Template:Did you know nominations/The Dead South


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:16, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

The Dead South

 * ... that the bluegrass band The Dead South isn't actually from the American South? source
 * ALT1:... that the bluegrass band The Dead South is actually from Saskatchewan?
 * Reviewed: Darnell Hunt

Created by Jack Sebastian (talk). Self-nominated at 00:31, 28 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg A couple things I see personally to fix: The second paragraph mentions that the band was formerly called, "Mumford and Sons Evil Twins", but that's not referenced (not found in reference [1]). I don't like how the line Asking the question, "is The Dead South’s ‘In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company’ bluegrass or not?", is just rephrasing the title of the cited article. Most of the sections "The Ocean Went Mad" and "Illusion and Doubt" are summaries of what reviewers said. Can we find more references about these albums? Did they win awards or have notable sales, etc.?
 * Because of quoting reviews, Earwigs detects a high % of similar text . Even some of the text not from quotes looks like copyvio, e.g. . This needs to be looked at - some rewriting necessary. I'm inclined to say the article doesn't read as neutral at the moment, as the heavy focus on text from reviews biases it.
 * Also, there are currently a couple of reference errors that should be corrected., if you need help, I like to cleanup these types of errors - but would recommend you take a look first.
 * All that said, length is good, article is new. Hooks fine, though what about something like ALT2: "... that the band The Dead South, actually from Saskatchewan]], are sometimes known as 'Mumford and Sons' Evil Twins'?" or something like that? = paul2520 (talk) 04:02, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * See further discussion on cleanup of article here. = paul2520 (talk) 05:26, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg and I worked through the issues I saw. I'm happy with the article at this point! = paul2520 (talk) 16:37, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * 's suggested alt is going to appeal to a broader audience than ALT0, which won't mean much to someone who doesn't know about the American South, and ALT1, which is not hooky. I've verified ALT2 and am promoting it per Paul2520's review. Yoninah (talk) 20:16, 24 January 2018 (UTC)