Talk:Buddy Holly/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 20:03, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: found two, fixed one and created a redlink for John Pickering (musician).[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 20:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Linkrot: Found one, and removed Rock Hall of fame El as this is already used as a refrence as per WP:EL; also removed Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock as already used as a reference.[2] Jezhotwells (talk) 20:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   ... and was the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November. Was what position?

   It was not until Holly died that many fans became aware of his marriage. Stray sentences are deprecated in the WP:MoS

   Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his television appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did. Bramwell met Holly, and freely shared his records with all three. Needs a rewrite for clarity.

   In 1992, Pickering approached Viceroy Records to arrange a deal for major nationwide distribution of these overdubbed recordings, who hit a brick wall when MCA made it clear that Pickering did not have proper legal clearance to release such recordings. Who hit?

   The Lead does not fully summarise the article as per WP:LEAD.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   ... produced by Jack Hansen, with added backing vocals by the Ray Charles Singers in simulation of an authentic Crickets record.[citation needed] Tag needs addressing.

   Between the 1959–60 Jack Hansen overdubs, the 1960s Norman Petty overdubs, various alternate takes, and Holly's undubbed originals, collectors can often choose from multiple versions of the same song. Looks like an opinion or OR. If someone said that, cite it.

   Style This section is completely unreferenced.

   I have placed a number of further citation needed tags where statements are completely unreferenced.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Film and musical depictions Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is also a rather successful stage musical which is still touring world-wide.

   The article needs a section on reception, both critical and fan based.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Tagged and captioned, although I note that photographs of works of art such as the statue, mural and headstone might contravene copyright laws on works of art.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   There is a lot of unreferenced material here, also missing sections on criticism / reception. Many of the suggestions made by SilkTork have not been acted upon. I suggest reworking the article, take it to WP:Peer review for further comment before renominating. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

"a lot of unreferenced material here" - I see "citation needed" all over the place yet I have easily cross-referenced a few by quickly looking at, for example, the Beatles page. I'm not any good at this, so someone else should remove these and add the proper references rather than defacing the article and asking for references when they are easily found on related pages. LinoPop (talk) 07:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)