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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by User:SandyGeorgia 16:01, 29 August 2008 [1].

My Happiness (song)[edit]

Nominator(s): Giggy


I've done a fair bit of work on this, the most popular and most successful Powderfinger song, and I think it meets all the criteria. It's been a GA for a while and had an extensive peer review a few months back. You can listen to the song and watch the video here. Cheers. —Giggy 01:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's some prose issues:
  • "...touring to promote their work, the loneliness that came as a result." - replace the comma with an "and"
  • "...many to be a love song; a suggestion..." - replace the semicolon with a comma.
  • Capitalise the B in B-Side
  • "...the one you love", while Fanning called it..." - separate the sentences and remove "while".
  • "He expressed confusion at its been..." - move the sentence to the end of the paragraph, and remove the obvious typo.
  • "boring Top 40 bullshit" - who said that? If Wooldridge said that, say so. If Wooldrighe said he was citing fans, say he was citing fans.
  • "made music, while Fanning was more aggresive" s/while/and
  • The music video section is really confusing to read.

Thanks! Sceptre (talk) 06:59, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for your comments! Other than the inline reply, they're all addressed. —Giggy 10:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, that quotebox should be on the left... at 1440*900 there's an ugly white space right of the the quotebox and below the infobox. Sceptre (talk) 10:57, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Uggh, really? OK, moved to left. —Giggy 11:19, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's still the think about the music video section; I still can't get my head around it because it's awkwardly worded. Sceptre (talk) 17:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've done the best I can to improve the prose on that section. Specific examples would be awesome. —Giggy 05:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. Could be a bit better, but I think the prose is of okay enough. Sceptre (talk) 14:08, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Which really should be seen as a support. Sceptre (talk) 10:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The second sound files seem excessive, can "My Kind of Scene" be dropped? Fasach Nua (talk) 11:10, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reluctantly done. I thought it would be OK considering the critical commentary it received, but removed if you disagree with this. —Giggy 11:19, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking. —Giggy 05:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image and sound files have sufficient fair use rationales, sources, and descriptions. Awadewit (talk) 20:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking a look. —Giggy 05:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I read this article before it was put up for featured article candidacy; it is well written and well referenced, and in my opinion is up to FA standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catalan (talk • contribs)

  • Support I know this sounds like one of those useless drive-by supports, but I read through the article and I see nothing of concern. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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