Talk:Open Your Heart (Madonna song)/GA1

GA Review
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I think it is a very good article. If anything it is a little too long, but that's no big deal. If you want add a citation or two in the overview, but that's about it. I'm passing it. BillyJack193 (talk) 18:58, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Starting review.Pyrotec (talk) 19:36, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Initial review
The article is readable, has a good scope and is well-referenced. It appears to be at the right level to acheive GA-status without too much work.

I will now go through it in detail again, but leaving the WP:lead until last.Pyrotec (talk) 20:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

As above, this article is generally at or about GA-level. At present, I'm just concentrating on minor "problems/defects":


 * Critical response
 * The first paragraph states "Author Nicholas B. Dirks, in his book Culture/power/history reviewed the song ....". Well there are three editors, so is it his book (possibly 1/3rd of it is his)? Are you refering to a particular chapter in the book, with a named author who happens to be Nicholas B. Dirks?
 * ✅Changed to one of the authors. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Musical video
 * In contrast to the information provided about the song, its not clear from this section, the WP:lead, or the Info box, when the video was made. The first paragraph says, it was nominated for three wards in 1987, so perhaps its late 1986 to 1987?
 * ✅It was 1987 only. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * WP:lead -
 * This is generally OK, although the first sentence, which also acts as an Introduction, aught to mention that it was released both as a song and a video.Pyrotec (talk) 13:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅? I don't fully understand what you're looking for. Is what it looks like now what you had meant? Oy! Forget I said anything. ;) Carpet Crawler  message me  05:10, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is this really necessary? I haven't seen that kind of inclusion in any other GA article. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The WP:lead is intended to do two main things, act as an introduction to the article and to provide a summary of the important asspects of the article. I would suggest that the second paragraph provides quite a good summary of the video section of this article. However, my comment when I read it was "what video" as the first paragraph only talks about the song, and remixing. Alternatively, the second paragraph could perhaps be slightly modified as:

"The song was well-received by critics and achieved commercial success worldwide topping the chart in U.S., thus making it Madonna's fifth Billboard Hot 100 number-one single. It was also released as a music video. The video, however, visualised a different concept of the song....."

main review
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it reasonably well written?
 * A. Prose quality:
 * B. MoS compliance:
 * 1) Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
 * A. References to sources:
 * B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. No original research:
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. Major aspects:
 * B. Focused:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * No edit wars, etc:
 * 1) Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
 * A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Pass or Fail:

Congratulations on the article, I'm awarding GA-status.Pyrotec (talk) 20:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)