Talk:Sarah Brightman/GA1

GA Reassessment

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Starting GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:08, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of August 3, 2009, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR.

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose):

   • Not well written: It was an experience she recalled with The Independent as troublesome.; before the Equity would allow Brightman to appear; She was inspired to go solo by the German band Enigma and requested to work with one of its members.; "Time to Say Goodbye" ("Con te partirò") was the second Brightman song debuted for Maske, this time at his retirement match; a duet with José Cura (originally sung by Dario Baldambembo with the title "Tu Cosa Fai Stasera?"),; Brightman's mainstream exposure in the United States also began around this time, starting with an appearance on Bocelli's December 1997 PBS television special, duetting "Time to Say Goodbye"; later, in March 1998, her own PBS special, Sarah Brightman in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, marked the point when she crossed from Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart to the Billboard 200 chart, with Time to Say Goodbye.; The structure is poor some instances such her marrying Lloyd-Webber are mentioned more than once. The style is generally unencyclopaedic, incorporating trivia, often reading more like a fan site than an encyclopaedia article. I recommend a thorough copy-edit. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

   b (MoS):

   • The lead should summarize the article. There are statements in the lead that are not developed in the article and there is material in the article which should be summarized in the lead. There is some non-neutral langauge, e.g. a beautiful traditional english village just outside Berkhamsted; Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): ; b (citations to reliable sources):

   • Ref #1 [1] from her website is an self published source, suitable for an External Link maybe but not for seven references. Could be used sparingly, with the addition of text such as In a video on her website, Brightman says ....; ref #4 {http://www.myspace.com/sarahbrightman] - Myspace is not RS; ref #9 [2] is a wiki and in fact a Wikipedia mirror; ref #10 [3] is a personal website; ref #12 [4] is the subjects own website, no mention of the cited statements; ref #29 [5] is a press release - should be able to cite this from newspaper reports; ref #35 [6] is a blog / fan site; ref #7 is a link to a scanned article it should just site the publication; ref #17 does not link to an album review;
   • I recommend that after copy-editing the article is re-referenced to relaible sources. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

   c (OR):

   • Apparently not if all can be properly referenced. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its scope.

   a (major aspects):

   b (focused):

   • Too much detail about other performers. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   • A little too much fancruft at present. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):

   b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   • OK, there are a lot of concerns here. I will place on hold for seven days and notify major contributors and projects. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:54, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

   • AS there has been little progress in seven days with addressing these issues I am delisting. Please re-nominate at WP:GAN when these issues have been addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:44, 3 August 2009 (UTC)