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Duffy discography

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I've listed this article for peer review because I feel that I have made significant improvements to the article, and would like some imput as to how I can improve it further. It is my goal to improve the article to featured list status. Thanks, Dt128 (talk) 21:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) Not bad, but there are numerous prose problems in the lead. I recommend a third-party copy-edit before FLC.

• "Duffy uses a range musical genres, including soul, pop and rock'n'roll. She is known for her Motown-influenced sound." Missing word in the first sentence, and where is/are the source(s) for these statements?
• "Her debut Extended play, Aimée Duffy "-->Aimée Duffy, her debut extended play,
• "2004, following her success on welsh talent show WawFfactor in 2003."-->2004, following her success on the Welsh talent show WawFfactor in 2003.
• "welsh " should always be capitalized.
• "The EP became popular within the Welsh-speaking community, securing a place at number-one on the "Siart C2" chart."" The "Welsh-speaking" phrase isn't necessary, let the sources speak for themselves.
• "Following on from this release, she was discovered singing Richard J. Parfitt's "Oh Boy"." The tone is wrong. Why "discovered"? Did she hide or something?
• "The song brought her to the attention of her now manager, Jeanette Lee"-->Her performance brought her to the attention of her current manager, Jeanette Lee
• "Her debut single, "Rockferry" was"-->Her debut single, "Rockferry", was
• "The song was the third biggest selling of 2008" Not sure what you mean here.
• "the 3rd March 2008"-->3 March 2008
• "was the biggest selling of the year" Once again, ungrammatical.
• "Follow-up singles "Warwick Avenue" and "Stepping Stone", although not replicating early success, proved successful hits around the world"-->Her follow-up singles, "Warwick Avenue" and "Stepping Stone", did not replicate early success, but still sold well.
• Spell out abbreviations in the publishers in the sources.
• Don't abbreviate IFPI.
• Be prepared to prove source reliability for sites such as http://www.partizan.com/partizan/musicvideos/?daniel_wolfe/videography. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
  •  Doing... I have changed some of the minor points suggested, and am currently trying to source some reference to back up the "musical genres" sentence. Dt128 (talk) 16:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
  •  Working

Comments from Alex Douglas (talk · contribs) Not bad, seeing as Dabomb87 concentrated on reviewed the lead, I'll focus on the tables and the formatting of them. I have not reviewed a discography through WP:FLC before, but I've passed two discographies through there before, so hopefully my comments follow the criteria, discography style guidelines and follow the standards of FLs of the same subject.

