Talk:Scherzo in F-sharp minor (Shostakovich)

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Date	Process	Result
July 14, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Scherzo in F-sharp minor (Shostakovich)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 06:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

I will review this short article today; it is appropriately the GAN before mine in the queue! --K. Peake 06:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review, again! Really appreciate the comments. I have addressed them all now. Let me know if there's anything else to do. Unexpectedlydian^♯4 talk^‽ 15:01, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead[edit]

Link anything significant in the infobox like you have elsewhere, e.g. Dmitri Shostakovich
- Done
Introduce who Dmitri Shostakovich is
- Done
Pipe Petrograd Conservatory to Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Done
"It is one of" → "The composition is one of"
- Done
"It was premiered in" → "The composition was premiered in"
- Done
After the above sentence, add one about the themes of this composition, followed by a critical reception sentence; split into two paras if enough sentences
- Done
Wikilink F-sharp minor
- Done

Background[edit]

Wikilink F-sharp minor
- Done
"during the autumn of early winter months" I don't think this actually makes sense
- Should be "or", have changed. Done
"the composers' first year at" → "the composer's first year at"
- Done
Pipe Petrograd Conservatory to Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Done
"Shostakovich was almost fifteen." → "Shostakovich was almost 15." per MOS:NUM
- Also changed thirteen to 13. Done
Shouldn't you write "this generally remains" since the date has been disputed as you've cited here?
- Done
Wikilink B minor
- Done
"composition teacher, Maximilian Steinberg, who had taught Shostakovich" → "composition teacher Maximilian Steinberg, who had taught him"
- Done
The last para can be moved to the end of the critical assessment section, which can be also a legacy one as I will later explain
- Done

Form[edit]

Pipe Tchaikovsky to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Done
See MOS:NUM for the correct formatting of the numbers of the instruments
- Done
"reminiscent of Maximillian Steinberg." → "reminiscent of Steinberg."
- Done
Wikilink D major
- Done

Critical assessment[edit]

Retitle to Reception and legacy
- Done
Add a comma after Nikolai Malko
- Done
Mention the year of Symphony No. 1
- Done
Pipe ballet to Ballet (music)
- Done
Remove wikilink on Tchaikovsky
- Done
Pipe Delibes to Léo Delibes
- Done
Remove comma before Children's Notebook
- Done
"to the composer: Gillies" → "to the composer; Gillies"
- Done

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

Copyvio score looks phenomenal at 5.7%!!!!
Ref 11 does not lead to any work, so fix it
- Link didn't work due to a typo, have fixed now. Done

Works cited[edit]

Pipe Grove Music Online to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Done

Final comments and verdict[edit]

On hold until all of the issues are fixed; nice job on this one! --K. Peake 08:30, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Pass now; I did some brief copy editing for appropriate usage of paras! --K. Peake 07:27, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]