Talk:Merry Christmas II You/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Azealia911 (talk · contribs) 16:42, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I'm  Azealia 911  talk  and I'll be reviewing this article against the good article criteria. I'm happy to inform you that this article does not meet the grounds for an immediate failure, so a full, thorough review is to come within 48 hours. Thankyou,  Azealia 911  talk  16:42, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. — Calvin999  18:47, 19 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment: Bill Lamb of About.com is a grossly unrelaible source per WP:ALBUM/SOURCES. I tried removing it, but my edits keep glitching for some reason.  Cool Marc  06:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Not according to WikiProject Albums/Sources/About.com Critics Table. — Calvin999  10:17, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh OK, my mistake. He was considered unreliable for quite some time, but I see this has now recently changed. Thanks for pointing out.  Cool Marc  11:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Here's part of my review, I was originally going to do a full review all at once, but I'll be a little busy over the next few days. Here's the preliminary stuff, any blank section will be added to shortly.  Azealia 911  talk  21:56, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

General
✅ — Calvin999  18:35, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * MoS:DASH violations in reference titles.
 * No 'Release history' section, even though there's different versions of the album?
 * I used prose instead. — Calvin999  18:33, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * All of the images, including the cover artwork, need alts, and please don't make them describing the persons fashion.

Lead and infobox
✅ — Calvin999  19:29, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Cover art needs an ALT
 * Link Christmas album and studio album
 * "It received mixed reviews" → "The album received mixed reviews"
 * The word "sentimental" only appears in this sentence, so who exactly thought it was sentimental?
 * Need a comma after (RIAA).
 * "It missed out on the top one-hundred in the United Kingdom." → I'd suggest "It missed out on the top one-hundred in the United Kingdom by one spot, peaking at 101 on the albums chart." or something similar. Not everyone realizes there's more than 100 places, and this could be interpreted to mean that it didn't chart in the UK at all.

Background and production
✅ — Calvin999  16:02, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Remove the space in "Shobiz 411"
 * saying → stating
 * Unlink the second use of Showbiz411

Composition
✅ — Calvin999  16:02, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "The third track" add 'of the album'
 * Could you possible trim the quote at the end of the paragraph that begins with "Track five"?
 * Well, it's lyrics, not a quote from a critic. — Calvin999  16:02, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "The seventh track" add 'on the album'
 * Link About.com

Singles

 * Considering this section is dedicated to singles from the album, having links to their articles wouldn't be overlinking in my opinion.
 * "Oh Santa! needs a closing quote mark
 * 'soared' sounds very encyclopedic, try rose.
 * If it's very encyclopaedic then what's the problem ;-)  — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  16:04, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I swear I made the same typo when reviewing another of your GA's, glad you caught on!  Azealia 911  talk

✅ — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  16:04, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Release and promotion
✅ — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  18:38, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "featuring her mother Patricia" which song featured her mother? All of them? One? Which one?
 * "Of recording" → "On recording"
 * Remove "and her pregnancy", it's irrelevant to the topic and opens up a whole other can of worms
 * Unless every other country had a different release date to that of North America, remove "The album was also released on November 2 in Canada.[56]"

Critical reception
✅ — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  18:41, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Is the (Positive) and (Negative) ratings in the infobox WP:OR?
 * Not really. They didn't give star ratings, so I have to judge the tone of them in order to say positive or negative. — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  18:41, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The infobox used BBC Music, the prose uses BBC, use one.
 * "which indicates 'mixed or average'" Mixed or average what?
 * "echoed Lamb's sentiments" How? After reading what you say about the two, I'm not seeing anything that connects them, except for the fact that they both liked the album.
 * Lamb said "relaxed, comfortable" and "engaging", and Guerra said "unpretentious, unfussy and joyous". They both praised it using synonyms — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  18:41, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "gave a mixed review of the album" → "gave the album two and a half stars in his review"

Commercial performance
✅ — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  08:19, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * "most top ten entries" needs a comma after entries.
 * "It also peaked" → "The album also peaked"

Charts
✅ — <b style="color:#595454">Calvin999</b>  08:26, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Charts → Charts and certifications
 * Either use or at least make the listings look the same as your other current GA nomination (EG add chart providers).
 * Why do certifications come before year-end charts?