Talk:Katy Perry/GA1

GA Review

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Hello, I will be reviewing this article. Check back soon for my full review! Good luck! CarpetCrawler (talk) 08:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Could you please start reviewing the article on Monday or any day after Sunday? I will add some in the article. --Efe (talk) 09:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Check back Monday or Tuesday. :) CarpetCrawler (talk) 21:47, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the consideration. --Efe (talk) 00:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)T

GA fail

I REALLY hate having to do this, because this article is nicely sourced, with an excellent summary and some very good information. However, I have a few concerns. They are as follows.

- "Her father was a West Coast scenester in the 1960s.[4]" You might want to wikify "scenester" as some people may not know who a scenester is.

- "She enrolled in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera for a little while.[9]" Wikify "Music Academy of the West"

- The paragraph about her dating Travis McCoy is placed randomly in the "Early life" section. I'm pretty sure they weren't dating before she began her career. Maybe there's a better place to put that tidbit? The

- However, the biggest problem with the article is the prose. It's well-written, but there are some spelling errors, and a lot of grammar issues. The sentence structure in some places is confusing. Here are a few examples that I had found.

• "At age 15, Katy Perry's singing in church attracted the attention of rock veterans from Nashville, Tennessee, who requested to brought her there to polish her writing skills.[12]" The end portion of this sentence is confusing. Maybe a re-write is necessary, or maybe just a word needs to be changed? Either way sounds like a good plan. :)

• "In Nashville, Katy Perry started recording demos and was taught by country music vets on how to craft songs and play guitar.[5][7" change to veterans, "vets" is a slang term that some people may get confused with.

• "Katy Perry signed to record label Red Hill, under which she recorded her first album at age 15.[13]" This needs to be re-written.

• "At age 17, Katy Perry left her home for Los Angeles, where she worked with Glen Ballard on an album for record label Island Def Jam that was due for released in 2005.[2][12][13]" This feels like a sloppy, run on sentence (Read it aloud to see what I mean.)

• "Katy Perry is artistically involved in her projects, especially in the writing process. Since she could play guitar, she starts writing songs at home and present it to her producers." The second half of this statement needs to be rewritten.

• "Most of the themes in One of the Boys deal with heartbreak, teen adventure, and puking into toilets.[12]" You could probably say something other than "puking into toilets."

• "Having started learning dance at an early age, she fancied about having her own style." Dancing?

- The whole article could use a good copyeditor. There are some mistakes in grammar that I had noticed pointed out above, but I am not a true copyeditor. I suggest heading over to the Copyeditor section of the Peer Review page, and having someone over there take a closer look at the article. The users over there do a fantastic job closely scrutinizing articles.

- "After signing to Capitol Records, Katy Perry began recording for her official mainstream debut album, and establishing her image was one of the immediate concerns of her management." This needs a reference.

- "On June 12, 2008, Katy Perry appeared as herself on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, who poses for the cover of the fictional magazine, Restless Style." This also needs a citation, but you could just use the Cite Episode template for this one.

- "She later launched her first headlining tour, the Hello Katy Tour, in January 2008.[13]" Do you mean 2009?

- "Katy Perry was nominated in five categories at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Female Video, but unfortunately she lost for Britney Spears.[19]" Change "unfortunately", as it is not NPOV.

Since there are many mistakes in this article, I unfortunately have to fail the article at this time. However, I feel that after you've had an editor or two copyedit the article, you would easily pass this GA review process the second time around. If you feel that I have incorrectly reviewed this article, then feel free to visit the Good Article Reassessment Page and voice your concerns. Good luck with the next review! CarpetCrawler (talk) 01:29, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done --Efe (talk) 03:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)