Talk:Harlem Shake (song)/GA1
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Reviewer: Sufur222 (talk · contribs) 15:26, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Let's have a look. As much as I dislike the song, the article is written very well for the most part.
- Infobox
- The discography section on Baauer's own article claims that a single called "Samurai" was released prior to this. Although it may just be an incorrectly added free release, you may want to check whether it really was released as a single in some way, as it will then need to be listed in the infobox.
- According to Mad Decent's blog, this was his first single. I added this into the article and added a cn-tag at the Baauer article for those "non-album singles". Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Background
- No issues.
- Music and lyrics
- "a feminine-sounding voice yelling "con los terroristas", which translates to "with the terrorists" in Spanish." → I would rephrase this to "a feminine-sounding voice yelling "con los terroristas", a Spanish phrase which translates to "with the terrorists" in English." or something similar, as its current context makes it sound like "with the terrorists" is actually Spanish dialect.
- Done.
- "Baauer said that he had found the vocal sample somewhere on the Internet" → sounds a little bland, and not especially professional or specific. How about replacing "somewhere on the Internet" with "an unidentified source on the Internet, although he could not recall the website's name." – after all, that's why this site is not identified for explicitly in the source.
- Done.
- Commercial performance
- The prose is fine, although you have only spoken about its performance in the United States and the UK. Mentioning a few more countries, if only briefly, gives a greater idea of its success.
- All I could find was an article about the song's chart debut in Australia from the Sydney Morning Herald, which I added. I don't think I could do any more than reiterate the chart positions, which wouldn't be too neutral in form. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Copyright infringement
- No issues.
- Critical reception
- No issues.
- Remixes
- No issues.
- Track listing
- No issues.
- Charts
- No issues, although I'm surprised that it doesn't seem to have received a single certification considering its chart success. You might want to check that out by searching the usual certification sources.
- Could only find one from New Zealand, which is not enough for a table, but I'll incorporate it in the prose for now. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Release history
- No issues.
- References
- Ref 1 → should have The Guardian linked first, instead of ref 20. Also, as it refers directly to the website and not the printed publication, it should not be in italics.
- Refs 6, 32, 56 and 58 all need en-dashes.
- Ref 18 → MSN Money should not be in italics.
- Ref 32 → HipHip DX? Should be HipHop DX.
- All done. Dan56 (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Further reading
- No issues.
Overall, nothing major. If you disagree with any of my comments on the prose, please tell me: however, not much needs to be done to this to make it a GA. I'll put it on hold. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 15:26, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Don't like the song that much either. Just a fan of Azealia Banks. I also got drawn to this article and motivated after a couple of content disputes. Dan56 (talk) 20:24, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
- Well, I can't see any other issues, so I see no reason not to pass this. Good job. I Am Rufus • Conversation is a beautiful thing. 20:29, 21 April 2013 (UTC)