Talk:Röyksopp/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 21:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.

Disambiguations: none found.

Linkrot: Two found and tagged.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 21:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Checking against GA criteria

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

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

   The two met when Berge was 12 and Brundtland was 13, and the two began playing music together due to a shared interest in electronic music. Try rephrasing to avoid repetitious use of "music". Y

   Many of Röyksopp's singles soon were licensed for movie appearances. A little vague and could be better phrased.  Done

   The song is currently available for free streaming on the band's website. Time based, better to just mention release date.

   The band later released "Tricky Tricky" stems as part of a remix competition and the winning entries were released on October 27, 2009. Is "Tricky Tricky" another song from the album, please make clear. Done

   Still not clear, is Tricky Tricky another album?

   ''Junior was a success around the world. The album peaked at number one in Norway, the band's third consecutive album to do so.[15] The album also peaked at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart.[16] In addition, the album also charted on many Billboard charts, including the Billboard 200 – the first Röyksopp album to do so – where it peaked at number 126.[27] The album also peaked at number 4 on the Top Electronic Albums chart and number 3 on the Top Heatseekers chart Six uses of "album" in a few lines. Please rephrase.Y

   There, the album peaked at number one, the band's fourth consecutive album to do so. Again. Y

   The duo has also expressed their enjoyment for remixing songs. Poor phrasing.Y

   Whenever people approach us for a remix it's very nice; being approached by Roots Manuva, The Streets, and even Peter Gabriel is quite fun."[5] The band was also approached by Britney Spears for a remix, but had to turn down the offer due to scheduling conflicts.[" Repetitious use of "approach". Y

   In addition to sales success, Röyksopp has managed to garner good critical reception from many music critics. Clunky, rephrase. Y

   Please copy-edit through. Enlist the help of an editor experienced in good plain English.  Done

   Remove any links to other articles that are used in the text from the See also section. Y

   The popularity of the duo's music was boosted by several graphically experimental music videos, many of which were put into heavy rotation by MTV.[18] The music video for "Remind Me", featuring an infographic-styled video by French company H5, won the 2002 MTV Europe Music Award for best music video.[19][11] In this same event the duo was nominated in three more categories: "Best Nordic Act", "Best New Artist" and "Best Dance Act", but only won the award for best video.[19] The duo performed the song "Poor Leno" at the event.[20] One year later the duo received a nomination for "Best Group" at the Brit Awards.[21], excessive use of "the duo" Y

   This still needs a thorough copy-edit, eliminating sudden changes of tense, and reworking stilted prose. Above all good plain English should be employed.

   The lead still needs to summarise the whole article, please read WP:LEAD. Not done

   Phrases such as Röyksopp is known for their elaborate ... need rewriting in plain English. It seems that the copy-editing was much help after all. The sentence structure is poor, sentences are almost randomly thrown together.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Two dead links found and tagged. Y

   Other sources look reliable enough.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   In addition to sales success, Röyksopp has managed to garner good critical reception from many music critics. Does everybody love them? Y

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   See above, has there been no negative coverage?

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   OK, there is a lot to fix. If it can be done in seven days, it will pass, otherwise it will fail. On Hold. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:18, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

   The article still needs thorough copy-editing, you may be able to get help either at some of the projects or the WP:Guild of copyeditors. Remains on hold. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:43, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

   Just the lead, which still does not fully summarise the article. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:48, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

   Well, it is past seven days and the artcile still does not satisfy the reasonably good prose criterion, also the lead needs to fully summarise the article. I shall not be listing this at this time. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've started work on the page to get it up to snuff!--Gen. Quon (talk) 03:01, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I believe I've fixed all of the prose problems you've pointed out. I've fixed the two instances of linkrot and added new citations, and I've added a section under critical reception about negative comments (but believe me, it was hard to find some. The critics love them). I've also combed through and fixed/tweaked some more prose stuff. What do you think now?--Gen. Quon (talk) 17:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I believe everything has been fixed now, except the lead and the copy/editing. I applied for help on the Copy Editors/Requests page, so hopefully, they'll help out. I'll start to work on the lead.--Gen. Quon (talk) 23:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)