Talk:Yeah! (Usher song)/GA1

GA Reassessment
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Reassessor: Till I Go Home (talk) 06:30, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Infobox
 * Red-link for Robert McDowell.
 * Remove certification because of inconsistency (since there are many more certifications).

Lead
 * as the lead single from his hit fourth studio album Confessions -> "hit"? POVish and unnecessary. Needs year of release after album e.g. Confessions (2005)
 * Again, red-link.
 * The song features vocals from Lil Jon and Ludacris. The song was remixed with Tego Calderón. I can start to see many truncated sentences.
 * Billboard needs to be in italics.
 * the longest-running of 2004, and its huge success added to Usher's hit success that year. -> longest-running what? "Usher's hit success that year" is kind of unnecessary to the article in question.
 * one of the fastest selling hip hop songs ever -> this needs clarification, and should be reworded (sounds POVish)
 * The song ranks second on the... -> Should be in past tense
 * Remove reference in the lead.
 * Usher performed "Yeah!" at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008 as runway soundtrack. -> grammar sounds poor but I may be wrong
 * "The song" is repeating a lot in the lead which needs fixing.
 * The lead is just one big bulky paragraph, maybe separating into two?

Background and composition
 * Colloquial terms such as went back to the studio -> returned to the studio
 * For the third time, red-link needs fixing
 * How many beats per minute does it move?
 * Clarification needed in the sample caption.

Reception
 * The songs rights were released to the creators of Glee for the final song for their season two finale. It was sung by the Crawford County Girls Choir, a competing group in the National Show Choir Competition. -> songs is gramatically incorrect, this sentence needs verification with a source

Chart performance
 * Seven weeks later, it peaked on the chart at number one -> "on the chart" is redundant
 * for reaching one million shipments -> awkward prose
 * "Yeah!" became the 2004's best-performing single in the United States -> doesn't make sense.
 * The single ranks at number -> again, needs to be past tense. "at" is unnecessary
 * Internationally, "Yeah!" received similar responses, topping many charts. -> awkward prose
 * The single reached number 1 in the Australia Singles Top 50 -> "1" should be in words, "in the" is incorrect, "Top 50" is unnecessary and should be replaces with "chart".
 * Instead of listing the actual chart names (e.g. Austria Singles top 75) you could write "on the singles charts in ...."
 * Overall, the single charted to different charts worldwide for a year, early in 2004 to early in 2005 -> awkward prose, doesn't make sense
 * The single was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling 70,000 units -> wrong, it is based on shipments not sales
 * At the 2004 Year Ender charts -> "at"? "year ender"? huh?
 * It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. -> needs verification with a source

Music video
 * The treatment was accompanied of how Usher wanted to be portrayed in the video, particularly showcasing his dance moves. -> this appears gramatically incorrect or awkward
 * I noticed that it doesn't have much structure to it, there aren't subsections like "background" and "sypnosis".

Track listings
 * Why only UK? I'm sure it was released in many other countries.
 * Needs to be sourced

Charts
 * The "year end charts" for UK and US are unsourced.
 * The certifications table: "sales certified" doesn't make sense. The "date" column is unnecessary.

References They are in quite bad condition:
 * ref. 1 -> needs publisher, date and access date
 * ref. 2 -> MTV News should not be in italics, the publisher is Viacom.
 * ref. 3 -> needs date, and the same issue as ref. 2
 * ref. 5 -> what is "indswept Holdings"? The publisher is Sony ATV Music Publishing
 * ref. 6 -> same as 2 and 3
 * ref. 7 & 8 -> same as 2 and 3
 * ref 9 & 10 -> dead links
 * ref 13 -> dead link
 * ref 15 -> publisher is Rovi Corporation
 * ref. 20 -> same as 2, 3, 7, 8
 * ref. 24 -> same as above
 * ref. 30 -> ARIA should be in brackets
 * ref. 31 -> publisher shouldn't be in italics
 * ref. 32 -> same as 2, 3, etc.
 * ref. 56 -> write full publisher + not in italics
 * ref. 57-67 -> publishers need fixing
 * ref. 70 -> publisher is Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
 * ref. 71-74 -> publishers need fixing.


 * 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):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 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, 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:
 * The article looks okay at first glance, but after thoroughly going through everything I can see there are many issues. Till I Go Home (talk) 07:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I notified the editor who promoted the article about the GAN, but no attempt has been made to fix the issues. Sorry but that's a delist. Till I Go Home (talk) 08:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * The article looks okay at first glance, but after thoroughly going through everything I can see there are many issues. Till I Go Home (talk) 07:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I notified the editor who promoted the article about the GAN, but no attempt has been made to fix the issues. Sorry but that's a delist. Till I Go Home (talk) 08:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The article looks okay at first glance, but after thoroughly going through everything I can see there are many issues. Till I Go Home (talk) 07:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I notified the editor who promoted the article about the GAN, but no attempt has been made to fix the issues. Sorry but that's a delist. Till I Go Home (talk) 08:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)