Talk:The College Dropout/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Bruce Campbell (talk · contribs) 18:43, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

There were some minor fixes that I would suggest:

Background

"He also crafted hit songs for Ludacris, Alicia Keys, and Janet Jackson." Reference this please.

"Despite his proven talent and success as a producer, West's true aspiration was to be a rapper." "Proven talent" should be removed.

"In a desperate attempt to keep their gifted producer from defecting to another label," Gifted should be removed, perhaps switch it with "acclaimed" or something. Also, "desperate attempt" is biased.

Music

"even his former boss at the Gap". Wikilink to the Gap (clothing retailer).

"Never Let Me Down" uses a Jay-Z verse first heard in the remix of his song "Hovi Baby".[27][28] [25][29][30][31]" Only one reference is required, preferably 29.

Also, there should be a musical sample or two of these songs, and if you can't manage to do that, I would be willing to upload them for you.

General

The personell section is incredibly long, it should really be collapsed to make the article a little easier to navigate at first glance, but it's not really highly important. Also, with the exception of the album cover, there's not a single image on the article. I would suggest adding one of Common or Mos Def in either the content or single section, or what have you.

And really, that's about it. If these can be fixed then the article can easily be passed. Bruce Campbell (talk) 22:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Other comments

• Paragraph 3 of "Background" is nearly uncited.
• A bunch of links are dead.
• All of the chart positions need to be cited.
• Citations 29, 42, 50, 51 and 78 are bare URLs.
• Citation 18 needs a page number.
• Possible unreliable sources: 27, 28, 31, 36 (should be replaced by official sites), 41 and 42.

And that's it. Those citation numbers are from this version. What a pro (talk) is on fire. 08:15, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

• I think that the Commercial performance section could be expanded as it currently only has information about how the album performed in the United States. Did it chart in any other countries?
• Additionally, much of the "Content" section is copied directly from the sources given without quotes: "The over-the-top "The New Workout Plan" is both a hilarious parody of an aerobics routine and a platform for West to wrap his words around weird shifts in tempo and style." Calling the songs "hilarious" without quotes is not NPOV. This section may need to be completely rewritten. Basilisk4u (talk) 16:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Drive-by nomination

This article was nominated on February 18, 2012, by User:ItalA19. The user made four edits that day, the first made since 2010, and hasn't been seen since.

As the review is 40 days old, the nominator is extremely unlikely to be back, and no one from the article's history has addressed any of the issues here—the later ones, including the "Content" section problems, are quite significant—I think it is time to close out the nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:13, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Agree, I'm failing this. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 03:08, 2 April 2012 (UTC)