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Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

Previous peer review

This peer review discussion has been closed.
I've listed this article for peer review because it failed its FA nomination due to substandard prose and MoS issues; guidance in those areas would be especially helpful, but any comments would be warmly received.

Thanks, Adabow (talk · contribs) and Jivesh • Talk2Me 08:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Comments by Bradley0110

I think there's been some good copyediting done on this article since the FAC but more prose work needs doing.

• Lead
  • "The song was named one of the best singles of 2008 by several media outlets; Rolling Stone ranked it number one on its list of the Best 100 Singles of 2008." If I see a plural, I always expect to see at least two examples. It would be better to lose the detail in this sentence and just have "The song was named one of the best singles of 2008 by several media outlets, including Rolling Stone, [publication 2], and [publication 3]".
  • "As of November 2009, "Single Ladies" has sold over 6.1 million copies worldwide." If there are no more up to date figures then "has" should become "had".

• Composition
  • Brianboulton noted in the last FAC that this section contains critical reception comments, though I see they're being use to comment directly on the composition and themes.
  • "In the song Knowles offers support to women that have recently put a stop to a bad relationship;[38] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times saw the song's theme of female empowerment as an extension of that of "Irreplaceable" (2006)." The use of the semi-colon implies the two statements are linked but as they come from two separate reviews, this would be sythensis. If you change the semi-colon to a full stop and attribute the first sentence to Yahoo, this will be fine.

• Critical reception
  • This section is where the most work needs to be done. At the moment it is just "So-and-so from some magazine said this, so-and-so from some newspaper said that" with various synonyms for "wrote" used exhaustively.
    • I have begun to organise the section by idea (ie production/danceability/lyrics). Do you think that it needs more material? —Andrew_stalk 03:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
      • I like the direction you're going in now. Adding more material is up to you; if you can find more varied reaction to the different themes and aspects then definitely incorporate it but don't risk the reliability of the article by drawing in short reviews from random blogs or such. Bradley0110 (talk) 08:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

• Live performances
  • "In July 2009 Knowles gave a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles where American actor Tom Cruise danced with her and her dancers as they performed the dance routine of "Single Ladies"." danced...dancers...dance. Can this be rephrased?

• References
  • Ref 31: The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers.

Bradley0110 (talk) 20:18, 20 July 2011 (UTC)