Talk:The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Ippantekina (talk · contribs) 07:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

(Criteria marked are unassessed)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):
 * b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a. (reference section):
 * b. (citations to reliable sources):
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 * d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 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.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
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Lead and infobox

 * "The song's lyrics refer to two friends, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest. Lee asks Priest for a loan of money. Priest offers the money freely. Lee spends it in a brothel over 16 days, then dies of thirst in Priest's arms" This reads rather staccato. Any ways to improve the flow?
 * I amended it, which is hopefully a bit of an improvement. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


 * "He has performed the song live in concert 20 times, from 1987 to 2000." → "Dylan has performed..."
 * Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Background and recording

 * "spent the next year-and-a-half recovering at his home in Woodstock and writing songs" → "spent the next year-and-a-half recovering and writing songs at his home in Woodstock"
 * "From around June 1967, to October of that year" → "From around June to October 1967"
 * "; some of the recordings were issued on The Basement Tapes in 1975" → I suggest removing this as it has no direct relation to this song or the album John Wesley Harding
 * "In 1968 it was issued as the lead track of an EP single in Portugal,[16] and it was included on the compilation box set The Original Mono Recordings (2010)" → "It was issued as ... in Portugal in 1986, and included on ... in 2010."
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:59, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Lyrical interpretation

 * "Lee asks Priest for a loan of money. Priest offers the money freely. Lee spends it in a brothel over 16 days, then dies of thirst in Priest's arms" ditto
 * "Scholar of English Homer Hogan" → English-language scholar Homer Hogan
 * "and Priest represent the music business" → may present
 * Inconsistency of present ("Critic Andy Gill regards", "Hogan argues that") and past ("AJ Weberman interpreted the song" etc) tenses throughout
 * Addressed. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:02, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Reception and influence

 * I tweaked the heading myself; feel free to revert (as long as you leave out the comma as in the previous version)
 * Avoid one-sentence paragraphs
 * Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Live performances

 * "live 30 times" lead says 20?
 * Fixed. (It's 20). BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Verdict

 * for seven days. Ippantekina (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Many thanks, . I've addressed all of your comments, but let me know if more is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your work on the article. It looks fine to go now, great job as always! Ippantekina (talk) 14:02, 28 March 2023 (UTC)