Talk:Alizée/GA1

GA Reassessment

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GA Sweeps: On hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to determine if the article should remain a Good article. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. However, in reviewing the article, I have found there are several issues that needs to be addressed.

Needs sources:

1. "The aircraft was subsequently named after her, and Alizée won a trip to the Maldives for her efforts."
2. "She went on to win the "Meilleure Graine" award for most promising young singing star of tomorrow." Also it would be best to put quotation marks around the name of the award.
3. "In 2000, they produced her maiden album, Gourmandises which was a great success in France, Germany, Mexico, England and the rest of the United Kingdom."
4. "She is a supporter of AC Ajaccio (Corsica), and was once invited to kick off one of their matches."
5. "They were married on November 6, 2003..." This has been tagged since March 2008.
6. "The album reached top five in charts in France, Germany, Mexico, Asian countries and others."
7. "Alizée has sold nearly five million albums & singles around the globe." Also remove the ampersand.
8. "In addition, she is also very popular in parts of Asia including Russia, India, China and Japan."
9. "It sold 200,000 copies in France."

Other issues:

1. "She has since released three studio albums - first two of which were..." If emdashes are going to be used, then this one should also be an emdash. Fix the other occurrences in the article.
2. "The couple had their first child on April 28, 2005—a girl they named Annily. She currently resides in Paris, France." Does the entire family or just Annily reside in Paris? Specify to prevent any confusion.
3. "It went on to become a hit both in Europe and outside." Reword "outside" to be more specific.
4. "More recently, she has been becoming just as popular in North America as she is in much of Europe; the latest concert tours together with earlier promotion leading to a very strong fan base in mainly The United States of America and in Mexico." This sentence should be reworded.
5. The album covers should be removed from the article. They look like they are being used for decorative purposes. Unless specific text in the article comments on the album cover, then they should be removed. Readers can always visit the articles on the albums to see the covers.
6. "The video was shot in a studio in Brussels—which had a 25 metre by 10 metre painted canvas to serve as the background—with real bubbles." Measurements should include conversions. Fix all other occurrences.
7. Songs should not be italicized. Place them in quotation marks instead.
8. "En concert has a Gold certification for shipments over 50,000 copies only in Mexico. [20]" "En Concert" should be italicized and the inline citation should directly follow the punctuation.
9. "After a four year hiatus..." "four-year"
10. "For the purposes of promotion of the single and the music videos, a website (www.psychedeclips.com) and a MySpace page (www.myspace.com/psychedeclips) were created.[34]." The external links should not be present within the article. Move them to the external links section if they are relevant.
11. "In March 2008 Alizée visited México for the first time in a short promotional tour, on March 5 she was supposed to hold her second ever public autograph session of her career but it was cancelled due to problems with the store's security, Alizée held an improvised press conference to apologise with Mexico and all her fans as well as stating it was not her fault." This should be split into two sentences.
12. "Sony BMG México also released an statement saying it was not Alizée's fault, and it was the store who had problems with the security and they didn't expect..." Contractions should not be used in the article unless it is part of a quote. Fix all other occurrences.
13. "Alizée also promised to mend this by having another autograph session by the time she visits the country later this year." Specify which year.
14. The references mostly only include the title and access date. These need to be expanded to include author, date, publisher, etc. The citation templates at WP:CITET can help with formatting the parameters.
15. The article has multiple dead links that need to be fixed. The Internet Archive can help.

This article covers the topic well. I will leave the article on hold for seven days, but if progress is being made and an extension is needed, one may be given. If no progress is made, the article may be delisted, which can then later be renominated at WP:GAN. I'll contact all of the main contributors and related WikiProjects so the workload can be shared. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 01:01, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps: Delisted

The article has been on hold for a week and no improvements were made. As a result I have delisted the article as it still has a way to go before meeting the GA criteria. Continue to improve the article, addressing the issues above. Once they are addressed, please renominate the article at WP:GAN. I look forward to seeing the further improvement of the article, and don't hesitate to contact me if you need assistance with any of these. If you disagree with this review, a community consensus can be reached at WP:GAR. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 21:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)