• Many reviews will not like your first sentence, I personally don't mind though. Try "Duffy is an Welsh, pop rock and soul singer-songwriter. She has released one studio album, four extended plays (EP) and five singles, in addition to six music videos on Recordiau Awen Records, A&M/Polydor and Mercury."
• You have data entered under the "B-Sides" field of the discography's Infobox Artist Discography template, however the list does not mention it. I'd suggest removing "B-Sides" from the template and not adding a B-Sides section to the discography as per past consensus on the matter.
• The image used in the infobox does not satisfy 5)b) -- please add "succinct captions or "alt" text" to it.. for example "Duffy performing at theSouth by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas on 15 March 2008."
• An section should generally be named "Albums" when it has two or more albums, it is a plural after all. Also, the section heading is generally only used when it's split into subsections like "Studio albums", "Live albums", "Cover albums", etc. I'd suggest changing "==Albums== ===Studio albums===" to "==Studio album==", because she has only release one type of album, one studio album.
• Your chart references needs a lot of work, see Eminem discography and use that format for your references.
• Your certification references.. UK: The bpi.co.uk link says "content not found". The ChartsPlus PDF file only sources that the album was certified five times platinum, not six times as the list currently reads. Your CAN, EU, US certification references need formatting. Your IRE source also needs formatting, but the sources that that it certified three times platinum, not two times as the list currently reads.
• To continue with the certifications. Why is its certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) mentioned.. it is in almost all FLs of the same subject. I suggest adding "* ARIA: Gold" to the certifications field.
• Now onto the "Extended plays" section.. Change "EP details" to "Album details".. this is used in most, if not all FLs of the same subject.
• "Aimée Duffy" -- Change "2004 (Wales)" under the Released heading to "2004". Remove all the references, except for the one I suggested. Also, change "Recordiau Awen Records" to "Recordiau Awen Records (AWENCD #212)".
• "Live from London" -- prove its release with a reliable source. Put a full stop (.) at the end of it's note.
• "FNMTV Live" -- the reference might have some trouble with FLC reviews.
• "Deluxe EP" -- the Rhapsody reference might have some trouble with FLC reviews.
• Now onto singles.. it would fail 5)a) as it does not "make suitable use of [...] formatting, tables". Remove "width="260px" and "width="#" from the section. You show the single's peak chart positions on twelve record charts; please delete two as per past consensus on the matter.
• Place "<br>" between all of the record charts and their references; not just some of them. Why are "AUS" and "USA" linked again, remove the links. Remove the italics from "did not chart". Make sure that you have noting all of the single's certifications, accurately.
• Other appearances.. consider changing "These appearances have not appeared on a studio album or single by Duffy." to "The following have been officially released, but do not feature on an album by Duffy."
• Remove "/Record Appearance" because a compilation or soundtrack are considered albums.
• Change ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'' (soundtrack) to ''[[The Boat That Rocked (soundtrack)|The Boat That Rocked (OST)]]''.
• Change the two occurences of "(as Aimée Duffy)" to "(with Mint Royale)".
• Disambiguate the "Stay with Me" link.
• Change the year for "Live and Let Die to "|rowspan="2"|2009" and remove the "2009" under year for Stay With Me.
• Make note that "Mercy" is a live version, through the use of a footnote or with <small>(live)</small>
• Fix the director's rowspan's for the music videos. Under "Mercy" change it to |rowspan="2"|Daniel Wolfe<ref name="danielwolfe">{{cite web| url=http://www.partizan.com/partizan/musicvideos/?daniel_wolfe/videography| title=Daniel Wolfe Music Video Videography| publisher=partizan.com| accessdate=28 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.promonews.tv/2008/01/22/duffys-mercy-by-daniel-wolfe/| accessdate=10 April 2009| author=Knight, David| date=22 January 2008| title=Duffy's Mercy by Daniel Wolfe| work=PromoNews| publisher=promonews.tv| date=28 March 2009}}</ref> and remove the director field for the "Warwish Avenue" music video.
• Under "Stepping Stone" change the director field to |rowspan="2"|[[Sophie Muller]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/duffy/288763/stepping-stone.jhtml#artist=2998905| title="Stepping Stone" Music video| publisher=[[MTV]]| accessdate=8 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.promonews.tv/2008/08/20/duffy%E2%80%99s-stepping-stone-by-sophie-muller/| accessdate=28 March 2009| author=Knight, David| date=20 August 2008| title=Duffy's "Stepping Stone" by Sophie Muller| work=PromoNews| publisher=promonews.tv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.promonews.tv/2008/11/03/duffy%e2%80%99s-rain-on-your-parade-by-sophie-muller/| accessdate=28 March 2009| author=Knight, David| date=3 November 2008| title=Duffy's Rain On Your Parade by Sophie Muller| work=PromoNews| publisher=promonews.tv| accessdate=28 March 2009}}</ref> .. I'm still unsure as to why you need three references here, two should satisfy? Also, remove the director field for the "Rain on Your Parade" music video.
• References.. change "{{reflist}}" to ;General *{{cite web | title = Duffy | work=[[Allmusic]] | publisher=[[Macrovision]] | url = http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:apfwxz95ld0e | accessdate = 12-04-2009}} ;Specific {{reflist|2}}
• Remove Discogs external link and all uses of it as an inline reference, it is an unreliable source. Remove the Allmusic external link as it should now be in the References section.

That's most of the problems. There's quite a lot of errors with the list itself. Good luck on fixing them, I'd like to see this achieve featured list status, because I share her nationality. Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 02:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)