Wikipedia:Peer review/Taylor Hicks/archive1

I couldn't believe it myself, but I watched American Idol more regularly this year than I ever have before, and I grew to like not one but two of the contestants. I generally find them too poppish, but this year both Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks caught my fancy. Hicks just won Idol the other night, I've cleaned up the references and the formatting of the article (which itself has the right balance of content IMO), and I'd like to take any suggestions from the general population! Thanks! Staxringold 22:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, years, decades, and centuries without full dates generally should not be linked. For example, January 2006 should not be linked, instead change it to January 2006. Also, please note WP:BTW and WP:CONTEXT, which state that years with full dates should be linked. For example, February 28, 2006, should be come February 28, 2006.

As is done in WP:FOOTNOTE, for footnotes, the footnote should be located right after the punctuation mark, such that there is no space inbetween. For example, change blah blah [2]. to blah blah.[2]

This article can use copyediting to ensure that the it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. For example,
- With his win Hicks (at 29) became the oldest person to win American Idol, only the second male to win the contest (after Ruben Studdard), and is the only man (as of Season 5) to win the contest against a woman in the finale, and he also the first and only white male to win American Idol and the 5th Southerner to win American Idol - run-on, comma should be after "his win", excessive "and"s
- exclaiming "Soul Patrol! comma missing after exclaiming, same with next sentence
- and perhaps other copyediting fixes for grammar/spelling are needed.
Thanks, AndyZ _t 23:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the quick notes! I've dealt with everything you mentioned here, and a more thorough copyedit would always be appreciated. Staxringold 23:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]