Talk:Tavar Zawacki

Multiple Issues
I have added a multiple issues tag to highlight a significant number of issues I believe exist with this article. I accept that the subject is notable enough for an article, and so have not prodded it at the moment (although I think the article is so long and rambling that it would not be unreasonable), but believe that the article as is is now so unencyclopedic in content, form and style, that the page needs to be userfyed for a significant overhaul. The reasons I have cited the issues I have are as follows:


 * References - The references in this article are insufficient in number and towards the end of the article are few and far between. Combined with the number of quotes in the article, I am concerned that the references really just hide numerous copyvio issues.
 * Review - There is no discussion of the individual. This is essentially a list of the tours he has done and the pieces created. The tone of the description of these tours and words used are more suited to a critique than an ecyclopedic article.
 * Intricate Detail - It seems almost every tour he has ever done is in here, it is not possible from this to make any assessment as to what his most important pieces are. Essentially the article reads, "first Above did this, then he did that and then he did the other" and so on and so forth. There is no attempt in the article to establish the specific notability of any piece discussed.
 * Fan POV - The article is incessantly praiseworthy of the artist and almost every statement about every piece contains weaslewords.
 * Reorganisation - The references and external links sections are too long. The external links section detracts from the article because of its length. it is not possible to tell why something has been added and what each link adds to the article.
 * Peacock terms - See MOS:OPED. For example, a number of the descriptions under images describe how "clever" the piece is.
 * Neutrality - See above, the article essentially seems to be continually saying how great above is in subjective language.
 * Original research - A large number of references seem to be to very obscure local "scene" magazines. Better references that establish notability outside of the Graffiti scene should be sought to substantiate notability.
 * Weasel words - A number of rhetorical questions exist in the article For example the rhetorical in the 2004 tour seciton.
 * Tone / style - The tone is very informal and unencyclopedic. Essentially the tour section of the article is a series of extensive quotes from the artist himself. The style is very promotional and there are numerous issues with language and syntax, for example sentences that do not make sense, particularly towards the end of the article where it becomes unclear what tour is being discussed and really what the purpose of the continual series of quotations are for. In addition, there are a number of quotes written in capitals, numbers written as numerals, incorrect punctuation, links to blogs in the middle of the article.
 * Essay - See the comments above about the number of quotes, the use of rhetorical questions, etc
 * Too long - Is it really necessary to discuss in detail every single tour? There is no attempt to establish notability of any particular piece.
 * Too many examples - There are too many pictures in the article, if essential, these should be in a gallary at the bottom. The external links section seems to be a dumping ground for anything associated with Above.
 * copy editing - see comments above regarding numerals for numbers, quotes in capitals, links to blogs in the main text of the article.
 * unbalanced - The fact that there are so many quotations means that rather than being an article escribing the artist and his work from reliable third party sources, the article seems more to be a series of quotes from the artist himself about all the pieces he has done.
 * quotations - The majority of the tour section of the article is lengthy quotes often from the artist himself describing his work. Not only are these too frequent and long but the fact that they are often from obscure regional publications leads me to believe that there are potential copy vio issues here.
 * Wikified - refs and external links are completely unwikified, comments regarding style are also applicable.
 * resume - The fact that the to0ur section dominates the article so much and describes everywhere the artist has been and a large number of works in a subjective manner makes the article more of a CV than an objective description.
 * Inappropriate material - Direct quotes from the artist and links to blogs written by the artist as sources for significant portions of the article are not appropriate.
 * News release - the large number of quotes make the article sound much more like a newspaper interview than an article, aided and abetted by almost ubiquitous peacock terms. It is almost as if this was written by a PR company if it wasn't so badly written.
 * external links - These are presented in a variety of styles and in most cases it is not possible to readily verify them. A significant number of "sources are blogs or videos written / made by the artist himself.

On reflection, although a significant amount of work has been done on this article and although the subject is certainly notable enough for an article, I think that this article is so badly written as to require a complete restart. Indeed the article is so promotional in tone and content, that if there are not wholesale changes to it in the next week or so then I feel it would be appropriate to prod it. Fenix down (talk) 10:27, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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