Talk:Otis (song)

Otis (song) has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 25, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 12, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that The Throne's hip-hop single "Otis" was remixed as an alleged diss track by Game?

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Otis (song)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Rp0211 (talk · contribs) 17:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):
b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):
b (citations to reliable sources):
c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):
b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Infobox

Fix issues with image, according to the image talk page

Lead

Fix disambiguation issue with "posthumous" according to this

Both have been done.

"Otis" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their first collaborative album Watch the Throne. → Put year in parentheses for album

Done

The track was released as the second single off of Watch the Throne on July 20th, 2011. → Get rid of "th" in "July 20th, 2011"

Done

Background and release

No issues

Composition

According to [{WP:SAMPLE]], audio recordings have to be 10% or less than the original recording (it needs to be 18.1 seconds or less and is currently 30 seconds)

New sample added

"Otis" is 2:58 long and is a mid-tempo hip-hop song.[8] → Change "2:58" to "two minutes and fifty-eight seconds"

Done

Critical reception

No issues

Remixes

Fix disambiguation issue with "DMX" according to this

Done

Music video

No issues

Live performances

No issues

Chart performance

No issues

Charts

No issues

References

OVERALL REVIEW OF SECTION: Make sure you proofread this section; here are issues I found with the first twenty references to serve as a guide.

Reference 2 → Wiki-link "Rolling Stone"
References 3, 12, 34 → Dead links according to this
Reference 4 → "MTV" should not be italicized; "MTV" and "Viacom" should be wiki-linked
Reference 8 → "Apple Inc" should not be italicized and should be wiki-linked
Reference 11 → "Pitchfork Media" should not be wiki-linked
Reference 12 → Fix source date formatting; Publisher of publication should be included
Reference 13 → Fix source date formatting; "Complex (magazine)" should be "Complex"; "Complex" should not be wiki-linked
Reference 14 → Fix source date formatting; "MTV" should not be italicized; Fix retrieved date formatting
Reference 15 → Publisher is needed; Fix retrieved date formatting
Reference 16 → Fix retrieved date formatting; Wiki-link "NME"
References 17, 18 → Publisher is needed
Reference 20 → "Chicago Tribune" needs to be wiki-linked

All have been covered I believe.

After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have decided to put it on hold at this time. I will give you the general seven days to fix these issues and/or address issues which you believe do not affect good article status. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 18:30, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While you addressed the issues above, you need to proofread the references section for issues, which I can still see for references past the first twenty. Once you have those issues fixed, then I will feel confident passing the article. Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 19:43, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone through the entire reference section thoroughly and have corrected quite a few things, if there is anything I have missed instruct me further to correct. Bruce Campbell (talk) 21:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome job with correcting the issues with the "References" section. Now that all issues have been addressed, I feel confident passing this article. Congratulations and keep up the good work! Rp0211 ^(talk2me) 21:28, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]