Talk:Monster (R.E.M. album)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: JohnWickTwo (talk · contribs) 16:55, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

This review may take a day or two to prepare. Meantime, could you take care of the cite requests at the bottom of the article, and possibly have a look at the paragraph breaks used in that same section with the cite request. The single sentence paragraphs look a little short and unbalanced. Let me know when you are ready to start. JohnWickTwo (talk) 16:55, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@JohnWickTwo: of all the GANs I've handled, I believe this is the third-fastest reviewer I've received. I've had one take just over an hour and another take two days. I sent this to copyediting as soon as I nominated this, and quite surprisingly I have a GA reviewer before a copyeditor. While I am extremely appreciative and very happy about your willingness to review, I was anticipating this would be reviewed in a few months. Is it possible we can hold off on a full review until the CE is completed? In the meantime I'll address your initial requests. dannymusiceditor ^oops 17:14, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: This was initiated by me after being in the queue for about 2 and a half weeks. You are fairly advanced in the GOCE queue now and its your call if you would like to give them another week or two. The section you started editing today still has a somewhat awkward paragraph structure which can be made to look more peer review quality. Your call as to when you want to start. JohnWickTwo (talk) 20:37, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@JohnWickTwo: I think it'd be best to wait until the copyeditors are finished. That way you'll be saved the time of re-reviewing everything after they fix it up. You're right in that I'm pretty high up there so it should come and go in not too terribly long. dannymusiceditor ^oops 16:49, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: That was a good choice to submit the article for GOCE clean-up. It would be nice if you could add to the article something more about how the album and its songs did on REM's own top ten lists. For example, did any of the tracks come close to rivaling "Losing my religion" or some of the other very popular tracks in the band's history. JohnWickTwo (talk) 14:18, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: Any plans for doing this update I requested over this week-end now that GOCE is completed? JohnWickTwo (talk) 00:20, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Shoot. Meant to say this earlier today. I'm going to be out of town tomorrow and most of Sunday. I will get right to it when I get back. I've got ideas on expanding per your request, but nothing quite ready to put in yet. dannymusiceditor ^oops 00:36, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

@JohnWickTwo: the first two singles ("What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and "Bang and Blame"), at least, seemed to have strong charting success, doing better than any single from Automatic for the People but not quite as strong as Losing My Religion or Shiny Happy People. The other three, less so. Does writing something along these lines (in a more encyclopedic tone) sound alright? dannymusiceditor ^oops 19:51, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: That sounds useful and pertinent to the article. The group has had a sustained career and knowing how songs in this album compare to their others albums provides a useful addition in this article. Also add any cites you might have found for this. JohnWickTwo (talk) 11:14, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: Any updates from the week-end? JohnWickTwo (talk) 01:02, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

There are now. Adding a bit more this evening. dannymusiceditor ^oops 17:46, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Updates from 10 July checklist

@DannyMusicEditor: That looks good and I'll look for your new edits this evening. I think that your new edit should also be reflected into the lead section right before you introduce them going on tour in the second paragraph. After you try that, then it might be useful to start a third paragraph in the lede for the start of the promotional tour. You can decide what's best for the lede section in terms of 2 or 3 paragraph format once you try it. JohnWickTwo (talk) 20:47, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

@DannyMusicEditor: If possible I am planning to do a final read-through for assessment sometime over this week-end. This might be a good time for any edits you have had in mind, and you might want to look at your link for 'OBI strip' in your article. JohnWickTwo (talk) 15:50, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Closing assessment comments

This article has received the benefit of a GOCE copy editing which has worked to its advantage. The nominating editor is knowledgeable of the band and its previous recording history, and has responded directly to edit requests made in this review by directly placing the edits into the article itself. The narrative of the article reads well and the images used are useful and all check out properly. The option of moving the lede to a three paragraph slightly expanded version may be useful if the article development is continued towards further peer review promotion. If the nominating editor has an interest in other article upgrades he may contact me on my Talk page. This article in now promoted to GA level. JohnWickTwo (talk) 16:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much, JohnWickTwo! Appreciate the review and pass. I was planning on putting in some more song list achievements, but I'll do that soon enough. dannymusiceditor ^oops 18:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)