Talk:Paul Oscar/Archive: GA review

GA on hold

• Obviously a free image would be nice...check Flickr etc.?
• "(?1995 [web page originally created February 2003, and updated April 2006])" (Ref 6) not really necessary
• You need only to refer to him as "Oscar" throughout, not "Paul Oscar"
• "he began appearing in drag shows at a notorious Reykjavík nightclub" - which notorious nightclub was it?
• "on independent radio station FM 90,9" - should that be a full stop (.) instead of a comma?
• "Paul Oscar became their groupie, and released his first album, Stuð" - What's that got to do with him being a groupie?
• "held in Dublin, Ireland" - Not necessary as the Eurovision '97 article discusses this
• Song titles don't need to be in italics
• "Paul Oscar worked with easy-listening group Casino[10] on their album Stereo (1998)." - Take the ref to the end of the sentence (if it covers the whole thing)
• Is the see also link to Diddú necessary?

— Dihydrogen Monoxide 00:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for reviewing the article. My responses:

• Image: Already checked Flickr. No free image, unfortunately.
• Footnote 6: The webpage referred to, which is dated February 2003 (and updated April 2006), appears to reproduce an article that was published earlier (I suspect in 1995) but I cannot find any better reference to the original article. I thought it would be useful to indicate this fact.

• OK, that's fine.

• Name: Footnote 1 mentions: "This is an Icelandic name. Páll Óskar's last name, 'Hjálmtýsson', is a patronymic (it means 'son of Hjálmtýr') and is not his family name; he should be addressed by his first names, 'Páll Óskar'." Therefore, it would not be correct to refer to him as "Oscar" as this is not a family name. "Paul" is a possibility, though I think someone who is Icelandic would have to advise whether that is appropriate. Shall I post a message at Wikipedia:WikiProject Iceland?

• Asking the project would be a good idea, I'm happy to let this go either way though.

• Nightclub: Sorry, have not been able to find out this information.
• Radio station: I followed the source in using a comma instead of a full stop. I suspect this may be the usage in Iceland.

• Aah, OK, carry on then :)

• Groupie: I don't suppose the fact that Paul Oscar became a groupie and released his first album are necessarily connected with each other. They just happened at around the same time. I've reworded the text slightly.

• That's better.

• Eurovision Song Contest: OK, have deleted the reference to "Dublin, Ireland".
• Song titles: I put song titles that were not in English in italics, following Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting)#Foreign terms.

• I should probably read that MoS thingy one of these days :P

• Casino footnote: The source only mentions the fact that Paul Oscar worked with the group Casino, which is why I put the footnote number at that place; it doesn't explicitly state which albums they worked on together (the fact that they worked on Stereo (1998) together was an inference I made from other information on the website).
• Diddú link: I guess not. Have deleted the "See also" section.

— Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 04:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied inline where necessary, will now pass the article. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 01:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much! — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 01:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added a free image - one I took on Friday night when he sang in London at the Eurovision party. Tris2000 (talk) 18:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I think referring to him throughout as Paul Oscar is the appropriate thing to do. That's his stage name, I suppose. Oscar is definitely not a surname. Haukur (talk) 02:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, in that case I'll leave references in the article to "Paul Oscar" as they are. Thanks for your quick response. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 02:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)