Talk:Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)/GA1

GA Reassessment

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I am reviewing this article as part of GA Sweeps. This is a good looking article that is a little sloppy compared to current standards. It could use a little tightening to make me happy and to bring it in line with the current standards of WP:WIAGA. I am about to outline a partial list of issues that need to be addressed. After I post this listing, I will give concerned and interested editors a week before I reevaluate the article's quality rating. I will be following along with the progress of the article and may make additional comments as it is appropriate.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums, Extraordinary Machine (talk · contribs), Kww (talk · contribs)--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:31, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the alt text checker the image needs WP:ALT text.
According to the links checker the article has fifteen deadlinks.
Why does this article have a one sentence paragraph?
I don't do many album articles, but it seems to me that current standards are to create a table for track listings. This is not required, but suggested, if I am correctly interpreting today's stylistic preferences. It seems the first four albums currently at GAC are half table and half not. You can leave it or change it, but I think the tables look better.
Why is the Europe release date in the LEAD when it sold more albums in the U.S. and Japan?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Why is the time length difference only 2:41 when the bonus tracks are over 7 minutes (11 in Japan)?~~ Sorry, I just woke up. Please add Japan length to infobox, if possible.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 15:31, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional suggestions

I made a couple of fixes, and have the following minor suggestions:

Numbers need to be looked at with WP:MOSNUM in mind.
Platinum could benefit from an inline to the correct usage.
Magazine name references (such as Billboard) should be italicized.
Hyphens where appropriate should be em dashes or en dashes.
Can the 2005 sales figure be updated?
"songs she unsuccessfully campaigned for the commercial release of" is AWK and probably would read better if re-worded.
Block quotes should not be in italics, per the MOS.
A number of words/names are inlined more than once (e.g., Billboard 200); once is preferred. This is especially true in the footnotes.

--Epeefleche (talk) 08:33, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks for your review.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 02:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]