Talk:Blackstar (album)/GA1

GA Review
The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.''

Reviewer: Lirim.Z (talk · contribs) 22:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

 * No need for the Records and Music after the label name
 * I believe it is typical to say "Records", etc. in the lead, just not in the infobox


 * You do not need refs in the lead if the claims are properly sourced within the text body, which they are in this case
 * I thought the exact same thing but another editor said otherwise. Fixed

Artwork and packaging

 * "The cover's star image is credited to NASA in the CD booklet." Put a ref on that sentence and don't just mention it.
 * Done, added liner notes

Release

 * "Blackstar was released on 8 January 2016, coinciding with Bowie's 69th birthday, through his ISO label, Columbia Records and Sony Music." Columbia etc.
 * Again to my knowledge, it perfectly acceptable to use "Records", etc. mid-sentence, unless there's a WP or MOS rule that states otherwise...

Commercial performance/Charts

 * The section is really short for a super successful album like this, there is more information on charts available which should be included
 * That's on me. I normally never have to work on commercial performance sections. I'll see what I can do.


 * "after selling 146,000 copies in the first week" The Ref. 81, does not support this statement; just swap ref 81 with ref 82
 * Done.


 * It sold 178k in the US, not 181k. The 181k are Album-equivalent units. It "moved 181,000 units" would be better wording
 * Done


 * "In the week 11–17 January, Blackstar was the most downloaded album in 25 iTunes national charts.[90]" WP:SINGLEVENDOR; Remove entirely, do not use Itunes etc.
 * Done


 * Five Music is a streaming service; WP:SINGLEVENDOR
 * The Gaon Ref is titled 3rd week of 2016, the archive links to the 50th week of 2015 on the component internationl chart?; Worth mentioning that it peaked at no. 29 on the main chart
 * The Oricon link does not work. New link:

Track listing

 * add a ref to the liner notes claim
 * Done

Release history

 * You should combine US/EU under Various; this gives the impression that the album wasn't released in other parts of the world; also it was released in all formats as far as I can tell worldwide on the same day
 * Done.


 * Add streaming
 * Done.

Other

 * Copy-violation:, direct quotes from reviews and song titles – I see no issue

Outcome

 * A well written article, only the commercial performance section should be brought to the same standard as the rest. Researching in different languages takes time, so I grant you 10 days.-- Lirim  |  Talk  09:08, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Holy crap I never received a notification for this I'm so sorry! I'll get working on this right now. – zmbro (talk) 23:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I just realized I never added this to my watchlist which is probably why I never saw this, although the bot also never informed me this was on hold. Anyways, you can go ahead and fail this. I won't be able to get all your requests done by tomorrow. – zmbro (talk) 23:00, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌ per user wish. Some problems still need to be fixed; should easily pass a new review soon.-- Lirim  |  Talk  16:22, 17 October 2020 (UTC)