Talk:Harlem Shake (song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sufur222 (talk · contribs) 15:26, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Let's have a look. As much as I dislike the song, the article is written very well for the most part.

• Infobox

• The discography section on Baauer's own article claims that a single called "Samurai" was released prior to this. Although it may just be an incorrectly added free release, you may want to check whether it really was released as a single in some way, as it will then need to be listed in the infobox.

According to Mad Decent's blog, this was his first single. I added this into the article and added a cn-tag at the Baauer article for those "non-album singles". Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Background

• No issues.

• Music and lyrics

• "a feminine-sounding voice yelling "con los terroristas", which translates to "with the terrorists" in Spanish." → I would rephrase this to "a feminine-sounding voice yelling "con los terroristas", a Spanish phrase which translates to "with the terrorists" in English." or something similar, as its current context makes it sound like "with the terrorists" is actually Spanish dialect.

Done.

• "Baauer said that he had found the vocal sample somewhere on the Internet" → sounds a little bland, and not especially professional or specific. How about replacing "somewhere on the Internet" with "an unidentified source on the Internet, although he could not recall the website's name." – after all, that's why this site is not identified for explicitly in the source.

Done.

• Commercial performance

• The prose is fine, although you have only spoken about its performance in the United States and the UK. Mentioning a few more countries, if only briefly, gives a greater idea of its success.

All I could find was an article about the song's chart debut in Australia from the Sydney Morning Herald, which I added. I don't think I could do any more than reiterate the chart positions, which wouldn't be too neutral in form. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Copyright infringement

• No issues.

• Critical reception

• No issues.

• Remixes

• No issues.

• Track listing

• No issues.

• Charts

• No issues, although I'm surprised that it doesn't seem to have received a single certification considering its chart success. You might want to check that out by searching the usual certification sources.

Could only find one from New Zealand, which is not enough for a table, but I'll incorporate it in the prose for now. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Release history

• No issues.

• References

• Ref 1 → should have The Guardian linked first, instead of ref 20. Also, as it refers directly to the website and not the printed publication, it should not be in italics.
• Refs 6, 32, 56 and 58 all need en-dashes.
• Ref 18 → MSN Money should not be in italics.
• Ref 32 → HipHip DX? Should be HipHop DX.

All done. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Further reading

• No issues.

Overall, nothing major. If you disagree with any of my comments on the prose, please tell me: however, not much needs to be done to this to make it a GA. I'll put it on hold. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 15:26, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Don't like the song that much either. Just a fan of Azealia Banks. I also got drawn to this article and motivated after a couple of content disputes. Dan56 (talk) 20:24, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, I can't see any other issues, so I see no reason not to pass this. Good job. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 20:29, 21 April 2013 (UTC)