Wikipedia:Peer review/Pink Floyd/archive1

Pink Floyd
Looks like a good candidate for featured status - comprehensive, accurate, generally well written, good use of images, etc. - but would hugely appreciate feedback and advice to make it better. --HighHopes (speak to me) 23:01, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Good article, would vote support for featured status if the following were done:


 * The "Band Members" section was moved closer to the end of the article.
 * The "Awards" section was combined with the "Discography" in the Pink Floyd discography article and the two summarized in a new section called "Discography and Awards" which might read something like:
 * Since their conception, Pink Floyd has released fourteen studio albums (1967 - 1994)...

You may also be able to get featured list status for the discography if you add an appropriate introduction.

Good luck!

Cedars 01:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Cedars, thanks very much for the advice and for your support. Moving the band members won't be a problem (though there appears to be some dispute over the end of each member's tenure (i.e. have the band split up?)). I agree that the discography page is very well done indeed - would you suggest keeping the discography and the awards separate, or laying out the page so that awards appear next to their corresponding albums? While I'll look at featured list status once work on the main article has been completed, it would be good to ensure that items removed from the article are immediately 'tidied' elsewhere and left looking presentable. Thanks, --HighHopes (T)&sdot; [ (+)] &sdot;(C)&sdot;(E) 11:17, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Changes made - looks neater, I agree. --HighHopes (T)&sdot; [ (+)] &sdot;(C)&sdot;(E) 12:56, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Too many unsourced/unfree images. --Ryan Delaney talk 23:46, 23 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Ryan, thanks for your comment. I see that someone has already removed the unsourced image of the band at Live 8. I'll read up on WP's image policy and importance of images in featured articles, and then come back for suggestions on how to tackle this. Cheers, --HighHopes (T)&sdot; [ (+)] &sdot;(C)&sdot;(E) 10:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


 * The first sentence of this article is too flamboyant, if not POV. Further down the line are similar sentences, such as "The album covers and sleeve artwork add to the emotional impact of the music with vivid and meaningful imagery." The article should be carefully cleaned of all such instances. Bibliography should drop the In Year Y, book X was released format. Article should list main studio albums, then link to discography using template. Some glaring red links (light show -> Laser lighting display? Projection screen is being piped from Mr. Screen making it a red link) &mdash;jiy (talk) 00:54, 29 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Make sure you read over what you've written; at the moment, you have both the Live 8 concert detailed, then later, you say that they haven't toured since parting company. --JB Adder | Talk 02:11, 10 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I made a few copy edits to the article (primarily combining the two sentences referring to Bob Klose into one -- there are a lot of duplicate links that need thinning out), but there are a few unacknowledged opinions that have seeped thru into this article which need pointing out:
 * 1. Did Syd Barrett lose his mind from drugs? This article states yes, but without any discussion -- or even supplying evidence that he is mentally ill (for example, an actual medical diagnosis). There's an external link from Syd Barrett to an Observer article that shows this item, indeed, has several POVs. (For the record, I'm agnostic on the issue, butthe Observer article does make me think.)
 * 2. Pink Floyd's zenith. My best friend believes their best work came before Dark Side of the Moon; I believe that Dark Side of the Moon was their masterpiece, & they spent the rest of their career trying to come up with something worthy of comparison; & then the article says something else. My point here is that this article embraces one POV which may be the correct one, but does not explain where it came from. What would a widely-respected publication like Rolling Stone or NME say -- or the bands' members? Let's follow WP:CITE here, & save us from some needless revision wars.
 * 3. Can we say something about their influence? ISTR that they were an important art rock band, & influenced groups like Tangerine Dream.
 * 4. The "classic-car racing film". Do you mean La Carrera Panamericana with Music by Pink Floyd? Seen it, because I gave a copy of it on VHS to my best friend. I can help with information about it, if needed. -- llywrch 23:07, 20 October 2005 (UTC)