Talk:Mixtape/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: BlondArkhangel (talk · contribs) 06:18, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Leafy46 (talk · contribs) 19:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm going to quick-fail this nomination under criteria #1: "It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria". A quick look through the article reveals a lot of uncited material, some of which I've gone ahead and marked with a template. The article also suffers from a lot of choppy wording (such as "By the early 2000s, mixtapes started changing by definition through hip-hop."), has a touch of synthesis (e.g. "mixtapes have evolved to allow artists to present music that could be considered eclectic or genre-blending" is not supported by a citation, but by an example), and seems to be incredibly US-centric without giving much view to non-American (or, indeed, non-Western) adoption of mixtapes: the only artist mentioned who is not American is Drake.

I'd suggest fleshing out some sections a bit more (specifically adding more details to the "History" section and expanding the "Release and marketing" section to mention physical release of mixtapes), re-structuring the article using one like Bootleg recording as an example (e.g. possibly merging "Current trends" into the History section), making sure that everything is cited properly, and giving the article a good copyedit (or sending it through peer review). Given that you're a newer editor, I'd also suggest reaching out to a more-experienced one on broader music topics like this one, and to keep practicing writing. Good luck with the article, and feel free to re-nominate once you feel everything is up to snuff! And do let me know if I've been too harsh, as this is my first GA review, after all.