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Jodeci discography

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I've listed this article for peer review because I want this article to become a featured list. I believe the only thing holding this back is the prose and the music video section. Any comments will be appreciated!

Thanks, Michael Jester (talk) 18:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: I have to apologize for taking so long to review this. Here are some suggestions for improvement.

A model article is useful for ideas and examples to follow; The most recent FL which is laos a discography is Simon & Garfunkel discography, which seems like a useful model.
I am doing some copyediting as I read this - feel free to revert anything I make worse
- Thank you for the copy-edit. It looks really good. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The members of Simon and Garfunkel are fewer in number and (I would argue) better known, yet they are not listed in the first sentence there. Are you sure the members of Jodeci belong in the first sentence here?
- Removed members. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Needs a year The group was signed by Uptown Records after submitting a demo tape during a trip to New York.[1] Also this could be a place to list the members (assuming the same four were the original members signed by Uptown).
- The weird thing is Allmusic or any other reliable biography I've found on them does not show the year. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
So I think the first two sentences would read better as something like this The discography of Jodeci—an American R&B group—consists of three studio albums, three compilation albums, twelve singles, and twelve music videos. The group, comprised of Donald DeGrate, Jr; Dalvin DeGrate; Cedric Hailey; and [[K-Ci & JoJo|Joel Hailey], was signed by Uptown Records after submitting a demo tape during a trip to New York in YEAR.
- Removed members so this does not apply. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think that hyphens are needed here (three-times) On April 28, 1995, the album was certified three times platinum ... and in similar constructions throughout. Look at the the model FL (it uses multi-platinum - is that different?)
- Hyphenated. Also, multi-platinum is just when the title is certified more than platinum; therefore, anything higher than platinum can be considered multi-platinum. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Their third album was their most successful, but is only certified platinum, while their early albums were 2x or 3x platinum?? Isn't that a contradiction? Wouldn't the more successful album be 2x or 3x platinum (and not just platinum)?
- I'm trying to say it was their most succesful album, worldwide.
I would mention the other singles a little more in the lead
- How would I go about doing that? Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea how to fix the videos section - sorry (assume the problem is a lack of references). Did they release a compilation of their videos? That might have some of the information needed...
- Yeah, the main problem is the lack of references. Yes, they did release a compilation of their videos, but only of the videos I have sourced. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Too bad there are no free images of any of the band members
- Yes, I know. This sucks. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Refs are formatted OK from a quick check. I will be honest - I do not know what are reliable sources for discographies, so I could not check that.
- Okay, that's fine. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please make sure that the existing text includes no copyright violations, plagiarism, or close paraphrasing. For more information on this please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches. (This is a general warning given in all peer reviews, in view of previous problems that have risen over copyvios.)
- Done. Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate this peer review Ruhrfisch, I found it very helpful!
—Michael Jester (talk) 04:26, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]