Talk:Dirty Diana/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lampman (talk) 12:05, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

The language was pretty poor in places, but I tried to copy-edit the article as much as I could, and it should be acceptable now. There are still some issues that need to be resolved though:

• "The songs lyrics pertain to groupies, and has a moderate tempo." - this gives the impression that the two clauses of the sentence are somehow related, which they're really not. It would be better to split it up into two sentences and flesh both of them out a bit; the lead could afford to be a bit longer.

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• Chart performance: Denmark, Norway and Sweden are mentioned in the text, but not in the table. Is there a reason for this?

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 20:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Not quite sure what's happened there. There's a "Danish Singles Chart" wikilinked to the Norwegian singles chart, and a "Denmark Singles Chart" not linked to anything. I guess the first one is just linked in error, but is there a wikilink to the Danish chart?

 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 15:10, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

• Steve Stevens - can we have a ref for this?

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• Calling a song a "filler" is not a "positive review", perhaps you should say something like "though calling it a "filler", she still..."

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• "in all of its major territories" - I'm not quite sure what this means

 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

"charted within the top thirty positions on music charts", should this not rather be "on several music charts", or something like that?

• ""Pepsi" is written in its logo." - again, don't understand

 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• "After showing a black screen, the video starts to show Jackson, who is shown from a distance" - this is an example of poor language; "show" is used three times in quick succession. Try to vary the language a bit.

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 19:42, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• "he would be working on the end of the performance" - unclear exactly what this means.

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• "engulfed by curtains ready to perform the next song" - first of all, the curtains will now be performing the song; it needs to be clear what/who the subject of the sentence is. Secondly though, it's not quite clear how being "engulfed by curtains" prepares him for performing the next song, unless he would perform the song behind the curtain. This needs to be rewritten in a more comprehensible manner.

 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 19:42, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• What's up with ref 20? Also, ref 21 isn't working.

 Fixed (I reformatted ref 20 and made ref 20 into a tee link) Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• Why is there a "Further reading" section? Why isn't Halstead just incorporated in the refs? Does the book contain a lot more info on this specific song?

 Fixed Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

These should be relatively easy changes to make. I'll give the article a week, let me know if you have any questions, or if you feel the article is ready for another assessment. Lampman (talk) 12:05, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

There's one thing I noticed that I didn't see previously: the screenshot File:Dirty Diana Music Video.jpg needs a specific fair use rationale, in addition to the standard template. The rationale is supposed to explain how the image complies with Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. I just did one for the image File:Flu shot.jpg, or you could look at File:Treehouse of Horror IIa.png; a short one like that is normally sufficient. Lampman (talk) 14:12, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 15:03, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

No, you didn't add the fair use rationale, and for some reason you removed the Norwegian entry on the table. Lampman (talk) 00:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I've re-added the Norwegian singles chart to the chart table and fixed the non-free use for the image of the music video. Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 01:11, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Great! Lampman (talk) 02:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)