Talk:Billy Yates (singer)

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Review: January 8, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Billy Yates (singer)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kavyansh.Singh (talk · contribs) 07:06, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator: TenPoundHammer (talk · contribs) at 02:05, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA criteria

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): 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):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Comments

Prose

Billy Yates was born on — I'd write full name "Billy Wayne Yates" on the first mention in the prose
in Wappapello, Missouri as a teen — missing MOS:GEOCOMMA
Yates traveled between Missouri and Nashville, Tennessee several times — missing MOS:GEOCOMMA
One of these songs, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", was released as a single that year and was nominated for a Grammy Award. — avoid starting a sentence by a number.
calling "Flowers" "maudlin" — missing comma
Suggesting to link AllMusic
After exiting Columbia, he founded his — at the start of every paragraph, we'll need to specify Yates. Replace "he" by "Yate"
"real people singing about real things" — we'll need a citation immediately after this quote
All the tables need caption. So:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-

should be

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|- {{Sronly|<appropriate caption text>}}

Overall, it is a well written article.

Images

Images can take ALT text
File:George JonesCFF.JPG — How/why is this freely licenced?

That is it. Putting on hold. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:37, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kavyansh.Singh: Think I've addressed all your changes. I didn't know about MOS:GEOCOMMA or {{sronly}} before. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:46, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

All good here; promoting! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:55, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]