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This article is in need of a rewrite or at least a major tweak. I've started in on some of the more poorly expressed items, checking cite sources for some clarity and rewriting to more accurately - or clearly - reflect the actual facts. Don't know if I'll get to everything so, in the meantime, if someone else is motivated to dig in it would be appreciated. This could be improved to make it a better article all the way around. Thanks.THX1136 (talk) 00:51, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For now everything seems fine, besides removing two reliably sourced sentences in the lead.--Miki Filigranski (talk) 20:11, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am mostly referring to run on sentence structure and, in other places, missing words which muddle the intent of the sentence. There are also places where information is kind of a jumble as far as organization goes - i.e jumping from one item to another that is somewhat unrelated and then back to another item. There are also several sentences that have a repetitive start to them - "In 2002"; "In 2004"; "In 2008"; etc. I've begun work on some of those instances. As things are here at Wikipedia, if any of my edits are out of line or inaccurate, please feel free to revert or edit further. I've got no "skin in the game" except to try to make the article communicate more clearly in its presentation of the facts. Thanks for your input, Miki.THX1136 (talk) 01:46, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Claim Conflict

In the lead section it claims Rea first made it into the Top 10 with Road to Hell Pt 2. Later in the article it says The Road to Hell, which proceeded the Part 2 release, was his first No. 1 album. Both cannot be true. I removed the statement until it can be sorted out.THX1136 (talk) 19:14, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You mistook a single with a studio album.--Miki Filigranski (talk) 20:07, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the clarification. Since the original sentence did not specify the nature of the release and there being an album by the same name I assumed it was referring to the album. My error and apologies. I did do another edit to the sentence to clarify the release as being a single since the restored sentence does not make that clear to the reader who may not have any knowledge of Rea's discography. Again, I appreciate your input Miki.THX1136 (talk) 01:38, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]