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Levels (Avicii song)

 * Previous peer review

I am trying to get this article to good article status. Anything I need to fix, change, add, or removed, tell me.

Thanks, Lazman321 (talk) 04:30, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Infobox and lead
 * Ref(s) should not be used in the infobox
 * WP:OVERLINK issues and red links should not be left to rot either
 * Link to the music video in here instead of external links
 * The lead's first two sentences have grammar issues with the commas
 * Too many uses of "it" that are too close to each other; try and use "the song" in some cases instead
 * For consistency, do not use "the track" at all
 * "the song because he wanted to use the sample in a song." this reads awkwardly, you can use "a track" to end the sentence instead since it is not writing out "the track" and is not overly repetitive
 * "He also said that" → "Avicii also said that"
 * What does "their label" refer to? Always make things like this specific.
 * Wikilinking on countries is pointless
 * United States's → US
 * The certifications should mention how many times it was instead, not stating it like they were all separate: "octuple platinum" instead of "eight platinum", for example
 * Are you sure written is the correct term for the video creation?
 * The third and fifth sentences of the third para read like run-ons and are you sure all of this is notable for the lead?

Development and release
 * Track titles should always go in speech marks without the grammar inside and never italicise things that are not supposed to be
 * Fix redirects and dead wikilinks
 * [he] in the speech marks should be replaced with the original "I" text since it reads fine due to being known as quoted
 * "He then mentioned that his" → "Avicii then mentioned that his"
 * "when Avicii was asked whether or not he intended "Levels" to be a big hit, he said, → "Avicii was asked whether or not he intended "Levels" to be a big hit and said," to avoid "beating around the bush", so to speak
 * "He produced 6" should say six per MOS:NUM and who does he refer to, specifically?
 * ""Levels," or rather, an early prototype" → "An early prototype of "Levels" since the former reads informally
 * "on SoundCloud on Facebook," → "on SoundCloud via Facebook"
 * "played in many festivals" → "was played in many festivals"
 * "During this time, on May 4, 2011," → "On May 4, 2011," to avoid writing out the obvious
 * "it was called" → "the song was referred to as"
 * "trailer of the song "Levels,"" → "trailer of the single "Levels","
 * "was released on" → "was released via"
 * "posted a teaser trailer" → "posted a teaser" since they are practically the same thing
 * "It featured the album cover" → "The trailer features the cover art" since this is not an album and the trailer did not disappear
 * [23][24] should both be at the end of the sentence only since it is only two citations
 * "and on Amazon" → "and to Amazon"

Composition
 * Citation(s) are needed to back up anything on the text, which currently reads jumbled due to a large number of commas
 * "that is described by" → "that was described by"
 * Noticing over-usage of "..." within this section
 * "and a tempo" → "with a tempo" and wikilink tempo
 * "Its defining aspect" → "The song's defining aspect"
 * The part from "simple" onwards in this sentence reads quite awkwardly as of current, in terms of grammar somewhat
 * "It is also" what does "It" reference? Specify...
 * "and drums are cut outs. They are replaced by a" → "and drums are cut out, being replaced by an"
 * Again, speech marks are missing for the song title
 * "Billboard has later stated" → "The magazine has later stated"

Critical reception
 * "for its catchy and recognizable synth riff and" → "from music critics for its catchy and recognizable synth riff, and"
 * Way too much usage of "..."
 * Misused commas, such as for the introduction of the AllMusic critic and the Billboard Critics' Picks before the quotation
 * "calls "Levels" a" → "called "Levels" a" since this is past tense
 * "it continuously,"" → "it continuously."" since that is the sentence's end
 * "Avicii's 10 Best Songs: Critics' Picks, "Levels" was placed in" → "Avicii's 10 Best Songs: Critics' Picks list, "Levels" was placed at"
 * "It was put on" → "The song was placed on"
 * Too many uses of "it" within this section
 * Fix red links
 * "as #11," → "at number 11,"
 * The Vulture → Vulture and target to Vulture.com
 * "for making the vocals a cameo," → "for sampling the vocals,"

Commercial performance
 * Wikilinks on countries are pointless
 * HashtagNumbers should be replaced properly, such as number 21 or number three; always writing out for any at number nine or lower per MOS:NUM
 * "2 weeks" and other number issues stick out too
 * "peak positiion" → "peak position" since that is an obvious typo
 * "has received 8 platinum" → "has received an octuple platinum" and do this for any other certifications, following the tuple rules
 * Put abbreviations of certification industries in brackets
 * Too many uses of "it" once again
 * The United States and the United Kingdom should be called the US and the UK on their mentions here
 * Name the Hot 100 chart properly
 * "of December 11, 2011 as" → "of December 11, 2011 at" and do this for similar cases since "at" is obviously better in this context
 * Billboard wikilinked once again; massive overlinking by this point
 * "It stayed on the" → "the song stayed on the"
 * All statements need citations, though splitting three citations to different points in one sentence is incorrect unless it's a large amount like around five+
 * Why are the year-end Dance Club Songs and other chart chart seperately referred to as "charts"? You should change to chart, apart from at the sentence's beginning.
 * "on its peak position as" → "at its peak position of"
 * Name the UK Dance chart properly
 * The last para should be merged with the third since it is too short

Music video
 * "for a concept" → "for the concept"
 * Papahadjopoulos should be used for mentions outside of the first, not Petro
 * "behind the song "Levels"" → "behind "Levels"" since the article focuses on it as literally nothing but a song by this point
 * "created an concept based" → "created a concept based" as this grammar reads poorly
 * "It was then released on" → "It was ultimately released to" and add the full-stop at the end of the sentence
 * "businessman (played by Richie Greenfield)[75] walks" → "businessman, who is played by Richie Greenfield, walking" and put [75] at the end of the sentence
 * "with pictures next to them with people that have faces..." this reads confusingly; do the people sat next to him look like Avicii or their pictures?
 * "and briefly pauses and then starts" → "and briefly pauses before he starts"
 * "starts dialing on a phone, 911." → "starts dialing 911 on a phone."
 * "The music video ends with" → "The video ends with"
 * The synopsis is mostly well-written but are you sure everything is backed up by the refs?
 * "ties into the music video." → "ties into the music video:"
 * Awards table is useless for only two awards; write out in prose

Charts
 * See MOS:TABLECAPTION for all of these
 * The plainrowheaders tables should be used here instead, as commonly done in modern articles
 * Are you sure all of the Netherlands charts belong there; particularly in the middle on the Mega ones?
 * Year-end charts should be split for different years

Certifications
 * MOS:TABLECAPTION

Awards
 * Another useless table; move this info to prose in critical reception

Release history
 * MOS:TABLECAPTION
 * Separate labels properly using hlist
 * Refs should have their own column and be centered

Notes
 * Full-stop should be at the end of the Instagram one here

References
 * MOS:QWQ and MOS:CAPS issues with many of these
 * Publisher should be cited when appropriate; same issue with work/website
 * All refs need accessdates

To conclude, this article is definitely in better shape than when I had to quick fail it earlier this summer, though is far from perfect. I did go through as much as a GA reviewer would have, but pointed out many issues that could have potentially lead to it being failed upon review. Overall, I do commend your hard work on this but an issue I did not identify above because it was present throughout is the inconsistency of date formatting; only one format should be used throughout, ideally the one of Avicii's home country Sweden. This article has GA potential, though. --K. Peake 21:13, 30 August 2020 (UTC)