Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Push the Button (Sugababes song)/archive2
- 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 not promoted by Ian Rose 10:38, 7 August 2012 [1].
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- Nominator(s): Till 15:05, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am nominating this for featured article because... I feel that it meets the featured article criteria. I have worked quite hard on the article, and a lot has happened since the previous nomination; an independent editor gave some suggestions to improve the article, and it was passed as a WP:GA. The previous nomination was closed less than two weeks ago due to a lack of feedback, although User:GrahamColm gave an exception for the pre-mature re-nomination. Till 15:05, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - link checker shows 4 dead links, should be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:15, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Three of them now work. Till 01:52, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Support - Overall a very well-rounded article backed up by good sources. Toa Nidhiki05 22:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you! Till 07:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comments – mainly to get the review going. It's been a long wait. I have only read through the lead and the first couple of sections:
- "Inspiration for "Push the Button" was conceptualised..." What does that mean?
- It means it was developed as an idea. I made a slight copyedit to the sentence now.
- "...an artist whom collaborated..."?
- Is it supposed to be who? If so, I have changed it.
- "Dan le sac" or "dan le sac"?
- Done.
- Is the firefighters' parody really worthy of mention in the lead?
- Yes, the lead should be a summary of the entire article, and there's lots of coverage about it.
- The lead should be a summary of the main points of the article. Although the parody should be mentioned in the article I don't think it qualifies for the lead. It is not, after all, germane to the song itself.
- How about I'll trim it, so that both of us are happy?
- The lead should be a summary of the main points of the article. Although the parody should be mentioned in the article I don't think it qualifies for the lead. It is not, after all, germane to the song itself.
- Yes, the lead should be a summary of the entire article, and there's lots of coverage about it.
- "this was assisted by Richard Edgeler". To what does the pronoun "this" refer?
- Changed.
- "The song's drums and keys were provided by Austin, while Tony Reyes is credited with providing the guitar and bass guitar." An oddly phrased sentence to anyone outside the pop music bubble. What does "providing" mean in this context? Does "keys" mean "keyboard accompaniment"? Reyes is "credited with providing" – did he or didn't he?
- Made a copyedit to the section.
- Don't link common words like "crush" (especially to pompous link articles like Limerence!)
- Unlinked.
- Long verbatim sentences, like the one beginning "I really liked this guy, so I'd be like..." would be better paraphrased.
- "Composition" section: most of the stuff in this section is comments by critics on the music or lyrics; very little about the composition as such.
- The sheet music is very strange for the song. It doesn't show the chord progression or even the vocal range.
- "An editor for The Scotsman described the track as an "earworm" hit single". What does this mean? And are you sure it was a newspaper editor that offered this description?
- 'Earworm' means catchy, so I've changed it now.
- But you still attribute the comment to an "editor". I imagine you mean a critic, or a reporter, or a feature-writer, but not an editor. Brianboulton (talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I didn't know what you were talking about before D: but I've changed it now.
- But you still attribute the comment to an "editor". I imagine you mean a critic, or a reporter, or a feature-writer, but not an editor. Brianboulton (talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- 'Earworm' means catchy, so I've changed it now.
Brianboulton (talk) 21:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for commenting! Till 06:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- After looking at the musicOMH review, I concluded that this wan't reliable to use, especially for a Featured Article Candidate, because it was reviewed by a 'contributing editor' and as such isn't reliable. The composition and critical response sections have since been significantly reduced since I removed the source. As such, I am asking to withdraw this nomination until those two sections are redone as they need work. Till 10:03, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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