Talk:Strawberry Swing/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lemurbaby (talk · contribs) 08:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Comments

Kudos to the editor(s) for the work put into this article. It's off to a good start, although it could benefit from further development across the board. For example, there is no discussion of the themes reflected in the lyrics. In addition, there is a need to work out a few specific points:

• Please expand the fair use rationale details for the image "Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Screenshot"

• I believe I have corrected the issue with the fair use rationale. Bruce Campbell (talk) 20:20, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

• Additional chart information would be useful. At minimum, info from other key Anglophone countries (Canada, US, Australia...) and possibly France or other large markets where the band is popular. Lemurbaby (talk · contribs) 08:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

• It was the final single released from the album, released over a year after the album itself was released. It did not chart very well. As far as I'm aware all charts that the song appeared on are covered in the article. And as the fifth and final single of the album, there are not a lot of references that discuss the song in intricate detail.

• If you look at the Strawberry Swing articles in other languages, you'll see how the song charted in a number of other countries... these are no doubt not exhaustive, but it would be good to incorporate the info where it's readily available. Lemurbaby (talk) 18:43, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

• Also, the UK reference you use merely says that Strawberry Swing debuted at 158. It does not tell you what happened in subsequent weeks. If it didn't appear on the UK top 75, then you know it didn't get that high, but you need more evidence than the CLUK gives you that it peaked at 158; it could easily have risen to 111 or 76. Absent another source, this can't be listed as a peak. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

• It would be good to expand on the instrumentation and lyrical themes. Lemurbaby (talk · contribs) 08:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

• It is comparable to other GA Coldplay articles from the same album like Lost!, Lovers in Japan and Violet Hill (song) in length and detail about the lyrical themes. What it covered in the article is all that can be said about the song using reliable sources and utilizing no original research, as it was not one of the band's more successful singles. Bruce Campbell (talk) 20:20, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

• I browsed around for books on Coldplay that might provide more insight but wasn't able to unearth anything easily. Although this is a serious gap in the coverage of this article, if more information isn't accessible in English at this time I won't allow this point to keep me from awarding GA. That said, the article definitely could not advance to A or FA without expanding these areas. Lemurbaby (talk) 18:43, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

• As a side note, there is more that could be said about the music video - I found some interesting articles online. But again I won't hold that against a GA pass.Lemurbaby (talk) 18:43, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

• I don't see any sign of a response to the September 4 comments. Has this stalled? What needs to happen to get it moving and wrapped up one way or the other? BlueMoonset (talk) 23:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, it seems to have stalled. If I don't hear anything from the nominator by Monday I will fail the nomination. Lemurbaby (talk) 04:09, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

• I pinged him on this talk page, and he said to "go ahead, fail it"; full response at User talk:Bruce Campbell#GA down at the bottom of the section. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:15, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

• Don't forget to replace the GA nominee template on the Strawberry Swing talk page with a FailedGA template, so the bots can move into action, remove the nomination from the WP:GAN page, etc. Thanks for working on the nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:50, 30 September 2012 (UTC)