Talk:Hermética/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Вик Ретлхед (talk · contribs) 21:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, I'll be reviewing this article. Enjoy thrash metal bands a lot, so I'll try to provide the best review I can.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 21:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

all red links should be de-linked
mention from which city is Hermetica in the opening sentence
second sentence should begin: "Their first line-up was consisted of ..."
you can avoid using brackets in the lead by saying vocalist Claudio O'Connor, guitarist Antonio Romano, etc.
can you expand the intro a bit so it can summarize the majority of their career?
You need to say "Throughout their career, they played with several Argentine bands ..."
aren't Motorhead and Black Sabbath from England?
"disbanded" instead of "broke up"
right before a big concert? Can you be more precise? Do you mean before they started a tour, because this is implying that they broke up minutes before the concert started.
Ricardo Iorio, who had been the vocalist of some songs,→This suggest that Iorio performed on a few songs. Per "Members" section, he performed on all albums.

Style and lyrics

The first two albums had unfocused lyrics→"Their first two albums explored variety of topics" and name on which topics they elaborated
The music style of Hermética was outdated at the time→you mean something like old-fashioned or what?
the public of Hermética was largely composed of poor people→maybe "Hermética's music was more appealing to poor people"

Members

link the band-members and their instruments
small letters for instruments
their tenure at the band could be presented like on other band articles (see Megadeth members for example)

Discography

unlink the compilation since it doesn't have an article of its own
lose the hyphens

Done, except for the red links. According to Wikipedia:Red link, red links are not a problem when they are provided in an appropiate context and link to articles that would meet the inclusion criteria, such as notability. Iorio has been the vocalist of just some songs and is listed as a permanent member because (as explained in "style"), he was a permanent member as a bassist. In some specific songs he's both the bassist and the singer, in most ones the singer is O'Connor. I did not not link the instruments because none of the magazines I have checked have ever mentioned with specific bass or guitar did they use (none of the articles on the "big four" of thrash metal do that, anyway). When the magazine said that Hermética's style was outdated at the time (or old-fashioned), in the year 1994, it meant that the most popular trend of thrash metal was the style of Pantera. Cambalachero (talk) 16:52, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great job for now. I'll be doing some corrections on the prose, and eventually come back with additional notes. On a first look, this looks like a strong candidate for GA.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 19:05, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Additional notes

Can you exclude "The only exception is "No Class", a cover of Motörhead included in Intérpretes"? This borders triviality and is more appropriate in the album article.
"Iorio stated that his lyrics were influenced by 1940s Argentine tango." I believe it's more correct to write "Iorio stated that some of his lyrics were inspired by 1940s Argentine tango". Also, can you move this sentence after the one containing "personal perspective".
Other than this, this section passes the criteria.
Another note would be to separate the history into sub-sections. I've noticed that other band articles use the names of the albums as titles for the headings.
Apart from the "Disbandment" sub-heading, which I took care of, the prose needs to be re-worded in order to meet the criteria (1a→clear and concise text).
"They made a new cover version of a folk song, "De los pagos del tiempo", also by Larralde." "new" is redundant and who is Larralde?

Hey Cambalachero, are we still doing this? It would be pity to fail the article after so much effort.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 01:31, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Sorry for the delay, I have been busy those days, but now I'm ready to continue working in this page. As the song says, "But now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado. I can't replace the lies, that let a 1000 days go. No more living trapped inside, In her way I'll surely die, in the eye of the tornado, blow me away". Cambalachero (talk) 22:31, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, thanks buddy. I've been working awhile to get those Megadeth albums and the main article to GA level at least. Anyway, can you take another at the prose in "History"? I've noted some minor mistakes such as the small starting letter for Patagonia (took care of that). My word is, the first two sections of this part surely contain some similar mistakes and would be nice if you can go through them again.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 19:05, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: I've reviewed the entire article, and have to say it is a decent work. The images are appropriate, the listed sources are reliable, but the prose is definitely not on a GA level. Today I've noticed many mistakes over the wording and some grammatical errors, some of which I've managed to fix. However, not every sentence is the "History" section is fully understandable, not to mention there might have been some other mistakes I've overlooked. Generally speaking, the only criteria that's not fulfilled is the first one, which really hurts the nomination. I know it's difficult for non-English speaker to contribute on such a level, but with some additional work over the wording, the article will most likely pass the next nomination. But for now, it conflicts the first criteria and I have to fail it.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 19:59, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]