not concern the good article criteria. If you questions, please feel free to ask. Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 22:10, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Thanks. Might take a while, though. I have schoolwork, so finishing this up might take a while. Thanks! Jal11497 (talk) 13:06, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]