Talk:Music of Madagascar/GA3

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 23:23, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: three found, and fixed.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 23:29, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:34, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   ...over the later half of the last century. Better to use 20th century, rather than last century.Y

   Changed. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   I changed it to 20th century, per MoS

   By the late 19th century, certain instruments and types of music became associated with various castes or ethnic groups although these divisions have always been fluid and are continually evolving. Vague, better to say something like "certain instruments and types of music became associated with specific castes or ethnic groups"Y

   Changed. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   waves of settlers from across the Old World. Is "Old World" the right phrase here? To me it indicates Europe, but the next sentence introduces Indonesia.Y

   I haven't changed this yet - according to wikipedia entry Old World, the term encompasses Europe, Africa and Asia. If you feel strongly that this is confusing, let me know and I will rephrase it. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   No problem, my mis-reading

   The strings are traditionally raised from the fibers of the bamboo tube itself "raised from"?Y

   Clarified. Let me know if this is still confusingly worded. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   While the bamboo valiha is the most emblematic of the instrument surely "instruments"?Y

   Rephrased. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   have emerged in the coastal regions over the last fifty years. Better to say "since the 1960s", or something like that.Y

   The hira gasy troupes of today why is hiragasy split into two words here? and "For instance, members of hira gasy troupes are traditionally invited "Y

   It seems using two words is more common than using one to transcribe the word from the Malagasy language (although either one is "correct" as far as I've seen in research literature). I've changed it to be consistent throughout. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   ref #2[2] needs [format=Subscription required] to be added to cite template

   I don't know how to do this. It seems easier just to remove the url link, which is what I chose to do. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   I fixed it.

   Otherwise references check out.

   ELs: There are far too many links here. Better to link to the master page, e.g. {http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pqg9h}Y

   I think it's useful to make it clear what kind of information the link will lead you to, and in the case of the BBC programs each one is such a wealth of information I feel it's preferable to leave all three of them there separately. I agree for the sound clips for the instruments that these can be subsumed into one link, which I have done. Let me know what you think looking at it now and if you still feel strongly that the BBC links should be condensed into one or not. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:58, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   Much better

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Licensed and captioned OK

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   OK, this article is nearly there. Please address the points above. On hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

   OK, this is now meting the GA standard. I removed some instances of over wiki-linking, you don't need to repeat wiki-links for words such as salegy, see the section in Wikipedia:OVERLINK#Overlinking and underlinking on repeated links. I am happy to list this article, congratulations. 16:06, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for being willing to review this article, Jezhotwells. I am ready to make immediate changes to any issues in the article that you identify, so please give me the opportunity to make those changes rather than quick-failing the article like the previous reviewer. There are currently NO articles related to the people of Madagascar that have attained good article status - only articles related to the island's plant and animal life. This is a serious gap in Wikipedia's coverage and working together on this we can correct that problem. Thank you. - Lemurbaby (talk) 00:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)