Talk:Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)/GA1

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Canadian Paul 00:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will be reviewing this article right now - just setting up the review page:

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. 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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Some comments:

  1. Reference #16 just says "Halstead, p. 358", which isn't enough to identify the source.
 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. I'm not sure that it's necessary to repeat the video in the "External links" section when you've already used it as a reference within the text.
 Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Reference #3 is dead.
 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Under "Background and composition", second paragraph - "Lyrically, "Who Is It" pertain to being in despair after being left by someone you love." - Is there a guideline as to whether or not something like this should be cited? On one hand, it's inherent to the song, so it may not be necessary to cite - on the other hand, it could be taken as an interpretation and therefore (potentially) controversial. I would imagine that it could be cited, as the section below mentions a critic (Gilham) who discusses this exact idea.
 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 01:02, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The second paragraph of the "Release and Reception" section uses "chart" and "charting" to the point of distraction - I know that in a lot of cases it's not possible to change, but that's not always the case. For example: "The song charted within the top twenty chart position's, peaking at number fourteen, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart". This could be replaced with something like "The song peaked at number fourteen on the...." which not only removes two instances of the word "chart" but also gets rid of a bit of redundancy. Please go through this paragraph and see if you can't change some things around to make it flow better; I'll reread it after you've edited it a bit.
 Done Crystal Clear x3 01:11, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The third paragraph has the same problem ("the song charted on the country's chart for four weeks before charting out of the chart's top fifty positions") and also uses "debuted" and "peaked" in the same structure a lot.
 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 01:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Same paragraph- "The track debuted at it's peak position, number ten on the thirtieth week of 1992; the song charted at it's peak position for two weeks before falling off the chart." - This sentence doesn't mention what country it's talking about (presumably Norway, given the citation)
 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Under "Music video" - "Similar to other singles released from Dangerous, a music video was released to support the song." - The word "released" twice in the same sentence isn't going to work either. Easily replaced by something like "Similar to other singles from the Dangerous album..."
 Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Same section - "The music video consists of clips of Jackson's career highlights, such as clips of his "Billie Jean" performance at the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever in 1983, and clips of Jackson in his music videos for songs from the 1980s and 1990s." - Other than the really poor use of plural vs. apostrophe that I had to fix, there are three "clips" in this one sentence.
 Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To allow for these changes to be made I am placing the article on hold for a period of up to a week. I'm always open to discussion on any of the items, so if you think I'm wrong on something leave your thoughts here and we'll discuss. I'll be checking this page at least daily, unless something comes up, so you can be sure I'll notice any comments left here. Canadian Paul 00:39, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whew, okay... so I needed to go through the whole article again to make sure that I corrected all the improper apostrophe use... but I think that I caught them all now. One final problem: the lead should contain a mention of the the "music video" section, as the lead must summarize all major sections. Once you've done that, then this article should be ready for GA status. Canadian Paul 01:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Crystal Clear x3 01:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Alright then, nothing left to say except congratulations and thank you for your hard work. Canadian Paul 01:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 02:09, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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