Talk:Runaway (Janet Jackson song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 08:56, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   c. (OR):

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a. (major aspects):

   b. (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

I will get on with this today! --K. Peake 08:56, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

• Infobox looks good!
• "made available commercially as the album's" → "made available commercially as the"
• ""Runaway" is a" → "it is a"
• "in its composition." → "in the composition."
• "The track received positive reviews" → "The song received positive reviews"
• Only keep the Prince comparisons since no more than one review mentions the Supremes
• "as well as with Jackson's" → "as well as with Janet Jackson's" per MOS:SAMESURNAME
• "In the United States, it reached" → "In the US, it reached" per MOS:US
• "An accompanying music video for the track was" → "An accompanying music video was", as this is implied
• "most recently on second leg of the" → "most recently on the second leg of her"

Background

• Img looks good!
• Mention that Design of a Decade was released in 1995
• "as well two new tracks," → "as well as two new tracks,"
• "the past 10 years."" → "the past 10 years"." per MOS:QUOTE
• "duet with Jackson's brother" → "duet with Janet's brother" per MOS:SAMESURNAME, even though everyone knows who the second Jackson is anyway!
• "of her past single" → "of Janet Jackson's past single" per above
• "Deep Dish and Farley and Heller," → "Deep Dish, and Farley and Heller,"

Recording and composition

• "Jam and Lewis also play" this sentence needs past/present tense throughout to be consistent
• Audio sample looks good!
• "Musically, it is a" → "Musically, "Runaway" is a"
• "sitars" as well as Jackson's" → "sitars", and Jackson's"
• MOS:QUOTE issues throughout this section, i.e when there is punctuation inside speech marks and it is not a full sentence
• "he also said that" → "he also said"
• A misspelling is for cleveriy; check the source for this and if not use [] or [sic] to edit
• "Freaky Trigger website observed that "this" → "Freaky Trigger website observed, "This" per this being a full sentence
• "Australia and Mexico, while" → "Australia, and Mexico, while"
• "she tries to convince him" → "Jackson tries to convince him"
• "with the lyric," → "with the line,"
• "Jam commented that the lyrics" change simply to the line if it is about this one line

Critical reception

• "received generally positive reviews" → "was met with generally positive reviews"
• "classified it as" → "handed the classification of"
• MOS:QUOTE issues again in this section
• "reworking of 'Escapade,'," why is there two commas when this is inside a quote?
• Howard Cohen of The Miami Herald had" → "Howard Cohen of the Miami Herald had" with the wikilink
• Remove repeated link to Michael Jackson
• "Tirzah Agassi of Jerusalem Post wrote" → "Tirzah Agassi of The Jerusalem Post wrote" with the wikilink
• "was "an innocuous trifle" → "is "an innocuous trifle"
• "Paul Marsh from The San Francisco Examiner" → "Paul Marsh from the San Francisco Examiner" with the wikilink
• "complementing that "if they were" → "complementing how "if they were"
• "For Mark Brown from the Orange County Register," → "For Mark Brown from The Orange County Register," with the wikilink
• "Andrew Hirst of" → "Andrew Hirst of the"

Commercial performance

• Img looks good!
• "In the United States, "Runaway"" → "In the US, "Runaway""
• "of the chart twice" → "of the Hot 100 twice"
• Mention the certification was in the US
• "of the single" remove this part and instead mention in this sentence the certification was in Australia
• For the other parts of Europe, why is it disordered in terms of positions from highest to lowest or the opposite?

Music video

• Img looks good!
• "The accompanying music video for "Runaway" was" → "The music video for "Runaway" was"
• Pipe Van Nuys, California to Van Nuys
• "on August 29, 1995 through" → "on August 29, 1995, through"
• Pipe Seven Wonders of the World to Wonders of the World
• "her dress and jewelry" remove in the video because this is implied
• "in New York City." → "in New York City (NYC)." per this city being mentioned twice
• Pipe Pyramids of Egypt to Egyptian pyramids
• "in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the" → "in Rio de Janeiro, and the"
• "classic Hollywood musicals."" → "classic Hollywood musicals"." per MOS:QUOTE
• "Los Angeles Times' Lorraine Ali commented" → "The Los Angeles Times' Lorraine Ali commented"

Live performances

• Img looks good!
• "on the setlist of her" → "on the setlist of Jackson's"
• Start a new sentence at during the performance to avoid a run-on
• "blow-up props", with the singer dressed" → "blow-up props" and the singer dressed"
• Lowercase the Roots per MOS:THEMUSIC

Track listing

• Pipe Heller & Farley to Fire Island (duo)

Credits and personnel

• Use {{spaced ndash}} so there is the right space between credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

• Are you sure Cash Box shouldn't be in brackets instead?

Year-end charts

• Good

Decade-end charts

• Pipe Nielsen SoundScan to Luminate (company)

Certifications

• Change caption to Certifications and sales for "Runaway"

Release history

• Center the refs

References

• Copyvio score looks great at 24.8%!!
• Add via Google Books to any of the refs citing it, only wikilinking on the first instance
• Pipe Billboard to Billboard (magazine) on ref 4
• Fix MOS:QWQ issues with ref 6
• The Miami Herald → Miami Herald on ref 19 with the wikilink
• WP:OVERLINK of Music Week on ref 31
• WP:OVERLINK of David Browne on ref 32
• The San Francisco Examiner → San Francisco Examiner on ref 35 with the wikilink
• The La Crosse Tribune → La Crosse Tribune on ref 36 with the wikilink
• WP:OVERLINK of Music & Media on ref 86

Final comments and verdict

•  On hold until all of the issues are fixed; took a couple of days for this! --K. Peake 10:56, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Kyle Peake I think all of the issues have been addressed, thanks for your time reviewing this! Alex ^{reach me!} 16:40, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

• 11JORN This is almost there now, you just still need to fix MOS:QUOTE issues, such as "soon overtakes the mix."" --K. Peake 20:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

  Kyle Peake I honestly get so confused about quotes, but I tried my best now. Alex ^{reach me!} 22:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

• 11JORN ✓ Pass now, there were some MOS:QUOTE issues left but I fixed them and see the edit to understand more! --K. Peake 07:38, 5 August 2023 (UTC)