Talk:Blood (OSI album)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Blood (OSI album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Cannibaloki 21:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Checklist

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   What makes madeloud.com, metalstorm.net, rocknworld.com/thrashpit, and ultimate-guitar.com reliable sources? A person writing things like "nu metal bullshit" make it sound non-professional to me.

   The works of MadeLoud writer Andrew Reilly "has appeared in The A.V. Club, RedEye, and Ghost Factory, among others [...]". In contrast, Matt Hensch proved to be a non-professional writer in his profile for Encyclopaedia Metallum.--Cannibaloki 14:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

   I always interpreted Professional reviews may include only reviews written by professional music journalists or DJs, or found within any online or print publication having a (paid or volunteer) editorial and writing staff (which excludes personal blogs) to mean that a review is reliable if it's written by a professional writer, or features on a reliable site per WP:RS (or both). Am I misinterpreting? Una Laguna^Talk 14:40, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

   Both.--Cannibaloki 14:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

   Hmm - if both were required wouldn't "and" have been used over "or"? I don't like being pedantic, but I'm slightly surprised by this because I used similar sources for my last two WP:ALBUM GANs and they checked out fine. Una Laguna^Talk 16:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   On hold for a week.--Cannibaloki 22:41, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

   Passed.--Cannibaloki 21:09, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

   Thanks again for your thorough review! Una Laguna^Talk 11:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater, who performed drums on the first two albums, was replaced by Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison on Blood. What albums?

Clarified.  Done Una Laguna^Talk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

• Matheos and Moore worked together on the album long-distance, mainly by emailing each other files. What kind of files? Audio file format?

They never specify in the interviews I've cited. They only ever talk about exchanging "files", so I think that's all we can do in the article. Una Laguna^Talk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

• Harrison had a schedule gap over summer 2008, so agreed to work on the album. Reword "summer" per WP:SEASON.

Makes sense... I'm not 100% familiar with the quarter system though - do correct me if summer in the northern hemisphere doesn't correspond to the fourth quarter! Una Laguna^Talk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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 Doing...--Cannibaloki 21:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done--Cannibaloki 22:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review the article! I attempted to find reviews from sites that complied with WP:ALBUMS#Reception. On a second look, I think the Ultimate Guitar review doesn't count as reliable (it seems to be submitted by a user rather than a staff member), so I'll remove it and any references to it. The other sources seem to pass WP:ALBUMS#Reception in that they have editorial and writing staff. The "nu metal bullshit" quote isn't particularly enlightening to the reader; given that there's a more articulated quote from the same reviewer immediately after it, I could probably remove it. Otherwise I don't see any problems, but if I'm misinterpreting the guidelines, do say.

I've noticed you have put a "neutral" by criterion 6B but haven't made any specific comments? Una Laguna^Talk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)