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Not Myself Tonight
This peer review discussion has been closed. I've listed this article for peer review because I think it can easily become a GA with a some modification. Thanks, ΣПDiПG – STΛЯT  22:46, 5 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments from Jappalang


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Lede
 * Two consecutive times of having "The song" start a sentence might be repetitive.


 * "... in the dancefloor."
 * "... on the dance floor."


 * "some reviewers also referred to it as her best uptempo recording since her 2002 single "Dirrty"."
 * Not supported by sources; see below.


 * "... featured a S&M theme, ..."
 * S&M might not be commonly familiar enough to warrant bypassing expanding it into its full term (per Manual of Style). That said, if the abbreviation is used, then it is "an S&M", not "a S&M".


 * "... has been performed by Aguilera at The Oprah Winfrey Show ..."
 * "On" the show, not "at". Does it really matter?  Lots of artists perform their songs on talk shows.

Background
 * "Aguilera revealed the title of her upcoming album, as well as the name of three new songs in the February 2010 issue of Marie Claire magazine."
 * Consider that a reader decide to skip the lede (which is a summary of the article) and starting the main text. This sentence does not help him or her and might prove more confusing (Full name of Aguilera?  What is "her upcoming album"?  What does this have to do with "Not Myself Tonight"?).


 * "... after a twenty-four hour countdown on her official website ended, ..."
 * "Ended" is redundant.


 * "it was revealed that a song called "Not Myself Tonight" would be released as the first single from the album."
 * "A song called" is redundant.


 * "The single's artwork was also published, showing Aguilera dressed as a devil and sporting a PVC bodysuit, suspenders and chains."
 * Awkward phrasing: "sporting" can be associated with the "artwork". See User:Tony1/Noun plus -ing on the issues with noun plus -ing constructs and how to resolve the issues with such constructs.


 * "... an 18 second excerpt ..."
 * "... an 18-second excerpt ..."


 * "... but actually received its first full airing ..."
 * "Actually" is dramatic; the sentence can be simplified to "... but was aired ..."


 * "... and then was released via download ..."
 * "Then" is redundant. Available for download from where?


 * "... on U.S. radio on April 5, 2010, and then was released via download in the United States and many other countries ..."
 * It seems weird to see the abbreviated country name first, then the full spelling.

Critical reception
 * "The song received positive reviews from critics, warming up to Aguilera's return to her sound and style of the "Dirrty" era. James Montgomery of MTV News ... Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song ... Vibe magazine was impressed with the song: ... Anthony Ramos of Access Hollywood said "The tribal-beat infused track is her sexiest record we've heard since 2002's "Dirrty" ..."
 * Except for Ramos, none of the other reviewers mentioned "Dirrty". How does this back up "her best uptempo recording since her 2002 single" in the lede?
 * Do not use curly quotation marks (single and double).


 * I am not enamoured with what I see as a quote farm; basically, the section is a listing of quotes from the reviewers. Long quotes (longer than 4 sentences) are supposed to be block quoted; the way this section is written, it would be several blocks (Manual of Style.  It would be better to analyze the commentaries and arrange relevant points in thematical paragraphs.

Chart performance
 * What is "most added song"?


 * "It is Aguilera's third highest chart debut behind 2008's "Keeps Gettin' Better" debuting at number seven ..."
 * Again a noun plus -ing problem. This sentence can be interpreted that "Not Myself Tonight" debuted at number seven (which is wrong).

Music video
 * "... filmed from April 7 to April 9, 2010, over three days in Los Angeles, ..."
 * There are three redundant words.


 * "Each day it featured a different look of Christina portrayed in the video. It premiered on Vevo on April 30, 2010."
 * The website ("It") premiered on Vevo on that day?


 * Again, long quotations (longer than 4 sentences) are recommended to be block quoted.


 * '""A lot of that [video]" ...'
 * Why the double double-quotation marks.


 * "Aguilera sporting several hairstyles and outfits, ..."
 * "Aguilera sported/wore  several hairstyles and outfits, ..."


 * "Actress Jenna Dewan appears in the video as a woman that Aguilera straddles."
 * Does it matter?

Influences and concept
 * "... monocle Xtina wears ..."
 * Who is Xtina? Even though this is a quote, it can be explained via square brackets (WP:MOSQUOTE).


 * "The ending scenes of the clip feature product placement of Aguilera's fragrance."
 * I question the significance of this.

Reception
 * "As with the song itself, several critics praised the video for its return to Aguilera's Stripped era, ..."
 * Again, a single reviewer's opinion (Montgomery's) does not make for "several critics".


 * Less than the earlier "Critical reception" section, but there is still a sense of a quote farm here.

Live performances
 * " ... on June 10, 2010 and ..."
 * Missing comma

Sources
 * About.com is a situational source: it is not a reliable source in terms of Wikipedia's policy, but its author might be experts of the field. What makes Bill Lamb a recognized expert on the subject (note: this means industrial recognition)?  Ref: Wikipedia Signpost/2008-07-28/Dispatches and Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-26/Dispatches.

Media
 * File:Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight.jpg
 * Fails WP:CITE. Where exactly was this image obtained from?


 * File:Notmyselftonight.ogg
 * Specifically what elements of this sample are critically discussed in the article, and cannot be reasonably explained in words to help readers understand those critical commentary? Left unexplained in the fair use rationale, this could constitute failure of WP:NFCC #8.


 * File:Not express myself.JPG
 * The contextual significance here is a bit thin. One might argue that there is no reason for a visualization of Montogmery's comments.

Addressing the above would raise the article's chances for GA or FA. Jappalang (talk) 07:09, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comments from Novice7
 * Just one thing. What's the significance of Madonna's music video screenshot in the article? Doesn't it fail WP:NFCC criteria 8? If Aguilera's music video screenshot is placed along with Madonna's, to provide comparison, it'd be better. Novice7 |  Talk  16:15, 22 December 2010 (UTC)