Talk:American Life (song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Calvin999 (talk · contribs) 18:07, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: 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):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Info box

No issues.

Lead

If you quote a critic in the lead, you need to put the citation there.
"adds a touch of pathos" to the song, according to music critics. → Did more than one critic specifically write the words "adds a touch of pathos"? I think that only one did, therefore better of to write the name of that critic, or "according to one critic."
Link music critic
"Its lyrics features" → "features" in this sentence should be singluar. I know you say about two different things, but plural doesn't sound right.
Critics said that "American Life", its following single "Hollywood" and "I'm So Stupid", were an extension of American Life, and an advice "to get out from underneath that cloud, the world of illusion." → This needs re-wording, it's too intricate and doesn't make sense. What do you mean by they are an extension of the album? They are on the album already. Who gave the advice?
Third paragraph: Again, if you are going to quote, you need to add the citations.
Despite mostly negativity by critics for the song, → Re-word. This really reads bad. "Despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics,"
"some good charting" → This could be improved.
"featuring she in front" → She? Change to "her"
To be honest this lead should only be three paragraphs long. They are four quite small paragraphs, and some information is not needed here.

Everything

Done. 11Jorn ^{leave a message} 19:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Update

I have this article watchlisted and can see you have been making edits and improvements to this article from points I made on the Erotica review, which I am pleased about. I will continue with this review now.

Alright. 11Jorn ^{leave a message} 00:30, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Background and release

I made two small c/e's.
No other issues. I found this section quite interesting lol.

Composition

No issues.

Critical reception

Link music critics Done
Lots and lots of quotes, paraphrase some into your own words. Done

Chart performance

"After its release," → Remove, a song can only chart if it has been released, so it's a little bit stating the obvious. Done
"On April 24, 2003, "American Life" debuted at number three on the Swedish Singles Chart.[21] Similarly in Switzerland, the song debuted at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart, and spent thirteen weeks on the chart.[21]" → Can you see what completely doesn't make sense here? Lol Done

Music video

Unlink Mini Cooper and George W. Bush. They are already linked in the composition section. Done

Live performances

Unlink George W. Bush. Done

Track listings and formats

No issues.

Credits and personnel

Isn't there recording locations and other personnel? Done

Charts

No issues.
Why is there no release history section and table?

References

FN8: MTV News and Viacom need to be linked. Done
FN13: Needs a publisher. Done
FN14: Needs a publisher. Done
FN29: Needs a publisher. Done
FN36: Needs an accessdate. Done
FN47: Title should not be in capitals and is missing a date and accessdate. Done

Summary

On hold for 7 days. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 11:38, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. And I'm searching for a release history. 11Jorn ^{leave a message} 15:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I just think it can be helpful to see when a song is released in which country. Passing. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 13:15, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A few things:

I removed the genres, as they were completely unsourced. I also uploaded a better cover image.
Updated fair use rationales need to be added to the single cover and the sample.
"American Life" was released digitally on March 25, 2003, through AOL." Now, I can't see the source for this, but this is most definitely not correct. AOL is a website. It premiered on AOL (which a lot of songs did back in the day), but it was not "digitally released", as in made available for purchase, on that date.
US$0,49 cents to US$1,49 --> A price of something does NOT belong in an article.
Release history section? Since when is that a requirement on an article?

Statυs (talk) 03:57, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, what is going on with the track listing references? They all randomly have two dots after Maverick. Warner Bros. Records is also missing from the publisher, and Format should specify which one. For example, "UK CD single 1". Liner notes isn't the right word to use, either. Liner notes "are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case". CD single releases never have booklets inside of them. I'd say "inlay" would be the proper word, so the format would be, for example, "UK CD single inlay".

Statυs (talk) 04:06, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 11Jorn ^{leave a message} 10:36, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't tell if this has already passed, but I see several instances of poor grammar and improper sentence structure right in the lead and it has just been protected to stop an edit war. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:39, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This was passed a while ago. Look at the history. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 09:17, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]