Talk:I Lost a Friend/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lirim.Z (talk · contribs) 16:19, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing this soon.--Lirim | Talk 16:19, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

It was released by OYOY as the second single from the EP on May 3, 2019. It was released as the second single from the EP on May 3, 2019, through OYOY.
the covers need a short alt descriptions (MOS:ALT)
Not something you need to do but there is Template:Non-free use rationale album cover which automatically fills all boxes with the required information
Finneas O'Connell under songwriters

Background and development

this paragraph is a little bit chaotic, which needs to be sorted better
I would swap the song's creation information with the release info
Finneas has written... Finneas wrote
He had a friendship that had lasted for years and that it had fallen apart, but broadly This is basically said 4 times in the same paragraph. You should remove this, and put the WBUR quote in it's place
In an interview with WBUR, Finneas explains the explained that the
The cover art for "I Lost a Friend" was created by graphic designer Luke. Finneas sent a demo of the song to Luke who does all Finneas' cover art for his singles. The cover art features a junkyard and a beat-up car. The songs cover art was created by graphic designer Luke and features a beat-up car in a junkyard.

Critical reception

received mainly positive reviews "was met with mainly positive reviews"
Writing for NME, Will Richards was less positive with the song, saying it "starts as a run-of-the-mill, earnest singer-songwriter tune", but later said it "soars towards the end of stabs of distorted bass".[13] He compared it to Billie Eilish's album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Writing for NME, Will Richards was less positive with the song, saying it "starts as a run-of-the-mill, earnest singer-songwriter tune, but soars towards the end of stabs of distorted bass", comparing it to Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

Music video and promotion

received positive reviews "was met withpositive reviews"

References

Refs cover the assertions made in this article
Ref 1: Needs a date, Itunes is not a music publisher, it's a distributor |publisher=OYOY |via=Apple Music

Not done Check "Let's Fall in Love for the Night"

Ref 4: Genius is a website |website=Genius

Not done Check "Idontwannabeyouanymore"

Ref 5: Replace the (-) with a (–) (MOS:DASH)
Ref 6: [[WBUR-FM|WBUR]] Pls don't link to redirects
Ref 13: Link to NME
Ref 18: MOS:Caps, ref needs a publisher

Other

Copy-violation: Very high The genius ref is very high, but because it cites all the refs you also cite in the article; I see no issue

Outcome

On hold I grant you 7 days to fix these minor issues.--Lirim | Talk 08:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

'User talk:Lirim.Z, thanks a lot for the review. I have fixed all the issues. The Ultimate Boss (talk) 22:46, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

- Sorry didn't have this on my watchlist. Short comment: Why is "Finneas wrote the song during the afternoon in his parents' house in the summer of 2018." the last sentence of Background and development? --Lirim | Talk 06:37, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Lirim.Z, Hi, sorry for the long response. I have decided to retract the nomination, I have been having beef with other editors and I'm thinking they would probably complain about this being GA. I do really appreciate you taking time out of your day to review the article! The Ultimate Boss (talk) 22:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

✗ Fail per user wish --Lirim | Talk 02:06, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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