Talk:Dammit/GA1

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Reviewer: Cloudz679 (talk · contribs) 17:37, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

The sentence "The song was serviced to radio remixed by Tom Lord-Alge, which includes cleaner instrumentals and a drum roll during the intro." doesn't seem to be grammatically accurate, or comply with WP:LEAD
"created by Hoppus" needs context in the first mention outside of the lead
"blow out his voice" the meaning is not clear
what are "top spins"?
"MCA's marketing strategy for "Dammit" involved waiting until after the band's Warped Tour performances wrapped in order to have a retail story to back up radio promotion efforts." wording seems very close to the source. could you put "retail story" in other words?
"The label first serviced "Dammit" in August 1997 and several SoCal stations were quick to pickup the single" unfamiliar with the term "serviced", plus "pickup" cannot be used as a verb without a space. Very close wording to the source here, too
"Mainstream rock received "Dammit" in November" isn't mainstream rock a genre? How can a genre receive a song?
"bumping it into stress rotation in December" - is this jargon? Also seems to be very close to the original wording at the source
"Consequence of Sound, in a 2015 top 10 of the band's best songs, ranked it as number one" better to start with concrete terms rather than "it" and "the band" in this instance
"The song was famously used" WP:PEACOCK
"Doane was on board with the musicians improvising during the shoot" clarify?
DeLonge isn't given a first name anywhere in the prose

Referencing

"The song peaked at number 11 on Billboard 's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and charted on the airplay chart of the Billboard Hot 100.[9]" can't see that in the citation
"The song was called a "radio staple"" - a little more context is called for, more accurately "a modern-rock radio staple"
I don't feel that quoting the entire first four lines of fn14 is justified. The quote doesn't reflect the connection between the song and film which is detailed elsewhere in the article.
"The song was also included in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour, along with an in-game representation of Travis Barker, who becomes available to play upon completing the song in the drum career." has a reference at the Guitar Hero World Tour page, so why not use that here?
The chart positions for Billboard are not evident at fn9

C 679 10:00, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Two more things:

The image used doesn't seem to fully conform to the Non-free use rationale guideline. The word "Google" is insufficient as a source, as this is not evidence that it has been "published or publicly displayed outside Wikipedia by (or with permission from) the copyright holder".
The infobox details where and when it was recorded, but this is unreferenced and omitted from the article itself, so please add and source. C 679 10:08, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All existing prose and image issues have been resolved. Regarding the referencing, <ref name="UScharts"/>(fn9) is not allowing me to see anything about this song, something I mentioned before. Does the reader need to go somewhere from the linked page?

The guitar hero reference which was added, is dead. The underlines the importance of using access dates.
I wouldn't necessarily take Hoppus' estimate of 10 minutes or DeLonge's estimate of 5 minutes as facts suitable for the article, regarding how long the song took to write.
The FIDLAR and Good Charlotte covers aren't appropriately referenced - looks like an error with the ref name attributes.

C 679 08:22, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Saginaw-hitchhiker:. See above. C 679 18:40, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cloudz679: gotcha! all refs, including the chart data, have been updated. i've also removed the 5 to 10 minutes thing. Saginaw-hitchhiker (talk) 02:01, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just made a minor change to the ref names, the article now meets the criteria. C 679 14:16, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]