Talk:Faith (Pop Smoke album)

Faith (Pop Smoke album) was nominated as a Music good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (September 19, 2022). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Faith (Pop Smoke album)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

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From What You Know Bout Love: "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 42, 2020". VG-lista. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
From For the Night: "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 42, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:57, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAmazingPeanuts Was this a vandalism, or was it correct?? I got confused which is correct and which is wrong. Itcouldbepossible ^(Talk) ^{(Contributions)} ^(Log) 11:48, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Itcouldbepossible: Removing sourced content without any reason can be classified as vandalism. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 15:54, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAmazingPeanuts Thanks, I got really confused about which edition was correct. Itcouldbepossible ^(Talk) ^{(Contributions)} ^(Log) 02:30, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 22:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An Earwig run showed up some issues that led me to start with spotchecks:

- FN 20 cites "lurching synths, choral flourishes, and interspersed spoken testimonials". The source has the identical wording.
- FN 20 cites ""Coupe" has the use of looping 808's, while the lyrics discuss the themes of celebrity excess." The source has '“Coupe" and "What’s Crackin” encase the all-too-familiar themes of celebrity excess and rampant materialism within looping 808’s'. This is too closely paraphrased.
- FN 39 cites "Pop Smoke raps about attacking his enemies, taking their jewelry" 39 has "jumping out on opps and taking their jewelry" -- this is too closely paraphrased.
- FN 65 cites ""Mr. Jones" featuring Anuel AA is a remixed version of the original track." I can't find this in the cited source.
- FN 61 cites "The author concludes that when Pop Smoke writes his lyrics, he isn't thinking about the 'masses'; instead, he is thinking about the people in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. He's aiming for an audience that will want to hear his distinct lyrics and voice". The source has "From my perspective, he’s not thinking about the “masses” when he writes his lyrics; he’s thinking about the people from his home in Brooklyn, New York. He is literally targeting the audience who will most likely want to hear his style and unique lyricism." This is far too closely paraphrased.

I'm going to fail this nomination; every single spotcheck has problems. Before renominating, please go through the article and make sure there are no more problems like this. However, I would also suggest that you think about approaching the article differently. It looks as if what you've done is searched for sources, and for each source you found you've plucked out the relevant material and dropped it into the article at the appropriate place. The way the citations are set up tells me that's how it was done, with a cite every few words in many places. It's almost impossible to write good prose that way. I think if you read the sources and then write sections in your own words, using the sources to support what you write, it will be far more readable. I have to say I would have considered failing the article on prose if the spotcheck issues had not stopped me from going further; it's very fragmented. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:47, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]