Talk:Drew Gooden (YouTuber)/GA1

GA review
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Reviewer: Bobamnertiopsis (talk · contribs) 18:02, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi ! I've got a passing familiarity with Gooden's work and can take a look at this one.


 * Prose (1a)
 * "His content ranges from discussing the difficulty for an internet celebrity to break into mainstream media[10] (as with Lilly Singh and her criticized talk show A Little Late with Lilly Singh)[4][18] to Jake and Logan Paul,[5] TikTok creators,[19] and bad movie reviews." This list feels a bit muddled. Maybe rephrase slightly (and trim the Singh parenthetical): "Topics of discussion in Gooden's videos have included the difficulties faced by internet celebrities attempting to break into mainstream media, the brothers Jake and Logan Paul, TikTok creators, and bad movies." Or similar!
 * Relaiable sources (2b)
 * All looks good; I appreciate the indication of primary sources and feel they're broadly used appropriately.
 * Original resources (2c)
 * Where does the "2016" in the infobox "Years active" come from?
 * Focus (3b)
 * There are two instances where the Wired interview source is cited to bits that feel largely trivial:
 * "To his surprise, his name was announced while he was watching the show with his wife."
 * "A running joke between Gooden's fans is that he is the creator of YouTube."
 * I'd trim both of these absent more substantial coverage of the importance of either point.


 * Neutrality (4)
 * Can "although it would be also called 'passably funny'" be changed to include mention that this was in The Atlantic in text to confer weight to what otherwise might read as a passing comment?

All in all this is quite close, just a few little bits to tidy up here and then it'll be good to go. Thanks for your work on this! Please do ping me with any questions and/or once you've implemented these changes. —&#8288;Collint c 18:02, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Putting on hold for a week, do lmk if you'll need more time. —&#8288;Collint c 18:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bobamnertiopsis: ✅! "Years active" is 2016 as that was when he first uploaded to YouTube, although those were just several short comedy sketches. — V ORTEX  3427 (Talk!) 22:10, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for implementing these comments! Running a spot-check on sources now:
 * "The two were engaged in 2016,[P 5]" → "Last April a girl commented on one of my vines. She lived 2000 miles away. Now we are engaged & live in the same house. All because of @vine" ✔️
 * "Growing up, Gooden wanted to write for Saturday Night Live." → "I grew up wanting to be on SNL or at least write for SNL." ✔️
 * "By the time Vine closed in January 2017, Gooden had amassed several hundred thousand followers. Besides a small Twitter account, he had no other online followings and decided to migrate to YouTube alongside many other Viners." → "“I went from having no presence whatsoever online to having a couple hundred thousand followers,” he said. When Vine shuttered in 2017, Gooden found himself starting his internet career over. His only other social media following was on a Twitter account with about a thousand followers, and with no other path to tread, he decided to give YouTube a try." + "Today he's a full-time YouTuber with a commentary channel on pop culture." ✔️
 * "Gooden's breakout video was a June 2018 review of Jake Paul's live show, which he was highly critical of. Unlike his other videos, which then averaged one hundred thousand views, the Paul video was viewed four million times in one month." → "(June 2018) ... Without a doubt, the video that blew up my channel was when I went to a Jake Paul concert. My other videos were doing like 100,000 views, and that one did 4 million in a month." + "Gooden ... had the perfect snarky commentary accompanying the break down." ✔️
 * "Paste described his videos as his "own comedic version of investigative journalism".[17]" → "Via their work, I’ve learned about so many corners of the internet that are new sources of Unending Hate for me, but I know that through their own comedic version of investigative journalism, they’re waking up teens that might have once just inherently believed the reality of these influencers and their community." ✔️
 * Looks good here. I'm happy to pass this one! Great work. —&#8288;Collint c 22:52, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review! — V ORTEX  3427 (Talk!) 22:58, 9 January 2023 (UTC)