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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Tbhotch (talk • contribs • count) 00:52, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per request at my talkpage. I am currently restoring information at Evan Bogart's article. As I finish it I'll review this article. 00:52, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
See below

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Background

"No cameos. No hype. No bullsh*t" -> It is really censored? Well, it already has a PA (just a comment)

File:No Idea's Original.ogg has to be reduced to 18s per WP:SAMPLE.

Recording

both Nas' 1999 album -> albums

"Blaze a 50," "Drunk by Myself," "Poppa Was a Playa," -> "Blaze a 50", "Drunk by Myself", "Poppa Was a Playa", -> the comma is not part of the song's title

Music

"Doo Rags," -> "Doo Rags",

On "My Way," he -> as above

"No Idea's Original," ; "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby," ; "Purple," he ;

""Poppa Was a Playa" features uncredited co-production by Kanye West and discusses Nas' complicated relationship with his father, jazz musician Olu Dara,[27]" -> "Poppa Was a Playa" features uncredited co-production by Kanye West,[27] and discusses Nas' complicated relationship with his father, jazz musician Olu Dara,^{[citation needed]} (I think this is in the reference 28)

"An untitled hidden track, known under the titles" -> ^{[by whom?]}

Sequel

"put them together - 12 songs for one album" -> "put them together — 12 songs for one album"

This is false, per MOS:DASH--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey ^{it's me}_{I am dynamite} 18:28, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

Ref 1, 8 and 17 -> Onion Inc.. -> Onion Inc. / Time Inc.. -> Time Inc. / Daily News, L.P.. -> Daily News, L.P.

Ref 14: Link Allmusic and Rovi Corporation

Ref 36: Amazon.com. -> Amazon.com Inc.

Ref 47: ^ Rolling Stone (2004), p. 569. -> Is not incomplet?

References

Adam Bradley -> Bradley, Adam

Nathan Brackett -> Brackett, Nathan

Dax-Devlon Ross -> Ross, Dax-Devlon

Cameron Lazerine -> Lazerine, Cameron

Second opinion[edit]

I am requesting second opinion on prose. I am not a native English speaker so I don't know if something in prose is wrong. As I could read it is OK, but to avoid future mistakes. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 02:04, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The "No cameos" line is censored this way. I don't think the file reduction is necessary; the 30s/10% whichever shorter is just a rule of thumb and doesn't imply strict application, only necessity being "must be short in comparison to the original song" (WP:MOS (samples)). I made logical punctuation corrections to song titles and others. Cleaned up the citation mix-up in the Music section. Corrected publisher in citations. Ref 47 is sufficient, to my knowledge, for refering the book in the References section, while Allmusic and Rovi Corporation are already linked in the Notes section, linking only on first-reference (WP:Wikilink). Last, first correction to book references. Dan56 (talk) 03:04, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

to all. Now, I'll wait until someone gives a second opinion on prose. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 03:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The prose looks good to me. Herr Beethoven (talk) 22:15, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I agree the prose looks fine. TRLIJC19 (talk) 14:49, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So, I believe in both users above and I pass the GA nomination. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 17:38, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'fued' - wat[edit]

its feud. uh, i didn't know where this goes and couldn't do it myself. whatever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.54.244 (talk) 05:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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