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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 not promoted by Karanacs 15:13, 12 February 2009 [1].

Run to You (song)[edit]

Nominator(s): Daskill (talk)

I am nominating this for featured article because it has been of Good Article quality for some time and I believe that it meets FA requirements. Daskill (talk) 20:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question: Is there really no more reliably-sourced information to be found about the music video, the writing of the song, analysis of the lyrics, etc.? This doesn't scream "comprehensive" to me in its present form. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 20:39, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - There's stuff missing I'd want to know. What is the song about? What happens in the music video? What's the musical structure of the song? Key/major instruments/tempo/style? Also, you've nicked a large chunk (three-fifths I'd say) of Stewart Mason's review. I say nicked because there's no quotation marks. Even with quotes, I'd think copying over 50% of a review goes beyond fair use. Did no-one else review the song? Why talk about writing the song after the recording? AlexJ (talk) 00:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Even overlooking the question of the comprehensiveness of the article, there are lots of errors in the prose and other problems:
    • "Adams fourth studio release" - missing apostrophe
    • The same error occurs in at least two other places
    • "a short lived UK dance act by Tony Jackson in 1992" doesn't read right - you don't say "an act by a musician"
    • The bracket round "a short lived....." isn't closed
    • Tony Jackson links to a guy who died in 1921
    • Dave Taylor links to a disambig page
    • So does Savior
    • "Savior" album title should be in italics
    • Discussion of Rage, Lou Barlow, Novaspace covers are unreferenced
    • "on his cover' album" - why is there an apostrophe after "cover"
    • Last sentence of Covers section is not in fact a complete sentence
    • ....and the EP title should be in italics
    • Why is there a "(!)" after "six" in the Release section?
If you check the reference listed after that paragraph, you can see it's lifted directly from the source. There's no quote marks to show that though. AlexJ (talk) 13:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • October 1984 release is mentioned twice
    • Article says the writing of the song lasted from March 1984 "through the summer", but the infobox says specifically that it was written in April - which is correct?
    • Last sentence of the Release section is unreferenced and seems like OR
  • This is just a selection of the issues with the article, it is a long way from FA quality as it stands..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • "The British synthpop band Schmoof on their extended play Warm Electro for Cold Ears." is not a sentence.
Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 13:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Looks like a drive-by nomination. Suggest a withdraw. The nominator has not made a single edit to the article, and it is far from FA quality. BuddingJournalist 15:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Acutally, I have made edits to the article, though before it was moved to its current postition. Daskill (talk) 19:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy withdrawal - article is barely beyond start class, barely nothing at all on the writing of the song. I probably have more information on that song in the Shania Twain biography I have which mentions Bryans and Mutt Lange's work. Not even GA standard in my view as it lacks comprehension. Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:18, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose by karanacs. I don't think the article is comprehensive, and the prose right now is sloppy, with lots of punctuation issues.

  • My first instinct was to write "lead is much too short and can't summarize article", and then I realized how short the article was.
  • There is inconsistency in italics - Reckless should be italicized every time it is referenced.
  • I can't read Danish. What type of site is skolarbete.nu. http://skolarbete.nu/skolarbeten/bryan-adams/?
  • Need a source for this sentence or its OR - The long instrumental is indicative of the theme of the music video where the protagonist is serenading his guitar as the object of his affection.
  • There needs to be information about the lyrics and how the song is written. A few articles I saw online also mentioned that this is the song that really helped him become popular in the UK - that should be included.
  • I did a cursory search for free online sources and found the following. A more in-depth search (or paying to view some of the articles) should net a lot more potential sources.

Karanacs (talk) 21:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose, 1a and 1b. Substandard prose, sparse information doesn't even approach being comprehensive. Fear whatever is going on at GA. --Laser brain (talk) 22:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This nomination has been archived. A bot will run within several days to remove the FAC note from the article talk page. Karanacs (talk) 15:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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