Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Speak Now/archive1

Speak Now

 * Nominator(s): Ippantekina (talk) 04:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Taylor Swift has always been an overselling singer, but she was an underrated songwriter. With her third album, 2010's Speak Now, she wrote all songs by herself to prove that she was not your average pop star. Some patronizing or slut-shaming lyrics aside, this album appeals to not only Twilight-loving teen girls but also emo fans or even arena rock audiences with its loud, soaring guitars. After taking this article through a GAN and a copyedit by GOCE member, I now nominate it for FAC, believing it is comprehensive, well-sourced, and most importantly, well-written. Ippantekina (talk) 04:55, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Is "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 1, 2015." a WP:COPYLINK problem? I highly doubt ARIA is hosting their chart materials in a Dropbox PDF. Hog Farm Talk 05:18, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * If you retrieve "Latest Accreditations" through their official website it appears they have stored chart data with Dropbox since July 2021, so it is not a COPYLINK problem. Ippantekina (talk) 07:20, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Image review
 * File:Taylor_Swift_-_Speak_Now_cover.png: source link is dead
 * File:Taylor_Swift_-_Back_To_December_(Clip).ogg needs a more expansive FUR. Also the FUR claims that this song is 3 minutes 51 seconds - that doesn't match up with what's in the article
 * File:Mine_Taylor_Swift.ogg needs a more expansive FUR. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:09, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, thank you for the image review. I have updated the FURs for the audio files and replaced the source link for the album cover. Best, Ippantekina (talk) 07:27, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I did the source review for Ippantekina's last T Swift Album FAC and I will do this one as well. My first comment is that the Australian Recording Industry Association citation links to an ELNEVER location. Please remove it -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 11:51, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * May I know the progress with the source review? Ippantekina (talk) 07:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments by FrB.TG
I have read to the end of "Composition" section. Nothing major jumping out so far. FrB.TG (talk) 21:50, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The mention of the Speak Now Tour should be mentioned after the singles release and sales figure IMO as they happened (at least started) before the tour.
 * "After the album's release, Swift embarked on the Speak Now World Tour, which visited Asia, Europe, North America, and Australasia from February 2011 to March 2012." There need to be non-breaking spaces for "February 2011" and "March 2012".
 * It's probably worth mentioning that the album sold 1 million copies in its first week especially since it gained Swift a Guinness World Record entry.
 * "Some critics complimented Swift's grown-up perspectives, but some others" - you don't necessarily need the second "some".
 * "American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released her second studio album Fearless through Nashville-based Big Machine Records in November 2008." Same as above (NBSP).
 * "Swift wrote the title track "Speak Now" after hearing a friend's ex-boyfriend was marrying another woman" - I would suggest removing "Speak Now" and piping the song's link to "title track", as it makes it clear the the song is in fact called Speak Now.
 * "Although Swift was 'interested to hear the response from the guys [she'd] written about', she did not publicly name the subjects" - the quote can easily be paraphrased.
 * "She did reveal Kanye West, who interrupted Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, is the subject of "Innocent"." - The sentence is grammatically incorrect. Take out the parenthesis ("who interrupted Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards"), and you can see why.
 * Kanye West is linked twice in the main body.
 * "The recording process started with the recording of a first demo; Swift recorded vocals and played guitar, and Chapman sang background vocals and played other instruments." - derivatives of the word "record" are repetitively used.
 * Hello, thank you for taking time reviewing the article. I will address your concerns when you have examined the whole article. Best, Ippantekina (talk) 07:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Coord note we're getting close to the three-week mark without any supports. If there is not progress towards promotion in the next few days, the FAC may be archived. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  23:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * As this FAC has stalled, I would like to request for withdrawal. Hopefully it will receive more attention next time. Best, Ippantekina (talk) 02:56, 21 February 2022 (UTC)