Talk:Endgame (Megadeth album)/GA2

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Petergriffin9901 (talk • message • contribs • count • logs • email)

Fail - This is resulting in a quick-fail. Far too many issues to outline now; the article is simply under-prepared
- Prose are not strong; "Jones suggested that the title and cover of Endgame was inspired by the documentary Endgame, which was written and directed by Jones. Jones"
- MoS violations everywhere -> Billboard should appear in italics (printed source). The article (just by looking the lead) has no structure. Just idea by idea, sentence by sentence. It reads like "written and produced" "debuted at" "performed at" "sold that"
- A lot of unsourced content (the whole charting section)
- Under-link
- No ref for credits
- The references are just in shambles. So many poorly formatted references and just plain unreliable ones; infowars.com, megahammer.com, roadrunners.com, everydayjoe.com
You need real improvement here buddy. Good luck next time.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 09:16, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The citations from Infowars & Prison planet were to note about Mustaine being on Alex Jones' radio show, and the origin of the title Endgame (in reference to a 'documentary' by Jones. Did you even check why they were there? 'Roadrunners.com' is supposed to be Roadrunnerrecords.com (the website for Megadeth's label, and someone must have entered it wrong. While you have raised several valid points, it really appears that you didn't closely look at anything here.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 14:13, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, I am not seeing a "Megahammer" listed as a source. Did you mean "Metal Hammer"? in which case, that is a British heavy metal news magazine, and is a reliable source in the context of heavy metal. The 'Everydayjoe' source is actually a re-reporting of a blabbermouth.net (Roadrunner records' online rock/metal news site) story, and can be replaced.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 14:17, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also might ask how exactly is the article "underlinked"? Aren't there plenty of wikilinks in there already?--L1A1 FAL (talk) 16:28, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to say this, but all this shows is your lack of understanding of the GA criteria. Please see other recently promoted albums to understand what needs to be done to ensure a pass. See The Emancipation of Mimi.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 19:31, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

so, you're just going to dismiss my concerns? Why don't you actually address them? PS, sorry about the accidental change on one of your other pages, I was checking to see if you were still active and bumped the rv button by mistake--L1A1 FAL (talk) 19:35, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is fine, no harm done. I am not dismissing your concerns, however, understand that the article was not ready for GAC and failed. I already told you once the article is re-nominated and GA-worthy, I would gladly re-review it, so you don't have to wait again.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 19:39, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You made no response to my specific concerns. Granted, you did bring up several things in your original failure explanation (and I have acted on some of them to the extent that I was able to quickly address them). Either way, I am concerned you did not really pay close enough attention to several things, and I will repeat what I said about infowars.com - it was being used in relation to an appearance by Mustaine on Jones' radio show, in which context it is suitable.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 19:46, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A community re-assessment has been formally requested for this article.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 01:04, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]