Talk:Sparks (band)/GA1

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GA Reassessment

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As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force ("GA Sweeps"), all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA.) I have determined that this article needs some work to meet current criteria, outlined below:

• Paragraphs are composed of three or more sentences; no less. All the one or two-sentence groupings need to either be fleshed out, merged with other groups, or cut entirely.
• Apparently unsourced statements in the article include:
  • "Also in this period, the duo appeared in the video for Justin Hawkins's cover of This Town Ain't Big Enough For The both Of Us, in which Ron and Russell play the referee and MC at a darts match between Hawkins and darts champion Phil Taylor. This version of "This Town" reached No. 6 in the UK charts."
  • "On May 12, 2008, Sparks released the single "Good Morning", taken from the album Exotic Creatures Of The Deep."
  • "Each night, they performed an album in its entirety followed by a rare track — many of the songs have never been performed live before. The band asked their fans to visit their website and vote for the track that they'd most like to hear the band perform during the second half of the 21st concert after the première of Exotic Creatures Of The Deep, though Russell Mael admitted that he and Ron would probably influence the poll a little."
  • "Fans who bought a "Golden Ticket" (which allowed entry into all 21 gigs) also received a poster signed by the band and a CD single entitled Islington N1, a reference to the postal address of the venue for the first 20 gigs."
  • "In 2009 the band played two consecutive nights at the London Forum on 20 and 21 March. The played Exotic Creatures of the Deep in its entirety at both gigs, followed by Kimono My House in its entirety on the first night and No 1 In Heaven in its entirety on the second night."
  • Most of the "Style" subsection, including "Sparks' musical style has changed dramatically over their almost forty-year career. In the beginning they attempted to emulate the sound of their English heroes, such as The Who, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd and The Kinks, sometimes even pretending to be an English band while on the LA club circuit. They relocated to England during the Glam rock era where, despite cutting an odd figure on this scene, they found success with their polished brand of intricate pop tunes and convoluted lyrics. By the second half of the decade, they were concerned that the sound they had developed while based in England was in danger of becoming stale; they returned to LA, determined to adopt a more "West Coast" sound. This they achieved with producer Rupert Holmes on Big Beat and (sans Holmes) on Introducing Sparks."
  • File:Sparks this town aint big enough for the both of us(clip).ogg, File:Sparks Big Boy(clip).ogg, File:Sparks When Do I Get To Sing My Way(clip).ogg, and File:Sparks Perfume(clip).ogg have weak fair use rationales and are not supported by significant critical commentary; as such, they currently fail WP:NFCC.
• The lead is fairly well-developed and generally covers the major aspects of the article, but contains info (such as credited influences) that I do not see in the article body. Lead and body need to be harmonized.

I am putting the article on hold for one week pending improvements to the above. Please keep me appraised of progress and status on this page. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 20:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

As no progress has been made on the above in the allotted time, I am delisting the article. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 19:40, 2 March 2010 (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.