Talk:Degradation Trip/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 12:01, 1 December 2011 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * many MOS issues, WP:SEASON, WP:MOSDATE; do not abbreviate, eg "he'd"
 * "Degradation Trip featured two singles and was well received by critics" - two relatively different statements; split the clause
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Odd date formats, eg "9-17-11.". Please use either "mm.dd.yyyy" or "mm dd, yyy"
 * Use cite web, cite news, etc templates, no bare urls
 * Allmusic is the work; Rovi Corporation is the publisher
 * You don't need to write the url in refs. And the publisher is mostly not the url; the url is the work published by a publisher. An exception is Sputnikmusic.com; but the publisher for Canoe is "Canoe Inc" and not "Jam.canoe.ca" (you can see the publisher mostly at the bottom, besider the copyright sign, etc)
 * Blogs are generally unreliable, but after reading its about page, I am satisfied it is reliable (as being featured in MTV)
 * obnoxiouslisteners does not seem to be reliable. The authors are non-professional critics
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * not sure about this; do we really need information about touring? I mean, this article is about the album, not his tours.
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * In "Critical reception" "overwhelmingly" is imho bias, as it also received 4 stars. "Overwhelmingly" would be five stars given by nearly every or every critic.
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) 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):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:


 * Dabsolver check: Fixed two dabs
 * Checklinks check: One dead link: Unchained Melodies ref
 * Reflinks check: Filled a few

If I may.
 * Comments
 * In the Infobox for Released this needs a start date template.
 * Length needs a duration template.
 * The "charts" section needs to be formatted to comply with Wikipedia's WP:MOS (look at Mariah Carey (album)). *Also this sentence "second solo album"? you mean "second solo studio album"? The sentence contradicts what the infobox states.
 * Why is "single" wikilink? (per WP:COMMONWORD).
 * "more easily compares" sounds WP:OR and does ref#12 verifies this?
 * Another WP:OR (and possible violation of WP:NPOV) sentence "overwhelmingly positive reviews" needs to be checked.
 * Why is Boggy Depot overlinked in the article?
 * SOURCE? for Sandy Masuo's review and J.D. Considine's review?
 * All songs written and composed by Jerry Cantrell needs a cite album-notes template to verify.
 * To the reviewer, what are the links that you are having troubles with? Best, Jona yo!  Selena 4 ever  18:23, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I actually requested a second opinion to make sure there is no copyright violation, or close paraphrasing. But as I do not have any access to mtv.com, I need someone who currently resides in USA and who will check if there is any violation. -- ♫GoP♫ T C N 18:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind.
 * Well there aren't any copyrighted information, however, this quotation from the author "When Jerry Cantrell says fuck Sevendust, I say fuck you, Jerry Cantrell. I hope you heard me, Jerry Cantrell." has to be written like so "... When Jerry Cantrell says fuck Sevendust, I say fuck you, Jerry Cantrell. I hope you heard me, Jerry Cantrell ..." Otherwise no copyright issues to report. Best, Jona yo!  Selena 4 ever  15:33, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * On hold points made by Ajona and me need to be adressed. It needs some work before passing. Otherwise it is not that far away from being passed.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 13:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * 7 days have relapsed, and the nominator is unfortunately not very active. I will fail this article to give him time to fix these issues before renominating.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 14:46, 8 December 2011 (UTC)