Talk:Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

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Date	Process	Result
August 12, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 24, 2013.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that "Caged Bird", which refers to author Maya Angelou's first autobiography, is contained in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?, her fourth volume of poetry?

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There is a request, submitted by --Another Believer _(Talk), for an audio version of this article to be created. For further information, see WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.

The rationale behind the request is: "Good article on English Wikipedia".

Orphaned references in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "neubauer":

From And Still I Rise: Neubauer, Carol E. (1990). "Maya Angelou: Self and a Song of Freedom in the Southern Tradition". In Southern Women Writers: The New Generation, Tonette Bond Inge, ed. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, pp. 136–137. In Bloom, pp. 46–47
From Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie: Neubauer, Carol E. (1990). "Maya Angelou: Self and a Song of Freedom in the Southern Tradition". In Southern Women Writers: The New Generation, Tonette Bond Inge, ed. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, pp. 133–134

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:46, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work, bot! Fixed the discrepancies in Diiie and in And Still I Rise. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:34, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 14:08, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Will review this evening.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:08, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

"of alternating" = alternating

Background

Repetition of "she" in second paragraph, change some to Angelou.

Themes

In "The Lie", for example, the speaker feels compelled to use deception to protect herself from her lover's abandonment. Speaker? you mean the protagonist?

I suppose I do. It's my understanding that when discussing poetry, it's customary to call the person the poet is taking the perspective of as the "speaker".

"The rest of the poems in Shaker emphasize determination despite the "unabiding anguish over the oppression of the black race",and deal with the cruel treatment of slaves in the South." - attribute quote and source?

All the above are addressed, thanks.

Reviews

"She finds the best poems in Shaker are the ones that are structured like blues music." Speaking as a blues guitarist myself, I'm intrigued as to why she thinks this? Can you elaborate a little?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld

The review, which is very short, doesn't go into a lot of detail explaining what's meant. There is an answer to your question, though, which I suspect is of a personal nature. I recently found a new source about Angelou, and there's a chapter in it about how Angelou uses the blues form not only in her poetry, but throughout her writings. One of my goals in improving Angelou articles is to write a new article about her poetry, but I have some research I need to do beforehand. Personally, I think the bluesy aspect of Angelou's articles is one of the more interesting aspects of it, and one of the reasons her poetry is not as high regarded as you'd think. Much of her poetry is best set to music, most critics say, even the ones that disparage her. I don't think that this article is the place to go into that, but know that it's something I mean to address in other ways. Thanks for the review, I appreciate your help as always. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 23:47, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's OK.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:16, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Looks fine for GA, good job.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:21, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for audio version

Thanks to @Another Believer for requesting that an audio file be made for this article. As the main editor, I have my own request: that Maya Angelou's name be pronounced correctly. See here for the correct pronunciation: File:En-us-Maya Angelou.ogg. I make this request because Angelou's name was mispronounced in the audio file of Mom & Me & Mom. Thanks and best, Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]