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Coldplay

This article has a fair number of photos of the band, the discography is comprehensive, the text is in chronological order and flows nicely and is well-referenced.--OOODDD 01:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I am listing this apparently orphaned FAC page on WP:FAC; seems it has drawn some support over the months... —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 01:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly agree - I think this is a particularly good article, well and comprehensively laid out with a near perfect length, great photos and comprehensive info on early years and current albums.-- Sebrat 21:23, 20 August 2006
Comment - I don't think it's ready for FA. It's a very good article but it's still missing something. There are very few references for the article's size (the 2007 section does not have any, the following has one). Maybe the websites section can be reduced, two or three websites out. However, it definitely deserves GA status.--Fluence 01:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
For - --AAA!
Agree - There are enough pictures, references and a detailed discography. Even if it doesn't become an FA, I agree with Fluence, it should at least be a GA. ~ E meZ x X ` 14:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object - The number of references start out okay, but then tail off. Whole sections are without citations. Also, towards the end, the citations switch from footnote style to just outside links. Gzkn 03:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object per Gzkn. MLilburne 11:46, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object per Gzkn. Also, the ref on Q magazine needs to be in standard format, many refs appear in the middle of the sentence, but they should appear after punctuation. Rlevse 12:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object per Gzkn. Also, I can find no reference of the licence for the pictures on the sites that they came from... For example, Image:073.jpg says it came from http://www.easytoplease.net/images/ but on that site there is no mention of a Creative Commons Licence, instead mentioning "© 2001-2006; Elizabeth Baker". Martin Hinks 17:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Also this image from http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00177/Coldplay_177057m.jpg. Its from a commercial TV network site(TV2 Norway). I doubt they have many creative commons licenses on their material - nothing I can find at least. Abel29a 02:42, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object: Per Gzkn, reference need to be cleaned up. Also, please ensure that only one version of English (AmEx, BrEx) is consistantly used throughout the article (Eg. "Coldplay is.." vs. "Coldplay are.."). There appears to no information on any criticism of the band's work. There's also no information on the band's major musical influences and no information on how Coldplay has influenced popular music in England and North America. Refer to Genesis to see how you can cover off on these sections. AreJay 21:21, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong object See the article's talk page for why I have failed it in its candidacy to become a Good Article. -- Kicking222 23:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It really deserved GA. Better luck for the next time :(--Fluence 02:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, but no, it didn't. Like I said, check out the talk page. There's absolutely no reason why it couldn't be a GA (or FA) someday, but that day is not today, and not until a lot of work is done. -- Kicking222 22:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agree This article contains all the info a fan (o anyone else interested in this band) would like to find. The artice is ell divided and contains a considerable number of pictures. Keith Azzopardi 11:56, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object. Insufficiently referenced and not up to GA standard. See e.g. The Orb or Paul McCartney which aren't even GA yet (and are better), or The KLF or Pixies for examples of recent band articles which hit FA. --kingboyk 14:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object Not up to GA standard due to lack of references etc. so definately not a FA. Suggest the article is improved using above comments and then becomes a GA before retrying for FA status. Also just to point out it's not good enough to contain all the 'info a fan' would like to find, it must make sense to those who may not have heard of Coldplay before. Alexj2002 11:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Object Fails criterion 1. c (which asks for inline cites). LuciferMorgan 15:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]