Talk:Ride a White Horse

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Date	Process	Result
July 30, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
February 3, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
February 20, 2010	Good article reassessment	Kept

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Drug reference?[edit]

To "ride the white horse" is a common reference to being high on cocaine or heroin. White horse in and of itself if a reference to both of those particular substances. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.235.130.52 (talk) 20:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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I find it odd that the article correctly asserts the influence of glam acts such as T.Rex, but fails to draw the obvious similarities of this song and T.Rex's Ride A White Swan. VanTucky ^(talk) 04:33, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA review[edit]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
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.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail:

So, on hold, but relatively easy to fix - a couple of more specific comments:

Lead says "electronic-dance song", opening paragraph of background says "club song". Could be confusing to the non-expert reader.
""Ride a White Horse" is a club song that was inspired by the disco era. Alison Goldfrapp had grown up listening to T.Rex and Polish disco music.[2] Interested in the period, she based the song's lyrics around Bianca Jagger's infamous entrance into Studio 54 on a white horse.[1]" - first two sentences could flow better, and all three could do with a slight improvement to the structure.
"The video premiered in the UK in early January 2006.[6] In 2006, the video was ..." doesn't read too well.
Should this article really be in British English (e.g. humour, not humour) as the subject itself is a British English product?
Ref [5] needs to be moved to other side of colon.

Nothing serious at all, so give me a shout when these have been dealt with. Good work thus far. The Rambling Man 12:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your modifications per above get my vote, so I'll promote to GA without further ado. Well done. The Rambling Man 15:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! -- Underneath-it-All 16:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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