Wikipedia:Peer review/Collin Raye/archive1

Collin Raye

I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to promote it to good article status. So far, the most obvious thing missing from this article is a picture, but I don't know of any good resources for free images of him. Other than that, I would like to know what improvements could be made overall to this article -- what parts should be expanded, re-worded, etc.

Thanks,

Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 04:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

A few things I noted in a quick read-through:

• You mention that his mother sang back in the 1950s as a pre-act for some big names, and that she sometimes brought Collin and his brother onto the stage to sing harmonies. But Collin wasn't born until 1960, so how did that work?!
• Any information about the family that's mentioned several times? How many kids? How long married and to whom? That sort of thing.
• I think the WP:MOS discourages following a section header immediately with a subsection header, as you've done in Solo Career, where you've jumped immediately into the information about the albums. I'd suggest moving the first few sentences of the "In the beginning" subsection higher, and changing that subsection name to the name of his first album to match the next subsection. The same comment goes for the Mid Career section.
• Sentences like the one saying he thought about giving up his music career for a factory job should be referenced. Where did he say that?
• As for other information that would be good to include, some comments from mainstream reviewers about his style, albums, success, etc. would be appropriate.
• You probably should get someone from the League of Copyeditors to do a walkthrough once you're done, just to fine-tune the prose. Good luck! MeegsC | Talk 16:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

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Whoops, I fixed the info on the Sun Records artists (she sang in the 1950s, then became a solo artist in the 1960s). I haven't found much info on his family, or any mainstream reviewers at all, besides what's All Music Guide. It's so hard to find decent information on musical artists online, because you have to fight through a zillion lyrics/tabs sites, illegal download pages, All Music Guide copycats, and all that junk. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 23:12, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd try to find a print media interview if I were you. Is there a Country Music project on WP? Maybe someone there would have access to that... MeegsC | Talk 10:46, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There is a WikiProject Country Music, but it doesn't seem incredibly active. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 01:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)