Talk:Tracy Lawrence/GA1
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Reviewer: Toa Nidhiki05 (talk · contribs) 00:22, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Comments
[edit]Alright, this has sat here long enough. I'm going to try and give this a good and thorough review. I've got a checklist down below to keep track of my review but I'll also add comments down below here. On first glance this definitely looks like a solid article. Toa Nidhiki05 00:22, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Prose
[edit]Generally looks good! One issue I've noticed is in regards to numbering. Per MOS:NUMERAL, numbers from 0 to 9 should be spelled out, but from what I can tell almost all numerals are spelled out. By my count there are 12 instances (all of them used when denoting chart positions) where numerals under 0-9 need to be written out. I've already spared you the trouble of making the only other number issue (using "No." when the rest of the article uses "number").Toa Nidhiki05 00:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)- @Toa Nidhiki05: Think I got them all. Let me know if I missed any. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:01, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Yep, looks good now! Going to do another pass on specific sentences but that was the only major issue I saw. Toa Nidhiki05 01:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Images
[edit]- All images seem to be good and meet the free/fair use requirements. I would like to know if there are any more images that can be included, just to make things a little more interesting - there's a long wall of text between the lede and the first image. Even one more image somewhere could make things look a little nicer. This is just a recommendation, not a requirement, but is something I noticed.. Toa Nidhiki05 00:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- I moved the second image of Lawrence himself upward, and added pictures of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney in the "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" section. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Perfect, and a good location to fit it. Good choices! Toa Nidhiki05 01:39, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Scope/Focus
[edit]- Scope and focus both seem good. Everything important is discussed from what I can tell but nothing goes into unneeded detail. Toa Nidhiki05 01:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- I've found one fairly major scope/focus in in the lede, on second view: it only focuses on his career. At a minimum, it might be worth noting a little bit about his upbringing - what made him want to start singing, his very very early career, etc. Toa Nidhiki05 00:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- Most sources don't really say much more about his early life other than what I've already written, although I have tried to flesh it out a little more. Compare Kathy Mattea, also a GA, where the "early life" segment is about as short. It looks like he really did just go straight from "moved to Nashville" to "signed to a major label" within a year. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- Oh I was more referring to mentioning what is already in the body in the lede. Either way it's fine if that's what other articles do - just a suggestion. Toa Nidhiki05 03:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Toa Nidhiki05: Oh my bad, I missed the "in the lede" part of your statement. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:23, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
References/source check
[edit]One immediate catch here: a lot of links to Newspapers.com. That's a very good resource to use, but each usage should have a |url-access=subscription tag to let the reader know it is a subscription service. By my count there are 12 citations that go to Newspapers.com and each should have the tag.Toa Nidhiki05 01:42, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Fixed. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- You missed a few but I've fixed that, you got most of them. Toa Nidhiki05 01:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
AllMusic should not be italicized. All italicizations in sources should be changed (this can be done by changing from work=Allmusic to publisher=Allmusic). This should also be changed in the text body as well.Toa Nidhiki05 01:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Think I got them all. Did likewise with Country Standard Time since it's also a website. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:01, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Looks good now. I think that's the last of the formatting issues so I'll follow up with a spot check but everything else looks good. Toa Nidhiki05 02:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
- Citations 1, 51, and 61 should be corrected to use the mdy format the rest of the article uses. Currently they use different formats. Toa Nidhiki05 00:42, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Done Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:55, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Attribution and dates (sorry this stuff is boring):
- Citation 5 (People) should include the date of publication.
- Citation 8 (MusicRow) should attribute the author and include the date of publication.
- Citation 9 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 10 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 14 (Taste of Country) should attribute the author and include the date of publication.
- Citation 17 (Radio and Records) should attribute the author.
- Citation 19 (Radio and Records) should attribute the author.
- Citation 20 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 32 (Country Standard Time) should attribute the author.
- Citation 33 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 37 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 40 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 41 (Country Standard Time) should attribute the author.
- Citation 55 (Country Standard Time) should attribute the author.
- Citation 56 (Billboard) should attribute the author.
- Citation 60 (Roughstock) should attribute the author.
- Citation 62 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 65 (Tuscon.com) should attribute the author.
- Citation 75 (Allmusic) should attribute the author.
- Citation 76 (The Boot) should attribute the author.
- Citation 85 (One Country) should have the publication date and the author attributed.
Citation 89 (The Tennessean) should attribute the author.- Think I got all of these now. A couple of the Country Standard Time sources don't seem to have bylines, but I think I got everything else.
- I'll give another check tomorrow to make sure but it looks good right now. Toa Nidhiki05 03:17, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- Think I got all of these now. A couple of the Country Standard Time sources don't seem to have bylines, but I think I got everything else.
Specific souring issues:
I'm not sure how citation 4 relates to the claim made in the personal life section (that the charges against him were cleared). I assume source 18 covers that, but source 4 doesn't mention it from what I can tell.Toa Nidhiki05 01:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- That was a misplacement. Fixed.
- Broken link. I replaced it with a link from CMT.com. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
List
[edit]- It is reasonably well written.
- It is factually accurate and verifiable.
- a (reference section):
b (citations to reliable sources):
c (OR):
d (copyvio and plagiarism):
- a (reference section):
- It is broad in its coverage.
- a (major aspects):
b (focused):
- a (major aspects):
- It follows the neutral point of view policy.
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- It is stable.
- No edit wars, etc.:
- No edit wars, etc.:
- It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):
b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
- a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):
- Overall:
- Pass/Fail:
- Pass/Fail:
Conclusion
[edit]All the issues I've mentioned appear to have been fixed. The prose looks fine to me - I might make a few minor changes myself later - but I don't see anything major enough to warrant a discussion here. Since all this seems to be addressed, I'm going to go ahead and pass the article. Toa Nidhiki05 03:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC)