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Mi Plan
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because it's a B-Class article and I'm not completely sure what all it needs to be done to become GA status. Mostly, I would like to know what sections of information need to be added to the article and what sections need to be expanded on; What information I'm missing pretty much. But I'm also open for suggestions as well. Thanks, Gariseiro (talk) 12:52, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: This is a good start. I have quite a few suggestions for improvement, many related to prose, grammar, and Manual of Style guidelines.

Production


 * "suggested that they try writing the lyrics in Spanish and then he would go on to write the lyrics" - Confusing. If they wrote the lyrics, how could he go on to write the lyrics? Would "... he would improve them" be more clear?


 * Cuba would then help the two pen more songs for the album, including the title track, "Mi Plan" which features himself on vocals and "Manos al Aire". - Doesn't quite make sense as written. Suggestion: "Cuba then helped them pen more songs for the album, including the title track, "Mi Plan", and "Manos al Aire". "Mi Plan" featured Cuba on vocals.


 * "the three got together five times through September 2008 and February 2009: - Should this say "between" rather than "through"?

Content
 * Furtado explained that the decision to perform in Spanish for her album was that she does not follow commercial or sales trends and Mi Plan is "the next phase". - Grammar. Suggestion: "Furtado explained that she decided to perform in Spanish because she did not follow commercial or sales trends and that "Mi Plan" was "the next phase".


 * "Venegas also took part in another song called "Vacación", which was produced by Lester Mendez, playing the accordion." - The sentence suggests that Mendez played the accordion, but I think you mean Venegas.


 * "She also collaborated with Josh Groban on a song entitled, "Silencio" and called the collaboration a "huge blessing" and felt it was important to feature "an artist that people know more for their English recordings" because she wanted to demonstrate that "language isn't a barrier when it comes to music." - Too complex. I'd recommend breaking this into two separate sentences.

Critical reception
 * "BBC gave the album a mixed review and said the music is "equally inoffensive" but compared it to her previous release, Loose and claimed that "Timbaland’s inventive approach to dance motion is much missed". - Run-on sentence, too complex. I'd suggest splitting into two sentences.


 * The Manual of Style frowns on fancy quotes. The quote box might be a good alternative here.


 * "On October 26, 2010, a 12-track remix album entitled, Mi Plan Remixes was released, featuring remixed versions of the singles released from Mi Plan." - Since the album is called "Mi Plan Remixes", it is not necessary to repeat that it is a remix album featuring remixed versions of the songs from Mi Plan.


 * "Before she began touring, Furtado performed at various award shows and small venues, performing in places such as the 2009 ALMA Awards." - I'd suggest rewriting this sentence to avoid repeating "performed ... performing".

Charts
 * The sorting of the last column of the "Sales and certifications" chart causes strange things to happen.


 * The "Sales and Certifications" head displaces an edit button. Could the table be moved down a bit?

References
 * The date formatting should be consistent throughout the citations. The existing formatting is a mixture of dates taking the form August 10, 2000 or 2000-08-10. Either one is OK, but you need to choose the one you like best and stick with it.


 * Newspaper and magazine titles like Los Angeles Times should be in italics.


 * In citation 5, Los Angeles Times (rather than latimes.com) is the work as well as the publisher. The publisher's name typically appears in the copyright line at the bottoms of web pages.


 * Citation 40: Gulf News is the work; Al Nisr Publishing LLC is the publisher.


 * It would be best to check all of the citations for problems like those I have noted in citation 5 and citation 40. You can usually find the name of the work on the "home" page. The .com is rarely part of the formal publication name (work).


 * Citation 38 is malformed.


 * The all-caps parts of citation 37 should be changed to Wikipedia house style; i.e., Nelly Furtado Celebrates...

Other
 * The tools in the toolbox at the top of this page find three dead urls in the citations.


 * I would not recommend linking words more than once in the lead and once in the main text. For example, "Manos al Aire" is linked once in the lead and once in the "Content" section, and these are fine. However, it is also linked in the "Singles" section and again in "Track listing".


 * It's often helpful to look at featured articles to see how other editors have successfully handled similar topics. The couple I've checked just now, Body Count (album) and You'll find a list of FA articles about music at WP:FA.

I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR; that is where I found this one. I don't usually watch the PR archives or check corrections or changes. If my comments are unclear, please ping me on my talk page. Finetooth (talk) 04:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Your instructions are very clear and precise, thank you for the peer review. I'm working on it now, I'll let you know if I got any other questions :). Thank you, Gariseiro (talk) 08:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC)