Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Jeff Buckley/1

Jeff Buckley

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Result: Delist (with regret) per consensus below that the quality of the article is too patchy for GA status. Articles can be renominated at GAN at any time. Geometry guy 00:41, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My main concern is that the Legacy section has become a dumping ground. It’s a ton of one sentence listings mostly without sources, adding OR such as saying that his influence can be "clearly heard."
Large number of dead links.
Third and fourth paragraphs of “Concert Tours” are unsourced.
Choppy prose. Many paragraphs are only two sentences long, particularly under Concert Tours section.

Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 16:59, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Immediate Delist per issues mentioned above, plus additional:
- disambigs (only one, minor)
- several dead links

Teancum (talk) 12:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed some dead links, and the dablink is gone, but I agree that the legacy section is a big problem. I've removed some trivia, but I'm not sure that any of that section is hugely relevant to Buckley, most of it is more relevant to the other individuals mentioned, or their albums. I'd say the bit about his demo collection, and the films about him, should be kept, but I'm not sure about the rest.--Beloved Freak 20:47, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I agree that the extensive and diffuse legacy section, while an understandable response to an early death, is unencyclopedic (1a and 3b). Also there is material requiring citation, such as "Buckley played two concerts at the Paris Olympia, a venue made famous by the French vocalist Édith Piaf, that he considered the finest performances of his career.". Ironically, however, for the most part the article is overcited, with a sea of distracting blue footnotes!

I believe this reassessment can be closed, delisting the article, unless comments to the contrary (or fixes) are made in the next few days. Geometry guy 22:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]