Talk:Endgame (Megadeth album)/GA3

GA Review

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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 13:33, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Very good album. Will review it.

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   Prose is ok (I did some minor improvements); lead is ok; MOS is ok

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

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

   see below

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

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):

   File:Megadeth Head Crusher Itunes Cover.jpg should be removed from this article, as it violates WP:NFCC, especially point 2 3.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

I will continue if I am available.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 11:07, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

• Dabsolver check: ok
• Checklinks check: Ref 31 500 Error
• Reflinks check: ok
• WP:ALLCAPS violation in references

Comment: I just went through and I think I have all of the caps issues fixed. Let me know if I missed any.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 19:28, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

• I switched date format to mdy, standard in AE
• I corrected n-dash issues
• Billboard is not the publisher; it is the work, the publisher is Prometheus Global Media

Fixed--L1A1 FAL (talk) 19:36, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

• eil.com should be replaced with a better source.

Comment: I'll remedy that then. Don't have the time right at this minute, but I'll get that fixed when I have a moment.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 14:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Update: I just decided to remove that bit about the Japanese bonus track. Did a few quick searches for a more reliable source, especially for "El Pistolero" (which I can remember reading about elsewhere before, but that's beside the point) but nothing came up. I'll keep an eye out for an RS for that, in which case, that bit can be re-added to the article.

I actually thought I cleaned out all the stuff about the Japan tracks already due to poor sourcing, but I guess not. Anyway, it's removed now.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 17:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

References vs. prose check

• Ref 1: It neither tells it was the track "Head Crusher" nor it was mixed in Derbyshire. Find a better reference.

Ok, I do know where that bit came from, there was a video of Sneap playing the track in the background in his studio or something. Gonna have to locate that one, but my concentration is gone for the night so I'll get to it tomorrow. Thought it was a mix-up with ref 4, but as I discovered, that is a mistitled ref, and I will take care of that seperately. Tomorrow, not this moment though--L1A1 FAL (talk) 04:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Update: All fixed--L1A1 FAL (talk) 13:54, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

• Ref 6: How do you know it was updated in 8/8/2009 when it says 7/2/2009? It also doesn't say that 2 titles were shorten and 1 retitled

Rewrote and re-cited where needed--L1A1 FAL (talk) 03:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

• Ref 13: No mention of Lorenzi and his win in 2007; it also doesn't say that it was the first albums since Risk not to feature the mascot.

Rewrote & re-sourced, also now ref 14--L1A1 FAL (talk) 03:55, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

• Ref 19: Where does it say it was on phone?

TheLiveLine (listed in that reference) was a phone message service Mustaine used. Fans could call Mustaine to hear messages about the album or something, if I recall correctly. I could redo the prose if that would be better.--L1A1 FAL (talk) 02:56, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

• Ref 24: Araya injured?

Fixed with a new reference, old moved to cite the original start date of Jan 18--L1A1 FAL (talk) 03:05, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

• "According to Roadrunner Records official website, a download of "Head Crusher" was available for 24 hours on July 7, starting at 11:00 AM Eastern Time Zone (EDT) (the availability of the download ended the morning of July 8)." - ref?

Ref added from the label's website listing start date and time--L1A1 FAL (talk) 03:13, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Will examine--L1A1 FAL (talk) 02:49, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Head Crusher single cover removed

As per the suggestion above I removed the Head Crusher cover image from the article. You commented that it was in violation of section 3. As a general rule, are single covers not to generally be used in the article from which the single was released? I was under the impression that as long as they were tagged with the appropriate fair use rationale that it was OK to use them.

Thank you for your time and attention to this article. --L1A1 FAL (talk) 13:20, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

No, because the article "Head Crusher" exists. If it wouldn't, I would possibly reconsider.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 12:05, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

• Promote will pass this article :)! Good job!--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 14:34, 11 November 2011 (UTC)