Talk:Slowcore/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Anarchyte (talk · contribs) 12:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Simongraham (talk · contribs) 04:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

This looks like it is an interesting article, and, on a cursory glance, seems close to meeting the criteria to be a Good Article already. I will start a review shortly. simongraham (talk) 04:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Comments

• Overall, the standard of the article is high.
• It is of reasonable length, with 2,839 words of readable prose.
• The lead is appropriately long at 317 words. It is currently three paragraphs. Suggest combining them as two are very small and a single paragraph will make the article easier to read on mobile readers.
• Authorship is 95.4% from the nominator with contributions from 55 other editors.
• It is currently assessed as a B class article.
• There are a few duplicate links, including the American Music Club, Bedhead, Cat Power, Codeine, Low, Pitchfork, Red House Painters, Radar Bros, Rollercoaster and singer-songwriter.
• If it is possible, it would be good to have an image that can be used to illustrate the genre in the infobox.

Criteria

The six good article criteria:

1. It is reasonable well written.

   the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;

   • The writing is clear and appropriate.
   • Please reword "Slowcore traces its roots in the late-1980s"
   • The article sometimes uses British English in the body and American English in the lead; e.g. "sombre" and "somber" are both used. Please be consistent. British English seems to be the most common version. Examples include "characterisation", "emphasises" and "recognised".
   • I believe it should be "when" rather than "where" in "mid 1990s, where Low played"
   • Also is there a reason for the hyphen in "late-1980s" but not "mid 1990s"?
   • Please tighten up phrases like "Releasing their debut The Restless Stranger in 1985, the band's music was slow and with characteristics akin to genres like folk and singer-songwriter." Currently, it states that the band's music released The Restless Stranger and is not clear what The Restless Stranger is.
   • Please address the punctuation in "There were other early bands that formed in the 1980s that would help define slowcore, however many would not release anything until the 1990s."

   it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead, layout and word choice.

   • It seems to comply.
   • I feel that the use of the word "present" in the title "2000s–present" may be appropriate but can you confirm that it meets the requirements of the MoS.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   it contains a reference section, presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

   • A reference section is included, with sources listed.

   all inline citations are from reliable sources;

   it contains no original research;

   • All relevant statements have inline citations.
   • Many of the references include quotes that show where information comes from.
   • Spot checks confirm Crystal 2014 (including the online sourcing to the OED), Dowling 2009, Eddy 1991, Judkis 2021 and Metzer 2017 talk about the topic appropriately.

   it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism;

   • Earwig gives a 42.2% chance of copyright violation with an article in the Guardian, which seems to be mainly quotes from artists, and 37.1% with a page called Slowcore: A Brief Timeline on a blog site called bandcamp, which seems to be mainly album names. Please confirm that all the quotes are correctly cited and the article is compliant.

3. It is broad in its coverage

   it addresses the main aspects of the topic.

   • The article covers most of the aspects of the genre and seems to include the most well-known artists.

   it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

   • The article goes into a lot of detail but is generally compliant.

4. It has a neutral point of view.

   it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to different points of view.

   • The article seems generally balanced, including commentary on the name from multiple sources.

5. It is stable.

   it does not change significantly from day to day because of any ongoing edit war or content dispute.

   • There is no evidence of edit wars.

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

   images are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content;

   • The images seem to have appropriate CC tags but I am not sure about the licenses for images from album covers. Do you have any information on this please?

   images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

   • The images are appropriate.

@Anarchyte: Thank you for an interesting article. Please take a look at my comments above, particularly the copy violation concern, and ping me when you would like me to take another look. simongraham (talk) 14:03, 5 January 2025 (UTC)