Talk:WAP (song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MaranoFan (talk · contribs) 12:43, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

I will add a review for this article soon. This song was definitely a cultural reset so props to you for improving it.--NØ 12:43, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

General

• There seems to be inconsistency in whether she is addressed as "Cardi" or "Cardi B", should be the same throughout.
• Italicize all instances of Billboard, including "Billboard Music Awards"
• Is it possible to shorten the quotes from Billboard, Rolling Stone, GQ, Complex, and Pink News? These are all causing a detection of high likelihood of plagiarism. Pending

• The ones above 40% need to be driven below that number, those specific quotes that are causing the issue. You will need to click on the above link to see them.

Lead

• "It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan's second number-one single in the U.S." - "It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S."
• "became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number one singles in two decades" - Hyphenate "number-one" here.
• "became the first number one single on the inaugural Billboard Global 200" - Hyphenate here as well.
• ""earned the position 11 on IFPI's year-end singles chart - maybe "11th position"?
• "number one" is spelled out but 4 and 3 are written as numerals in "4 months and 3 weeks". Should be consistent and I think it is encouraged that all single-digit numbers be spelled out.
• "Channel 4 aired the documentary Queens of Rap (2021), about the song and its commentary." - I'm not sure what is meant by "and its commentary".

Background and Release

• The first sentence does not read like an introductory sentence to me. Maybe go for "On August 3, 2020, Cardi B revealed that she would release a collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion soon, and simultaneously unveiled its cover art on social media."
• "A few days later on August 6" could be "three days later".
• "The song became Cardi's first release of 2020" - "The song marked Cardi's first release of 2020"
• The video using the censored version is repeated twice in this section.

Production and composition

• "She wrote multiple versions of the hook before deciding on the official" - Maybe say "final version" instead of "official".
• "both were sending tracks to each other" - "sent"
• "particularly, the part of the arrangement of the song that 'feels like a hook'" - who is this quote from? It might be helpful to mention. Pending
• The genres should be mentioned in this section. After you add those, the references should be moved out of the infobox.

Reception

• Try to cut down the amount of quotes and paraphrase wherever possible.
• The sub-sections are so hefty that maybe they should be split into separate sections entirely, for better readability. I'm thinking "Critical reception" and "Controversy".

What would happen with the two other sub sections, MaranoFan?

I didn't think about what would happen with those, tbh. We can leave it like it is I guess.--NØ 15:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

• Introduce the song title in the first sentence of the "TikTok" section.

Accolades

• Remove the Spotify playlists from the table as Spotify are not critics.
• Remove all award shows that do not have a Wikipedia article per WP:INDISCRIMINATE.

Track listing

• This section should be removed per Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs#Single track listings.

Music video

• Introduce the song title in the first sentence.
• "uses the alternate clean version of the song" - Is it the alternate version or the clean version? One would do.
• "wearing custom Nicolas Jebran dresses, with long trains, opera gloves, and matching updos" - "wearing [...] long trains"?

Commercial performance

• I would introduce the song title in the first sentence here as well.
• "debuted at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart" - Don't hyphenate here.
• "the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number one singles in two different decades" - Hyphenate here.
• Billboard is not a part of the chart name for Digital Songs.
• Ditto on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. See WP:BILLBOARDCHARTS for info. Pending removal of Billboard from the title.
• The full form Recording Industry Association of America should be included here on first usage.
• "where it has spent seven non-consecutive weeks atop" - No need for "has"

Live performances

• This one looks perfect! Not sure we need the one line separated from the paragraph, though.

Cover versions

• Looks good.

Impact and legacy

• Looks good.

References

• Website / publishers are linked in a few instances and not in others. It is recommended that a consistent format be followed.

• Follow-up: XXL does have an article you can link. Also, if you've decided to link websites on all refs then ref 132, 133, 157, 162, 165, 166, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195-198. Tidal should in the publisher field and not in all caps.

• Uproxx should not be in all caps. Neither should Paper, in Ref 155. The Fader, Revolt, etc.
• The refs need accessdates. Many of them in the awards section are missing it.
• "OfficialCharts" should be spelled "Official Charts Company" and be in the publisher field instead.

• Thanks for linking these but it needs to be in the publisher field and "Company" is part of their name.

• Is this a reliable source? I doubt it.

MaranoFan that's a verified Netflix account and its referencing something ab Netflix. --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:48, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

• Warner Music Canada could be linked.

where? --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:48, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

External links

• Not sure any of these links are necessary. Pending removal

@MaranoFan: where are these external links? I removed the 'see also' section. --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:09, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

VersaceSpace, I mean Discogs and MusicBrainz; I have seen them on album articles but almost never for singles. The music video being linked above also makes the Lyric video link redundant in my opinion.--NØ 15:13, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

removed. --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Overall

Placing  On hold!--NØ 13:51, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

@MaranoFan: mostly done, I just have reservations about splitting sections. --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:38, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Ok, now I think i've addressed everything --VersaceSpace 🌃 15:49, 5 July 2022 (UTC)