Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Step by Step (Braxe + Falcon song)/archive1

Step by Step (Braxe + Falcon song)

Featured article candidates/Step by Step (Braxe + Falcon song)/archive1

Nominator(s): Barnt Toust 01:39, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the 2022 debut single by the French touch duo Braxe + Falcon. Barnt Toust 01:39, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To summarise, Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon are two French music producers that saw success with separate collaborations with Daft Punk's taller member, Thomas Bangalter. Braxe was one third of Stardust with Bangalter, which released "Music Sounds Better with You", a song that has mastered the generational gap by being an absolute banger, and also featuring on a radio station in GTA V. Falcon did "So Much Love to Give" with Bangalter, a ten-minute-plus club track that compares to a big hit of LSD. Keeping this collective repertoire in mind, they are cousins and did not know this for the longest time. Once they figured this out, these two did a song that is a downtempo subversion of the old pop-dance bangers they did in '98 and '02, respectively. And they did an extended play that this song headlines, but that's still a draft and not concerning this song article.

This song is just cool as all hell to me, and I banged out essentially the entire Wikipedia article because no one else did for like two and a half years after it released. Currently it's a GA, but after further explicating info found in sources and finding a French music magazine that covered the work, I decided to nom this. Well, that's a lie. I nom'd this first and then really quickly did the further work. Anywho, hope it's an enjoyable read! Barnt Toust 01:56, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aoba47

Apologies in advance as I do not have the time right now to do a full review, but I still wanted to help at least a little bit. Here are some comments below:

Make sure to include WP:ALT text for both images in the article. done
I would incorporate the genres and the appropriate citations in the article rather than just having them in the infobox. done

When the genres are put into the article, the citations are no longer needed in the infobox. That being said, the genres should be in the article, and I believe that both "disco" and "soft rock" have only been moved to the audio sample caption. Aoba47 (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The audio sample would need a clear and explicit rationale in the article to justify its inclusion, as it is encouraged to keep non-free media usage to a minimal. Having it just in the infobox does not provide this kind of justification, and it should instead be incorporated into the article with a caption that says how it is being used. done - added descriptive stuff to body
Terms such as double A-side and extended play should be linked for readers who are unfamiliar with this type of music jargon. done
The lead provides an overview statement about the song's critical reception, but I do not see these specific topics explicitly brought up in the "Reception" section. WP:RECEPTION is a great resources to help write this kind of section as it can be difficult. -- done As I saw per WP:Reception, I added one sentence that pretty much summed up what the writers had to say about the song at the first of the two paragraphs, caring that it was not WP:OR as noted.

Know what? I decided to re-write both paragraphs in "Reception" on a whim. One focuses on the production, the other stays more about Lennox being awesome. Barnt Toust 19:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks a lot better to me. Great job with that. Aoba47 (talk) 20:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why have the section about the music video before the one on the song's release? It is chronological out of order so I was curious on the rationale behind that choice. -- @User:Aoba47, as the "release" section also covers prominent performances. Both performances (debut live and Paris Paralympics) listed in that section happened after the video released.

Yeah, but the music video (25 August 2022) still came out before the song's release (29 March 2022) so it is a bit odd to read about the music video and then read about the song's release right after. Why not combine both of these sections together to make something like a "Release and promotion" section? That way, it can be organized going from the song's release, the music video, and then the live performances. Aoba47 (talk) 14:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Y'know, that sounds like a cool idea! I'll look at how that'll work. Barnt Toust 19:17, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spliced the text into a "release and publicity" unified section, @Aoba47. Also had to work in the official remix release, and that worked well. Barnt Toust 19:24, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for addressing this for me. Aoba47 (talk) 20:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Individuals discussed in the "Personnel" section should also be discussed in the prose. Chris Athens is currently only listed in the separate section, but not discussed in the actual prose of the article. done
Sources in a foreign language would need to have the English translations for the titles included in their citations. I am specifically referencing the French citation. done
Step by Step should be presented in italics in the citation titles. done

I hope that these comments are helpful. Apologies again for not being able to do a full review, but best of luck with the FAC! Aoba47 (talk) 02:58, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments you did. Marked the stuff as done so the next fellows who come through know that those subjects are (hopefully) taken care of. Barnt Toust 04:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Used graphics without thinking, finally understood & got rid of them

Please do not use graphics, like the ones for done. The FAC instructions ask for editors to not use them as they can cause loading issues in the main FAC listings. I would kindly ask you to remove the graphics from this FAC. Aoba47 (talk) 04:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ah, darn. sorry. will do that. Barnt Toust 04:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Just wanted to let you know. Aoba47 (talk) 05:00, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

done Barnt Toust 05:03, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, the "done" graphics should also not be used in the FAC process so those should be changed as well. Aoba47 (talk) 05:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I only removed the <code></code> stuff. Sorry 'bout that, was just the turn of the new year at my get-together at my house and I had to rush off to watch the ball drop with guests without giving much thought. Barnt Toust 05:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

as you can tell since I am preoccupied with Wikipedia, it's not the most engaging of events. all the graphics are gone now. Barnt Toust 05:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]