Talk:LittleBits Synth Kit

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 04:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that the littleBits Synth Kit is like Lego for making instruments? Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/3021182/craft-works-engineer-your-way-to-rock-stardom-with-the-littlebits-synth: "Like mechanical Legos, they click into one another to build something. But, instead of castles and houses, we’re making instruments."

• ALT1 ... that the littleBits Synth Kit has been described as being like Lego for making musical instruments with? Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/3021182/craft-works-engineer-your-way-to-rock-stardom-with-the-littlebits-synth: "Like mechanical Legos, they click into one another to build something. But, instead of castles and houses, we’re making instruments."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Scaring the Hoes
  • Comment: QPQ will be done in the morning.

Created by Schminnte (talk). Self-nominated at 00:11, 18 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/LittleBits Synth Kit; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Schminnte: Good article, but what makes "Sonicstate" and "Create digital music" reliable sources? Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:23, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: I would consider both sites ran by subject matter experts. CDM is a respected blog ran by Peter Kirn, who has contributed to Make, Computer Music, Macworld and Keyboard. He gave a talk at TED@BCG Berlin and is the author of Real World Digital Audio, published by Peachpit. As for Sonicstate, it is a musical site ran by Nick Batt which primarily focuses on product reviews. Batt has been a journalist for a while, and has been featured by Yamaha (twice), MusicTech and MusicRadar. He was interviewed by NAMM for their oral history collection and is the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award. Hope this clears up anything! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 06:58, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Well i guess it's fine then. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:33, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:LittleBits Synth Kit/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dylan620 (talk · contribs) 21:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Six months is a really unfortunate wait for a review... I'll tackle this sometime within the next few days. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 21:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Considering that Schminnte has since retired, I can take on this review and address all concerns. Thanks for reviewing! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 01:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Much appreciated MyCatIsAChonk! Yeah, I noticed after I dibbed the nomination that Schminnte had retired, though I still intended to proceed with the review anyway as this article is entitled to one, especially after waiting for so long. I started looking at the article last night; knock on wood, I should have a review finished later today or tomorrow. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 15:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @MyCatIsAChonk for agreeing to take this on. I’ve decided (emboldened by TFA) to respond to my outstanding nominations as it's not fair on reviewers for me to drop tools and run (@Sohom Datta, I will renominate Hackaball for this reason if you are still interested). I expect I will fully return to editing at some point, so future Schminnte will be annoyed if I leave this in the queue for another six months. Chonk, if you want to help out it would be appreciated as I will be taking this one slowly. Cheers, Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 16:33, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   See below.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   A spot check of sources verified the information for which they are cited, but there are a couple issues which I have detailed below.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Between October 18 and February 28, this article had only been edited once; categorically stable enough for GA.

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

• The prose is generally excellent, but there are some minor issues with repetition, though I did take it upon myself to fix a couple of them. The name Reggie Watts appears in full five times in the prose; this is only necessary the first time he is mentioned. Subsequent mentions should just refer to him as Watts. Other names that appear in full more times than necessary are Tatsuya Takahashi and Justin Lincoln.
• In the same paragraph that mentions Lincoln, I suggest trimming The American experimental artist Justin. Nullsleep's genre is not mentioned in that paragraph, so excising that particular Lincoln clause would make the passage more consistent, while also removing the second mention of Lincoln's first name.
• Chelsea-based – should be clarified, whether in prose or by piping a link, that this is Chelsea, Manhattan. The source refers to a venue called Spectrum in a Chelsea, New York; while the disambiguation page for Chelsea lists multiple municipalities with that name in New York, a Google Search for "spectrum chelsea ny" turns up a Manhattan address.
• The URL for ref #16 – labeled as Bruce Aisher's review for Music Radar – instead links to Rebecca Greenfield's review for Fast Company.
• Is it Music Radar or MusicRadar? The spacing is inconsistent in the refs, while the one usage in the article text omits the space between the words.

Schminnte and Chonk – this article nearly meets the criteria, but the above points must be addressed before I can comfortably promote it. Other than that, Schminnte, I'm quite impressed. This was an enjoyable read; the prose is engaging, the article is structured in a way that is easy to navigate, and there are no issues I could detect WRT copyright. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@Dylan620, all fixed- many thanks for the review! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 23:54, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for addressing so quickly! I can now pass the article :) Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 00:10, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Seems like I wasn't needed after all! Thank you both for undertaking the review, I appreciate it. All the best, Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 06:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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