Talk:Miss Calypso

Miss Calypso has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: July 10, 2013. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Miss Calypso appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 April 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Miss Calypso, a 1957 album by future poet and writer Maya Angelou, was reissued in 1995, probably as part of the "exotica-space age pop revival"?

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Sources[edit]

Cut and pasted from userspace; bringing it over here because draft will soon be deleted:

Sources from album downloaded to Google docs by User:Binksternet: Miss Calypso track list, 1957 album liner notes by Hal Spector, and1995 CD liner notes by Chuck Foster, including a bit of commentary on the 1957 liner notes. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:26, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Click on the links one at a time, then right-click and download each JPG image to your computer so you can see the text better.Binksternet (talk) 20:38, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nom Template:Did you know nominations/Miss Calypso

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Miss Calypso/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: H1nkles (talk · contribs) 20:56, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When I do an article review I like to provide a Heading-by-Heading breakdown of suggestions for how to make the article better. It is done in good faith as a means to improve the article. It does not necessarily mean that the article is not GA quality, or that the issues listed are keeping it from GA approval. I also undertake minor grammatical and prose edits. After I finish this part of the review I will look at the over arching quality of the article in light of the GA criteria. If I feel as though the article meets GA Standards I will promote it, if it does not then I will hold the article for a week pending work. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 20:56, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Review:

I made some grammatical and minor edits to tweak the article a little bit.
The only thing that bothered me was the use of the word "gigged". I find it a bit informal. That certainly isn't enough to keep it out of GA contention but I thought I'd mention it.
Overall I thought the writing was well done. The information covered the subject and it was balanced.
Refs are formatted ok and links are good.
I checked the image and a fair use tag is applied.
I will pass this article to GA, thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia. H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius} 00:17, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the pass, thanks. I'm embarrassed to admit that the section containing "gigged" was added by another editor, and it got past me. My inclination is to cut it, but I'll do some looking around for the Variety source and see if it's valid, most likely tomorrow. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:35, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Short album review in Billboard[edit]

Early Miss Calypso review in Billboard, aimed at the retailer who would be deciding whether to stock the album. Binksternet (talk) 20:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Already included; see ref 13. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:20, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Doh! Thanks for the reply. Binksternet (talk) 21:28, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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