Talk:Meghan Trainor/GA3

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) 11:26, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

As mentioned earlier, I'm happy to review this. I tend to copyedit as I go and ask questions as and when I need to.

Have all the issues in the previous GA reviews been addressed?

Life and career

Early life

• What makes Digital Spy a reliable source?

Its used on both the FAs Katy Perry and Lady Gaga and is published by Hearst Magazines UK

• "to Kelly Anne "Kelli" (née Jekanowski) and Gary Trainor. At the time of her birth, both of her parents worked as jewelers" Neither source mentions her mother's name, nor says they worked as jewelers. This National Jeweler, later in the article cites all of this.

Moved the NJ source after the sentence

• The article says "At age 11, Trainor told her father that she wanted to become a recording artist and began writing songs". Then it says, "She began writing music at age 11, starting with her own arrangement of the popular song "Heart and Soul". Which came first?

Reworded

• "Her father encouraged her to explore various musical genres" - anything specific?

The source says he encouraged her to explore "every" genre so I changed it to that

• "The band included her" - included her what?

Looked like an error. Removed--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Career beginnings

• "receiving airplay from local radio station WCIB" - might be worth spelling out exactly where "local" is here?

Fixed

• The montage of awards at the end of the first paragraph may sit better in an "Awards and nominations" section later in the article

Moved to section

• "At this time, Trainor was offered a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music" - whenabouts is "at this time"

Seems like it was already fixed

• "Trainor later became frustrated with commuting to Los Angeles" - commuting from where? Massachusetts?

The source says "the island" aka Nantucket. Added--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Title

• "Kadish and Trainor wrote "All About That Bass" in 2013" - the source given doesn't seem to say this

Replaced with PopSugar which says it was written "a year before" her meeting with Reid. If this is determined to be an unreliable source then I'll remove it altogether

• "Trainor recorded the song in September that year, and performed it for Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid in February 2014, which led to her signing with the label." - the source given doesn't seem to support this either

Replaced source with Rolling Stone

• "Trainor hired Troy Carter as her manager." - when exactly? Immediately after signing?

The source doesn't say when

• "It replaced her EP of the same name" - what do you mean by this?

Added that it was replaced on the iTunes Store for clarity--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Musical style and themes

• "When singing, Trainor uses a Southern American English patois" - the source given only cites this for "Lips are Movin'", I don't think you can say that about her style generally.

Removed--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Image and personal life

• I'm not sure we should dedicate a whole paragraph to that People interview. Is this something Trainor has talked about regularly throughout her career? If it's a one off, I think there could be BLP issues.

Removed--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Awards and nominations

• "During her career, Trainor has won three ASCAP Pop Music Awards" - I can only see a source for two.

She actually has won four. I added a source for the fourth one

• It would be helpful to say what the various Billboard awards were for.

I think thats what the Awards and nominations list is for. It may be excess detail for a bio--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Summary

There are a number of issues here that need resolving before the article can meet GA status, but none of them look like showstoppers, so I'm happy to put the review on hold now pending improvements. Although the article has had stability problems in the past, one positive outcome is that people have been more motivated to make sure the article quality is good. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:30, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

I believe I addressed the issues and wrote responses where I didn't. Looking forward to more comments!--NØ 13:52, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

The main outstanding issue is that there is still a tag against the sentence "The song reached number one in 58 countries and became one of the best-selling singles of all time". Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:40, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Fixed.--NØ 15:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Cool, I'll pass the review now. Well done. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:29, 6 November 2018 (UTC)