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Date	Process	Result
June 29, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

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Move

This article should be moved to Courageous (song) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Easy on the fluids (talk • contribs) 15:51, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Courageous (Casting Crowns song)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Rp0211 (talk · contribs) 02:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):
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):
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:

Infobox

No information in article to support genre of song as "Christian rock"
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Include some information about the song from the "Background and recording" section and put it in the first paragraph of the lead
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Background and recording

No issues

Composition

No issues

Critical reception

Tom Lennie of Cross Rhythms was less positive, calling the song was "one of the least melodic tunes... → Replace "was" with "as"
- Corrected the mistake. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
...and said the bridge made the song "thought-provoking".[6] → Wiki-link "the bridge" as some readers may not know what this refers to
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Release and chart performance

No issues

Credits and personnel

No issues

Chart positions

Put information into subsections to organize the section better
- Done? Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Release and radio history

No issues

References

Reference 7 → "Salem Web Network" should not be wiki-linked, as it was mentioned before
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Reference 10 → "Gospel Music Channel.com" should be changed to "Gospel Music Channel"
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
References 13, 14 → "Radio & Records" and "VNU Media" should not be wiki-linked
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
References 16-35 → "Billboard" and "Prometheus Global Media" should not be wiki-linked
- Done. Toa Nidhiki05 15:23, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have decided to put the article on hold at this time. I will give you the general seven days to fix these mistakes and/or address issues which you believe do not concern good article status. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 02:43, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since all issues have been addressed, I feel comfortable passing this article. Congratulations and keep up the good work! Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 21:39, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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