Talk:Graduation (album)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jennie--x (talk · contribs) 13:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Good article criteria assessment

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Prose is consistently clear, concise and simple. Very little grammatical or spelling errors. Article should (and does) reflect American English where possible.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	WP:MOS is adhered to, e.g. album title is italicized appropriately. The lead is of sufficient length in respect to the whole article length. A consistent style that comprises of detailed narrative that is well-supported by reliable secondary sources is coherent.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	The article features a wide-range of good-quality, reliable sources from well-established news outlets. Claims made in Critical reception are justified.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	Nothing too contentious here and all published-opinion has been referenced. Statistics have been supported from reliable sources, e.g. RIAA.
	2c. it contains no original research.	The lead needs some citations as it has none, but most of the information provided in the lead is later supported in the main body.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	The article's topic is well discussed, even when other albums are discussed, valid comparisons are made with the original article referenced.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	The article is very strong in terms of being on-topic and use of summary style, despite being quite a long article for an album.
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	Adheres to NPOV well; demonstrated by the inclusion of constructive critical opinion in the Critical reception section, despite being well-received generally.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	Not a contentious article that has seen much edit-warring, conflict or ownership and the collection of editors responsible for it have co-operated well. Page has had no need for protection.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	All images have valid rationales.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Captions are suitable and relevant.
	7. Overall assessment.	Graduation meets the good article criteria substantially. Its editors have created an article with detailed and factual narrative that is supported by reliable sources. The article contains both image and sound to engage readers and to inform on a much wider-scale than prose. As said earlier, I think it would be helpful to have some in-line citations/references/sources in the lead, to reinforce any claims that may not be clear in other sections and for general ease. (Pass)