Talk:Vs. (Pearl Jam album)/GA1
GA Review[edit]
- Lead
- "Vs. is the second album" Should that be studio album?
- "Ten (1991)" I'd be tempted to alter this to "Ten, released in 1991,"
- "the longest duration by a Pearl Jam album" Perhaps "for" a Pearl Jam album?
- Recording
- "The first week of recording produced "Rats", "Blood", "Go", and "Leash" before the band hit a lull" Do you have a ref for this?
- Music
- "The songs on the album tackle personal as well as social and political concerns. Topics on the album include child abuse ("Daughter"), gun culture ("Glorified G"), police racism ("W.M.A."), and the media ("Blood")." This sentence seems to sum up the rest of the paragraph. I would be tempted to put most of this in the lead, but also explain the police racism and media topics in this section.
- Release
- "first released some time in the late 1990s" very informal. If you don't know the exact date, simply put "first released during the late 1990s"
- "Had Soundscan counted all seven days, the album would have sold more than 1,000,000 copies in its first week." Have you got a reference for this?
- Imagery
- Do you know why they decided against naming the album "Five against one"?
- Do you have references for all the differences?
- Vs Tour
- What are scalpers? Is there a wikilink?
- Ticket scalpers. I went ahead and linked it to ticket resale.-5- (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- Outtakes
- Do you have a ref for Whipping being cut? Do you know why it was cut?
- Chart positions
- I'd be tempted to add an extra column to the position tables to put the specific refs in, rather than have a long list at the top.
- The Ten and Vitalogy articles have the same thing, and they're listed as good articles.-5- (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- I'd recommend doing it to all the Pearl Jam album articles; it makes it more convenient for readers to find citations. WesleyDodds (talk) 05:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- The Ten and Vitalogy articles have the same thing, and they're listed as good articles.-5- (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- General
- Where relevant, I would wikilink songs when they're first mentioned as well as the track listing section.
- Numbers and their units should be separated with non-breaking spaces, e.g. 950,378 copies.
A bit to do, but nothing substantial, so I'll put it on hold. Peanut4 (talk) 00:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- Re-review
- (Lead) "Ten (1991)" I'd be tempted to alter this to "Ten, released in 1991,"
- (Music) "The songs on the album tackle personal as well as social and political concerns. Topics on the album include child abuse ("Daughter"), gun culture ("Glorified G"), police racism ("W.M.A."), and the media ("Blood")." This sentence seems to sum up the rest of the paragraph. I would be tempted to put most of this in the lead, but also explain the police racism and media topics in this section.
- (Release) "Had Soundscan counted all seven days, the album would have sold more than 1,000,000 copies in its first week." Have you got a reference for this?"
- (Imagery) The differences section needs referencing.
Most of it is the points that haven't been addressed up till now. Some of the other points are fine at GA stage. Peanut4 (talk) 22:15, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
- It is reasonably well written.
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- a (prose): b (MoS):
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- a (major aspects): b (focused):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars etc.:
- No edit wars etc.:
- 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):
- a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
I'll pass it, but as per my comments above, I think some of the issues tackled in the songs, should be in the lead, and then more in depth analysis in the main body of the article. Maybe an idea for expansion if you wanted to take this article any further. Also could do with more images. But otherwise, looks okay. Well done. Peanut4 (talk) 14:05, 10 August 2008 (UTC)