Talk:Romances (Luis Miguel album)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk · contribs) 01:21, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: none found.

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:25, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Another song, "De quererte asi" ("If I Love You Like This"), which was translated into Spanish by Alex Marcoriginates, who originates from France where it was composed and performed by Charles Aznavour under the title "De t'avoir aimee" Ungrammatical.

   • • I might need help with this one. EDIT: I rewrote the sentence similar to the "Manha Do Carnaval" translation.

   Miguel also covers the Manazero's songs "Voy a apagar la luz/Contigo aprendi" ("I Am Going To Turn Off The Lights/With You I Learned"), the opening track, and "Amanecer" ("To Be Awake") Ungrammatical.

   • • Might also need help with this one. EDIT: I gave it a shot by rewriting.

   The Hit Factory should be wikilinked. As should be Ocean Way Recording, but the specific location should be noted.

   • • I've wikilinked the Hit Factory as you asked. I'm not sure what you mean on the last part.

   ''The success of Romance had sparked an interest in Silvetti to produce Latin ballads for artists such as "in" rather than "to"

   • • "an interest in Silvetti in produce Latin ballads", so wouldn't it be "an interest in Silvetti in producing Latin ballads"?

   On the selection of songs for the album, Manzanero stated "About" would be better than "On"

   • • Fixed.

   ''An event was held in New York City for the release of the album, which was released on August 12, 1997, in the United States. "An event" - what sort of event? Uimted States does not need a wikilink.

   • • It was a promotion and I changed it as such.

   Now it reads: An event to promote to release of the album was held in New York City, which was released on August 12, 1997, in the United States.. I don't think you are paying attention at all. Please rewrite in good plain English. You also need to find a replacement cite as that is a dead link.

   Removed sentence part and combined with next sentence, also removed cite. Chaosdruid (talk) 17:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

   On the week of August 23, 1997, it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.[ - "In" not "On".{[not done}}

   • • Change all instances of "on" to "in" for the charts? EDIT: I went ahead did it.

   ''A week later it reached No. 1 - "Number" not "No." as per WP:Mos#Abbreviations

   I am afraid that is not quite correct. See next ...

   • • Change all instances of "No." to "number"? EDIT: I went ahead changed all instances.
       • MoS says to use No. (MOS:NUMBERSIGN), if that contradicts something somewhere else in MoS, please point that out so that it can be resolved there. Chaosdruid (talk) 16:18, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

   Yes there are contradictory nuances in the MoS. I think I was thinking about the use of #, so No. is acceptable, sorry. Jezhotwells (talk) 10:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

   As of 1999 the album has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. - needs updating, that was twelve years ago!

   • • Most sources (such as this one) I have found states that the album has sold over 4.5 million copies.

   Miguel launched his Romances Tour, consisting of 79 concerts, which featured Miguel performing dance pop and bolero arrangements for two-and-a-half hours each show. - "in each show"

   • Fixed

   The first show began in Las Vegas, Nevada, - "The first show was in Las Vegas, Nevada," is better.

   • Fixed

   '' In Argentina it reach number one on the CAPIF albums chart Surely "reached.

   The prose throughout shows a general sloppiness and lack of attention to detail like this. Get someone else to copy-edit it.

I have done another copyedit run through. Chaosdruid (talk)

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Sources appear to be WP:RS, statements are cited and no evidence of WP:OR, Spot checks show that statements are correctly cited.

2. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Thorough and detailed without unnecessary trivia,

3. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   NPOV

4. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Article appears to be stable.

5. 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):

   Images are licensed, the album cover in the infobox needs a caption, I am not sure why the image File:Armando Manzanero2010.jpg is included as it adds noting to the article and is not specifically referenced.

   • • Done.

6. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   On hold for seven days for the above issues to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:06, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

   • • So how does it hold up now that Chaosdruid helped with the copy-editing? Erick (talk) 17:29, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

   OK, I think it passes muster now, so happy to award GA status. Jezhotwells (talk) 10:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.