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GA Review

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Lead
  • The lead needs to be longer per WP:LEAD. It needs to summarise the entire article. There is pretty much no information from the first four sections of the article and I would suggest more information is particularly needed on the "Recording" and "Music and lyrics" sections.
  • "The British Phonographic Industry has since certified the album 8x Platinum for its accumulated sales of over 2.6 million units." 8x Platinum is a bit jargony. I would suggest eight-times platinum.
Background
Recording
Music and lyrics
  • "The album includes "guitar-pop", ballads, and acoustic songs. However, the U2-esque epic rock of the album's opening track "Politik", the piano-driven "Clocks", and the loud guitars of "A Whisper" were seen as an extension of the band's musical range." Do you have a reference for this?
Release and reception
  • "The album was released two months delayed from its original release date." I don't think this quite makes sense with two past participles, and also uses the word release twice. Consider rewording.
  • "In 2000, it was awarded Best Album at the Q Awards." I presume this year is wrong since it is two years before the album was released.
Critical reviews
Commercial performance
Credits

A bit to do, but nothing substantial, so I'll put it on hold for now. Peanut4 (talk) 22:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're done? Please check Cavie. Thanks. --Efe (talk) 13:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  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:

Pretty much the same to say as X&Y. A very good read, and I hope you agree the improvements at GA have helped. Hopefully you can push it on to FAC either in the near future or at a later date, and I would make the same recommendations as X&Y to do so. Best of luck with the article. Peanut4 (talk) 22:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Peanut for the review, and for the help. We appreciate it. --Efe (talk) 01:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]