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Maya (M.I.A. album) is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

Maya (M.I.A. album) is part of the M.I.A. albums series, a featured topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 7, 2020.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 26, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
August 16, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
August 25, 2010	Featured topic candidate	Promoted
October 27, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
December 15, 2010	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 3, 2011	Featured article candidate	Promoted
Current status: Featured article

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Track listing

Right now the article says she "confirmed" the track listing on twitpic, but looking at her twitpic post, I notice she uses the phrase "OPEN TO SUGGESTION [sic]," which would seem to imply that it is only a tentative track listing. 70.152.70.38 (talk) 15:32, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at it again, she might have been saying that the title of the album was open to suggestion (this was before the album title was announced). 70.152.70.38 (talk) 16:57, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hirschberg

"On 30 May 2010, M.I.A. posted a streaming interview with herself and journalist Lynn Hirschberg, debunking fabrications, misquotes and recontextualisations that Hirschberg made in a piece she wrote for the New York Times" - does this really belong in the section on the promotion of the album? Does it even belong in the article on the album at all........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:32, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. I think it explains the song "I'm a Singer" that was released, which could come under "promotion," or more generally "Release." There are other reasons why it could fit perhaps in the broader article but we'll see. [1] Lifebonzza (talk) 22:27, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This section is ridiculously biased. aubrey (talk) 03:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dates

Putting this as a reminder, primarily to myself. To preserve the existing FT on M.I.A. albums, this article needs to be PR'ed and added to the topic by 21 August and a GA by 13 October -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:12, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Album cover

The album cover shown is not the standard edition. In the standard edition the walls are red. Clif (talk) 15:21, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The walls are red in the pic I currently see in the article..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:59, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The walls are pink and red here. The standard edition will look like this: [2] Clif (talk) 09:03, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New image uploaded and added -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:23, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Music and lyrics

Opening track 'the message' features vocals by Steve Loveridge,( also credited for 'artwork design' on Arular and 'graphic design' on Kala / 'Bird Flu' entry etc. ) - not her brother Sugu Hobsonz (talk) 09:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source for that.........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The track Illy Girl uses a sample from a baile funk hit in Brazil called Feira de Acarí, from MC Batata, 1990. The song is here on youtube, for example, and is referenced in two articles on wikipedia-pt (that acknowledge, but don't validate the information), one about funk carioca (or baile funk) and another about a soap opera that featured the song. Brazilian funk is very poorly documented, but a vinyl of the soap opera's ST would verify my information (on sale here, for example, and cited here). Please, notice how the melodies are equal before taking the information out, and if you know a third source that could have been the sample for both please correct me (I'll also be very happy to know). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Go balan (talk --Go balan (talk) 22:03, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately we'd need a reliable source specifically stating that that track is sampled, especially given that it is not listed on the album. Agreed, it does sound like it is definitely the same music, but it would be original research to add it to the article based solely on that..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Gen. Quon (talk) 00:34, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Comments: The only thing that I think is a little wonky about this article is the track listing format/box. Why not use a template like the ones in My World (EP) or Straight Outta Compton, and then separately list the credits?

Other than that, looks good! Just a little bit more work and it'll be perfect!--Gen. Quon (talk) 00:34, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A quick glance at the other MIA articles/featured articles show that the style is fine. Therefore, I pass this article! Good job.--Gen. Quon (talk) 00:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i changed the table format without noticing this suggestion. hope no one minds. Pluemaster (talk) 17:22, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Misson Impossible Area?

Why does it say 'Mission Impossible Area" above the album art? That was the name of the album when news of it being released came out. It's clearly called /\/\/\Y/\ now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.151.31 (talk) 15:05, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Someone had vandalised the article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:43, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Meds and Feds" and it's sample

Is there a genuine reason as to why this information keeps getting removed? It's strange considering a note regarding "It Takes a Muscle" being a cover is left up. "Meds and Feds" contains an interpolation of Sleigh Bells' "Treats". Cazxiro (talk) 08:00, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it doesn't. Derek E. Miller has stated in interviews that he played on this album before the Sleigh Bells album was recorded. Therefore the riff originally created for this album was re-used on that one, not the other way round -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

/\/\/\Y/\

I really think when the name is mentioned, it should be written like /\/\/\Y/\ since that's the way she intended it to be. But then again, a lot of the other articles that are about stylized album/artist names say i.e.: Maya (stylized as Maya). so I don't know. But /\/\/\Y/\ looks better anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.159.197 (talk) 05:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is an interesting point. I don't think the article would suffer if it was titled /\/\ /\ Y /\, the way the album is titled/intended on the cover. I'll leave it for further discussion for now....Lifebonzza (talk) 13:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is "/\/\/\Y/\" (or any other heavy stylization) looks very different depending on what fonts the user has installed. Also, MOS:TMSTYLE prohibits "attempts to emulate font choices". Kaldari (talk) 13:20, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Genre sources/thoughts?

The only sourced genre at the moment is industrial, if you can somehow interpret "industrial-influenced" as "industrial". I found a source detailing the album as avant-pop with significant "industrial rock" influence and "electro-clash, hip-hop, Bollywood, dub and dance music" influence (from NY Daily News). The writer of this article has also written for The Guardian among other websites. Thoughts? --Aleccat 23:23, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me, add it in -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:16, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a bit worried about the flow now, with The Fader bit being after it. Is The Fader bit (which talks about two leaked tracks from the album having an industrial feel) really necessary in that section when the Paste source also comments on the industrial influence on the album? --Aleccat 07:00, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]