Talk:Switchfoot/GA1

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GA Reassessment

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As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles' Project quality task force ("GA Sweeps"), all old good articles are being re-reviewed to ensure that they meet current good article criteria (as detailed at WP:WIAGA.) I have determined that this article needs some work to meet current criteria, outlined below:

A problem I see in many GAs I'm sweeping is that there are many quasi-paragraphs scattered throughout. By definition a paragraph has three or more sentences; there are many one- and two-sentence groupings that need to be cut, expanded, or merged together. This is an issue starting with the first paragraph and right on to the last sentence.
Large sections of the article are unreferenced, and more importantly smacks of original research. Examples:
- "Their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, under Columbia Records/Red Ink, represented the band's evolution from the predominantly lo-fi, indie rock sound of their early albums, toward a more layered, synth-influenced sound that helped launch the band to mainstream popularity. This shift sonically could be attributed to the fact that the album was the first to include keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas, formerly of industrial bands Mortal and Fold Zandura. Fontamillas had been touring with Switchfoot since 2000, following the release of Learning to Breathe."
- "...and with Shirley's inclusion saw Switchfoot's sound become even more densely layered and guitar-heavy, resulting in an album that was edgier and darker than any of their previous work" is cited to Indie Vision Music (see below)
- "Switchfoot's next album, Oh! Gravity., was released on December 26, 2006 to considerable critical acclaim."
There are many seemingly unreliable references used, in addition to now-dead links that have to be replaced or updated. What makes Indie Vision Music, Antimusic.com, UnRated Magazine, PrefixMag, Jesus Freak Hideout, Monstersandcritics, and homestead.com reliable?
I'm not sure File:Dare You to Move sample.ogg meets WP:NFCC as currently used. The song isn't discussed in depth, and there's no sort of critical commentary on its style or substance. If you could find refs about their musical style as in that song, then adding the sources, updating the Fair use rationale and moving it to the style section might make a better fit.

In short, the article needs some minor reworking, and most importantly a proper citation and verification audit. I'm putting the article on hold for seven days, longer if significant improvements are made. Keep me appraised at this space. Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 20:28, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As no progress has been made on the above, I am delisting the article. It may be renominated at any time, but I encourage work on the above points. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 00:19, 7 February 2010 (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.