Talk:Boys (Britney Spears song)

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April 20, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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Charts[edit]

I think it should be noted that it's her worst US single, being 22 (or 122) on the Bubbling Under 100 chart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.36.11 (talk) 19:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: AJona1992 (talk) 00:07, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Lead

"A version of the song, "The Co-ed Remix" was released as the sixth single from Spears' second studio album, Britney." - Albums released year needs to be in parenthesis.

"is an urban hip-hop piece" contradicts what the Composition section states.

Background

It was written and produced by The Neptunes (Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams) of American rap group N.E.R.D..^[1] I'm having trouble understanding this sentence here. The song was written by two Neptunes members who are associated with N.E.R.D.? The Lead section sounds more better, btw.

The release also made it the sixth single release to come from Britney - Would say something like this: The song became the sixth single released from the album Britney

"stays true to the fractured funk that the heart of the film." - Is there something missing?

Composition

The remix version of the track contains a slower tempo that the original. what?

and influences Prince's music - Missing word (and influence of Prince's music)

New Musical Express - needs to be italic.

Notes

I'm going to put this article On hold for further development. Sorry for the delay, best, AJona1992 (talk) 23:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Candy seems to be tied up IRL, so I have fixed all of this issues you have raised. Adabow (talk · contribs) 07:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for fixing all the issues, I will re-read the article within two days. AJona1992 (talk) 01:22, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note you didn't fix one of the issues that I pointed out, however, I fixed it and passed it to GA status. Congrats and take care, AJona1992 (talk) 18:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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