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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.


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Nominator: Davest3r08 (talk · contribs) (now 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs)) 16:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Zmbro (talk · contribs) 18:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()
Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Initial comments

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  • The article only sources Marc Weidenbaum's 33&1/3 book once. Although this is not FAC, material from that book could surely be used a LOT more here.

General notes

  • Simon Reynolds seemed to be really fond of this record, as he is sourced in five different references. He also (apparently) reviewed this record twice back in 1994: once for Spin (currently sourced) and another for Melody Maker. It might be beneficial to cite both so I can work on that.  Not done I don't have the issue. Davest3r08 >:3 (talk) 18:05, 11 April 2024 (UTC) Nevermind, I'll look for it. 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 13:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Like with 85–92 I'll check Newspapers.com as I'm sure that will have a bunch of helpful stuff.

That's all for now. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 19:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Continued comments

  • As of this revision, the lead looks better, although the lack of a source with a direct quotation is a problem. Also, this quote is not attributed and to me isn't that important to be in the lead. Furthermore, one person saying this doesn't mean that's how the record itself is viewed by everyone. minus Removed 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 16:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • refs 23 & 57 are the exact same thing  Done 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 17:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Going along with that, I think the page could still use more info from Weidenbaum's book
  • I was thinking about this the other day: none of the album's (aside from "Blue Calx") are actually named (the article correctly notes this on both CD and streaming. The titles that are currently listed under track listing were adapted from a fan (Greg Eden). The source states: "Not only did Eden's titles become canonical for referring to specific tracks—his are the ones that load from the Gracenote CDDB when you rip a SAW II CD—but he later went to work for Warp, which has released James' most iconic work." I'm wondering if, instead of listing Eden's titles as the actual titles, we should change it to how they originally appeared on CD (Untitled 1, Untitled 2, etc.) and maybe put Eden's titles in parentheses () next to it? I'm wondering what your thoughts are, because to me, using fan titles that "became canonical" doesn't sit right in an encyclopedic setting.
    I honestly think we should change it to the numbers only as the official titles (as they technically don't). But I think the "canonical" titles are still beneficial to have. Like I said above, I think we should put those titles in parentheses () (using note in the tracklist template) then clarify that in prose above the table. That way we have both but it still displays that none of the tracks had actual titles when the album originally came out. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:40, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In Release: "though the master was made from a US CD copy (see tracklist for details)" remove (see tracklist for details), very improper minus Removed 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 16:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd like to get the refs out of the infobox (similar to this edit I made on 85-92). It's not required I'm just a proponent of that.

That's all for now. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 15:51, 16 April 2024 (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.
  1. ^ "Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II - Aphex Twin | Album | AllM". Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Selected Ambient Works Volume II, by Aphex Twin". Aphex Twin. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/album/selected-ambient-works-volume-ii. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II". 8 March 1994. Retrieved 17 April 2024.