Talk:I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)/GA1

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GA Reassessment

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As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force ("GA Sweeps"), all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA.) I have determined that this article needs some work to meet current criteria, outlined below:

By definition, a paragraph is comprised of at least three sentences, but throughout the article there are many one and two-sentence groupings sitting alone. These either need to be merged, cut entirely, or expanded with more information.
The lead contains information not found in the article body (artwork, et al.) and does not adequately summarize the article's contents as per WP:LEAD.
I'm concerned about a) a lack of referencing in places, and b) original research that appears pervasive throughout the article.
- For example, the "Music and lyrics" section makes many unqualified claims about the content of the song, treating them as fact. Ex. "The second chorus begins in stadium rock style, with the "But I'd never do it better than I'll do it with you..." lines more subdued." is unsourced, while other content is sourced to Ann Bader and should be phrased that the author believes this interpretation, not that they are that way.
- This section of the "Length" subheading is entirely unsourced:
  - "The single version was whittled down to almost six minutes, where the entire motorcycle introduction is omitted. The video version was whittled down to seven minutes and thirty-eight seconds, where the motorcycle intro remains, but not in its entirety. In the video version and single version, the lengthy instrumental break is completely omitted. In the video and single versions, the refrain, which reads "I'd do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of, but I just won't do that", which is sung before the instrumental bridge, was to be repeated three times, but was whittled down to having the one line repeated twice. That same refrain is sung again (only in the video version, where the line was omitted from the single version, having appeared only once) before the "But I'll never stop dreaming of you..." verse, where the refrain is repeated seven times, but was whittled down, the line repeats only three times."
This isn't a movie. The plot section should be heavily condensed and thoroughly verified.
"The song's commercial success has maintained a strong influence on popular culture." - source? Merely providing examples does not make it so. This section reads as trivia.
Non-free content: I'm concerned that File:I'd do anything for love - Duet - Screwing Around.ogg, File:I'd do anything for love - Duet - Emerald City.ogg, and File:I'd do anything for love - MSO - True and thats a fact.ogg don't meet threshold for inclusion per WP:NFCC. There's little in the way of critical commentary about the piece, let along specific enough examples that would require illustration, and discussion about lyrics does not require non-free content either. The rationales are entirely copy-paste boilerplate, not individual defenses.

I am putting the article on hold for one week, longer if significant improvements are being made. Keep me appraised on this page. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 22:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notification. I have little time to devote to this ATM. Unless I find time, or you or anyone else wants to work on it, then feel free to delist. The JPS ^{talk to me} 23:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm currently removing some of the problematic sections. However, I disagree with your comments concerning the length section as the unreferenced material can be verified by the primary sources. The JPS ^{talk to me} 21:43, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As no major progress has started in the time allotted, I will delist for now. The article may be renominated at WP:GAN at any time, but I encourage improvement! If you have questions, go to my talk page. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 19:42, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.