Wikipedia:Peer review/Alison Krauss/archive1

Alison Krauss
Finally, after a long series of edits, the fancruft and long uncited bio from this article has been fixed and refenced. I tabled and split-off the awards data and tabled the singles/albums, and generally gave the article a good tuning up IMO. I was wondering if you folks see anything else that needs help. Thanks! Staxringold talkcontribs 01:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * After the fact side-note If you think the article needs more images, I just sent out a request today for permission to use this image to display Krauss as a fiddle player for the early career bit. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * And I just added a well-sourced and explained fair use image of a performance. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program. They may or may not be accurate for the article in question (due to possible javascript errors/uniqueness of articles). If the following suggestions are completely incorrect about the article, please drop a note on my talk page.


 * Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.
 * I really don't think there is anything else specific that needs summarizing in the lead. This is the issue with an auto-PRer, do you have any SPECIFIC examples that need lead noting? Staxringold talkcontribs 02:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Please alphabetize the categories and interlanguage links.
 * Done (American bluegrass musicians was out of order). Staxringold talkcontribs 02:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * This article can use copyediting to ensure that the it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work.
 * Could you give it at least a once over for examples or potentially a full copyedit? Staxringold talkcontribs 02:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions (and the javascript checklist; see the last paragraph in the lead) for further ideas.
 * Thanks, Andy t 01:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * This article needs attention to dates. This can be done quickly: simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. Then follow the instructions in your monobook to clear the cache (i.e. press Ctrl-Shift-R in Firefox, or Ctrl-F5 in IE) before it will work. This will give you a 'Dates' tab in edit mode. Hope that helps. bobblewik 17:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice, did it, thanks! Staxringold talkcontribs 18:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * With a bit more depth (btw, I was hoping by creating an automatic peer reviewer that it give newer editors a general sense of what is needed for a FA, since many articles don't seem to align with WP:WIAFA, and many articles with lesser notability seem to be ignored on PR):
 * Commas are needed after states if a city is provided: was born in Decatur, Illinois, but
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * favorite songwriters.[5] and  typo
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * and "likely change quite a few more minds about bluegrass"; this doesn't quite fit along with the sentence, perhaps adding [would] in front of likely would help
 * Fixed. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Per WP:MOS, "Present" in "2000-Present: Current career" shouldn't be capitalized; I'm not sure if the same goes with "Current" or "Early" or "Rising".
 * Done. I don't think it applies to the other two, if for no other reason than "Current" and "Early" are the first words in those section heads. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Full dates like "August 14, 2001" should be wiki-linked.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * vocals, or fiddles or harmony vocals extra "or"
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Tony1 has a whole bunch of useful subpages for meeting critera 2(a) of WP:WIAFA - see User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 2a and User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 2a: redundancy exercises.
 * I believe my article fulfills 2a, and should Tony or anyone else raise any specific and actionable complaints here, in the eventual FAC, or anywhere else I will be more than happy to deal with them. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I imagine that this article can be expanded a bit more; for example, general reception/praise/criticism. I can't seem to find any other major problems with this article- great job! Andy t 19:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! A general criticism thing is the one thing I was thinking about. I'll try to work it up tonight, may be difficult to avoid either using reactions to specific works while not sounding like a fluff piece. Staxringold talkcontribs 19:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Addition Added general critical reactions, and grouped with Awards into a proper "Responses" section. Staxringold talkcontribs 23:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I reviewed this article's GA nomination, and was quite impressed - it's neutral and very well sourced. A suggestion for future improvement: the tone of the article sometimes seems a bit flat and sterile, listing events and milestones in Alison Krauss' music while skirting around discussion of the music itself. I understand that this is a somewhat unfair criticism, given the boundaries of NPOV. Maybe searching for Alison Krauss' comments about her music would be a good place to start. Great job and good luck! --Alex S 02:04, 22 June 2006 (UTC)