Talk:Hung for the Holidays/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: ChrisGualtieri (talk · contribs) 02:22, 4 January 2014 (UTC) I'll take this. Longest unreviewed. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:22, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Good Article Checklist

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• Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
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Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

• Disambig links:OK
• Reference check: OK - No issues with any of the sources used.

Comments: This article is very short, but I still checked it through. The lead is very short, but given that the article text is also very short, that is typically fine. Though I'd like some expansion, some details on the sounds and I found the actual reviews to be a bit shorter than I'd like it to be. Meaning that it is on the edge of the context I'd like to see.

The prose needs some work on sentences like "A second album was first announced in May 2004, and the EP was recorded during the summer time of that year." For the lead, this should be much tighter and stronger. This lacks impact and so does the next sentence.

• • Removed 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• "Hung for the Holidays includes covers of Christmas carols and songs as well as holiday thoughts by Hung.[4]" Should not be the first sentence of "Development, content and release".
  • • Removed 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• He said that it "will include original songs and cover songs." "There will be more bands this time. That's all I can tell you." Three fragments, all needing in-line citations per policy.
  • Combining and  Done 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• "Hung also revealed that he was taking singing lessons before starting the recording sessions." - Hung announced... not "also revealed".
  •  Done 和DITOREtails 17:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• When interviewed by MTV News in June 2004, he revealed that recording was "gonna be a much slower process than the first time. Right now I'm concentrating on just picking songs... starting to practice them and things like that." - said - not "revealed" and any quote needs an inline citation.
• He also claimed that producers would submit the songs to Koch Records, and that the label "has some ideas and stuff, and we'll see. It's still early — very, very early."[2] - claimed? Said. This makes it sound like he is being deceptive. Word choice matters.
  •  Done 和DITOREtails 06:00, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
• Hung for the Holidays was released on October 2004, although it originally had been scheduled for release in September. - Rearrange this, flipping September's intentional release, but the delay to October.
•  Done 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• A limited number of copies for the album included a fold-out Christmas ornament.[4] - Should be below all the content and development details.
  •  Done 和DITOREtails 20:13, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• Hung for the Holidays was not as commercially successful as Inspiration, selling only 35,000 copies.[6] It reached number 22 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[7] - Expand the second sentence and rework the first.
  •  Done 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album one out of five stars, calling it "the cheapest-sounding record in recent memory; it sounds as if it was recorded in less time that it takes to play." - Cite because of the quote.
  •  Done 和DITOREtails 06:52, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Please add additional reviews or details like Huffington Post labeling it the "best worst" - [1] Or it being labeled a "cult classic" from NY Daily News [2] He did do some signings and such following the release.[3] I'm seeing a lot of little things, but just a few more would round this out better. I'm going to place this one hold for fixes. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:47, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Passed. I think its actually rather amazing that I was able to dig up some extra sources to help round it out. It may not be completely comprehensive, but it is probably about all the attention this ever received in proper sources. With that in mind, everything is relative and this meets the criteria. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:46, 11 January 2014 (UTC)