Talk:From the Ages

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:From the Ages/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 15:32, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Should have this one to you within a day ☯ Jaguar ☯ 15:32, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   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 tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Initial comments

• "The album was released to critical acclaim, with criticisms largely directed" - if something is critically acclaimed, then it should have next to no criticisms, and this sentence is suggesting that the criticisms were of a larger magnitude
  •  Done LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• "From the Ages became the band’s second album to win the Best Hard Rock Album award" - by who? Can this award be linked?
  •  Done I added one word. Hopefully that'll be enough to clear it up. LazyBastardGuy 23:51, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• The second paragraph (production) of the lead could be expanded slightly to comply per WP:LEAD
  •  Done I hope what I added is sufficient. LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• "It had been six years since Earthless released Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky and five since Live at Roadburn" - this could be better reworded by stating that years those two albums were released, instead of "it had been x years", as it makes it sound too past tense
  •  Done LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• "and, being very long, has been described as "a bastard to play [and relearn]"" - who said this?
  •  Done LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• "with the Shrine in Australia" - I'd unlink The Shrine if they're not notable enough
  •  Done I was going by an essay I remember reading (don't remember which one) which said redlinks were generally helpful, but I see your point here (bands on this label almost never get much press we can use for Wikipedia, since they're so obscure). LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

References

• Ref 12 is dead
  •  Done LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
• I notice the References section exceeds the usual length, so it could be split into two columns
  •  Done LazyBastardGuy 22:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

On hold

A solid article. The prose is good, the article is comprehensive and broad. If all of the above can be addressed then it should have no problem meeting the GA criteria, which I think it is close to already. Will leave this on hold for the standard seven days ☯ Jaguar ☯ 18:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Close - promoted

Thank you for your improvements to this article, looks like a worthy GA! It is now well written and meets the "broadness" part of the criteria. I hope I didn't make anything too unclear? Anyway well done ☯ Jaguar ☯ 19:39, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Fantastic! Thank you so much! LazyBastardGuy 20:06, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

"Illegal name entered Earthless"

There is a problem on the current ref #19. As the one who mainly edited it to reach GA status, could you help to fix it, LazyBastardGuy? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Gabriel Yuji I would like to, but the problem isn't with Wikipedia, it's with Billboard. (Trust me, I've asked around here about it, it hasn't gone unnoticed by me.) If you search for Earthless on their website, you'll find them and the page I was trying to link to. There appears to be a glitch we can't really reconcile, but I swear the page is there. In fact, it's http://www.billboard.com/artist/5756687/earthless/chart - it still exists. Is there a way I can perhaps add a note to that reference so to instruct users to search for the page in case there's any doubt? LazyBastardGuy 03:03, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

@LazyBastardGuy: How about to replace "BillboardURLbyName" template with this link you've found? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 03:06, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

I hadn't thought of that. That's almost disappointingly simple. I will do that, but I hope the issue gets resolved at some point in the future so we can continue using the template for the sake of consistency. LazyBastardGuy 16:21, 12 February 2015 (UTC)