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Cool (Gwen Stefani song)
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because it was a WP:Featured article that ended here. I made an enormous copy-edit, but some prose would not be clear for a GAN. Thanks, Tb hotch Ta lk C. 19:59, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Comments by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 15:27, 3 October 2010 (UTC) This is a good start. I don't think this is ready for GA status yet though, so a bit more work is going to have to be done before it can get to FA. I have every confidence you'll be able to achieve it though!

Get rid of the credits and personnel section. You should try and work that list into prose or the infobox. It's completely unnecessary in the body of the article as a list.
 * Basing me on other FA/GAs about songs, c&p sections are not forbidden. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:24, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

You should probably include the release date in the opening sentence, it just gives it a little more context.

This sentence needs to be changed to make grammatical sense: "The single received generally positive reviews from music critics, being criticized for not be like her other singles, as well as being a Cyndi Lauper's remain"
 * I think I did it. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Similarly, this sentence should probably be rewritten and possibly split into two sentences: "On it features many flashbacks of when Stefani and her former boyfriend —played by Daniel González— were dating, and nowadays, despite his new girlfriend, both are "cool" about their relationship"
 * As above Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

You appear to be simply repeating information from the lead with citations in the beginning of the writing and composition section. If there's nothing new to add from the lead then why not hold back until you get to the section proper.
 * As above. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

We don't need quite as many quotes from critics. Two or three prominent ones would give us a sense of the reception without it seeming as though the article is being padded out. You could even lengthen that section by writing about the song's cultural impact rather than simply quoting from critics.


 * As above. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:52, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

There's no need to put cool in quotes in the music video paragraph. I think by this point in the article even readers with no outside knowledge will understand what you mean when you say it. If you simply mean to reference the song title then use an apostraphe rather than quotes.
 * As above. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your comments. Tb hotch Ta lk C. 03:52, 4 October 2010 (UTC)