Talk:Something Special (Pop Smoke song)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 06:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

I will review this today, expecting a response for you at an efficient rate! --K. Peake 06:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

 * Are you sure Ken Duro Ifill should be linked to a second time under producers in the infobox when he's listed by his initials there?
 * Remove the exact release date from prose and add the release year in brackets, as the album release date is not notable for the lead
 * "fourteenth track off his" → "14th track on his" per MOS:NUM for consistency since you wrote 14th in the body
 * Everything in the lead needs to be written out in the body, therefore mention the songwriters and producer in prose there
 * Mention how certain writers received songwriting credit as a result of their work being sampled
 * Why is Kdi not mentioned under the songwriters when he was one and once you've done this, remove the link for the producer sentence
 * It is relatively notable for the lead when the song was first played, so mention it as being done so to Steven Victor at the end of the first para
 * The R&B and bounce genre blend should be in the same sentence as the sample instead, coming directly before it with a clause
 * "The track prominently samples and" → ""Something Special" prominently samples and" with the pipe
 * Remove "2003 hit song" because this is too much info for the lead
 * "sees Pop Smoke obsess" → "Lyrically, the song sees Pop Smoke obsess" as a new sentence
 * "criticized the song as" → "criticized it as" but both of these statements are made by one critic each, so replace with different info and probably try not to use direct quotes
 * Wikilink should solely be on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, plus add a space between that and the word chart
 * "while it further peaked the top 40" → "while it peaked within the top 40", as the US position was not top 40
 * Mention the platinum certification since that is notable for the lead

Background

 * Merge with the below section and retitle to Background and composition, as one para sections are not advisable especially for GAs
 * "in April 2019. Victor wanted to sign Pop Smoke" → "in April 2019, who wanted to sign the rapper" to avoid sentences being too short
 * "Pop Smoke played him an" → "The rapper played him an" so you don't start two consecutive sentences with his stage name
 * "high volume. Pop Smoke spent five hours one day in Los Angeles working on the song." → "high volume, which he had spent five hours of one day in Los Angeles working on."
 * Pipe single to Single (music)
 * Pipe stems to Stem mixing and mastering
 * "hard drives and CDs." → "hard drives and DVD backups."
 * "could not find it." → "could not find the stems." to be specific
 * "was not in storage." → "was not in the storage." per the source
 * Pipe Pro Tools 5 to Pro Tools
 * "He sent the files and later got them back and put" → "Kdi sent the files and later got them back, before putting"
 * Add the writing and production credits at the end of this para

Composition

 * Make this the second para of the above section, following my earlier comment
 * Pipe samples to Sampling (music)
 * "is a recorded version of" → "is a reworked version of"
 * Add the release years of the songs in brackets if they are known
 * "which in turn sampled" → "which in turn samples"
 * Mention who the songwriters are that received credit to avoid OR and where is the part about the title sourced?
 * Pipe chorus to Refrain
 * [3][5] should solely be at the end of the sentence and in numerical order
 * "the line "I really like What you've, done to me" to "You are (You are) something special (My girl) I'll take you on a shopping spree"." → "the lyrics "I really like / What you've, done to me" to "You are (You are) something special / (My girl) I'll take you on a shopping spree"."
 * "wrote that Pop Smoke's" → "wrote that the song shows where Pop Smoke's" or something similar, to be specific

Critical reception

 * "Earmilk's Ashton Howard opined the song" → "Howard opined the song"
 * "Alphonse Pierre said some of" → "Pierre said that some of"
 * Wikilink 50 Cent
 * Add a space after the end of the sentence
 * "could sing unusually well, "for someone" → "can sing unusually well "[f]or someone"
 * "seems "at times" → "seems "[a]t times"
 * "all his possibilities"." → "all his possibilities."" per MOS:QUOTE on full sentences
 * Pipe trap to Trap music

Commercial performance

 * Retitle to Release and commercial performance
 * "certified the single a platinum" → "awarded the song a platinum"
 * "on-demand streams." → "on-demand streams in the United States."

Credits and personnel

 * For correct order, Kdi should be the one directly after Pop Smoke'

Charts

 * See MOS:TABLECAPTION

Certifications

 * See MOS:TABLECAPTION

Final comments and verdict

 * until all of the issues are fixed; been quite specific in my changes for this one, though! --K. Peake 09:06, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Kyle Peake Sorry it took so long, my parents are very stern about electronics. ShootForTheStars (talk) 06:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Now that you have nominated the article for AFD, I am going to ❌ it since not only does this violate the stability criterion, but you obviously don't believe GA status is worthy now. --K. Peake 20:40, 16 April 2021 (UTC)