Template:Did you know nominations/Joey Alexander

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Joey Alexander

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• ... that jazz musician Joey Alexander taught himself to play piano at age six, and released his first album at age eleven?

• Reviewed: Taylor Wiebers

5x expanded by Hunter Kahn (talk). Self-nominated at 01:09, 25 June 2015 (UTC).

• Some sources are behind a paywall, so assuming good faith. 5x expanded, long enough, sufficiently cited. There are some paraphrasing concerns with this link. Copyvios gives it a 47.6%, and looking at the language, some of it is quite close. Please take a look at the similarities and attempt to correct them, specifically around the area that talks about different concerts he's played. There's some minor neutrality concerns. As an example, the article states twice that he received standing ovations at his concerts, something that is very typical but sounds impressive. I don't see how this serves any encyclopedic purpose, but it slants things in the positive direction somewhat. The hook is fine, but the sentence stating he released an album at 11 requires an in-line citation (as there are none after that sentence or for the rest of that paragraph). I'd normally add that myself, but the article I believe it comes from is pay-walled, so I'll leave that to you to be sure the right citation is used. Excellent work on the article so far. These issues are definitely fixable. Once you have a chance to go over them, I'll take another look. ~ Rob^Talk 08:05, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the review. Apologies I haven't responded sooner, I've been very busy recently, but I will take care of the issues cited above. Thanks! — Hunter Kahn 13:47, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
    • Major apologies for the delay. I've made some changes based on your comments regarding the Newport Jazz Festival source. There are some cases where the source is simply listing performers or concerts, and in those cases I feel some similarity in language is unavoidable, but I've tried to change it enough in other places to address your concerns. Hopefully I have, but if it needs more work, let me know. Also, I've removed the standing ovation references (of which you are quite right, they should be omitted) and added inline citations for the hook. Let me know if it needs anything more. Thanks! — Hunter Kahn 19:27, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

• Still assuming good faith based on some paywalled sources. Copyvios still pings a 39%, but now it's only due to the similar performer/location names as you mentioned, so no paraphrasing concerns. No remaining neutrality concerns. There are lots of positive reviews and no negative ones present, but I looked and couldn't find any that were negative. Not terribly surprising, as no reviewer is going to slam an 11 year old. All issues addressed, and the rest is per my original review. ~ Rob^Talk 19:50, 11 July 2015 (UTC)