Talk:Davido/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MonkeyStolen234 (talk · contribs) 17:57, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it well written?
 * A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
 * B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
 * It is written in a matter-of-fact way with no biases to the article subject
 * 1) Is it verifiable with no original research?
 * A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
 * B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons&mdash;science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
 * C. It contains no original research:
 * D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
 * Photos used are under the Creative Commons and are taken by the uploaders
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
 * B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
 * It features a "pending changes" lock to block situations like this. There is, however, a permanent dead link notice within one of the citations, but I don't believe that it affects the entirety of the article.
 * 1) Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * There are only two on the page, however. One for the infobox at the top.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * It features a "pending changes" lock to block situations like this. There is, however, a permanent dead link notice within one of the citations, but I don't believe that it affects the entirety of the article.
 * 1) Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * There are only two on the page, however. One for the infobox at the top.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Pass or Fail:

Comments

 * This review seems incomplete, and doesn't have many comments. I'm also concerned about some of the comments you have left - you note the permanent dead link but say that it's fine. It's not: it means that there is some information that cannot be sourced. Your assessment of the illustration use also seems to overlook charts, and it doesn't mention if there should be more than two images? Would you be able to expand on these comments, and perhaps add some more detailed ones to explain your overall assessments, too? Kingsif (talk) 02:59, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I forgot I even did this one! I did it when I thought this was a voting system. Now I get it, I don't have anything else to say about this one. I retract this. —MonkeyStolen234 (talk) 07:45, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Let me know if you're done reviewing the article. I just replaced the dead link source that was in the article.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 14:12, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , yes I'm finished. Thanks. —MonkeyStolen234 (talk) 14:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reviewing the article. Since you're done, you can closed the review by following the instructions outlined in step 4 of WP:GAREV.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 14:41, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Further review

 * Reopening per discussion with MonkeyStolen234, I'll add some more comments. Kingsif (talk) 00:33, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * comments to follow - pinging nominator. Kingsif (talk) 13:40, 22 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Images free, infobox fine, singles chart fine
 * Is the bottom banner for the Next Rated award a common banner - i.e. is it used for everyone who wins it?
 * Shouldn't List of awards and nominations received by Davido be mentioned in the text - presumably both the lead and main body?
 * Ignoring the sources copying from Wikipedia, copyvio check is clear
 * Sources all seem reliable
 * Prose:
 * As an overall question, is the article using American English or Nigerian English? There's a mix of spellings and date formatting.
 * Why would going to Babcock honor his father? Did his father go there or something?
 * Davido plays a poor farmer who falls in love with the prince's fiancé - is it a man or a woman? fiancé is male, fiancée is female.
 * In its second verse, Davido addresses his arrest and Caroline Danjuma's role in fueling the rumor he was involved in the death of Tagbo Umenike - It would have been nice if either of these immensely important things had been mentioned before!
 * Remove capital for 'it' in Davido released "Assurance" on April 30, 2018; It samples Paw Paw's "Biggie Biggie".
 * Add capital for 'He' in he dedicated the track to his girlfriend
 * Subsection headers could use work, e.g. "If", "Fall", "Fia" and "Assurance" - these are almost all singles from the same album. Just use the album title.
 * How would a Guardian article be evidence that a concert didn't sell out? Did it have pictures with empty seats or something? I don't doubt that critics might use something like that, but could this be explained in the article so it doesn't seem so strange?
 * These three sentences about the O2 London concert selling out are all cited to the same source - since none of the sentences has a direct quotation from the source, an inline citation only needs to appear at the end of the three, not at the end of each (preventing OVERCITE).
 * Remove "Blow My Mind" contains lyrics are about a girl who blows Davido's mind simply - unnecessary (and awful grammar, as a side note, so it may have been randomly added by a not-main editor)
 * who asked Davido to appear on his 2018 single "Dun Rich" - so did he feature on 'Dun Rich' or not?
 * said the album will feature - change tense/phrasing now that the album is out


 * Personal life section not long enough to warrant being separate - it could be added to an 'Early and personal life' section if the article were to have a bit of restructuring (this could also help coverage issues)

Overall
Well it's well-written, the content of most of the writing is a long prose list of his singles. A bit of his cultural impact, traveling, music tours, and whatever this arrest and murder business is (!) should be included for suitable biographical coverage. At the moment, the article could be accurately retitled 'Description of singles and albums by Davido'. Kingsif (talk) 14:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you respond to the above? Kingsif (talk) 12:50, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, can you respond? I have enough concerns that I'll have to open a GA review if they're not addressed, but I've given you over a month so it seems fair. Kingsif (talk) 01:04, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Kingsif, I guess you never got a response?, I don't see how this is a GA--Kingsif's assessment is pretty accurate. User:Versace1608? Drmies (talk) 16:49, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd agree it needs more work to qualify as a GA; did not realize it had GA status. OhNo itsJamie Talk 18:37, 25 March 2021 (UTC)