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GA Review[edit]

Passed. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:47, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Gained (talk · contribs)

Reviewer: Zmbro (talk · contribs) 15:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first song off the album that got me interested in Taylor. Let's do this. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 15:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For me, this was the first song that made me think Swift was more capable than just writing earworms, and it was way before I became a mega Swiftie. Anyway, I'll possibly get this review done within this day. Gained (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Zmbro! I believe I have addressed all your issues on the article. Gained (talk) 16:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, I don't see any more issues. Love your quick response times! Happy to ✓ Pass – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Comments[edit]

Is the "written" parameter necessary/useful in the infobox? If it was written, recorded, and released the same year I personally don't see the significance.
"Republic Records released the song for download on October 9, 2020, in Germany" → "Republic Records released the song for download in Germany on October 9, 2020."
"discussed the song in regard to it as the album's opening track" → "discussed the song's significance as the album's opening track"?
""The 1" was one of the tracks written by both Swift and Dessner, who produced all of them" all of what? Last time I check both Joe Alwyn and Jack Antonoff as credited as producers on Folklore
So this song was recorded only days before the album's release? Wouldn't that mean we could specify a recording date/month in the infobox?
Fair use rationale for song sample looks good.
This is a small nitpick but all three paragraphs in "music and lyrics" begin with the song title. Not a huge deal but noticeable.
- I was also kinda bothered by it but eventually thought it was not detrimental to the article in any form. Anyways, I'm gonna change it. Gained (talk) 16:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah. That's ok. Like I said it's not a big deal for GAN. For FAC, however... – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Critics' praise for "The 1" were on its production and songwriting." → "Critics primarily praised "The 1"'s production and songwriting." or something like that.
A lot of the second and third paragraphs in reception follow a "this person said this" "that person said that" format. Not that big of a concern for GA, but it's still noticeable.
- I tried to remedy this during the article's development but I couldn't find any ideas on how to change the pattern even to this day. Gained (talk) 16:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"the track had a "suspicious whiff" from" like reminiscent of?
General question: was this the first song Swift used profanity in? I remember the first time hearing "I'm doing good I'm on some new shit" was like a big wow comment because I had never heard Swift curse in a song before. I could be misremembering but I did listen to 1989, Reputation, and Lover before Folklore and becoming more of a fan.
- I believe the first time Swift explicitly used profanity was on Reputation's I Did Something Bad: "If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing". Gained (talk) 16:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok. Nevermind then. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 16:42, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look solid, although ref 53 is missing an archive.
Copyvio detector is fantastic at only 13.0%.

That's all I got. Good job! – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 15:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.