Talk:Cake (band)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Swarm ^{u | t} 03:42, 20 August 2011 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   The article is very well written.

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Content is certainly referenced amply.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   I don't see any issues with unreliable sources.

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   History, influences, musical style and discography are amply covered, but see comments below.

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   Images are appropriately tagged.

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

   Article is well illustrated by free images with suitable captions.

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Alright, I wanted to raise a few minor things before listing:

• The article does not have a "band members" section that summarizes the past and present members in list or table form. (Example, example)

  Looks a bit grotty, to be honest; what I really want to do in future is one of those swish horizontal timeline things we have for arbcom tranches and the like, but that'll need some free time. Ironholds (talk) 22:23, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

• I assume this band has received music awards and nominations in its time. If so, it would be good to include an "Awards & nominations" section that summarizes this. Again, can just be in list or table form. (Example, example)

  As far as I'm aware, they actually haven't (or at least, no big or notable or ever-going-to-be-bluelinked ones); they've consistently been fairly underground. Ironholds (talk) 22:20, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I just added an awards table. They've been nominated for one big award (the VMA in 2002) and a few minor ones (the California Music Awards in 2001). The list is thin, but it's there and sourced. Now they just need to get nominated for more awards... PaintedCarpet (talk) 13:07, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

• Cake has a unique and distinctive musical style. While this is well noted in the article, it would be fantastic to include an audio clip if anyone is capable of doing that. Of course this isn't remotely required for a GA, just a suggestion. (Example, example)

Otherwise, this article fairly easily meets the GA criteria. Swarm ^{u | t} 04:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

• Me no have technical savvy to do so, I'm afraid :(. Ironholds (talk) 22:20, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

• Noted! I'm on holiday at the moment, but I'll get to it on Thursday-ish :). Ironholds (talk) 20:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

• Sounds good. Enjoy! Swarm ^{u | t} 05:48, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

(←) Your comments are noted. I do still want to (figure out how to) get an audio clip in there. Anyway, I've gone ahead and listed the article. Regards, Swarm ^{u | t} 15:03, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

• I'd like to too; I'm going to give some Featured Sounds people I know a poke - we'll see if we can get something sorted. Ironholds (talk) 17:45, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

• Sounds good. Swarm ^{u | t} 21:06, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Music influences

I'm personally a cake fan myself, but I'm a little confused about the influences. Most I can understand but Iranian folk music Confuses me. Also, shouldn't that be linked to the main article instead of Music of Iran? Sorry to ask about such a small subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.49.76 (talk) 00:09, 26 June 2012 (UTC)