Talk:The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs) 15:32, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this. Expect comments within a few days. Ping me or post on my talk page if the review is not up by then. Snuggums (talk / edits) 15:32, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay; I got sidetracked and am drafting the review. It should be up before May ends. Snuggums (talk / edits) 20:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since the view count on YouTube is subject to change, it's best to use a source other than YouTube and attribute its view count and date range to that
I don't think the amount of time spent at #6 in the US is needed
I kveld med YLVIS isn't mentioned in attributed source
"'The Fox', 'created to fail', has ironically and accidentally gone viral" → "While the song was "created to fail", it went viral"

"In an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, the brothers stated" → "The brothers told Aftenposten"
No need to have "In an interview" for "In an interview on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show Skavlan"
"Bård described the writing process for "The Fox" in an interview with Billboard in the United States" → "Bård told Billboard that"
"Bård, being interviewed by Entertainment Weekly, talked about their intention of making 'The Fox'" simply doesn't read well
"M4SONIC described producing 'The Fox':"..... awkward phrasing
Try to paraphrase the last two quotes; they're rather lengthy

This should have its own section and not be a subsection of "Production"
"typical" in "typical electronic dance pop" is unneeded and vague
"increasingly absurd" sounds biased
I'd merge the third and fourth paragraph per MOS:PARAGRAPHS, which discourages really short paragraphs

This should be its own section
It might help to include commentary on performances
"The song was later performed live during concerts given in 2014-2015 in Norway and Sweden as a part of duo's The Expensive Jacket Tour" needs to be sourced, and "2014-2015" should be "2014–2015" per WP:DASH

Five reviews doesn't seem like very much for a very well-known song that went viral online

This should be its own section
I'd retitle this to "In popular culture"
"This song appears in Just Dance 2015" is missing a citation, and I'd replace "this" with "the".

Dead links need fixing
When available, each reference needs authors, names of works, page titles, and accessdates
YouTube is discouraged as a source for potential copyright concerns. Additionally, the "Y" and "T" are capitalized in its name.
Are "Mother Jones", "Gossip Cop", "Screen Junkies", "hkclubbing.com", "4Music", or "MelOn" reliable?
I'm not convinced "The Daily Beast", "The Lantern", "In The Mix", "Heavy.com", or "The Rock Father" are good sources
"Toronto Sun", "Gigwise", TMZ, "London Evening Standard", Twitter, "The Huffington Post", and "On The Red Carpet" are not reliable
"The Telgraph" should read The Daily Telegraph
"The" is part of The A.V. Club's title
Yahoo! shouldn't be italicized, and remove the "chart watch" bit from work/publisher field

Reference layout: Could be better
Reliable sources: Poor/questionable sources need replacing
No original research: Dead links make things harder to verify, and not everything is properly attributed

Appropriate licensing: No copyright infringements
Relevance and captioning: I'm not sure if File:The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?).ogg or File:Ylvis The Fox.jpg provide any benefit

Pass or Fail?: Since there are too many problems right now (mainly with references), I'm failing this without putting it on hold. Hopefully this will help improve the article. Snuggums (talk / edits) 20:42, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]