Talk:Merry-Go-Round (Ayumi Hamasaki song)

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December 24, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review

The following discussion 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.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Merry-Go-Round (Ayumi Hamasaki song)/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 06:26, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

with a rap → featuring an uncredited rap
and Avex Entertainment Inc. worldwide. → Insert the "worldwide" after "It was released"
A majority of them → The majority of them
vocal performance. Some also highlighted → vocal performance, whilst others also highlighted
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 07:47, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

CD cover. → Cover artwork used to commercialize physical editions of the single.
Avex Entertainment Inc → no full labels names in infoboxes
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 07:47, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Background and composition

Japanese publication Natalie.mu → Japanese publication Natalie
would release a new → avoid the word "new"
and would serve as Hamasaki's → state "the singer's" here, as you've already used her name before
The track was written by → The recording was written by (word repetition)
The song was composed by Japanese → It was composed by Japanese (word rep.)
with minor phrases → containing minor phrases
It is nowhere stated that Verbal had an uncredited appearance
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 13:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Release

The CD and DVD format featured → use "incorporated" here for alternation
TeamAyu, which included → TeamAyu, and included
track list on both discs but featured a bonus interview by Hamasaki → track list on both discs alongside a bonus interview with Hamasaki
The digital EP included the same track list → You've used "featured the same track list" three full times; alternate here.
the singles same release date on → the single's release date on
and for Hamasaki's Countdown → and during Hamasaki's Countdown
for 2014, Avex Trax → in 2014, Avex Trax
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 13:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reception

A staff member at Japanese → A staff member of Japanese
for her album Colours at CD Journal selected it → Remove "at CD Journal" here
the composition by Komuro → who's Komuro?
for following the electronic sound. → for portraying an electronic sound
"Feel the Love", it underperformed → replace "it" with "the track"
top spot since her single → replace "single" with "recording" for alternation
first week sales → first-week sales
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 13:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Music videos and promotion

You can simply rename this section to "Promotion"
for the single; one by Luis Hernandez, the second from Satoru Yokoyama → for the single by Luis Hernandez and Satoru Yokoyama, respectively
during a time lapse → during a time lapse are shown
unnamed man → unidentified man
entire video, and ends → entire video, which ends
For Yokoyama's video, scenes containing Verbal were only shot → For Yokoyama's video, only shots featuring Verbal were filmed
filmed, with additional → only filmed, alongside
and inside a neon-lit → and residing in a neon-lit
painting the unnamed man → remove "unnamed" and state "painting a man"
Ref 22 is faded to the text
before the albums release in July 2 → before the album's release on July 2
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 13:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Track list and formats

flawless ;)

Credits and personnel

flawless ;)

Charts and sales

flawless ;)

Release history

Unlink labels
Music Cards → Music cards
Use "scope="row" for countries in the table, please
- Done DepressedPer (talk) 13:31, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Other stuff

Copy-violation

10,7% is ok!

Images and others

Image from the music video brings nothing to the article, so please remove it in accordance with Wikipedia's WP:IMAGE

Links

No problems here!

References

As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article.
No dead links! Good job!

Outcome

On hold for 7 days! Good luck! Cartoon network freak (talk) 13:06, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @DepressedPer: Gladly passing! Cartoon network freak (talk) 15:02, 24 December 2016 (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.