Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Godsmack

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 20:23, 16 December 2007.

Godsmack

I'm nominating this current good article for featured article because... I have been working very hard on the article for the last month, and it has come a very long way. The article meets all standards and deserves to be featured.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 03:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support as GA reviewer, minor copyeditor, etc. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 03:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow. This article has come a long way. Good job. MrMurph101 (talk) 10:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The article doesn't use consistent numerals in all places. From the introduction, for example;

"The band, led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Sully Erna, has released four studio albums, one EP, three DVDs, and one greatest hits collection."
"Godsmack has sold nearly 10 million albums in the United States."

From other places;

"The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 211,000 copies in its first week.[4]"

The article needs to be consistent - it either has to use one or 1, not a mixture of the two. LuciferMorgan (talk) 11:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"In the same year the band entered the studio for the first time, recording its first CD titled All Wound Up, with Erna playing drums and the rest of the band playing their respective positions.[2]" - People play instruments, not positions. LuciferMorgan (talk) 11:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Actually, it's generally better to spell out the smaller numbers, under 10, and write larger numbers in number form. To me this is a little too nit-picky but I guess it is a matter of opinion. MrMurph101 (talk) 19:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment is there an official rule to the numbers, if ther is I will change them.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 21:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Well referenced, fairly well written and informative. Funeral 23:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great article, well written, and really has improved since I last came across it. Just a few comments to make.

The lead is very short. I think in order to summarise the article properly, an expansion is in order. You may try to expand the first paragraph using this:

The band is lead by songwriter Sully Erna, and consists of guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released four studio albums, one EP, three DVDs, and one greatest hits collection. Or perhaps instead of discussing their releases at the start, you could talk about their genre and style of music.

[...] followed by a tour that would go on through August 2007, – try "followed by a tour that would continue until August 2007".

In some sections, some of the paragraphs could look better if split. Under "Early works", you could try splitting the paragraph just before For the next two years, [...]. In addition, there are a few paragraphs that consist of two or three small sentences that could be merged. I can see an opportunity in "The Other Side EP (2004–2005)".

Any numbers below ten should be written in word format, e.g. one as one, and above ten should be written in numeric format, e.g. eleven as 11.

I'll have another quick look through the article and make any obvious fixes. If you can fix some of the things I suggested, I'll support. Good work overall, though :) Spebi 05:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have it all taken care of. Some of the paragraphs have nothing to dea;l with the one before it so I couldn't merge them all.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 22:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Good article, good refs, written well. Peter Fleet (talk) 10:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixes needed. "The band, led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Sully Erna, and consists of guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larki". Doesn't read well (After removing the subclause "led by.. ", you're left with "The band and consists of", which is poor grammar). Suggestion: "The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larki". CloudNine (talk) 16:43, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Done.
  Thank you,
  Skeeker _[Talk] 18:38, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.