Talk:Psychedelic rock/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 12:21, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks quite interesting. Kudos for your improvements so far!


 * 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):
 * "also made to trip to London" - made to trip does not make sense; maybe "made a trip", but I don't know if they made several trips, so I won't change it.
 * Prose overall good
 * I think there should be an etymology section about the term "Psychedelic". See the German article.
 * I am working on this. I think I have sufficient sources.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Also no mention of Ken Kesey and Merry Pranksters with their psychedelic bus from June 1964. They might have influenced the culture with their strange trips. See also the German article.
 * ✅ I have built them into the origins section and picked up references later in the article.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The German article suggests psychedelic bands were influenced by the literature of the Beat Generation, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
 * I notice that the German article does not have a reference for that. The Beat Generation are in the article (now a bit more prominently). I cannot find a general reference to Sci-Fi and Fantasy being a major influence and only to two isolated songs (so putting that in would probably stray into OR). It is possible that there is some confusion here with progressive rock, which emphatically did use these literary genres. Some of the bands that started as psychedelic rock in the '60s, like Pink Floyd, moved on to this, but this was the '70s and outside of the scope of this article. Something similar could be said of heavy metal and bands like Blue Oyster Cult and Led Zeppelin. Thumbing through my cds I cannot see any many references to this on psychedelic rock records. If anyone else comes up with something I am happy to put it in, but I suspect I cannot find a clear reference for a reason.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:51, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Soul/R&B artists such as The Temptations, The O’Jays, The Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield were also influenced by psychedelic rock
 * ✅ I added a paragraph on this and pop.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * What about shoegazing, gothic rock and stoner rock?
 * ✅ I added shoegazing and stoner rock to the neo-psych section. Gothic rock is more problematic as I not aware of any reliable source that connects them (see Gothic rock).-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ I added a reference for gothic rock. Woovee (talk) 17:58, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * In the German article, there is a "Psychedelic Trance Rock" section, but it is completely unreferenced. Maybe you find some information
 * I have never heard of this. I don't read German, but this looks like Psychedelic trance, but that is not rock music, so not really appropriate in this article. It is in the more general psychedelic music article.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have never heard of this. I don't read German, but this looks like Psychedelic trance, but that is not rock music, so not really appropriate in this article. It is in the more general psychedelic music article.-- SabreBD  (talk)  21:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Will re-review later-- GoP T C N 10:11, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Per Checklinks, Ref 87, 88, 136 are dead; the Kyuss biography from musicmight does not load
 * Resolved these issues by replacing the lost websources with others or an archived version where available. I think that covers all those source issues.-- SabreBD  (talk)  13:48, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * To Woovee: You can either fill in the references with parameters, or you can let it as is. It is not a requirement to use the cite templates.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * Leading to "unstable".
 * 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:
 * Pass/Fail:

It appears at a glance that everything's been addressed. Should the article be passed? Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)