Talk:Work It Out (Beyoncé song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 22:23, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Disambiguations: none found.

Linkrot: two found and tagged. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
The song found a majority of its success in European countries such as the United Kingdom and Norway. poor prose Done Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The song's accompanying music video was shot and directed by Matthew Rolston, under Knowles' Foxxy Cleopatra persona. very poor. Is this meant to suggest that Rolston was being in some way dominated by the "Cleopatra persona"? Done Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Due to Foxxy's sassy-nature, Knowles performs the song as very cocky and prone to overconfidence. Please - this is really bad prose. Not doneTheuhohreo (talk) 19:36, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The replacement phrase is equally bad. "overconfidently" What is that supposed to mean?

Lead-male role Austin Powers meets Foxxy Cleopatra at villain-Goldmember’s discothèque in 1975, which attributes to Foxxy's disco-type fashion and the heavily inspired disco-era music video of "Work It Out". Oh dear, there is little point in attempting a review with such poor writing, grammar, word choice and punctuation. Not doneTheuhohreo (talk) 19:36, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please take this away and get it copy-edited by someone who can read and write good plain English. Not done
I have copy-edited the article. Could you please re-review the article against this criterion? Adabow (talk · contribs) 08:13, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the article needs copy-editing throughout by someone who can read and write good plain English. This has not been done. Basic grammatical errors abound in every other sentence. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:50, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have asked a friend to do it. Please wait for a few more days. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed Nathan fixed the issues. Please have a look. Jivesh • Talk2Me 18:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry but your friend didn't do a very good job: Being so, Knowles adopted a similar persona to that of Cleopatra during the song.; Many similarities are seen as she performs under her Cleopatra persona in the music video of "Work It Out".; "Work It Out" garnered generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom complemented the 1960s and 1970s funk tone featured on the song. "complemented"?; "Work It Out" garnered generally positive reviews from critics, most of whom complemented the 1960s and 1970s funk tone featured on the song. one or the other surely?; After performing a simple choreography, ; Knowles plays with hula hoops while wearing "Virgo" bedazzled jeans throughout the video. As the video ends, Knowles is seen back on the beginning stage performing a dance-routine with three backup dancers only. The video ends with the movie theater cheering for the video, while Cleopatra and Powers smile at each other., etc., etc. Franklyu this prose is appalling Jezhotwells (talk) 13:22, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
~~Two dead links as noted above.~~ Fixed

IMDb is only good for casting details, see Wikipedia:Citing IMDb Fixed

I replaced it. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:50, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #43 does not support any of the preceding statement apart from the album title.
The show was filmed lived from there. Can i use the album liner notes to source it? Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That should be OK.
Fixed Jivesh • Talk2Me 08:27, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #44 does not support any of the preceding statement Removed Sorry for that. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:45, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Amazon is also not a reliable source
I always use Amazon. It is the first time a reviewer is telling me this. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
See a large number of archived discussions about this at WP:RSN. General consensus appears to be that Amazon and iTunes are not very reliable about release dates, frequently changing them for marketing reasons. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:56, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done I replaced all the references. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:29, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Good, meets criteria, although information on instrumentation and backing musicians would be good.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
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):
Captioned and non free use rationale.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
The question is can you get this rewritten in good plain English in a week or so? You could try Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests - but they may be busy with a large number of reviews going on. ON hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:59, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, the prose is still nowhere near reasonably well written, so I shall not be listing this article. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:22, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All done. Jivesh • Talk2Me 15:29, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]